Kōrero: English

Morris dancers

Morris dancers

Few exclusively English traditions were brought to New Zealand, but one of these was morris dancing. Here, the ‘black joke’ is being performed for patrons of the Wellington pub Britannia.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1986/0874/4a
Photograph by Greg King

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Terry Hearn, 'English - Importance and influence', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1888/morris-dancers (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Terry Hearn, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015