#  28 - May 1963 

[The New Zealand Naturist - Autumn] Editor: Gerald Wakely (Pages: 16 - 2/- each)

Contents:-

Editorially Speaking
Points of View
Shall we welcome the children?
A Yank in Kiwiland - Part 2
What's on your mind?
Naturists as artists
Nudism and yoga
A Word from the President
Children and naturism
INF News - Congress, Passports, Badges, Handbooks, Literary Competition, Germany, U.S.A.
NZSA Notes - "Travelling Light", etc. Back Issues, Newsletter
Talking to Women with Joan Treanor
Junior Section - Ken (final)
News from the Clubs (1)
Directory: (10)

Noted


NEW ZEALAND SUNBATHING ASSOCIATION


President

 

Perc. W. Cousins

Vice-President

 

Ivan Mowlem, Ray Clark

Secretary & Treasurer

 

Doug. Cousins

Public Relations Officer

 

Norman Fullerton

Overseas Correspondent

 

Ken Treanor

Youth Organiser

 

Ken Treanor

Women's Representative

 

Joan Treanor

Photographer

 

Doug. Cousins

Delegates representing all clubs

 

N.Z. NATURIST

Production

 

Gerald Wakely

Business Manager

 

Doug. Cousins

Editor

 

Bob McIver, Helen Fullerton


ENQUIRIES REGARDING MEMBERSHIP OF A NATURIST CLUB or any matters concerning naturism in New Zealand or overseas may be made of the Association at its office.

WRITE TO: N.Z. Sunbathing Association, P.O. Box 6359, Wellington.


THE NEW ZEALAND NATURIST is published quarterly and is supplied on subscription at the rate of 7/- for 4 issues.

All communications regarding subscriptions and distribution should be made to: Business Manager, N.Z. Naturist, P.O. Box 6359, Wellington.

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Articles and photographs are sought from those with interest in and practical experience of naturism in N.Z. or elsewhere.


The NZ Naturist

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EDITORIALLY SPEAKING

Although winter does not see the closing of our activities in New Zealand in the same way that it does in many countries overseas those activities are less intense than in the summer and less time is spent out at the club grounds.

What do nudists do in the winter?

This is a question that is asked frequently in a less serious vein and usually answered flippantly, though one would add here that those naturists who only take their clothes off when the sun is shining and never give their bodies a complete air bath are missing something. There is a definite advantage in baring one's skin daily and one needn't be a Spartan to do it.

However, my purpose here is to query what naturists do with their time in the winter. Are naturists the sort of people who are energetic and in for everything that's going? Are they intellectually curious? Does winter time find them thronging to night school, Adult Education classes and the like? Do they take an active part in local affairs? Are they on School Committees, Parent-Teacher Associations, and so on? In short, are they good citizens pulling their weight in the community?

Or are they, perhaps, lost, deprived of their main interest? Do they then fill their rime with gossiping, going over the events of the last summer in the minutest detail, magnifying the bad things and not letting time do its healing work, keeping the sores of misunderstanding open and helping to turn them septic?

Does it matter?

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

For every naturist who takes his right place in the community the movement as a whole takes a pace forward. Wherever these people go they gain respect and if their association with naturism is known this is reflected in the community attitude to naturism. Even if it is not known it is right that people in a minority movement should spread their interests so that they keep their finger on the pulse of their community, so that they can be aware of indications of support or criticism.

But those who gather to gossip are an evil excrescence in the body of the naturist - or any other - movement and should be exposed. They are sowing the seeds of discord and unhappiness in a movement that should be free of these things.

 

Unhappily they are present in our own clubs. Perhaps they always will be. But perhaps even they would be surprised at the way life would open up for them and the positive enjoyment they could get from living by going out and extending their horizons. Then they could become useful members of the naturist movement instead of its cancer.

Why can't they get the thing out on time? Yes, I agree that it is annoying that issues of the N.Z. Naturist have a way of failing to hit the date on the front cover. There are a variety of reasons which can be summed up by saying that they start by copy being late in the first place and start snowballing by the pressure of other commitments on the production staff and printer. This is a risk that those who produce something in their spare time have to face. We are doing our best to put the show straight - don't shoot the pianist!

