Story: The New Zealanders

Drinking with mates, 1976

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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Reference: AAQT 6401 B9283

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Jock Phillips, 'The New Zealanders - Post-war New Zealanders', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/1980/drinking-with-mates-1976 (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 May 2015