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SLICE OF HEAVEN: 20TH CENTURY AOTEAROA Guess the decade interactive

1900–09

1900–09 CULTURE Two women and a group of children on a picnic, 1900. Photograph by James McAllister, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, , (1/1-007894-G) Kitchen interior and maid, probably in , about 1905. Photograph by Steffano Francis Webb, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-010475-F) Dix’s Gaiety Company Programme for week ending Friday 20 December, Theatre Royal, Wellington, 1901. Designed by P McIntyre, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-B-VARIETY-1901-01)

1900–09 EVENTS Rua Kēnana Hepetipa’s wooden circular courthouse and meeting house (also known as Hīona and Te Whare Kāwana) at Maungapōhatu, about 1908. From left to right: Te Akakura, Te Aue, Rua Kēnana Hepetipa, Whaitiri, Whakaataata, Mihiroa. Standing on steps: ? Whirimako, Pinepine Te Rika. Negative taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1930 of an original photograph by George Bourne, about 1908, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (APG-1679-1/2-G) A tight corner, a New Zealander, by G Montbard, about 1900. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (A-256-002) Postcard showing the New Zealand International Exhibition buildings, Christchurch, about 1906–07. Wanganui Photo Co. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1900–09 SPORT Boxer Thomas William Murphy, known as ‘Torpedo Billy’, about 1905. Photograph by James McAllister, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-007887- G) Women play croquet on the opening day of a club, probably in the Taranaki region, New Zealand, 1909. Photograph by James McAllister, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-008040-G) A female competitor is assisted by a starter in a cycle race at the , Wellington, about 1900. Photograph by Malcolm Ross, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/4-017551-G) The Ladies’ New Zealand Representative Lawn Tennis team in Wellington, 1906. Photograph by Joseph Zachariah, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PAColl-8564)

1900–09 STYLE Woman’s boots, by La Fiurentina, about 1900. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Flower dish, by Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik, about 1905. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Stidolph 1. Photographer unknown. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1900–09 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Group aboard the steamer Ohura on the Whanganui River, 1905. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-049536-F) Richard Seddon and others, Kelburn cable car, Wellington, 1902. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-135995-F) Steam boats on the Whanganui River, 1907. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-041898-F)

1 A traction engine bearing the names ‘J C N [John Charles Nattle], Grigg, Longbeach’ hauls wool bales to a railway, probably near Longbeach Station, Canterbury, about 1900. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PAColl-6585-75) Thornton-Pickard ‘Ruby’ enlarger, 1900–10. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Peugeot motor car, 1903. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Watch, by Gillett & Bland, about 1900. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1910–19

1910–19 CULTURE Kitchen interior, about 1915. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-017707-G) Interior of a grocery store, 1910. Photograph by Steffano Webb, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-004206-G) The Oriental Bay Tea Kiosk, 1914. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-022812) Soldier doll, by Dorothy Broad, 1916. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ‘Good Old New Zealand’ sheet music, written by Louis Benzoni, 1914. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1910–19 EVENTS Strikers and sympathisers of the 1913 waterfront dispute march along Mansfield Street to , Wellington. Photograph by Charles Smith, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-048931-G) Central Medicine Depot, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 4 December 1918. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-008542-G) Celebrations at Pūtiki Pā to mark the return home of members of the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, World War I, 1918. Photograph by Frank James Denton (1869–1963), reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Tesla Studios Collection, 1/1-020991-G) Members of the Maori Pioneer Battalion take a break from trench improvement work near Gommecourt, France, World War I, 25 July 1918. Photograph by Henry Armytage Sanders (1886– 1936), England, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2- 013414-G) Conscription ballot box, maker unknown, 1916. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1910–19 SPORT A game of basketball (later known as netball), about 1910. Photograph by William A Price, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-000260-G) The winning Queen Mary’s Auxiliary Army Corp’s tug-of-war at the New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, 3 August 1918. Photograph by Henry Armytage Sanders (1886–1936), England, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-013430-G) Members of the Hawke’s Bay ladies’ hockey team, about 1910. Photograph by Tesla Studios, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-020950-G) Kurupō Tāreha plays golf, about 1911. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-038029-F) Maranui Surf Life Saving Club members, Lyall Bay, Wellington, 1914. Photograph by Melba Studios, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-047678-G) Final of the 1910 All-comers Singles tennis match at Wimbledon, London, England, featuring Anthony Wilding and Beals Wright, 1910. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-049752-F) Tennis champion Anthony Frederick Wilding, about 1910. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (MNZ-0971-1/4-F)