With this issue we take on a new look and hope that we shall go from strength to strength. At this time I would like to remind you that a journal like this is only as good as those who write for it. I would like to be inundated with thought- provoking and lively articles which reveal the energy in the naturist movement. I hope you will collectively take the hint!

It is a coincidence that with our new look we also say 'Good-bye and thank you' to Annette Mclver who, since the early days when the National Review was cyclostyled, has prepared all the material for publication. With a cyclostyled publication this meant typing everything at least twice, first to make sure it would fit - and how it would fit - and then the stencils. Annette is not a typist by training and this has indeed been a labour of love and one of those essential background jobs without which a publication can't get off the ground. Thank you, Annette, on behalf of myself and past editors, for a fine job, well and willingly done.

Gerald Wakely

Although the New Zealand Naturist is the official journal of the New Zealand Sunbathing Association, opinions expressed in this publication are not those of the Association unless expressly stated to be so.

DEADLINE for the next issue is
5th July

 

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POINTS OF VIEW

During the Women's Session at the 11th Rally one of the items under discussion was the habit of children of some Clubs calling their adult members 'Aunty' or 'Uncle'. Here are two points of view on this question - one from Auckland where 'Aunty' or 'Uncle' is not heard and children address adults by their first or Christian names and one from Christchurch where 'Aunty' and 'Uncle' is the usual mode of address.

Joan Treanor of C.S. & H.C. writes:

On the whole this idea met with approval, with only two or three ladies dissenting.

This practice is in being at our Club, and it is very rarely that we hear juniors calling adults by their Christian names. We find that this idea tends to make a friendlier and respectful atmosphere. Visiting other clubs and finding youngsters calling me just 'Joan', I feel as if something was missing.

Since this subject arose I have asked various members of Clubs who adopt the practice their opinions. Almost all, including juniors themselves, are quite pleased with the arrangement.

The argument that it makes a child feel inferior seems to be a poor one, for surely it is right and proper that a developing youngster is taught that an adult should be respected as such. At our schools pupils address masters as 'sir' and it is accepted that this is correct. Though we do not intend the Club to be as stiff and formal as school, we at Canterbury stick to this idea and with over 150 children and not an ounce of trouble or objection, feel that it works quite well.

 

Helen Fullerton of A.O.H.C. says:

Children at A.O.H.C. call adults by their first names and the majority of members would rather it stayed that way. Members of clubs are from a large section of the community and 'Aunty' or 'Uncle' are names normally used for close family, not for comparative strangers. Since it is used as a form of politeness, it is often insincere and is consequently dropped as soon as opportunity arises.

Some adults may find it flattering to be addressed in this way as it bolsters their sense of dignity, but surely this should not be done at the expense of the child who naturally respects kindness and wisdom rather than age, and who could learn to be dishonest in expressing himself.

Addressing anyone as 'Aunty' or 'Uncle' forms a barrier between child and adult instead of fostering a bond of friendship where each respects the other as an individual. The use of first names to adults irrespective of age gives a child confidence in meeting with and talking to older people as an equal, not as an inferior.

A child should be left to his own inclination and not bullied into pretending that adults are superior merely because they're older and not because they're wiser, more tolerant, or more capable.

 

(Well, there you are - two different points of view. What do others think - youngsters, in particular? - Ed.)


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Shall we welcome the children?

Recently the National Office received an interesting letter from a subscriber in Australia which contains an important moral that should always be remembered by naturists. The writer said in his letter:

"Some years ago, when my children were small, I used to take them swimming, nude, in a handy waterhole. Some neighbouring children got wind of this, somehow, wanted to join us, and did for one session. However, this proved to be a misunder-standing and a mistake, as the neighbour, their father, turned out to be violently anti-nudist. I don't want to recount the whole story here, but he made a lot of trouble, and tried to have me jailed. The thing, of course, was the talk of the district."

This story could easily happen again in many places if we do not take adequate precautions. Children, by their very innocence, are natural naturists and it is well known that they are among the best members we have in our clubs and groups. But care is necessary.

With your own children, the parental consent is accepted by your own admission to the club. But, as with the above story, it is a very different matter with somebody else's children. In all cases the consent of the parents must be obtained.

 

Minors under the age of 21 are by law the personal responsibility of their legal parents or guardians, and we cannot take risks with that responsibility. The question may arise as to whether the consent of both parents should be obtained. I should say both, although I have known of a case of one parent giving the required consent while the other parent never even knew of the child's membership in a club.

