#  33 - December 1964 

[The New Zealand Naturist - Summer] Editor: Perc Cousins (Pages: 28 - 2/-)

Contents:-

Editorial
The Bare Truth: We are Nudists
From the Editor
Peggy
Memories of the Auckland Rally by Julia Todd-Forbes
News from the Clubs (7)
Beating the Heat by Ad
N.Z.S.A. Notes - International Passports and INF Badges, Perc Cousins Trust Fund, Australian Invasion, Nudist Films, International Congress in France, Health & Efficiency offer, Brochures and Pamphlets
Topless Dresses - The Great Break-Through by Ray Fussell
A Weekend at Pinetree
On the Inside Looking Out
Quote of the Month
Talking to Women with Joan Crockett
Readers Have their Say
The Junior Section - Philip
News from All Over the World - Germany, Africa, France
Directory (10)

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THE NEW ZEALAND NATURIST
NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY
NATURIST MAGAZINE

A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD

 

NEW ZEALAND SUNBATHING ASSOCIATION
P.O. BOX 6359, WELLINGTON

President

   

Perc. W. Cousins, Wellington

Vice-Presidents
 

   

Max Archer, Auckland
Ray Clark, Christchurch

Secretary & Treasurer

   

Doug. Cousins, Wellington

Public Relations Officer

   

Ralph Riccalton, Christchurch

Overseas Correspondent

   

Gavin Robieson, Wellington

Youth Organiser

   

Philip van Dusschoten, Wgtn

Women's Representative

   

Joan Crockett, Auckland

Photographer

   

Arne Loot, Auckland

Delegates representing all clubs

 

N.Z. NATURIST

Editor

   

Perc. W. Cousins

Business Manager

   

Doug. Cousins

Artist

   

Bob McIver

 

IN THE NEXT ISSUE

Readers can look forward to lots more photographs. The 3rd of our series, "Who's Who in the NZSA" will feature Philip, our youth organizer, his wife and family. The overseas page will include pictures of friends in Czechoslovakia and in addition to the regular features, we will be publishing "My First Visit", a short history of the Kaurimu Sun Club, "Let's Become Accepted" and "The Law and the Naked Body".

The 2nd instalment of "Peggy" will describe how the family is inveigled into visiting a nudist club.

Deadline for contributions is the 20th December.

 

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Editorial 

 

ADVANCED THINKING

ARE NUDISTS presumptuous to claim their attitude towards the human body is advanced? We think it is quite normal to accept the body in its unclothed state and for ladies and gentlemen to see and be seen like this in proper circumstances and under organized control such as is experienced in our clubs.

There is nothing more certain than that these ideas, which today are largely misunderstood, will be commonly accepted in years to come. Admittedly old ideas die hard, but if we face the facts as we know them today, we must admit times are changing and it may not be such an impossibility for nudity to become less surprising and certainly less of the mystery that convention forces it to be at present.

Would a modern bathing costume be acceptable on the beach even 10 years ago? Hardly, when some of us can remember the neck to knee monstrosities which were the accepted thing not so many years ago. Women now nonchalantly appear in slacks, shorts and very short shorts, when the view of an ankle caused a stir within the memory of many of us. Men now work in public places stripped to the waist, films now depict nude people and near-nude stage shows are not uncommon. Surely the most died-in-the-wool Mrs Grundy must admit that we have grown to accept most of these things today and she must also admit that we are no worse for them.

Nudists claim that the sight of the nude body should not excite and they also claim that the only reason it does is because most people are denied this opportunity. Obscene photographs, off-colour stories, keyhole peepers, etc. are all direct products of this misguided outlook, none of which is tolerated or is necessary in a nudist club.

Take the stage shows where nudes are introduced. People will pay high prices for the privilege of seeing women's breasts, even though the law demands they remain perfectly still and yet there are beaches in Europe where thousands of ordinary people bathe naked and nobody takes any notice and above all, it is free.

Judging by the trends, it is a certainty that many ideas which are taboo today, will be common practice tomorrow. The more accepted display of nude bodies can well be one of them.

 

Beach Cartoon Beach Cartoon

In support of the editors contentions, here is an example of accepted nudity in advertising today from an official Danish journal on tourism, describing a public naturist beach.

 

 

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THE   BARE   TRUTH:   WE   ARE   NUDISTS

Girl, sitting

BY A. LEON GILBERT

We are pleased to introduce a new writer to these pages. Mr Gilbert has many years of nudist activity to his credit and is therefore well qualified to write for this magazine.

Girl, sitting

The practice of

social group

nakedness was

brought to

notice in the

last issue of this

magazine by

Gavin Robieson.

 

IT HAS been the subject of controversy in British "naturism" for years: what shall we call ourselves? One of the principles of any movement (another indefinite word) is a name or title. The more simple, descriptive or apt, the better, whether adopted by choice of those concerned or by using a title applied by outsiders that covers the activity, preferably in one word.

There is a definition lacking in the practice of nudism/naturism. The various titles used by different groups, all doing the same thing, is a handicap. a cause of misunderstanding, a hindrance and an embarrassment to those in the movement". It gives rise to much unnecessary explanation to those who become interested. A rose does smell as sweet by any other name, but "a prickly bush bearing a beautiful flower" smells sweet whatever it is called and means the same. It just gets too complicated and is ineffective in the streamlined publicity demands of a modern world.

"Social group nakedness" is a phrase which fairly covers the activities of nudists. It is a phrase, however, that is cumbersome, needs some explanation. and is only used as a variation from using the same words over again in an article like this one. Fancy names like Gymnosophists, Solarians, Sun-Folk, mean nothing in themselves without explanation, nor do these words convey anything to the uninitiated; and the day of secrecy in social group nakedness has long since gone, praise be.

