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Official naturist journal

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Official naturist journal

The cover of the National Naturist Reviewfor 1960 depicts a family group enjoying naturism in the outdoors. From the mid-1950s the New Zealand Sunbathing Association, which published the Review, made efforts to portray the movement as a decent, family-oriented activity. By the 1960s and 1970s there was much greater public acceptance of naturism.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: J1 W2304 121 18/45/7 1

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Hera Cook, Naturism – Attitudes to nakedness, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/38046/official-naturist-journal (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hera Cook, published 9 May 2012.