Kōrero: Men’s clubs

Palmerston North volunteer fire police, 1906

Palmerston North volunteer fire police, 1906

New Zealand men have set up many exclusively male organisations, from sporting clubs to volunteer fire brigades. As in this example from 1906, many of these groups adopted distinctive uniforms. While fire brigades had an important function at a time when fire was always a danger and there were no professional fire brigades, socialising was an important by-product for the men.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: 1/2-035527-F
Photograph by Crown Studios

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jock Phillips, 'Men’s clubs - Fraternalism', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31258/palmerston-north-volunteer-fire-police-1906 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 22 May 2018