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Bernie Fraser

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Bernie Fraser

Born in Lautoka but raised in New Zealand, the outstanding rugby player Bernie Fraser was a member of the All Black team between 1979 and 1984. He is pictured here in front of Bernie’s Corner, a pub he owned for a time after retiring from rugby.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1993/3135/13a

by Mark Coote

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Jacqueline Leckie, Fijians – Fijian culture in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/836/bernie-fraser (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jacqueline Leckie, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.