The Wellington club is very close to a number of houses and the local children no doubt know as much about the swimming pool as do the members. At least two families are welcomed into the grounds at any time, although they are not members. Two teenage children of one of these couples are regular attenders, and to ensure there is no likelihood of trouble the club has arranged for the father to sign a statement very similar in wording to the declaration signed by adult members on the club's application form. This is an idea we would commend to other clubs.

Children should always be more than welcome at clubs, but play safe, be sure in all cases you have the consent of the parents, in writing if those parents are not themselves members.

Doug Cousins, W.S. & H.S.

 

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A YANK IN KIWILAND - PART 2

The following week-end found us going down that 250-mile stretch of road once more, only this time we had a beautiful week-end ahead of us. The weather could not have been better and, upon arriving. the unpopulated grounds of the previous week-end were now swarming with people. We lost no time in shedding our garments, and joined the group in raking the lake bottom in preparation to putting the plug in the dam. I dare say it took us all of 30 seconds to become quite comfortable in being nude with a group of people. All thoughts of clothes were forgotten. At the end of that most enjoyable week-end we felt rather strange to be putting on our clothes again. Needless to say, we put many miles on our car travelling that 250-mile trip on week-ends to come. We watched a small, relatively unequipped club flourish in the next few years. We feel that it has only been possible through the T.L.C. (tender, loving care) given by the club's owner, Henry L. We have been to many other fine clubs all over the U.S. but there is only one club there to us, and that is Sunair Health Club of Augusta. Georgia.

In the West Indies

That all took place some eight years ago, and since that time Jerry and I have lived in many places. For the last three years we have been living in the West Indies. There is no organised nudism there, and we entertained dreams of opening ur own nudist resort, but found politics and laws too confining. There was a horrible lack of that stuff called money, which was needed in extremely large amounts before the idea could be considered. It involves buying an entire island for privacy. The area we were in had become quite a popular tourist centre being only 1400 miles from Miami. We spent many weekends going from island to island looking for the proper place to start such a venture. In the end, it was all impossible for us. Maybe some day someone with enough capital will be able to overcome these impossibilities and our dream can come true. Success will be the outcome for that is the land of everlasting sunshine and play. It has become a well-travelled lane for both boats and planes. Anyone having a fortune to invest, please contact me for further details. All kidding aside, the Caribbean is beautiful.

Getting in touch

As time rolled on Jerry and I decided to come to New Zealand. This chapter will sound a little strange in view of our previous enthusiasm, but you must remember that only a year ago we were immigrants in a strange and foreign land.

 

A year has passed and it sounds strange now to be calling New Zealand a foreign land. Being rather isolated in the West Indies for the last three years, we had no opportunity to look up the prospects of nudism in New Zealand, as nudist magazines were not to be had. We were of the opinion that we were coming to a land of prudes, which was grossly unfair, as we had never met a New Zealander. This opinion had stemmed from an American feeling that the British are rather stuffy and since many New Zealanders are of British origin, we felt they would be the same.

When leaving the islands, we had promised each other not to ever breathe a word of our association with the naturist movement to anyone in our new home. We made this promise because we were tired of being branded as weird and being considered misfits. We were here for almost a month when to our overjoyed surprise we opened our newspaper one night to see a wonderful article on the Canty Sun Club, complete with pictures. We wasted no time in breaking our promise and decided to contact the Club. There was no address so we simply mailed our letter to the Canterbury Sun & Health Club, Pineglades, N.Z., thinking that Pineglades was possibly the name of a town near the club. We were not sure our letter would reach the club so we made subtle inquiries which were met with a good reception. Most people knew of the club and approved of the idea. Many people even assumed a defensive attitude when speaking of the group.

When we found the general opinion to be on such a high level we were very elated and felt our love for this way of life being completely rejuvenated. Strange as it may sound, our letter did reach the Club. It was only a short time before we found ourselves standing on the grounds of the Canty Club with some 309 new Sun Friends. It was wonderful to be reunited with such a wholesome way of life. It was almost as though we had been reborn and with this rebirth had come a new freedom and a new world of friends. It was a freedom we had never known in nudism and friends were sincere and true. Who could ask for anything more? - but there was more! ... only six months after finding and joining Canty Sun Club, Jerry was elected President. Many lovely things have happened to us since coming to our new home, but nothing has done more to really make us feel at home and wanted. We feel that we are truly a part of New Zealand now, and we want to thank you, the naturists of New Zealand, for making this feeling possible and for taking us into your hearts.

