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Kōrero: Teenagers and youth

Pan Pacific Jamboree, Auckland

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Thousands of Scouts attended the Pan Pacific Jamboree held in Auckland in 1959. Organised youth group movements such as the Scouts arose in the early 1900s to give moral guidance to young people and to encourage them to take part in outdoor activities. They declined in popularity with teenagers from the 1960s, as uniformed militaristic groups were not seen as cool.

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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Pictorial Parade 84. National Film Unit, 1959

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Carl Walrond, Teenagers and youth – Defining teenagers as a group, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/27011/pan-pacific-jamboree-auckland (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011, updated 1 August 2017.