2 A woman plays tennis, about 1910. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PAColl-5936-38)

1910–19 STYLE Two men in the Danks group, 1911. Photograph by Herman Schmidt (1872–1959), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of City Libraries (Sir George Grey Special Collections, 31-68454) A woman’s shoes, about 1910. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Dressmaking pattern, Butterick Publishing Company, about 1919. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Table, maker unknown, about 1910. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1910–19 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Display of electrical goods in the shop window of Turnbull & Jones Ltd, Christchurch, about 1917. Photograph by Steffano Webb, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-003927-G) Taihape railway station, with refreshment premises, about 1915. Photograph by Frederick George Radcliffe, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-006010- G) Soldiers repair a car at the New Zealand Motor Transport Company workshops, Bonnieres, World War I, 11 August 1918. Photograph by Henry Armytage Sanders (1886–1936), England, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-013453-G) Two open-topped cars on a sports field, about 1914. Photograph by Frederick Nelson Jones, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-029461-G) The American Wizard Stone flies his Bleriot aeroplane in the Auckland Domain, 19 April 1913. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (EP-Transport-Aviation, Historical-02) Mosin-Nagant rifle, Westinghouse Company, 1915. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1920–29

1920–29 CULTURE Dancing the charleston, 1920s. Photograph by Tesla Studios, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-017472-G) Greengrocery shop interior, 1920s–1930s. Photograph by John Reginald Wall, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-013024-G) Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova poses with a flock of sheep during her visit to New Zealand, 1926. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-089575-F) The Common Law, starring Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, and Elliott Dexter, King’s Theatre, Wellington, 11 January 1924. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-CINEMA-1924-01) Adolph Zukor and Jesse Liasky present Cecil B De Mille’s Feet of Clay, about 1926. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-CINEMA-1926-02) Adolph Zukor and Jesse Liasky present Clara Bow in Ladies of the Mob, about 1928. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-CINEMA-1928-01) Advertising card, National Tobacco Company Ltd, 1920. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-C-TOBACCO-NTC-1920s-02) Pola Negri in the Ernst Lubitsch production Forbidden Paradise, with Rod Laroque, Adolphe Menjou, and Pauline Starke, 1924. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-CINEMA-1920s-01)

1920–29 EVENTS Karitane nurses hold babies and toddlers outside the Karitane Hospital, Whanganui, 1929. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-016980-F)

3 Cracks in a road in Greymouth after the Murchison earthquake, 1929. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-091674-F) ‘Don’t be caged. Vote continuance; strike out the two bottom lines’, Commercial Printing Company Limited, about 1928. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-E-ALCOHOL-Continuance-1928-01) Visit of the Prince of Wales to , 4 May 1920. Photograph by Leslie Adkin (black-and- white photograph, gelatin silver print). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1920–29 SPORT Girls’ hockey team, 1920. Photograph by Herman Schmidt (1872–1959), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-001666-G) George Nēpia, 1928. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-018732-F) Front cover of the official souvenir programme for the Springboks’ first New Zealand tour, 1921. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-RUGBY-1921- 01-front) The 1924 All Blacks rugby team, which became known as ‘The Invincibles’. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (MNZ-1036-1/4-F)

1920–29 STYLE Women wait for Captain George Hood and Lieutenant John R Moncrieff to arrive from their trans- Tasman flight, Trentham racecourse, , 10 January 1928. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library (EP-5950-1/4-G) Magazine with sewing patterns, Leach’s, December 1927. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Milk jug, Royal Doulton Company Ltd, about 1925–30. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1920–29 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Passenger Transport Company bus and driver, Otahuhu, about 1928. Photograph by William A Price, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Price Collection, 1/2- 000502-G) Clyno motorcycle, about 1920. Photograph by , reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-008536-G) McClary electric oven, about 1925. Photograph by Gordon Burt (1893–1968), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-015786-G) Interior of a railway carriage, showing several items of New Zealand Railways picnic equipment, about 1920s. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (APG-2093-1/2-G) Gloster Grebe aircraft at Rongotai Aerodrome, 16 November 1929. Photograph by The Evening Post, reproduced by courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP-Transport-Aviation, Historical-04) Pathé 9.5 cine camera, about 1923. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1930–39

