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Kōrero: Personal grooming

Hairdressing competition, 1964

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The hugely bouffant styles that became fashionable in the 1960s are shown in this 1964 film of New Zealand’s first national hairdressing competition, held in Lower Hutt. Although there was a gulf between the styles produced by hairdressers on models or actresses and those worn by women who did their own hair, simpler versions of these styles were standard.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Pictorial Parade 154. National Film Unit, 1964

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Bronwyn Dalley, Personal grooming – Women’s hair, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/38738/hairdressing-competition-1964 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bronwyn Dalley, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.