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Supporting culture

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Supporting culture

Cities made it easier for people of like minds to come together and pursue common interests. This is a meeting of the Christchurch branch of the Society for Imperial Culture, in the 1920s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Brockett Album

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David Thorns and Ben Schrader, City history and people – The appeal of city life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23510/supporting-culture (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Thorns and Ben Schrader, published 15 April 2010.