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Story: Rural recreation

Decorated hall

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Decorated hall

On formal occasions such as balls much effort went into decorating the country hall with foliage and streamers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-0436-1/2-G

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Jock Phillips, Rural recreation – Country halls, 1890–1960, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17690/decorated-hall (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.