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Kōrero: Tourist industry

Camping, 1950s

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Camping, 1950s

By the 1950s, even low-income families could afford a holiday at one of the many camping grounds. Men would often fish and then sit in the sun drinking beer, while women read and looked after children.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-010431; C

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Margaret McClure, Tourist industry – Slow growth until 1960, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23183/camping-1950s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, i tāngia i te 2 March 2010.