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Kōrero: Men and women in the city

Blokes, footie, and fish and chips

Blokes, footie, and fish and chips

Rugby was played and watched almost exclusively by men and boys until the 1970s. In this archetypal scene a couple of men eat fish and chips before the British versus Māori game at Wellington’s Athletic Park in August 1950.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: 114/181/01/G

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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Caroline Daley, Men and women in the city – Men’s and inclusive spaces, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/24606/blokes-footie-and-fish-and-chips (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Caroline Daley, i tāngia i te 17 December 2009.