The New Zealand Centennial, 1940
Waitangi Day 1940s-1950s
1940 Centennial
The Centennial Exhibition - New Zealand Centennial, 1940
Exhibiting a century
Playland - New Zealand Centennial, 1940
Dodgems and Crazy Houses
Most of the 2.6 million people who filed through the turnstiles went there to be entertained at Playland, the exhibition's big amusement park. They were following a well-worn path recognised by exhibition organisers who knew that successful high-profile rides would lure patrons back for the return visits that really made exhibitions pay.
The Centennial and progress - New Zealand Centennial, 1940
New Zealand grows up
The Treaty of Waitangi - New Zealand Centennial, 1940
The Centennial and Maori
Waitangi Day cartoon
'I think we did well that day.' Cartoonist Gordon Minhinnick's comment on Waitangi Day in 1940, Weekly News, 14 February 1940.
Alexander Turnbull Library
National Newspaper Collection
Reference: C-27620-1/2
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Apirana Ngata leading haka, 1940
Apirana Ngata leading a haka at the 1940 centennial celebrations at Waitangi. The meeting house, Waitangi House, is on the left.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: MNZ-2746-1/2-F
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