1930–39 CULTURE Four young Māori girls, about 1939. Photograph by Thelma Rene Kent, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/4-003346-F) Front cover of Bus Company Ltd brochure, 1935. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1930s-01-cover) Harry Howard’s Hollywood Hotel revue, His Majesty’s Theatre, Auckland, 1938. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-B-WILLIAMSON-1938-01-cover)

4 1930–39 EVENTS Depression workers dig ditches, 1932. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-027086-F) Michael Joseph Savage (1872–1940) on the campaign trail, 1938. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-051739-F) A tram full of children advertises the objective ‘500 boys in jobs before Xmas’, Wakefield Street, with Oriental Parade in the background, Wellington, about 1932. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-084811-G) Demonstration against wage reductions, Wellington, during the Great Depression, probably 1932 or 1933. Photograph by The Evening Post, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-084838-G) Hastings Street, Napier, after the 1931 earthquake, 7 February 1931. Photograph by Norman Every, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-139885-F) Lord and Lady Bledisloe with Māori at Waitangi, New Zealand, January 1934. Photograph by A R Kingsford, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (EP-NZ Obits- Bledisloe, Lord-02)

1930–39 SPORT Māori group including Āpirana Ngata and female tennis players, about 1934. Photograph probably by Mark Lampe, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1- 017113-F) Women of the Christchurch Harrier Club on a practice run, July 1935. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (New Zealand Free Lance Collection, 1/2-C-16171-F) Jack Lovelock wins the 1500 metres at the Berlin Olympic Games, 6 August 1936. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (MSX-2261- 062) Mr J Clark of Maranui Life Saving Club is carried by club mates, Lyall Bay, Wellington, 31 January 1937. Photograph probably by Sports Post, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PA1-f-147-03)

1930–39 STYLE Detail of a kitchen interior, about 1932. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-015728-F) Sport in New Zealand: Trout and salmon fishing, big game fishing, by Leonard Cornwell Mitchell, about 1935. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A- TOURISM-1930s-01-back) Winter sports at Tongariro National Park, New Zealand, by Marcus King, 1930. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-D-TOURISM-1930s-King-01) Powder compact, about 1930. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Food cupboard, maker unknown, about 1930. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Metal case, about 1930. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1930–39 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Overlooking Courtenay Place, Wellington, about 1932. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-089999-G) Catalogue cover: The greatest Chevrolet in Chevrolet history, General Motors, 1930. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-MOTOR-VEHICLES-1930- 01-cover) Aircraft at Rongotai Aerodrome, 28 April 1938. Photograph by The Evening Post, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP-Transport- Aviation, Historical-06) Telegram, maker unknown, 1939. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

5 1940–49

1940–49 CULTURE Don Priestley, Sinclair Breen, and Ralph Hogg read a script in a studio during a broadcast, 1940. Photograph by Stanley Polkinghorne Andrew (about 1879–1964), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-018312-G) Line of players in massed bands broadcast from Cairo, World War II, 5 October 1941. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-01507-F) Awatea Māori Choir sing for the Kiwi Request Session at the British Forces Radio Station, Bari, Italy, 8 November 1945. Photograph by E E Winter, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (DA-08473-F) Joe Brown presents Lights Up, His Majesty’s Theatre, , 1944. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-VARIETY-1944-01-front) Roller-skating boots by John W Jarvis, 1948. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1940–49 EVENTS Māori members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp, Wellington wharf, 23 January 1946. Photograph by John Pascoe (1908–72), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/4-001636-F) Group of members of the Maori Battalion, Sora, Italy, 3 June 1944. Photograph by George Frederick Kaye, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-06147) Soldiers of 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Machine Gun Battalion, alongside their vehicle, which was damaged by a German air attack, April 1941. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-14389- F) United States marines drink milk, New Zealand, 2 December 1942. Photograph by The Evening Post, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP-Defence-US Marine Division (New Zealand 1942)-01) Interior of a food dehydration plant in Pukekohe, Auckland, during World War II, November 1944. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PAColl-0783-2-0009) Maori Battalion perform a haka, Egypt, June 1941. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-01229-F) ‘Volunteer for National Service’ poster, 1940. Printed by E V Paul, Government Printer, for the National Service Department, New Zealand. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1940–49 SPORT Soldiers play bowls at the Maadi Sporting Club, Egypt, World War II, 1940. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-00539) Rugby forwards (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) jump for the ball during a game in Egypt, World War II, about 1941. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-00793-F) A soldier gets ready to throw the discus during a New Zealand Divisional Cavalry sports meeting at the Maadi Club, Cairo, Egypt, World War II, about 1941. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-01204-F) A soldier takes part in a tug of war during a New Zealand Divisional Cavalry sports meeting at the Maadi Club, Cairo, Egypt, World War II, about 1941. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-01208) A member of the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry demonstrates to Syrian tribesmen during a visit to villagers in the Syrian hills, World War II, 26 May 1942. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (War History Collection, DA-02505)