The N.Z. Sunbathing Association, the British Sunbathing Association; what on earth do they mean to the world at large? Thousands of folk sunbathe, only some of them do it on their own lawns fully dressed. Some do it discreetly uncovering part of their limbs in public parks, beaches or country places. Thousands more today, we are glad to know, regard sunbathing as getting down to swimming trunks, a bikini, or, maybe soon, to a "topless" at the seaside. Our titles do not say that we mean sunbathing in the nude, both sexes together, in outdoor, social activities. Only a small minority, usually our own minority, practise mixed nudity when sunbathing. "Sunbathing" as we mean it tells nothing.

Equally, what on earth is a "sun club" to the outsider? What do they do? Worship old King Sol, hold sun dancing rituals, some business of altering the clocks or what? It all has to be explained.

The compromise for many people and groups in the movement is the word naturist, adopted after many word contests by British naturism. The word is not in most dictionaries. In one of four of my own I find, "naturism, nature worship, naturalism in religion, medieval belief in sanitive work of nature". This hardly describes "our" implied meaning to the word. Granted that the persistent use of this name is appearing more in the general press and it is understood by a number of people today, as another name for nudists.

And this decried word, nudism? Nudeness, nudity, nudism, the practice of being nude, a member of the culture of being nude. And nude? Bare, naked, uncovered, undraped. Lastly, nudist colony, (club please) an open air camp, (club please) used by nudists.

Could anything be more apt, simple, truly descriptive, all in one generic term, nudist, nudism, nudist club? Whatever we call ourselves we are fundamentally NUDISTS, practising NUDISM at NUDIST CLUBS. Why not recognize this fact and use this readily understood and accepted title? Nudism has become a music hall joke. So have a hundred other interests: the respected Salvation Army, mothers-in-law. The Army has the admiration of most of the world and laughs at the funny man's fun. Mothers-in-law are still marvellous women, some of them, and jokes will not alter their character.

Why not let us be sensible, factual and effective and call ourselves, everywhere, all the time, nudists? If the organization is a worthy one, the name becomes a mark of respect. Let we nudists see to it that we can laugh at the jokes smooth out the unnecessary misunderstandings, because our cause is worthy, gaining more and more understanding, becoming more respected, gaining (hard won) recognition from authorities, in fact, let us be proud of being NUDISTS.

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From the Editor

FEW OF us like being embarrassed, but frankly, we are glad to be that way, for your complimentary letters and the number of articles sent in have been most encouraging. We have so much copy on hand now that we really are embarrassed, but keep on worrying us that way ... we like it. Now, please, do the same with photographs. Pictures of families, groups and the kiddies are what we want, so please get busy this season and embarrass us with too many.

With this issue we have included still another four pages and lots more pictures, but the price remains the same. We must increase our circulation and therefore we have to compete with other magazines in the world. With your continued support, we can do it. We hope you like the improvements, but if you've anything on your mind, let's have it.

As the festive season approaches, the editor and staff sincerely wish all readers Happy Holidays in the Sun.

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Peggy

I'M JUST an ordinary sort of cove, nothing unusual and pretty much the same as most. I'm a draughting engineer and when they told me they wanted me to keep an eye on a job over in Australia, I thought that was going to be fine and dandy. You see, most of the time I work in an office and while that's all right when the weather's crook, it's not so good in the summer.

Peggy

Well, I'd been over in Aussie nearly twelve months and although I had little to complain about really, I wasn't sorry at the thought of getting back to the little woman, the kids and that dopey office again. I didn't think it would work out like that, but it did. Funny that. 'Course they weren't a bad set of blokes in the gang over there and it was good to have a job outside. And the job was easy enough. just making sure things were done like the plans said they should.

I got on well with the chaps and every now and then a party of us would pile into one of the trucks and spend the weekend in Sydney. That was a bit of a break. 'Course, there was plenty of grog and we did the round of the night spots. Most of the blokes got quite a kick out of the high kickers in the floor shows, but I couldn't help thinking what I'd be doing if one of 'em was a daughter of mine. Guarantee she'd find it hard to sit down for a while.

And that reminded me. Peggy. I had a couple of daughters back home:

Yvonne, she's still at school and hasn't started anything yet, but Peggy, she's different. Grew up to be an attractive kid till she got mixed up with a gang of milk bar cowboys. She was seventeen when I left and what a mess. Pants that looked like a second skin, sloppy pullover thing, hair like a rat's nest and beginning to talk a new language I never learned at school. Funny, come to think of it, the Missus hadn't mentioned her in her last letters. I wondered why. P'raps the sooner I got home the better, If she'd got into trouble with that bunch, I was prepared to tan the hides of the lot of 'em. Yes, it was a bit worrying all right.

Anyway, the contract was just about cleaned up and it was a good job too, because the weather was beginning to get really hot. I like the sun, but gosh, there is moderation in everything. The thought of being home again wasn't so bad after all and so there were no regrets when I stepped off the plane in the drizzle. There was Mum, bless her, waiting for me, all smiles and handbags. She hadn't changed a bit, except perhaps a bit of a worried frown now and then. I knew that little pucker between the eyes; crows feet or something they called it and I'd seen it before and I knew something wasn't quite right. Well, when we got over the first flush of excitement and we were in the bus going home, I asked her what was up. She came out with it. all sudden like.

"It's Peggy," she said.

