The 1950s

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

Rimutaka tunnel collapse, 1952

Fridge advert from the 1950s

Ernst Plischke

Nevile Lodge

Norman Read

Brian Barratt-Boyes stamp

Film: royal couple arrive in NZ, 1953

Film clip: unveiling parliamentary centenary plaque, 1956

Film showing scenes from the 1954 election

Athletes prepare for 1954 Commonwealth Games

Film: Antarctic Adventure pt 1

Wellington santa parade in 1958

1956 rugby ball and John Minto helmet from Te Papa

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

First flights to Antarctica

1950 Empire Games rowing at Karapiro