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Jazzercise, Wellington, 1983

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Jazzercise, Wellington, 1983

Jazzercise, a series of vigorous exercises to music, became extremely popular in the 1980s. These Wellington men and women took part in a class led by a lycra-clad instructor in 1983. The trend for figure-hugging gym gear had not yet completely caught on, as the photograph shows, but it soon would.

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David Green, Gyms – Modern gyms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41031/jazzercise-wellington-1983 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Green, published 7 March 2013.