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Kōrero: Personal grooming

Challenging the system, 1987

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Challenging the system, 1987

Tuta Ngarimu (centre) and two supporters sit on the steps of Parliament in 1987. Ngarimu was then on the 63rd day of a hunger strike against conditions in Paremoremo Prison. The longer hair, beards and moustaches worn by the three men were relatively unusual at this date.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: EP/1987/6862/25A-F

by Greg King

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

Bronwyn Dalley, Personal grooming – Men’s hair, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38751/challenging-the-system-1987 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bronwyn Dalley, i tāngia i te 9 November 2012.