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The 1950s

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Bodgies and widgies
Maori Women's Welfare League, 1953
Johnny Devlin – New Zealand's Elvis
Wellington-Lyttelton yacht race tragedy
Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme
South Africa vs Hawke's Bay programme
Plunket nurse weighing a baby
Remutaka tunnel collapse, 1952
Fridge advert from the 1950s
Ernst Plischke
Nevile Lodge
Norman Read
Brian Barratt-Boyes stamp
1950 Empire Games rowing at Karāpiro

Sound

Sound clip: Yvette Williams at the 1952 Olympics
Sound: the end of the Legislative Council
Sound: Aunt Daisy's beetroot chutney recipe
Sound: Aunt Daisy's cornflour blancmange
Sound: Bob Jones discusses sex in the 1950s
Sound clip: executions at Mt Eden Prison
Sound file: the Mazengarb Report

Video

Film clip: unveiling parliamentary centenary plaque, 1956
Film showing scenes from the 1954 election
Athletes prepare for 1954 Commonwealth Games
Film: Antarctic Adventure
Wellington santa parade in 1958
1956 rugby ball and John Minto helmet from Te Papa

Interactives

First flights to Antarctica

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The 1950s
Overview
1950 – key events
1951 – key events
1952 – key events
1953 – key events
1954 – key events
1955 – key events
1956 - key events
1957 - key events
1958 - key events
1959 - key events
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All images and media for The 1950s

14 photos

• 7 sound clips

• 6 videos

• 1 interactive

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