More Info →Massey University Student 'Procesh' - 'NZ Constipational Society'

Description

The annual Student procession or 'Procesh' was held at midday on the Monday of 'Capping Week' and was a highlight of 'Town and Gown' relations between Massey University and the City. Sometimes courting controversy with its 'student humour', the parade usually consisted of floats, clowns and trick cyclists. It attracted large crowds, stopping traffic along Broadway and around the Square and usually ended with a ceremonial ducking in the Butterfly pond after speeches by students representing 'Lord and Lady Massey' and the Mayor.

This float depicts pant-less students waiting on an outhouse occupied by 'Kiwi Keeth' - a nickname for National Party Prime Minister Keith Holyoake. Signs read "Kiwi Keeth in Session" written on the side of an out-house and "N.Z. Needs a Second House".

Keith Roland Hamblyn was a photographer with the Palmerston North Hospital Board for many years. In a private capacity, he documented a wide variety of public events between 1958 and the early 1970s.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

2014-26

Date

April 13, 1964

Digitisation ID

2022S_2014-26_038863

Format

Slide