Harryette C., C.S. & H.C.

 

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What's on your mind

Dear Editor,

We would like, through your magazine, to thank all the members of the Auckland Sun Club for the help which they gave us on joining their club as we had never been to a Sun Club before. We only had a few months with them but we enjoyed every minute of it.

We spent a few months in the north of the South Island, then spent the week-end with a club member at 'Pine Glades'. We would like to thank the secretary and also the family that met us when the bus arrived and took us to the grounds.

 

We would like to say how grateful we were to the family that we stayed with for the rest of the week-end, which we could not have enjoyed more.

You can be sure that we will be very keen members of the 'Helios' club here in Victoria. Our only regret is that we should have joined a sun club sooner.

George and Barbara,   

Victoria, Australia.


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Naturists as artists

The first Pineglades Arts Festival was held at the grounds on Saturday and Sunday, 23rd and 24th February 1963.

There was a quite astonishing number of entries, the majority of a very high standard indeed. It was a surprise to everyone to discover that among our members there are so many who display somewhat more than amateur talent in the artistic field.

The festival was organised by a subcommittee of four, assisted by the Social Committee. The entries were displayed in the Clubhouse, with the Junior Section in the entertainment hail. Judging was done between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. and all adult members (16 and over) were eligible to vote. It may well be that talent of a very high order was overlooked, since judging was by popularity of entries, but it was felt that if we used our own members as judges - and some of them are well qualified for the assignment - it would preclude them from entering the contest themselves, thus lowering the standard of entries. None of the members found judging an easy task, and the subcommittee learned from this that a breaking-down into further groups would be necessary next time. Photography could well have been divided into portraits, black and white, and colour sections; drawings and paintings into oils, water colours, black-and-white, collage and montage, etc.

Entries were grouped as follows:

1. Photography - black and white or coloured.

2. Drawings and paintings - black and white, coloured, finger painting, collage, montage, etc.

 

3. Sculpture, carving, clay modelling.

4. Needlework and sewing.

5. Woodwork.

6. Cane work and basketry.

7. Scale models.

8. Hand knitting.

9. Cookery-

(a) filled sponge,

(b) pikelets,

(c) six assorted biscuits.

The Social Committee held an enjoyable fancy dress dance in the hall at the grounds on Saturday night. Cooking entries were judged just prior to the dance, and the entries subsequently formed part of the supper.

All other entries were judged on Sunday afternoon, and the winning entries were displayed during communal afternoon tea. All prize-winners received certificates and vouchers for 2/6 redeemable at the canteen. Children who had entered but not won a prize were given a voucher for sixpence.

We intend to hold another Arts Festival this year. Since none of the entries from our first effort will be accepted again, many of our members are already preparing work. It is hoped to include a section for colour slides, with a showing of these during the evening. It has also been suggested that we hold a flower and vegetable show, with the entries being sold to members to raise funds for the club.

 

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NUDISM AND YOGA

When Marco Polo visited India towards the end of the thirteenth century A.D. he met Yogis practising nudism. They were all centenarians, retained the fullest use of their bodily capacities, could read like youths, lived on a diet of bread, rice and milk, plus a little mercury and sulphur taken in water once a fortnight. When asked to explain their going nude, the Yogis said: 'We go nude because we want nothing from this world, because we came into this world without clothes and naked; and if we are not ashamed to reveal our members, it is because we commit no sin with them. That is why we are no more ashamed to show them than you are to expose your hands, your face, or your other limbs which are innocent of sin and lust. But as your members will commit sin and lust, you keep them covered and are ashamed of them. For our part we are no more ashamed of them than of showing our fingers, because with them we commit no sin.

Modern western students of Hatha Yoga allow themselves much greater freedom in food than did these Indian Yogis of the thirteenth century. But they probably feel similarly about the essential goodness and innocence of the body. And they have other reasons too for discarding their clothes. The skin is the biggest organ in the body. In an average man it may weigh just under two stone. Away back in the seventeenth century, an Italian physician, Santorio (1561-1636), constructed scales on which he lived for thirty years. Weighing carefully everything he ate and drank, Santorio discovered that for every eight pounds of food he absorbed by way of the mouth, five were excreted via the skin as 'invisible perspiration'. In other words, our skin breathes. Only when the clothes are removed can it work at its full efficiency, and enable us to get rid totally and quickly of the toxic waste products of our own metabolism.

