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Kōrero: Birthdays and wedding anniversaries

Turning 21: a joint celebration

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Turning 21: a joint celebration

Twins Bruce and Betty Andrews blow out the candles on their matching cakes at their 21st birthday party in 1961. Beside each cake is a large key, symbolising the adult freedom to which they are now entitled.

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Puke Ariki - Taranaki Museum & Library, Swainson/Woods Collection

Reference: WD.014520

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Nancy Swarbrick, Birthdays and wedding anniversaries – Birthday rituals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38848/turning-21-a-joint-celebration (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 12 November 2012.