"Peggy?" I said, all anxious now and not a little worried, "What's she been up to? Come on, out with it." Mum hesitated, looked sort of embarrassed and coughed. Shed got me really on the hop by now. "Don't tell me she's in trouble with that crazy gang she was mixed up with."

"No," she replied. "It's worse than that.' She lowered her voice and looking round furtively, she added, "She's become a nudist." And she looked as if that was the end of the world.

"A nudist," was all I could repeat and then I wasn't sure whether to stop the bus or burst out laughing. My feelings were very mixed. Well, we couldn't say too much with all the folks in the bus, but I made up my mind that Miss Peggy and I would be having things to say to each other. Funny how your mind can run amok and I imagined Peggy in all sorts of situations during the rest of the trip, and they weren't very pleasant either.

Child with a ball

Well, we arrived home at last and as the taxi pulled up, Bill Haggity next door waved and called a cheery welcome, just as young Yvonne came tearing down the path like a whirlwind. She was just the same irresponsible little imp that I knew a year ago; a bit bigger of course, but just the same.

And there was Peggy, with a handful of flowers, running down the path all expectant. Laughingly, she flung her arms around me and we kissed and hugged as she said something about being glad I was back. As I looked at her at arm's length, I sort of felt glad too. It's good to know you're wanted sometimes, especially by a young woman like that. Here was I expecting to see an unwashed freak, but what I did see was a well-dressed young woman anybody could be proud of. She looked very happy and sure of herself and I decided there and then there were things that had to be sorted out. But not then.

The cuppa ritual had to be attended to and I had to inspect Yvonne's needlework and painting. The painting was awful, but I couldn't say so and then there was the new washing machine and the daphne that was flowering for the first time and the hole in the fence where Haggitys dog came through and the downpipe that needed fixing and...

Anyway, it was good to be home and what with three females vying with one another to catch up on the news, the phone ringing and the odd break to tell them about Australia, the rest of the day just flew. I didn't get a chance to talk about Peggy until Mum and I were in bed and then I heard the whole story.

It seemed she met Dennis, some chap in an advertising agency and had fallen for him sudden like. From all accounts, he was all right but he'd wrought changes in the girl, including taking her to a nudist club. They'd asked Mum about it and she was shocked, but he insisted. No, Mum dug her toes in and said, "No" until it came out that the boy's parents would be with them and that the Forresters were also members. Well, Mum had known the Forresters for years, in fact, Mrs had been elected president of the Townswomen's Guild, while Mum had been made secretary. She could hardly believe that a woman like Mrs Forrester could be one of those sort of people, but had to give consent after that. She just couldn't understand it and frankly neither could I after Mum told me about the Forresters. I've knocked around a bit and met a lot of different types, but this was something I knew nothing about and I had to admit to myself, I was not a little intrigued. Anyway, it was good to be home again and to know there were one or two people in the world who were glad I was back. (Continued in next issue)

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MEMORIES

of the

AUCKLAND RALLY

 
 
 

JULIA TODD FORBES

LAST Christmas the weather certainly did not favour the National Rally which was held at the Auckland Outdoor Health Clubs grounds, but there were one or two fine days between storms and visitors took the opportunity to look around Auckland. including dropping in at the other two sun clubs in the area.

At the Auckland Sun Club, volleyball and tenikoit games were organized on more than one occasion and several parties went down the track for a swim. There, the creek is simply dammed across, giving a wide area about five feet deep and there is an attractive rustic bridge spanning the water upstream from this. A boat for the kiddies provides good fun, being propelled through the water by a taut rubber hauser made of braided strips of inner tubes.

Juggling for the kids

At the Kaurimu Sun Club, there is a big, wide and deep pool separate from the creek with plenty of room for swimming and this provided a big attraction to quite a few car-loads of visitors from other clubs all over New Zealand. This pool was created by years of hard work during which the course of the stream was diverted, so that the pool is now to one side of a wide lawn while the creek runs along its new course on the other side, an ingenious attraction to quite a few car loads of visitors from other clubs all over New Zealand. This pool was created by years of hard work during which the course of the stream was diverted, so that the pool is now to one side of a wide lawn while the creek runs along its new course on the other side. An ingenious system of pipes under the lawn, and a siphon, make it possible to drain the pool, clean it, and then let it fill with fresh water from the creek.

While at Kaurimu Sun Club, the visitors were treated to an impromptu exhibition of juggling by Al Forbes. A big attraction was the waterfall, which delighted the teenage contingent from Christchurch and provided the setting for many good photos.

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N E W S

F R O M  T H E

C L U B S

I N  N. Z.

News from the Clubs 

KAURIMU SUN CLUB

As the weather gets warmer, the hibernating members gradually come forth and view the work which those crazy Canadians (Al and Julia) have been doing, and to join them in the dip in the stream . . . what Al and Julia have been doing all winter! Mapping out the programme for the coming year will come up at the AGM to be held soon.

Even with the rain (we do have a little in Auckland) the creek has not played up and done any damage (yet) but running bank to bank a good deal of the time. We would have welcomed a pretty sudden and high flood to take away a lot of unwanted vegetation and smaller stones, but more pick work will be necessary to loosen it. Walking tracks through the bush are one of the first tasks and one member delights in just that kind of job. When he has cut nice walking tracks through the 14 acres, he will have done quite a job physically and scenically. The glow worm grotto also must be opened up more so that we can make a good display of them at night.