 

Modern Hatha-Yoga, a technique for increasing human efficiency, is based on breathing exercises, and these can obviously attain their fullest effects only when the Yogi can do them in the nude.

The word yoga (the Sanskrit equivalent of our English word 'yoke') means union. It means it in two senses: a inner harmony of the body, mind, emotions and soul; and an outer union of the individual with the non-self, each Yogi being free to interpret this as God, the Cosmos, Nature, or his fellow man.

Help!

 

However he interprets it, he can come much closer to it unclad, for this (as our thirteenth century Yogis observed), was the original state in which he entered the world. As one who had already discovered from personal experience how nudism could facilitate one's closeness to God and Nature, I was not surprised to find, when I entered "Pine Glades' recently, that it also brings one closer to one's fellow man. May I express the hope that other students of Hatha-Yoga will receive as warm a welcome in other parts as I have received in Canterbury.

Johnny, C.S. & H.C.

 

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A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT

When Germany was recovering from the devastation of the last war, nudism really began to come into its own. The older people needed the rest and quiet of the nudist parks and the young ones the friendship with others and the chance to rebuild their bodies. They were free from the taboos and humbug about their bodies and exercise and games helped to counteract the ravages of war.

From Europe the movement spread though America, Great Britain and much of the rest of the world. National Associations have been formed, representing thousands upon thousands of members who have become enthusiastic followers of the nudist ideal. In New Zealand the movement is still comparatively young, but we now have clubs established in all the main centres and leaders of groups in a number of other districts. Further we are steadily being accepted and recognised by the authorities and the public at large. Why?

Even our severest critics must admit that there must be something in it. Yes, there certainly is.

 

When we can dissociate nudism from sex and accept the fact that men and women can mingle without clothes when the weather is suitable, and still retain their dignity, we are about to understand that nudists are healthier in mind and body than many conventionally minded people. They see nothing wrong in this practice because there is nothing wrong. They are not unduly concerned about what people think because they know who is right and who is the better off.

And as more people become convinced of these facts and become members of our nudist clubs, the world is going to gradually become a better place. There will always be the Grundys and the prudes among us but the great mass of intelligent and respectable citizens provide us with plenty of desirable material to accept what has now become a way of life to so many in the past.

To have not only survived all these years, but to be continually growing in numbers, should convince all that this is a movement deserving our sincere attention. If we want to be healthier and give our children a better chance in life, then it deserves our active participation.

Perc. W. Cousins

 

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CHILDREN AND NATURISM

Juvenile delinquency seems often to be in the news, it also seems to be worse in the richer and more civilised countries; perhaps in primitive communities the children have not the leisure time to be delinquent, or more likely, they are not so restricted that they feel they must rebel.

By children, I mean those up to ten years, at least, often older, depending on the child. They have all, in the beginning, a pattern of actions which is almost always instinctive, and these actions are gradually changed by a control imposed on them by adults. This control at first forms a habit, reinforced by repetition, but later, this habit becomes further altered by an understanding of the reasons behind the control. Examples of this are washing and teeth cleaning.

Children think of clothes as something put on them for an event or an activity. If they have on cowboy suits, they are cowboys; if they put on bathing costumes they are going into water. If the children see pictures of aborigines without clothes they accept the idea immediately, as aboriginals are dark people without clothes. If the picture is of a white child inside, then he is obviously going to have a bath. If the picture is outside then the child has either lost his clothes or is running away from his bath. The child's interest is not in the actual nakedness but in the reason for nakedness, and what has happened to the clothes. Something like seeing a policeman without his helmet. There is no natural sexual interest at this age.

The place of clothes

To the child, at first, there is no difference between pants and gloves, either will be removed if they become a nuisance. But, since people do not say, 'Look, he hasn't got his gloves on' or 'Don't go out like that, you haven't got your gloves on', the emphasis of the adult control settles through repetition on certain areas of the body or on certain articles of clothing. This is bad, as the child wants to know 'why?' and the facts are either hidden under a cloud of secrecy, or the child is, more often, just too young to understand. The adult is imposing restrictions on the child and is breeding insecurity and even fear, for a reason the child does not understand.

