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Kōrero: Rural recreation

Pony club carnival

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Pony club carnival

After the Second World War, pony clubs were established in most rural districts. These young riders wearing fancy dress are at the Rotorua Pony Club carnival in January 1977.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQT 6539 B12,282

by Gregory Riethmaier

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Rural recreation – Rise and fall of rural recreation, 1950–2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17691/pony-club-carnival (accessed 4 June 2026).

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