There is one thing we are very grateful for and that is having captured a pair of the rarest birds in N.Z. I had long ago despaired of attracting such birds, even Out at this native paradise, but our luck was in and a pair of them are safely caged here at the club. We refer to a couple of members who LIKE - repeat, like - work and spend all the time they can digging hills away, building concrete walls (after carrying the metal and cement down to the waterfall), clearing vegetation from the creek bed and picking metal loose there while the icy water swirls around their legs. In their "spare" time they keep the grass mowed (with a mower they donated to the club) and generally make the club their main interest.

How we wish we could catch a couple more like them although there are two, a single and a married one, who seem as though they will shape the same way. Lets hope so anyway and in the meantime be very grateful for the rare birds who have alighted in our bush and hope they will attract others like them. All in all, we look to a bright and happy season.

AUCKLAND SUN CLUB

The main activities of our members this winter seem to have centred around their homes, catching up on some of the jobs left over from the summer. We have managed to keep in touch through our winter get-together evenings, the last of which was held at Stan and Colleen's home where we were able to meet a few outsiders who had expressed interest in the club.

Rat-proofing of the club house would appear to have been a success, as baits laid for some five or six weeks have not been touched. Prior to our efforts the type of bait used would be gone in a matter of minutes after the club house was vacated; this was proved several times by shutting the place up for about ten minutes and then going back to examine the 'setting'. in consequence we have started re-lining the club house and have got around to painting and generally fixing and tidying up in preparation for the forthcoming season and our annual general meeting.

Inquiries have been slowly coming in with the usual number of "very interested" inquirers who fail to follow-up their initial step, even after our inviting them to make arrangements for further contact, a fact that never ceases to make us wonder.

AUCKLAND OUTDOOR HEALTH CLUB INC.

After a prodigious but unsuccessful effort to have water in the pool for the last rally, it was decided to improve on the interior finish of the pool. Because of a lucky chance to purchase glazed tiles, it was decided to completely tile the four walls of the pool. Now after 8 months of work interrupted by the most atrocious weather for fifty years, our goal is in sight; a £340 Candy filter is installed and we hope to be swimming any week now. This magnificent asset will be the main feature of the advertising campaign which is under way.

The amenities in the club house have been improved by the purchase of a space heater which has kept the ladies warm while the men toiled. This has helped during the socials held in the club house on winter evenings.

A small but keen contingent is looking forward to the expedition southward to Christchurch to bring in the New Year with our fellow nudists.

Girl sunning by the river

 

HAWKE'S BAY SUN CLUB

What a shock it was to read the newspaper one night and see in screaming headlines, "Nudist Colony is Planned for Napier". The article was prompted by an advertisement which read: "Those wishing to form a Sunshine Club (Nudist) please reply in strictest confidence to 'Organiser', Daily Telegraph, Napier."

After duly answering the ad. we eventually met the advertiser, who had been advised by his doctor to get the sun on his body. He was surprised to learn that an established club already existed in Hawkes Bay and that there was a national association.

A couple of days later, we were interviewed by reporters, who were very friendly and we received a good report in the paper as a result. Eleven replies came to hand and new members who have been introduced during August include three couples and one single man, plus the advertiser. We are grateful for this unexpected publicity.

Social evenings are held each Sunday at the home of one of our members. We are now seriously searching for suitable club grounds, hoping to find a site that will serve both Napier and Hastings.

WELLINGTON SUN AND HEALTH SOCIETY INC.

Clearing the newly purchased area, accompanied by huge bonfires, has continued to keep many members busy. It is now hoped to put a rotary hoe on to the ground very soon and levelling and sowing will follow. There is a possibility it will be ready for the Christmas campers, such is the rate of growth in these parts. Many hundreds of trees have been planted during the winter for both beautification and screening. Trees planted only a few inches high when the property was taken over, are now 10 to 12 feet high and very thick.

Most of the piping has been installed in the new shower block and the professional plans drawn up by an architect member for a splendid ablution block seem to have been approved by everybody. This amenity will include flush toilets, washing and cooking facilities and showers. As this will involve an expenditure of over £2000, it will be a while before we complete the building.

Social evenings continue to keep the members together and provide a small revenue along with the fun. Members expect to play host to a small party of Pinegladers at Labour weekend, when the volleyball will no doubt get a thrashing.

The recent AGM saw only slight changes to the executive, all the top officers being re-elected, a sure sign of satisfaction with the manner in which the clubs affairs have been conducted in the past year.

CANTERBURY SUN AND HEALTH CLUB INC.

This winter season has been an unusually busy one, for in addition to the necessary and important jobs of tree planting and gorse grubbing, which must be carried out every year, special work has been undertaken to prepare the grounds for the 13th annual rally.

The old canteen building has been moved and a new, larger, and more permanent structure is rapidly taking shape.

As well as a general social for members in August, two mystery hikes, starting from the club grounds were organized for junior members and proved very popular. A day excursion to enjoy the snow and scenery at Arthurs Pass was also well attended.

SOUTHERN SUN AND HEALTH CLUB

At our last committee meeting we discussed a letter from the Lands and Survey Dept which stated that there was plenty of land available and it was for us to peruse the tenure plans of the Southland Land District and by the process of elimination select the area of land most suitable for our purposes. The Commissioner of Crown Lands has been most co-operative in this manner and his letters have been very cordial to say the least. It may be a good idea to let the other clubs, looking for a site, know that this Department cou1dbe a great help in their search.

Social evenings continue to be held, the next one being a film evening.

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BEATING
THE
HEAT

AD ZWETSLOOT

THIS was the caption above a picture in Wellington's morning paper during the hot spell last summer. The photo was a nude boy, probably 4 or 5, looking back at a group of men who are highly amused. Underneath the picture it reads. "Say man, don't you agree this is the only way to dress on a day like this?"