Civilisation has sufficient restrictions, complexes, conditions and guilt, without imposing what is, in many circumstances, a ridiculous burden which the child in innocence does not understand. By insisting that the child cover his nakedness we are not protecting his innocence but are goading his mind in a direction which will destroy his innocence, and at the same time we are associating shame and guilt with a purely natural desire for freedom, and I emphasise, for a reason the child cannot understand.

The reason for child nudity at home or at the seaside is mainly a negative reason - "why not?" - the reason why a child should be covered is to protect the adult's mind from those thoughts which should not be associated with children anyway. There are always with us some adults with a perversion in regard to children, due nearly entirely to this fear and shame which we unnecessarily produce.

 

They will not be encouraged by child nudity, because it is the revealing of what is hidden that produces the desired sensation; what is commonplace produces no thrill.

Physical advantages

Apart from the mental advantages to the child there are some very definite physical reasons for child freedom. When we put on adult clothes for the first time we were uncomfortable and restricted, until, with constant wearing, we became used to the idea of long pants, ties, or foundation garments. When we take these off and put on bathing shorts or a costume we feel free by comparison. Not so the child, he is already in shorts and loose garments: what he puts on is usually thicker, tighter, and coarser than his normal wear. Girls' costumes have to be dragged on and peeled off, tugged and worked up the body, then tied tightly round the neck. This is freedom - these are play clothes!

The body has automatic ways of keeping an even temperature, but when the child puts on a bathing costume, part of the body signals 'too hot' while the rest signals 'too cold'. After the child has been in the water the skin dries in seconds. The costume, which is still wet, chills the body through evaporation. The opposite body areas now signal 'too hot' and 'too cold'. The child, shivering, says he is not cold, 'but it is warmer in the water'. If he went without the costume the body would have a chance of functioning naturally. And all the time, every movement is rubbing wet, salty sand into the skin; skin which has always been protected from light and air.

The effects of sunburn are also not pleasant when the burnt area has been rubber by salty, sand-filled cloth all day. Would you clean the car with a bathing costume taken straight off the child? Surely the child's bodywork is more important than the car's.

In all but extreme cases, sunburn is only pleasantly warm except in those places where clothing, especially shoulder straps, has been rubbing. The child, mildly burned all over, will have the natural body mechanisms compensating for the changed skin conditions. The child who is burnt over a part of the body while other parts are chalky white and untouched, will be wracked by chills and fever as the body tries to satisfy the demands of skin surfaces half of which are signalling 'too hot' and the other half signalling 'too cold'.

I have tried to show how mentally, morally and physically, it is only common sense for the child to be nude in sun and sea. Spiritually, Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed before the fall. Surely our children, in their state of grace, are being betrayed by adults playing the serpent's part.

Gregory, Pine Glades

                         


Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,

And that's what parents were created for.

                                             Ogden Nash

 

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INF 

   INTERNATIONAL NATURIST

   FEDERATION NEWS

 

I.N.F. Congress

We have received interesting reports from the I.N.F. on the recent International Naturist Congress held in Hanover, Germany. It appears to have been a most successful meeting and has proved that it is possible for people of different nations to discuss amicably their problems and their future. Proof of the growing acceptance of our movement was evidenced when Minister Partzisch, on behalf of the Government, in his inaugural speech said that the Government and the town council of Hanover were convinced of the necessity of supporting the naturists.

However the speech made by Mayor Barche at the reception in the Town Hall surprised and pleased everyone by its positive attitude to naturism. Barche said among other things that naturism was a deciding factor for the refinement of culture in the contemporary world. He hoped this very good matter might get a solid foothold everywhere. 'Those who examine your ideas sincerely will find out that they are all right. Our experience is that naturists are extremely well-intentioned and frank citizens. We appreciate having you within our walls because we have found out you want to do something good. Besides this, we need people and organisations whose agenda is composed of international thought and who desire to promote international understanding.'

In reply, Erik Holm, President of the I.N.F., promised on behalf of international naturism that we would do our utmost to live up to his high opinion of us and the naturist movement.

