Research Catalog

Title

The swinging sixties : when New Zealand changed forever / Graham Hutchins.

Author

Hutchins, Graham.

Publication

Auckland, N.Z. : HarperCollins, 2008.

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Details

Description

256 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

For New Zealand the 1960s began with conservative prosperity - the establishment knew best and most Kiwis knew their place. Doors were left unlocked in postwar 'golden weather' and the All Blacks ruled. Within five years Beatlemania, the pill and the youth revolution saw baby boomers become teenagers in a process of dramatic, head-spinning change. Fashion, hairstyles and music rocked society as lifestyles, gender roles and sexual options challenged the status quo. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll flourished as the Vietnam War raged and the 'summer of love' flowed on. By the end of the sixties Neil Armstrong had walked on the moon, the Beatles were fragmenting and the All Blacks were growing long in the tooth. As the good times faded, Kiwis started locking their doors.

Subjects

• New Zealand > Social life and customs
• New Zealand > Social conditions
• Popular culture > New Zealand

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-256).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1960. "Steady as she goes", and "she'll be right" -- Prosperity. Happy down in "Nappy Valley" and the tanning of New Zealand -- Religion. See you in church? -- Politics. "Kiwi Keith" and first past the post -- 1961. The sounds of the baby boom and braying Frenchmen -- Shopping. From corner dairy to supermarket -- Disasters. The Wahine and for whom the road tolls -- 1962. Peter Snell and George Wilder: Kiwis on the run -- Food. Of "greasy spoons" and steamed cabbage -- Farming. Down on the farm with the "backbone of the nation" -- 1963. Shadows on the horizon and Whineray's All Blacks -- Drink. Old habits die hard: from blokes in swilleries to animals in the booze barns -- Race relations. Monoculturalism and another Maori migration -- 1964. The year of the Beatles -- Beatlemania in New Zealand -- Rugby. The only game in town (and country) -- The All Blacks. A decade of dominance -- Other sports. Whatever happened to the marching girls? -- Surfing. Hanging ten and wiping out --^
• 1965. Dinah Lee and the DC8s -- Smoking. of Matinée filters and going to pot -- Fashion and hair. "Get a haircut" and the rise of the mini-skirt -- Humour. From "what a dag" to Monty Python -- 1966. Radio Hauraki and the "great eight" drop anchor -- Cars. Convenient carriage, occasional carnage -- Trains. Towards the end of the line -- Planes. The not-so-flightless Kiwi -- 1967. Decimal currency, Sergeant Pepper and Captain Lochore -- Sex, drugs and gender roles -- Television. For better or worse of both -- Cinema and film. The gradual eradication of flea pits and bug houses -- Radio. Beyond the "screaming skull" to "a giant leap for mankind" -- 1968. When the Wahine went down and Sid Going really got going -- Rock music. From "One night" with Elvis to "three days of peace and music" at Woodstock -- New Zealand music. "Ten guitars" and a dozen DB -- Education. Land of school milk and honey -- 1969. Setting foot on the moon and standing on land mines in Vietnam --^
• Law and order. A gradual locking of doors -- The youth revolution. Dropping out, communes and the mixed blessing of mixed flatting -- Protest, the generation gap and the Vietnam War. "Hell no, we won't go."

ISBN

• 9781869506537 (pbk.)
• 1869506537 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 226978222
• SCSB-12434916

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library