Thank you, Dominion. Of course we agree and so must thousands of readers, for none of them wrote a letter of complaint or disapproval to the editor. But, the fact that this picture was worth publishing shows that nudity is not a common practice yet, and that's where we come to the point. Although most of us agree that it is the way to dress on a hot day, we make our kids wear shorts and togs. When we let them play under the hose or in the splash pool on the lawn, the poor kids have those wet things clinging to them all the time, and although the sun dries their bodies quickly enough. their togs stay wet a lot longer.

Sure, they enjoy themselves, but they could enjoy it a lot more, like that boy in the Dominion. What is holding us back then?

In most homes, the youngsters have a bath together, they are dried one by one, and probably run around nude for a little while before they are dressed again, either for bed or outside. It's all right inside but Out in the hot sun you can't do it. What will the neighbours say? What will the street say? Funny thing is, several families in our street allow their kids, boys and girls, to take a bath together and think nothing of it, but if these same youngsters want to play outdoors with the kids of another family, on come their clothes again.

The bigger children already know they have to do this and that it is rude to play in the nude. The poor child accepts it as just one of those things. but is the child convinced? And are you?

Some months ago a young couple rang us to say they would like to join our club, but they were a bit worried what their children's reactions would be. They had a girl of 8 and a boy of 4. I invited them to visit us some night when we could have a chat while their youngsters could meet ours and play with them. I offered to show them all some movies taken at the club, mainly of our own children playing in the nude. They came and we had a cup of coffee while the girls played with their dolls and the boys with cars.

I was able to explain away some of the fears most men seem to have before joining a nudist club. Later on we showed our films and do you think the kids were embarrassed or shocked? They thought it was quite normal and never even wondered about the fact that everybody was in the nude. The parents were greatly relieved and now are regular attenders. Their kids, ours and many others enjoy that real freedom that comes of being rid of clothes.

They run around, play games, dive and swim in the pool. wade through the creek, climb trees or build forts, in sun and wind, without the restriction of trousers or dresses, without the rule to cover their private parts as if they were something sinful or secret and without the fear that the neighbours will talk. And of course, they have no wet togs clinging to them.

We must all agree that this is the way to beat the heat, but while it is not generally accepted and the sight of a little boy in the nude is worth a picture in the paper, many sensible parents will have to make a trip to the sun club to enjoy this real freedom.

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NZSA

New Zealand

Sunbathing Association

Notes

INTERNATIONAL PASSPORTS AND INF BADGES

International passports are available to bona fide members at 5/- plus 5/- for annual stamp. Each adult member of a family needs one for overseas travel. Send name, profession, date of birth and address. INF badges, brooch or pin type, about the size of sixpence in silver and blue, are available at 3/- each.

PERC. COUSINS TRUST FUND

This is a fund that you might be glad to draw on one day. It deserves the support of every member. We are pleased to acknowledge the following donations since our last issue.

Balance £l0l/9/-; J. H-B, Wellington £1; J.C., Wellington £1/12/-; Two club levies £7/3/-; which brings the total to £111/4/-.

AUSTRALIAN INVASION

It is with regret that we have to announce that our friends across the Tasman find that they cannot complete the arrangements for their trip to N.Z. However, they are still keen on the idea and are hoping to plan a visit next year, when we all will be able to devote more time to the necessary arrangements.

NUDIST FILMS

Four films, depicting nude life, Naked As Nature Intended, Travelling Light, Nudist Paradise and World Without Shame, are still being screened by Amalgamated Theatres. We have a complete list of screening dates well into the New Year, including mostly the smaller towns. Details on request.

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AT HELIOMONDE, FRANCE

N.Z.'s delegate, Charles L. (Wellington) owing to a chill, was able to attend only on the last day of the Congress. He was impressed with the size of the grounds, 150 acres, and surrounded by virgin bush. As Frank could only speak English, his late arrival made it difficult to follow the proceedings. Nevertheless it was good to be represented and should there be anything of interest, we will report it at a later date. The next international congress will be held in Holland in 1966.

HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY SUBSCRIPTION OFFER

We hold a credit in London of £3/13/6. If any reader would like to receive a year and a half's subscription to H. and E., send this amount to this office and we will arrange for copies to be sent to you direct from the publishers. The first to take advantage of this splendid offer will be the lucky one.

BROCHURES AND PAMPHLETS

Printed information to help those interested and who may not be quite ready to join a club are available from this office. Titles include: Catholicism and Nudism, A Mother Speaks of Nudism, A Letter to Wives, The Bible and Nudism, Sunbathers Ahoy, Nudism Throughout the World, Some Facts About Nudism, Questions and Answers, Reactions. An NZSA brochure answers many of the usual questions and is prepared for NZ conditions. Send 6d in stamps and we will be glad to mail you your selection.

 

13th Annul Rally

to be held at PINEGLADES

CANTERBURY SUN & HEALTH CLUB INC.

DECEMBER   31st   -   JANUARY 3rd   1965

 

Pineglades Hall

 

PINEGLADES

Social Hall


CLUBHOUSE

centre


WINDBREAK Round

Pool, right



FULLY STOCKED CANTEEN

with fresh, frozen and tinned foods.

Fresh milk and bread may be ordered.

Hot drinks and light snacks on sale during rally.

