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Kōrero: United States and New Zealand

Dancing the Charleston

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Dancing the Charleston

During the 1920s American popular culture, especially Hollywood movies, music, and dances such as the Charleston, became popular in New Zealand. This couple is dancing the Charleston in Whanganui in the 1920s.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Tesla Studios Collection (PAColl-3046)

Reference: 1/1-017472-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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Ayson rāua ko Jock Phillips, United States and New Zealand – Early relations, 1790–1939, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/32891/dancing-the-charleston (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Ayson rāua ko Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 14 March 2012.