6 A girl skips rope, about 1940. Photograph by Neville Robert Lewers, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PAColl-6180-07-3-1)

1940–49 STYLE Models for Jantzen swimwear, 1940s. Photograph by Gordon Burt (1893–1968), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-036937-F) Victory in Europa (VE) Day celebrations in Lambton Quay, Wellington, 7 May 1945. Photograph by John Pascoe (1908–72), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/4-001508-F) Schoolboys take part in victory celebrations on Queen Street, Auckland, 15 August 1945. Photograph by and reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald Huia cigarette tobacco tin, maker unknown, about 1940. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1940–49 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Cable car, Dunedin, 1947. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (New Zealand Free Lance Collection, 1/2-046777-F) Unloading luggage from Pan American Airways Douglas DC-4 Clipper Malay at Whenuapai, 15 October 1946. Photograph by Whites Aviation, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (WA-04035-G) Radio, by Cromwell, about 1940. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Model teeth, about 1940. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Bren Mk 1m light machine gun, by John Inglis & Company, 1942. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1950–59

1950–59 CULTURE J C Williamson Theatres Ltd: Oklahoma! Printed by Wright & Jacques Ltd, New Zealand, 1950. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-C-OPERA-1950- 01) Couple rock ’n’ roll dance at the Cool Store. Photograph by The New Zealand Herald (H1999) Bubblegum swap card, Anglo American Chewing Gum Ltd, about 1950. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Paper doll and garments, maker unknown, about 1958. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1950–59 EVENTS New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), about 1953. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-020196-F) At the scene of the railway disaster at Tangiwai, December 1953. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP- Accidents-Rail-Tangiwai rail disaster-01) Mrs Goodson with Opo the dolphin, Ōpononi, February 1956. Photograph by Eric Lee-Johnson (black- and-white original print). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Coronation Cut-out Story Book, by Dean & Son Ltd, England, 1953. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Queen Elizabeth II (left) stands in her korowai (feather cloak), gifted by the people of New Zealand during her 1953–54 Royal Tour, Arawa Park, Rotorua, January 1954. Reproduced courtesy of the New Zealand Herald Archive (A_080709NZHQUEEN1)

7 1950–59 SPORT Aerial view of the opening ceremony of the Empire Games, , Auckland, 4 February 1950. Photograph by Whites Aviation Ltd, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (WA-23745) The New Zealand men’s eights rowing team carry their boat to the water, British Empire Games, Lake Karapiro, February 1950. Photograph by Whites Aviation Ltd, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Evening Post Collection, 114/124/08-F) British Isles versus Wellington rugby game, 1950. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Evening Post Collection, 114/161/11-G) Tennis coach and pupil at Samuel Marsden School, 1950. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Evening Post Collection, 114/202/02-G) Yvette Winifred Williams (born 1929) attempts the world record at a sports meeting at Park, Dunedin, attended by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, January 1954. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (New Zealand Free Lance Collection, PAColl-8163-10)

1950–59 STYLE Two Māori men eat fish and chips before the British versus Māori rugby game at Athletic Park, Wellington, 3 August 1950. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Evening Post Collection, 114/181/01-G) Three girls show the new hair fashions for the season, 3 May 1951. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Evening Post Collection, 114/291/04-G) Miss Judy Young (left) and Mrs W M Preston (right) at Trentham race course, Upper Hutt, 21 January 1957. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Evening Post Collection, EP/1957/0298-F)