Pool & Canteen

 

THE POOL AND
CANTEEN

 

 

A larger canteen is
under construction

 

 

 

Apply for your camp site now, Rally Sec., P.O. Box 1823, Christchurch

Children's Corner

 

 

 

 

The
CHILDREN'S
CORNER

 

 

 

 

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Topless Dresses

I DON'T suppose that there will be a rush of naturist women to buy the latest topless dresses. The type of women who want to wear them in public would not necessarily make good naturists, or even want to join the movement. But what is interesting about the fashion, is that some women are rebelling against convention; and once the pioneers have shown that topless dresses are neither immodest nor indecent, other women may wish to follow.

What interests me most of all (not having seen a topless dress) is that the law does not prohibit them, and that in some countries, including England, women actually wear them in public. There was bound to be criticism, but it is surprising that there has not been more. When the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is the spiritual head of over 40 million Anglicans, refuses to condemn the topless dress, many people are beginning to revise their ideas about whether it is indecent or immoral to uncover our bodies, which after all are God's handiwork.

The mayor of Napier recently attended a mannequin parade of shock frocks in Surfers Paradise, in Queensland, and his comment was: "They were extremely low cut, but I did not find them offensive." He added that they were not the true topless frocks, but rather "frontless frocks". But he said he agreed with a comment he heard in Australia "the women who would not be able to wear them will make sure that the women who could don't".

Dear Bishop!

The topless dress fashion could have great value to naturism, because it seems to show that deep down, whether we admit it or not, there is a natural desire to be free from uncomfortable clothing, the primitive longing for complete freedom, to feel the sun and wind on the body. And when there is an almost world-wide interest among women in throwing aside prudery and convention, one begins to wonder how many people would become naturists if the opportunity were presented to them.

But how many people, apart from those who are naturists, know anything about us? How many know how to go about joining a club? Quite recently, in Napier, a man put an advertisement in the local paper in the hope of forming a nudist sunshine club. He, and it seems practically no one else knew there was one already in existence. Do we have to keep our activities so terribly secret? The Napier newspaper which printed the advertisement, gave it very favourable publicity, and apart from one letter which condemned nudism, there was certainly no public outcry.

The subject of topless dresses is still "news", and naturists could quite naturally discuss them, even in mixed company. Where the reaction is favourable, it would be a fairly simple matter to introduce naturism, telling them something about ourselves, what our objects are, etc. If we think they are the right sort of people, and might be interested, why not say "I am a naturist, would you be interested in meeting some of the other members?"

Putting aside those who wear - or would like to wear - topless dresses for a dare, or because they are exhibitionists, this move among women could be the great break-through we have been looking for, and we could well use it to our advantage.

THE TOPLESS CRAZE

A Mr Cyril Wilkinson is famed for piercing the ears of British royalty so that they can wear certain types of ear-rings. He also says that he has put rings through the noses of many women, but now he claims he is being approached by women wanting the nipples of their breasts pierced so that they may decorate them with jewellery when wearing the topless dresses.

It looks as if a doctor had the right idea when he said, "Such an operation should not be done by anyone but a doctor, and no worthwhile doctor would dream of doing it. In fact, I would tell any woman who asked me to do it that she was unfit to be a mother."

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A Weekend at Pinetree

WHEN at the end of May, 1963, my work took me on a five months' tour of the United States and Great Britain, one of the many exciting prospects was the thought of missing an entire winter. Though aware that a busy schedule would allow little time for sunbathing, I still hoped to manage a few hours relaxation in between my duties, particularly as previous experience had convinced me of the value of fresh air and sunshine as restoratives to mind and body.

Jet travel is marvellously quick and efficient but the sudden changes in time and temperature coupled with the mental effort needed to absorb a mass of new impressions can be quite exhausting, so that when, halfway through the tour, I had the opportunity of spending a long weekend at a Maryland sun club, I was most pleased and grateful.

As my hostess, Glenis, had been for many years a member of the Canterbury Sun and Health Club, and had met her husband, Will, there, while he was visiting New Zealand, I knew I would feel at home.

Glenis and Will live some forty miles from Pinetree, so we made an early start Saturday morning and with the car loaded up with camping gear, drove through the early autumn countryside to where a sign at the head of a small private road led us towards the clubhouse, a former farmhouse now adapted to provide a large living room, a kitchen and lunchroom (where for a moderate fee meals could be ordered) plus limited accommodation in upstairs bunk rooms for those visiting without tents or caravans.

As this was the only club I was able to visit overseas I was most interested to compare the layout and general facilities with Pineglades, Christchurch.

There were no cabins but under the shelter of a grove of trees many people had established what seemed to be quite permanent camp sites, some with stone fireplaces for the popular barbecue cooking. I wondered why everyone had sought the shelter of trees but it was explained that a Maryland summer can be extremely hot, so that not even the most ardent sun worshipper would care to spend too long in the midday sun.

At the time of our visit, the weather was perfect and remained so for the entire three days giving us every opportunity to enjoy the facilities which included a filtered swimming pool, volley ball and tenikoit courts, and outdoor table tennis. This last is possible because most parts of the USA enjoy periods of calm sunny weather with almost no wind, an aspect of the climate which made a great impression on me.

Members also enjoyed such amenities as hot showers, a cooled and filtered drinking fountain, a soft drink dispenser, and periods when recorded music was broadcast throughout the grounds.

Glenis & Will

Glenis and Will with whom the author
stayed in the USA

Membership is about the same in numbers and range of age groups and I was interested to note that the teenagers who have their own committee were busy raising funds by the sale of "snowballs" (paper cups of shaved ice over which flavoured syrups are poured) and this enterprise seemed to be a most successful and popular one.

