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Kōrero: Perceptions of the landscape

‘St Clair Dunedin. Skateboarding at the Surf Bathing Pavilion’

‘St Clair Dunedin. Skateboarding at the Surf Bathing Pavilion’

Robin Morrison’s 1981 book of photographs, The South Island of New Zealand from the road, presented a new view of the landscape – not the conventional ‘beautiful New Zealand’. Images like this one emphasised quirky buildings, unusual characters, and the geometric shapes of the hills.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: RMS/FTR99/177

by Robin Morrison

Courtesy of the Estate of Robin Morrison

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Perceptions of the landscape – New landscapes – after the 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14411/st-clair-dunedin-skateboarding-at-the-surf-bathing-pavilion (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.