1950–59 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Demonstration of radar traffic surveillance equipment by the New Zealand Transport Department, January 1956. Photograph by Morris James Hill, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-177057-F) Front cover of the New Zealand National Airways Corporation report, 1952. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-B-AVIATION-NAC-1952-01-front) General Motors New Zealand Limited – Holden Special display, 1956. Photograph by News Limited, Wellington. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1960–69

1960–69 CULTURE Young people dance in a city coffee lounge shortly after midday, 16 October 1962. Reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (2105NZHDANCING) Shoppers in the fruit and vegetable department at Foodtown, 28 September 1965. Reproduced courtesy of the New Zealand Herald Archive (120608NZHFOODTOWN02) Howard Morrison Quartet. Reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (241003NZHMORRISON) Sandy Edmonds. Reproduced courtesy of Redmer Yska Scorching Bay, Wellington, March 1960. Photograph by Brian Brake (colour transparency). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa The Beatles in Wellington during their New Zealand tour, June 1964. Photograph by Morris James Hill, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Morrie Hill Collection, 1/4-071857-F)

8 1960–69 EVENTS The Beatles in Wellington during their New Zealand tour, June 1964. Photograph by Morris James Hill, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Morrie Hill Collection, 1/4-071857-F) Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the Moon, 1969. Photograph by Neil Armstrong, United States, reproduced courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The Wahine shipwreck, as seen from the deck of the Cook Strait ferry Aramoana, showing passengers in the foreground and Seatoun, Wellington, in the background, May 1968. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP/1968/1970/33-F) Mobilisation poster against the war in Vietnam, 17 July 1966. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (MS-Papers-2511-5/1/25-9) and Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association New Zealand dollar currency to be issued 10 July 1967. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-D-BANK-1967-01) and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand

1960–69 SPORT Surfboard championships at Fitzroy Beach, New Plymouth, 1960. Reproduced courtesy of the New Zealand Herald Archives (221105NZHSURFING15) Amon Ferrari 246T, Wigram, 1968. Photograph by and reproduced courtesy of Terry Marshall Sir Bob Charles, New Zealand Golf Open, 1963. Reproduced courtesy of Photosport Peter Snell takes the gold medal in the men’s 1500 metres, with John Davies claiming bronze. Tokyo Olympic Games, 1964. Reproduced courtesy of Photosport

1960–69 STYLE Living-room interior, about 1966. Photograph by Duncan Winder, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (DW-2506) A group of young women cross the road reading newspapers, 9 July 1964. Reproduced courtesy of the New Zealand Herald Archive (190903NZHGIRLS) Place setting, by Crown Lynn Potteries Ltd, about 1965. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Shoes, by Martinelli, about 1969. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wairoa, 1964. Photograph by and reproduced courtesy of Ans Westra (born 1934), Netherlands/New Zealand. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Maison Noisette – In Love with Summer?, front cover, illustrated by Kate Coolahan, 1967. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1960–69 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Picton Harbour, with Cook Strait ferry Aramoana at wharf, 1962–64. Photograph by Gladys Mary Goodall, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (GG-10-0065-1) Fleetwood television from the 1960s. Photograph by Gordon Burt (1893–1968), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington (1/2-036737-F) Courtney Place, Wellington, 1969. Photograph by and reproduced courtesy of John Daley. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington traffic, 15 July 1965. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post

1970–79

1970–79 CULTURE New Zealand punk-rock group Suburban Reptiles, 24 August 1977. Photograph by The Evening Post, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington (EP/1977/3399/20-F) Sleeping Dogs poster, 1977. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-E-CINEMA-1977-01) and the New Zealand Film Commission

9 Rock concert, 1970s. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post Disco Dancers amid flashing lights at an Auckland hotel, 17 July 1978. Reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (1707NZHDISCOGROOVE01) Scenes of jubilation in the Auckland Town Hall as the final figure is revealed at the end of Telethon, 27 June 1977. Reproduced courtesy of the New Zealand Herald Archive