Apart from the games, both organized and informal, which were held throughout each day, I saw the annual ceremony of choosing and crowning the camp king, queen, prince and princess. This was not so much a beauty contest as a popularity poll and seemed to cause a great deal of fun.

A choice of entertainment was provided at night with home movies, a demonstration of stereophonic recordings, and a marshmallow and hot dog roast around a huge bonfire.

For a truly relaxing break, I can warmly recommend a weekend of freedom in the sunshine, and I am most grateful to the members of Pinetree for sharing their attractive grounds and giving me such a warm welcome.

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Looking out 

 
 
           by
GORDON SCOTT
 
 
 
 
 
 

LOOKING OUT

 

HOW NUDE ARE WE?

When discussing nudism recently with a young couple who were interested in joining a club, my wife and I were talking, as we thought in generalities, when the young wife said, "I suppose I would be allowed to slip a cardigan or something on if I got cold?" This slowed us down considerably, because as members of the movement, what we wear or don't wear is really of no consequence to us. We are inclined to forget that this particular aspect of our activity is one that can cause the outsider and the new chum, a lot of concern.

We are not a bunch of cranks who divest every stitch of clothing the moment we enter the club grounds, rain, hail, or shine, but on the other hand, we can't see the point of wearing clothes during warm and sunny weather for working, playing sports, swimming or lolling about club lawns. Many of us get just as sunburned as anybody else in the early part of the season and it is just plain lunacy to ignore this fact, so therefore, a shirt or blouse, hat or trousers will gradually appear as the day wears on and the skin gets pinker. The same also applies if there is a sudden change in the weather.

Later during the sunbathing season most members "toughen up" and are therefore less aware of temporary changes and prolonged exposure to the sun, but nevertheless, there is always somebody to be seen with clothes on for various reasons and that is their business; nobody worries about it. Nudists naturists, sunbathers, call them what you will, wear or take off clothes in the sun clubs as they feel disposed. They are the masters of their clothes, not clothes the masters of them.

There are one or two clubs scattered about the world that have strict rules about the mode of dress on any particular occasion, but they are not in New Zealand. The only rule about this is "there is no rule", because once you have really experienced the relaxation and freedom offered by shedding those winter woollies, you don't need a rule to tell you what is best.

Another question along similar lines that prospective members worry about a little is that the photographs published in nudist magazines on sale in N.Z. have certain deletions from them. This is required by law and I can assure anybody who may be faint-hearted on that score, that the razor is only used by the photographer on his printed photograph.

WHAT OF THE WINTER?

Like the flies, there could be the question, "Where do the nudists go in the winter time?" In a great many cases the answer would be "the same as in the summer: go to the club." This will be a great disappointment to our sceptics because they would like to think that the only reason people go to sun clubs is for the sole purpose of seeing other members in the nude.

Why is it then that a great number of members go to the various clubs when obviously sunbathing is out of the question? Well, it is basically that sun clubs are like any other sports or social clubs. The members themselves are really interested In the friendships they make; they really like the club ground as a pleasant place in its own right. Our clubs do not cater for just one thing, like, say a cricket club, but are a combination of many varied interests and during the winter months these interests are as much to the fore as at any other time.

Working on the Wellington pool

Wellington members at work on their pool

It is very pleasant to sit around a log fire with your friends discussing your tramps, the socials, next year's plans, how some of the sporting trophies can be lifted from Pineglades, the washing, the rat race and so on ad infinitum. Believe it or not, the members are just like any other group of people with problems, with laughter and with a will to make their club worthwhile. There are always jobs to do about the buildings and grounds, major works usually being attempted during these months in order to leave the summer free. So sun club life is for year-round activity. Maybe nudists are a dedicated bunch, but each and every one of them feel it is rewarding.

ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT

Last summer, in spite of protests from our family, we were included in a grand family picnic to a well tramped upon riverside spot. Unexpectedly, the day progressed not too badly. A good lunch and a rather frustratingly warm sun combined to smooth even my rather bigoted thinking, then it happened!

One of the young boys, aged about 10, was told by his parents to change into his togs where he stood. His embarrassment was pathetic. The jeers from his cousins were unnerving, and my children wondered what the blazes all the fuss was about.

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"The fact is that the employee, or the worker, cannot do better in his free time than relax in a healthy and sensible manner far from the noise and feverish haste of the cities. He can remain in close communion with Mother Nature, even if that communion be limited to a few hours. To meet friends and intimates under these circumstances means to learn to live a freer and happier existence."

M. Berlemont, Vice-president of the Paris Municipal Council, in a speech delivered to the recent INF Congress, Heliomonde, France, July 1964.

QUOTE of the MONTH

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Talking to Women

with Joan

THIS issue I want to try and convince some of you ladies that nudism, as practised in our clubs, is very pleasant and natural and not the things that so many of you imagine it to be. I have gleaned several little stories, all of them true, to help convince you and I hope you will think just a teeny, weeny bit more seriously about nudism when you have read them. I can do no better than start off by telling you of my own experience, and it just might have been yours too.

When I was at boarding school, we all had to have a cold shower at 6.40 every morning. I think the rush and the general lack of prudishness on the part of each girl as she stepped in and out of the shower, helped to break down a lot of inherent false modesty. We were also fortunate in having an understanding science mistress who used to take us for long walks and if we chanced on a secluded pool in the bush, she used to let us swim in the nude and dry ourselves on our singlets. There were few who did not wish to join in.

I noticed when I started my nurse's training that the girls who had enjoyed experiences of community life such as these were much more natural and understanding with their patients. It is just the same with girls who have been brought up in naturist homes. And think of the help a normal and natural approach to nudism can be when a couple contemplate marriage.

