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Kōrero: Men’s clubs

Foresters' meeting, 1903

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Foresters' meeting, 1903

The officers and delegates at a Wellington district meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters in Palmerston North in 1903 include two women. The Foresters had led friendly societies in admitting women, although, as the photo suggests, women were never strongly represented.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-D-0552

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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Jock Phillips, Men’s clubs – Friendly societies and other fraternal organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/31288/foresters-meeting-1903 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 10 May 2011.