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Golf tourism poster, 1930s

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Golf tourism poster, 1930s

The Chateau Tongariro and Mt Ruapehu provide the backdrop for this 1930s poster advertising the attractions of playing golf in New Zealand. The poster was produced for the Tourist and Publicity division of the Department of Industries and Commerce. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Tongariro-1930s-01-front

by Leonard Mitchell

Poster courtesy of Tourism New Zealand

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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Garry Ahern, Golf – New Zealand golf courses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/39275/golf-tourism-poster-1930s (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Garry Ahern, published 3 December 2012, updated 1 September 2016.