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Kōrero: The New Zealanders

Drinking with mates, 1976

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Drinking with mates, 1976

Right through until the 1970s, ‘rugby, racing and beer’ remained important in the stereotype of the New Zealander. Here, Kiwi mates get together at Waipū Cove during the summer holidays.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQT 6401 B9283

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Jock Phillips, The New Zealanders – Post-war New Zealanders, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1980/drinking-with-mates-1976 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.