Passports, Badges

International passports and I.N.F. badges are available from this office to all members of clubs in New Zealand. Passports 5/-. Annual stamps to be used in conjunction, 5/- each. Badges (pin or brooch types) 3/- each.

Handbooks

The 1963 edition of the I.N.F. Holiday Guide is now available. Included are 304 pages of complete guides, with maps and information on 500 of the recognised nudist clubs throughout the world, 15,000 different details about the grounds, how to get there, when they are open, what facilities are offered and what they can provide.

 

There is also information about nudist beaches, ski grounds, accepted nudist magazines, etc. - in fact a complete fund of information on the entire nudist movement. Send 8/6 to this office. Orders will be fulfilled in order of receipt.

Literary Competition

A competition open to everybody has been decided on, with prizes of 1000, 500, 150 and 100 dollars. The closing date is 31st December 1963. Full information may be obtained from this office.

Germany

We read that Germany now boasts a recognised nudist membership of 50,000 as well as several hundred thousand free lance adherents who loll in the buff on the 80 officially sanctioned nudist beaches set aside for them by the West German Government.

U.S.A.

ft is always interesting to hear about overseas activities, especially to learn how they do things in the States. Here is a recent report of the project planned by the Sun Island Club in California. They have property covering 575 acres, with an adjoining 300 acres that can be added, and still a further 250 acres which at a future date members could purchase.

The project includes paved roads throughout the park, metropolitan water development, two volleyball courts, two badminton courts, one tennis court, shuffle - board, combination clubhouse dining hail, featuring snacks and full course dinners; trailer court, three de luxe sanitary facilities serving three major areas of the park, black-topped parking area, fully equipped motel, intercom, system, pay telephones, children's playground, grass areas and general landscaping. Also planned in the future is a fishing pond, putting green golf course, amphitheatre, art studio and pet kennels. All this for a membership fee of 60 dollars a year for a couple.

Makes you wonder what they use for money.


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NZSA 

   NEW ZEALAND SUNBATHING

   ASSOCIATION NOTES

 

"Travelling Light', etc.

The nudist movies that we are endeavouring to bring out should be available for public screening next spring, and full details will be published as soon as available. Meantime, anyone interested in securing an 8mm shortened version, running 12 minutes may now purchase from London. In colour the cost would be £l2.12.0 and in black and white £4.10.0. Further information may be obtained from this office.

 

Back Issues

Back issues of this magazine are available at reduced rates from this office.

Newsletter

A recent innovation is a newsletter that is circulated to executive members and clubs. This keeps them in touch more frequently than this magazine. However, it's only as successful as those on the receiving end make it. Some clubs are slow in their responses.


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Talking to Women

 

This year I have been very fortunate in being able to call on all the Clubs except Invercargill (my apologies, down South). It was pleasing to note that for the most part I was met with a sincere and friendly welcome, perhaps the best part of nudism. Might I just say 'Thank you' to all Club members who went out of their way to give me a pleasant time.

While at Blenheim I met up with two fine couples who although they are not members of any Club are keen practising nudists, distance being the main reason. During my evening with them I was asked what there was about a club to attract members. This was easy to answer - the friendliness, the ability to be able to discuss nudism freely knowing that you won't be laughed or peered at, the sports, either organised or just on the spur of the moment. The get-together at afternoon tea and, perhaps best of all, the knowledge that one can lie down and enjoy the sun clad only in nature's garments knowing that you can't 'offend' anyone.

 

I like nothing better than to visit the grounds during the week when I know that I will have the place relatively to myself. Then I can relax completely, forget all my cares and worries, and perhaps catch up on my correspondence. But when the week-end comes along I look forward to seeing everybody again and having a talk or a good game. To any naturist I certainly advise joining up with a Club and meeting up with a lot of fine people.

 

Do a little extra

I think that every woman should put a little into her club apart from her subscription, for none of our groups are yet in a position when there is not something that can be done to help. While husbands, brothers or boyfriends can help materially with slashers, shovels and sweat, we can and should assist with afternoon teas, clubhouse chores, gardening, and any odd jobs that will improve our site. On the social side there is a definite place for a woman on the Social Committee, in fact it is her chance to prove that she can be just as important as a man in the successful functioning of her Club. So what about it, girls... don't be content to sit and knit. get out and help YOUR Club to progress.

