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Promoting Aoraki/Mt Cook

Promoting Aoraki/Mt Cook

An aim of early tourism was to widen Aoraki/Mt Cook’s appeal. This 1930s advertisement promotes the place as a summer destination for the middle class – a fashionable woman pauses to enjoy the view on a track lined with Mt Cook lilies. The mountain’s snow-capped peak is behind her, and civilisation is represented by the Hermitage hotel in the valley below.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Mt-Cook-1935-01

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John Wilson, 'South Canterbury region - Mackenzie Country', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/11412/promoting-aorakimt-cook (accessed 20 March 2024)

Story by John Wilson, updated 1 Feb 2017