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Drinking with mates, 1976

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Drinking with mates, 1976

Right through until the 1970s, ‘rugby, racing and beer’ remained important in the stereotype of the New Zealander. Here, Kiwi mates get together at Waipū Cove during the summer holidays.

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Jock Phillips, The New Zealanders – Post-war New Zealanders, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1980/drinking-with-mates-1976 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.