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Story: Greeks – the Hellenic community

Making music, Tasman Street, Wellington, 1964

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Making music, Tasman Street, Wellington, 1964

The central place in Greek culture of family and tradition is conveyed in this photograph of Agisilaos Cacaviatos and his grandson Dionisis. Dionisis plays a mandolin-like instrument, the bouzouki.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Greek Orthodox Community of Wellington and Suburbs Collection (PAColl 4924)

Reference: 1/2-1779331; 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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Nancy Swarbrick, Greeks – the Hellenic community – Settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/153/making-music-tasman-street-wellington-1964 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.