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A caravan holiday

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A caravan holiday

This family have parked their caravan near a spectacular stand of tree ferns at Red Beach, Ōrewa, north of Auckland, in 1950. Caravans, often with an awning to provide extra living space,  became popular after the Second World War when car ownership boomed. Caravans were a modest but comfortable and economical form of accommodation, and could be towed to or permanently parked at scenic holiday places.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Whites Aviation Collection

Reference: WA-23874-F

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, Holidays – Holiday accommodation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40754/a-caravan-holiday (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 24 January 2013.

Comments

Rv caravan
09 October 2016
Beautiful picture of the 50s. So amazing to see that before, so much time, people began to love this wonderful RV lifestyle. Once, it was because of the bombing and the war and today it is because the cost of living or because people want an alternative to the crazy city life