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Bogans, Dunedin, 2009

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Bogans, Dunedin, 2009

Bogans are a readily identifiable urban subculture in New Zealand. They wear clothes such as black jeans and band T-shirts. Some bogans sported mullet hairstyles (short at the front and long at the back), though these were less common in the 2000s. Powerful cars have also been a bogan accessory. These Dunedin boy racers in 2009 have adopted the bogan look, minus the mullet.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 23 March 2009, p. 56

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Kerryn Pollock, City styles – City fashion, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24573/bogans-dunedin-2009 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 4 May 2010.