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Men drinking beer, Waipū Cove

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Men drinking beer, Waipū Cove

Food is consumed at the beach, and so is alcohol. Blokes sharing beer, such as these in Northland in 1976, remains a common sight at the motor camps and holiday parks which dot New Zealand’s coastline.

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Jock Phillips, Beach culture – The beach and food, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28/men-drinking-beer-waipu-cove (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.