Summer

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Summer is about warm weather, outdoors, picnics, surfing, boating and barbecues. It’s also a time to be mindful of sun, water and fire. Explore the Great Kiwi Summer and its associated activities and festivals around New Zealand. SCIS no. 1822092

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Image: Boy eating ice cream - Photograph taken by Juley Van Der Reyden

Boy eating ice cream

Boy eating ice cream - Photograph taken by Juley Van Der Reyden

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: St Heliers Beach, Auckland

St Heliers beach, Auckland

St Heliers Beach, Auckland

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Summer Hummer

Summer hummer

Summer Hummer

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Summer Fashions

Summer fashions

Summer Fashions

Gisborne Photo News

Image: El Nino Summer

Summer

El Nino Summer

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: By summer seas

‘By summer seas’

By summer seas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Spray Tanning for Summer

Spray tanning for summer

Spray Tanning for Summer

Radio New Zealand

Image: Summer day at Pines Beach

Summer day at Pines Beach

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: Photograph of first Mangatoi School picnic, on Mokau River

Mangatoi summer school picnic, on the Mokau river

Photograph of first Mangatoi School picnic, on Mokau River

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Picnic at Foxton Beach

Picnic at Foxton beach

Picnic at Foxton Beach

Palmerston North City Library

Image: Family barbeque

Family barbeque

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: 'Summer' by Margaret Mahy

‘Summer’ by Margaret Mahy

'Summer' by Margaret Mahy

Radio New Zealand

Image: Barbeque on Westshore Beach, Napier, Hawke's Bay

Barbeque on Westshore beach, Hawke's Bay

Barbeque on Westshore Beach, Napier, Hawke's Bay

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Summer holidays

Summer holidays

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Summer days at Bethells Beach

Summer days at Bethells Beach

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Jandals

Jandals

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Stormy weather: a wet summer holiday

Stormy weather: a wet summer holiday

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Pohutukawa

Pohutukawa in flower

Pohutukawa

iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao

Image: Orari Gorge, summer

Orari Gorge, summer

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Summer sounds

Summer sounds

Radio New Zealand

Image: Advertisement on the back of a bus

Advertisement on the back of a bus

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Policeman wearing summer helmet

Policeman wearing summer helmet

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Picnic at haymaking [poster]

Picnic while haymaking

Picnic at haymaking [poster]

Puke Ariki

Smiles for the Day

SMILES FOR THE DAY. (Ashburton Guardian, 19 October 1912)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: New Zealand recreation: baches

New Zealand recreation: baches

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Camping

Camping

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Baxter’s lung preserver

Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Colonist, 13 March 1920)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Oriental Parade, Wellington, March 1960

Oriental Parade

Oriental Parade, Wellington, March 1960

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

What causes seasons?

Services to Schools

Image: NEW ZEALAND SUMMER

New Zealand summer

NEW ZEALAND SUMMER

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Summer wonderland

Services to Schools

Tāwhirimātea

Tāwhirimātea – the weather: The seasons

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

What causes seasons?

Services to Schools

Summertime

Services to Schools

Summer beach safety

Services to Schools

Life on the farm

Services to Schools

Summer fruit

Services to Schools

A summer place

Services to Schools