1970–79 EVENTS Landslide at Abbotsford, Dunedin, showing wrecked houses, 10 August 1979. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP/1979/2807a) Anti-abortion rally, Wellington, 20 August 1974. Left to right: Sir William Liley, founding president of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC); Dr Diana Mason, SPUC President; Mrs Ruth Kirk; and the Most Reverend R J Delargey. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington (Evening Post Collection, EP/1974/6130/33-F) National Party leader Rob Muldoon at the party’s annual conference, Wellington, 26 July 1975. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP/1975/3056/5-F) 1975 Māori land march. Reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (H_070708NZHLANDMARCH21) The Erebus crash trail in the snow. Photograph by R B Thomson, reproduced courtesy of Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection (HR87) Māori land march, 14 September 1975: Whina Cooper and her granddaughter Irenee Cooper, 3, set off on a dusty Far North road for Wellington. Photograph by Michael Tubberty, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (110804NZHDAMEWHINA5)

1970–79 SPORT Ivan Mauger competes at Western Springs raceway, Auckland, 1970. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (2911NZHMAUGER1) Muhammad Ali shadow-boxes with two boys in Queen Street, Auckland, 17 February 1979. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (1406NZHMALIWALK) New Zealand men’s eight on their way to winning the gold medal during the Munich Olympic Games, 1972. Reproduced courtesy of Photosport John Walker. Reproduced courtesy Photosport after New Zealand’s win over England in a test for the first time ever at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, 15 February 1978. Others from left are Stephen Boock, Mark Burgess, and Robert Anderson. Photograph by John Selkirk, reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post

1970–79 STYLE Model Nick Carr wears a jumpsuit and tailored coat designed by Lyn Massey in the Benson & Hedges Fashion Design Awards, 1975. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Evening Post Collection, 1/4-022824-F) Members of the Jerusalem commune set up by poet James K Baxter, 29 March 1971. Barbara plays the guitar. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (EP-Social-Communes-01) A woman’s shoes, by Monturell du Paris, about 1975. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Sewing pattern, style 4464, 1974. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Tim Shadbolt at Gibraltar Crescent, Parnell, Auckland, 1971. Photograph by and reproduced courtesy of Marti Friedlander (born 1928), England/New Zealand. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1970–79 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Wellington stock exchange computer, 6 October 1970. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP/1970/4278/20- F)

10 General Motors New Zealand Limited, staff and personnel, 1970s. Photographer unknown. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Traffic on Mercer Street, Wellington, 13 December 1976. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post

1980–89

1980–89 CULTURE Sir Robert and Lady Thea Muldoon backstage with the cast of the Rocky Horror Show, about 28 May 1986. Photograph by John Nicholson, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP/1986/2402/24) Neil Finn of Crowded House plays to a packed-out , 4 July 1987. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post Tip Top Trumpet ice-cream advertisement featuring Rachel Hunter, 1980s. Reproduced courtesy of Tip Top A young man and woman play Space Invaders, 1981. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP/1981/2519/15)

1980–89 EVENTS Prime Minister David Lange celebrates his return to power with his Minister of Finance, Roger Douglas, 15 August 1987. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (H_180605NZHLANGE) A protester places an olive branch onto the truncheon during protests at the rugby test between the All Blacks and , 15 August 1981. Photograph by Paul Estcourt, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald The Rainbow Warrior lies on its side at Marsden Wharf, Auckland, 11 July 1985, the day after it was bombed. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (0807RAIN) Sharemarket dealer Mr Philip Solarz has his hands full during hectic trading at the Auckland stock exchange, 21 October 1987. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (NZHSHAREMARKET02) Prince Charles and Princess Diana leave the marae at Waitangi, New Zealand, 1983. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, Miss Universe Lorraine Downes, and Dame Thea Muldoon, 1983. Reproduced courtesy of the New Zealand Herald Archive

1980–89 SPORT New Zealand loses 1–2 to Kuwait in an elimination game marred by bad crowd behaviour at Mt Smart Stadium for the 1982 Soccer World Cup, 10 October 1981. Photograph by Anthony Phelps, reproduced courtesy of Photosport Australian Trevor Chappell bowls underarm in a cricket match against New Zealand in Australia, 2 February 1981. Reproduced courtesy of Photosport player Richard Hadlee joins the elite ‘300 club’ (300 wickets in ) during the first test against Australia, 21 February 1986. Photograph by Paul Estcourt, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (031103NZHHADLEE02) Reigning world women’s squash champion Susan Devoy concentrates in her world squash semi-final against Liz Irving, Auckland, 5 October 1987. Reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald (140907NZHDEVOY2) All Black captain David Kirk holds the World Cup after the Rugby World Cup final between the All Blacks and France, Eden Park, Auckland, Saturday 20 June 1987. The All Blacks won the match 29– 9. Photograph by Julia Thorne, reproduced courtesy of Photosport

