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Kōrero: Naturism

Witnesses to change

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Witnesses to change

In the 2010s Les and Laurel Olsen had been naturists for more than 50 years. When they first joined a club in the 1950s, naturism was still considered indecent by many people, but within a few decades it was gaining wider acceptance.

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by Conrad Inskip

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Hera Cook, Naturism – Attitudes to nakedness, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38043/witnesses-to-change (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hera Cook, i tāngia i te 9 May 2012.