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Kōrero: Manners and social behaviour

Dress codes

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Dress codes

This photograph of the crowd outside the church at the funeral of Nathan Seddon in 1950 shows that the way clothing was worn could be an aspect of manners. The women are all wearing hats, while the men have taken theirs off. Both behaviours signify respect for the place and occasion.

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

Reference: 114/151/14-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

Nancy Swarbrick, Manners and social behaviour – Changing manners, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39844/dress-codes (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012.