1980–89 STYLE Lady Diana lookalikes wait to greet Prince Charles in Wellington, 1983. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post

11 Michael Tutaki from Thorndon, Wellington, keeps reading his race book while a Fashion in the Field entrant walks by, 1989. Photograph by Margo Bremford, reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post Cast of the television series Gloss. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post and Television New Zealand

1980–89 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Trevor Morley demonstrates the wheel clamp used by the London Metropolitan Police, 2 August 1988. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post Newly assembled Mitsubishi vehicles line the Todd Motors car yard in 1982. Photograph by John Nicholson, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Evening Post Collection, EP/1982/3364/19) Gaming joystick. Reproduced courtesy of istockphoto.com Video player. Reproduced courtesy of istockphoto.com

1990–99

1990–99 CULTURE Lotto presenters Hilary Timmins and Grant Kereama juggle balls. Photograph by Mark Coote, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP-Amusements-Gambling-Lotto/Keno/Scratch & Win-01) Crowd surfing, Auckland, 1996. Reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald Girl on gaming machine, 10 April 1994. Photograph by Don Roy, reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post Singer Sir Howard Morrison greets Michael Jackson with a traditional hongi, 8 November 1996. Reproduced courtesy of the New Zealand Herald Archive

1990–99 EVENTS The Mayor of Wanganui, Chas Poynter, addresses Māori gathered at Moutoa Gardens, Wanganui, 28 February 1995. Photograph by Michael Smith, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, Dom/1995/0228/1/03-F) Pat Kelly leads a union march, 1991. Photograph by John Nicholson, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP/1991/1187/13-F) Journalist Jo Mackay with her mobile billboard supporting the proposed Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system, Wellington, 5 November 1993. Photograph by John Nicholson, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Dominion Post Collection, EP/1993/3927/28-F) Winston Peters campaigns for the New Zealand First political party. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post Prime Minister Jim Bolger and his Finance Minister, Ruth Richardson, are all smiles as they enter to present the 1991 budget, 30 July 1991. Photograph by Mark Hunter, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald South African President Nelson Mandela is welcomed onto Tūrangawaewae Marae at Ngāruawāhia,14 November 1995. Photograph by Yanse Martin, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald Mt Ruapehu erupts in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand, 27 September 1995. The Chateau is in the foreground. Photograph by Alan Gibson, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald Te Papa opens, Wellington, 1998. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

1990–99 SPORT Peter Blake holds the America’s Cup aloft after Team New Zealand won the final in San Diego, 15 May 1995. Photograph by David White, reproduced courtesy of The New Zealand Herald All Black wing Jonah Lomu runs over Mike Catt on his way to score his first try during the World Cup rugby match between New Zealand and England, Capetown, 18 June 1995. The All Blacks won the match 45–29. Reproduced courtesy of Photosport

12 New Zealand discus thrower at the world championships in 1997. Reproduced courtesy of Photosport New Zealand swimmer celebrates winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games, 1996. Photograph by Andrew Cornaga, reproduced courtesy of Photosport New Zealand boardsailor Barbara Kendall in action at the Olympics Games, 1992. Reproduced courtesy of Photosport New Zealand netball player Bernice Mene in the New Zealand versus Australia game at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, 1998. Reproduced courtesy of Photosport

1990–99 STYLE New Zealand television presenters Paul Holmes, Judy Bailey, and John Hawkesby are the front people for Telethon, 1990. Courtesy of The Dominion Post Tongue piercing, 10 September 1998. Photograph by Mark Round, reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post Street kids in Manners Mall, 21 May 1993. Photograph by Mark Round, reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post

1990–99 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Cell phone, mid 1990s. Reproduced courtesy of istockphoto.com Amiga 2000 computer. Reproduced courtesy of istockphoto.com Floppy disk. Reproduced courtesy of istockphoto.com Southbound traffic grinds to a halt before the Terrace Tunnel on Wellington’s motorway, 1994. Reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post

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