Group discussion, NZ in the 70s - Manawatu Conversations
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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11th March 2025. Andrew Stephens, Anne Weir, Mike Lawrence, Alison Mildon, Stuart Birks. Fondue – dip bread on long forks into a bowl of melted cheese. Progressive dinners – each course at a different home. Beer and wine. New Zealanders travelled overseas and brought back exotic food ideas such as spaghetti bolognaise and goulash. Shrimp cocktails. Temuka pottery, usually brown, was common. Percolated coffee. Dutch migrants set up coffee shops in New Zealand. About 1979 world petrol crisis resulted in carless days in New Zealand. Private car owners couldn’t use their cars one day a week. Usage of drugs was very low key although there were a few communes with their own lifestyle. James K Baxter, a poet and writer, set up a commune at Hiruhārama (Jerusalem) on the Whanganui River. Men wore long hair with sideboards or sideburns. Private radio stations started with a pirate radio station (Radio Hauraki).
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- March 11, 2025