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Kōrero: Beach culture

Caravans

Audio file

From the 1930s, caravans became a popular way to have a break at the beach. These caravans are parked at a beach near Te Kaha on the East Coast in the late 1970s. In the sound file, people talk in 1977 about the appeal of a caravan holiday.

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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Reference: 22077

Image: Private collection, by Peter Hodsell

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Jock Phillips, Beach culture – The Kiwi dream, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/9129/caravans (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.