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Kōrero: Beach culture

Pt Chevalier, 1964

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After the Second World War, the beach became associated with sexuality and escape from the restraints of daily life. This is described in Maurice Gee’s novel Going west (1992). Download the document to read an extract (42 KB).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: M667/4

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Jock Phillips, Beach culture – Beach culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/9120/pt-chevalier-1964 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.