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Story: Women and men

All images and media

From page 1 - Colonial beginnings: 1840s–1880s

Home life

Gabriels Gully

Come on over

Come on over (1st of 2)

Applying to emigrate

Applying to emigrate (2nd of 2)

Colonial gender balance

Colonial gender balance (1st of 2)

Urban women and rural men

Urban women and rural men (2nd of 2)

From page 2 - Mothers and voters: 1880s–1920s

Differences between men

Differences between men

Role reversal

Shrinking families

Shrinking families

Learning baby care

Learning baby care

Boxing, 1912

From page 3 - Soldiers and sportsmen: 1880s–1920s

The soldiering life

The soldiering life

All Blacks in action

All Blacks in action

Divided lives

From page 4 - Parallel worlds: mid-20th century

Harbour bridge smoko

Harbour bridge smoko

'No son of mine goes to university'

'No son of mine goes to university'

Family benefit

Making New Zealand

Making New Zealand

Woman's Weekly, 1932

Woman's Weekly, 1932 (1st of 2)

New Zealand Sportsman, 1946

New Zealand Sportsman, 1946 (2nd of 2)

Lions at work

Dance-hall supper

Dance-hall supper

From page 5 - War and suburbia

Soldiering again

Soldiering again (1st of 2)

Auxiliary service

Auxiliary service (2nd of 2)

Food for war

Model family, 1960s

Model family, 1960s

The weekend

Suburban cabbage patch

Suburban cabbage patch (1st of 2)

Women at home

Women at home (2nd of 2)

From page 6 - Challenge and reaction: 1960s–1990s

Reducing difference

Reducing difference

New freedom, old problem

New freedom, old problem

Trapped by sexism

Trapped by sexism

Race winner

Childcare

From page 7 - New ways of being a man

A man's country

A man's country

Arguments over gay law reform

Arguments over gay law reform

Grahame Thorne's perm

Grahame Thorne's perm

From page 8 - Common ground: 1999–21st century

Male and female members of Parliament

Male and female members of Parliament

Househusband

Women's rugby

Southern man

Divorced dad

How to cite this page:

Charlotte Macdonald, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/women-and-men/media (accessed 21 March 2023)

Story by Charlotte Macdonald, published 5 May 2011, updated 1 Aug 2017