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'Five o'clock'

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'Five o'clock'

Garth Tapper painted several large figure works examining public bar culture. 'Five o’clock'(1968) highlights the masculine camaraderie of the public bar before women demanded equal access in the early 1970s.

Artwork courtesy of the estate of Garth Tapper

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Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

by Garth Tapper

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Ben Schrader, City images – The city in art, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/25364/five-oclock (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 3 March 2010.