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Kōrero: English

Morris dancers

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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 (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1986/0874/4a

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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Terry Hearn, English – Importance and influence, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1888/morris-dancers (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Terry Hearn, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.