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Boys' Brigade members

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Boys' Brigade members

Boys' Brigade is a Christian-based youth organisation, founded in New Zealand in 1886 and still active in the 2000s. The organisation aims to instill skills and values like leadership and participation through physical activities. These Boys' Brigade members are on a fundraising drive.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Boys' Brigade in New Zealand Inc Collection

Reference: 1/2-098884; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Kerryn Pollock, Childhood – Friendship, sport and youth groups, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26275/boys-brigade-members (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 22 March 2011.