 

                         


A woman is a foreign land,

Of which, though there he settle young,

A man will ne'er quite understand

The customs, politics and tongue.


                           Coventry Patmore


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The Junior Section

 

Hi!

News this issue is a little sparse for we are all in the throes of winter, but I have one or two items that will interest you.

Wellingtonians Visit

Firstly, you may or may not know that a team of Wellington youngsters from 'Fiveacres' paid an Easter visit to 'Pine Glades' and enjoyed the trip immensely. The event was organised away back at the Rally when Phillip, the W.S.H.S. Youth Organiser, asked me if Canterbury would be interested in such a scheme. When I replied that we would be delighted, arrangements went ahead and the tour was on.

From the time that they arrived at the Christchurch station to the time when sad farewells were made at the Lyttelton wharf, there was a programme of games, competitions, sight-seeing tours, hikes, film shows and dancing, which kept the visitors on the run. Organised almost wholly by the Canty Youth President, Wendy, and her Committee, with a little help from drivers of cars, showers of movies, and guidance from the Youth Organisers, the visit was a complete success. So much so in fact that it will probably be reciprocated next year with a trip from 'Pine Glades' to Wellington.

 

Talking of Wellington reminds me that they seem to be determined to go into competition with the local Zoo for they are acquiring one at 'Fiveacres'. Let's hope that they get rid of the tigers before the next Rally. What with this and the Wendy house, they seem to be looking after you all right up there.

Essay Competition

I hate to be a bore but I feel that I must remind you of the Essay Competition again - remember the title:           'Sport at the Sun Club'

and remember the cash prizes:

£l.1.0 first prize   10/6 second prize

3 consolations at 7/6 a pop

Don't let your swot dip you out from having a go at this. Be in!

Good-bye

Finally I find it is time to say good-bye to the Junior Section because Joan and I expect to be off to Malaya soon for two years, so this means that we have to have another National Youth Organiser.

I have enjoyed very much being connected with the Nudist Youth in New Zealand, coming into contact with so many fine young people in my various trips around the country, and in meeting the adults who have showed interest in the encouragement of youth activities.

Remember that you youngsters will be the leaders of the movement in a few years while we oldies lay back and enjoy the sun, so keep up your interest and I'll be seeing you.

Ken Treanor


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News from the clubs

Canterbury Sun & Health Club

Our A.G.M. has resulted in the following team:

President   Russell D.

Secretary   Mona

Treasurer   Ken S.

Committee Cliffe, Harold, Bill T.,
Dorothy H.


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Some of the interesting items culled from the A.G.M. include the impressive amount of work that our Planning Committee has put in to produce their 'Five Year Development Plan'. This envisages 'Pine Glades' as it might be in five years time.

You may have noticed in the Junior Section reference to the visit the youngsters from 'Fiveacres' paid us at Easter and which we would like to return next year. The whole event was a complete success and there should be more of it.

Finally, as always, 'Pine Glades' is never closed. Every week-end and even during the week members appear to catch up with the sunshine and the chores... and, of course, volleyball. Lately, though, I am hearing tennis being murmured and it would not surprise me in the least to see work being started on tennis courts before very long.

(Those who read this section for the first time shouldn't think that naturism closes down everywhere but Christchurch for the winter nor that it is the only club in existence. Usually my blue pencil is very busy over this section in an effort to win a fair amount of space for each club. Hi! you out there, are you still with us? Ed.)

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AUCKLAND OUTDOOR HEALTH CLUB Inc. (Members) P.O. Box 2702, Auckland.

AUCKLAND SUN CLUB Inc. (Members)
P.O. Box 2925, Auckland.

KAURIMU SUN CLUB (Proprietary)
P.O. Box 20015, Glen Eden, Auckland.

THE SUNSHINE NATURIST CLUB
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HAWKES BAY
P.O. Box 551, Napier.

WANGANUI SUN CLUB (Members)
P.O. Box 410, Wanganui.

WELLINGTON SUN & HEALTH SOCIETY Inc. (Members) P.O. Box 2854, Wellington.

CANTERBURY SUN & HEALTH CLUB Inc. (Members) P.O. Box 1823, Christchurch.

OTAGO SUN & HEALTH CLUB (Members)
P.O. Box 2058, South Dunedin.

SOUTHERN SUN & HEALTH CLUB (Members), P.O. Box 486, Invercargill.


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