Story: Wellington places
This poster advertises the 1948 song ‘Paekakariki’ by Wellington singer Ken Avery. It featured wordplay, such as the line: ‘Come up to Paekakariki in the land of the tiki where you spend all your days at the beach’. The song became a hit, selling 7,000 copies in a year.
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