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Ridiculing naturism

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Ridiculing naturism

When Eric Flint endeavoured to set up a naturist club (to be called the Dunedin Gymnosophy Club) in 1933, the press was unsympathetic. This article, published in the Wellington Evening Post, predicted, correctly, that the attempt would be unsuccessful.

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Reference: Evening Post, 24 November 1933, p. 5

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Hera Cook, Naturism – Development of the naturist movement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/38037/ridiculing-naturism (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Hera Cook, published 9 May 2012.