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Bunny's Bush outing

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 Bunny's Bush outing

Two men cuddle on a bench while two others relax during an outing to Bunny's Bush, near Masterton, in the late 1880s. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Robert Gant Collection

Reference: PA1-q-962-54-4

by Robert Gant

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Chris Brickell, Gay men’s lives – History, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27638/bunnys-bush-outing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Chris Brickell, published 21 February 2011.