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Kōrero: Cars and the motor industry

Love of cars

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Love of cars

New Zealanders’ love affair with the internal combustion engine is shared by this suburban household. In the early 2000s there were about 60 cars for every 100 people in New Zealand.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Emily Tutaki

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Eric Pawson, Cars and the motor industry – A motorised society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22831/love-of-cars (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eric Pawson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2010, updated 1 December 2014.