Now here follow two cases, both with terrible consequences and both which could so easily have been avoided had the women only been brought up to understand their bodies rather than live in fear of exposing them.

A young woman was happily married and waiting for security before having a family. Now, at 30, she has a lovely home, a car and most of the things she dreamed about. But now she finds they have no family and doesn't know why. The tragedy is that she is too nervous to see her doctor and bang goes her future.

A young couple were enjoying lunch on a seat in the sun. In an attempt to split a bar of chocolate in her lap with a penknife, the blade suddenly slipped and the girl drove it into an artery in her leg. Instead of tossing convention to the winds and holding a pressure point in the groin, she was too scared to do anything. By the time the doctor arrived she was dead, a grim reward for a young woman being too conventional.

And here is a final note, clipped from another journal, that brings us right up to date. It is written by Miss Amy Vanderbilt in a women's magazine.

"An American lady was worried about a report that no bathing suits were worn in the pool of a Swedish ship. This is the reply to her inquiry: 'I have sailed in the Grisholm and the first time I went to the pool there were two ladies swimming around nude. I was in my bathing suit and kept it on. The next day, under the circumstances, such undue modesty seemed peculiar and I somewhat abashedly followed the Swedish custom. Thereafter I was free of my inhibitions in the matter and enjoyed the pool as I never have before.

The majority of the women passengers using the pool during the hours allotted to ladies swam without suits and the majority of them were Americans.' "

Well, ladies, perhaps we had better think twice before condemning, and if I can help any of you, drop a line to Joan, P.O. Box 6359, Wellington.

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ReadersReaders sayhave their say ... 

A COMPLIMENT FROM THE U.S.A.

My family and I and our naturist club, Siskiyou Fraternity, have enjoyed receiving The New Zealand Naturist.

One of the things I like about it is its moral tone and the emphasis it places on nudism as a way of life integral with the rest of life as it must be lived in contemporary society.

What we are trying to perpetuate in our children is their natural un-self-consciousness about all parts of their bodies. The ultra publications of California, for instance, in their preoccupation with psychology overleap simplicity and land... Well, I do hope your publication will continue to avoid that kind of hyper sophistication.

-W.J.A., Oregon, USA

AND ANOTHER NEARER HOME

We thank you very much for the magazines and must say how much we have enjoyed them. They really give you a most happy feeling and we find now December can't come quick enough for us.

- B. and K. McB. of N.P.

THE SORT OF LETTER WE LIKE TO RECEIVE

I have just read the latest issue of N.Z. Naturist which I think is excellent; the best number of the Naturist so far, full of interesting material, and quite up to the standard of several overseas papers. It has come a long way; I hope it keeps up to the fine level of this issue.

Would you accept an occasional contribution from me?

-John R., AOHC

(Contributions gratefully received, literary or financial - Ed.)

ARE WE STILL ON THE DEFENSIVE?

Enclosed is our subscription for the ensuing year. I must say that we enjoy the new form of "Naturist". Living in an area where there are no clubs, this magazine is our only contact with the movement, and my wife and I look forward to each issue, although as D.J., of Dunedin, remarks, a lot of writers strike us as being too much on the defensive. A more positive approach might induce a lot more private nudists like us to become members.

- R. McK, Whangarei

Break

 

Not the most important advantage of being a nudist is the fact that you don't have to hold out your hand to see if it's raining. -Willamettan Informer

 

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The Junior Section

WELL we haven't seen too much sun lately, but summer is not far away, I hope. However, we can feel the sun getting stronger and with this in mind, I bet you juniors will feel more energetic and will be full of plans for the coming summer. With the rally at Christmas, many friendships will be renewed and I am sure you will have a smashing time, because Pineglades will be a wonderful place to enjoy a holiday.

Unfortunately I will not be around this year, but I hope all teenagers will behave like they have at previous rallies. Your behaviour was excellent.

Keep it up this year.

Perhaps when we have grown into a bigger organization in the coming years, we might have special youth rallies, like they have had in Europe and Great Britain in the last few years. At some of these gatherings there have been 200-300 young people from different countries. Some of those rallies have been held near a lake or a beach resort, where they build their camps for the rally period, and spend their time in morning exercises, organizing hikes and sometimes visiting local swimming pools.

Some of them have even been welcomed by the local mayor and councillors, which shows you youngsters, how big the youth organizations are elsewhere. The evenings are mostly spent around campfires, enjoying sing songs and plays. They also hold business sessions, when they elect their own president and councillors from year to year. However, in New Zealand we'll do it on a smaller scale and from what I've seen, not with less joy.

In one way I feel depressed that I will not be with you this year, but I will be with you in thought from the Olivine Ice Plateau, where I will be spending a rather cool time.

One of our members, a boy from Auckland, had a story of using a sun lamp to explain his tan when he went back to boarding school. He felt relieved and morally supported when one of the masters asked if he belonged to a sun club and told the boy that he did himself.

Until next time, boys and girls,      

Philip   

A CHRISTIAN THOUGHT

by Raymond R. F. Tyndall (A.O.H.C.)

Once a year the greetings come,

To radiate our homes.

Once a year the steeples hum,

With sound wave poems.

Once a year we cast aside

All our petty divisions,

Once a year we do abide,

By heaven sent decisions.

Could we not do Christlike actions,

Just a little more.

Could we not dispense with factions,

Open wide the door?

Make our hearts a biding place,

For daily thoughts of Christ.

Send on greetings to all the race

And make it a second tryst.

 

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News & Views 



NEWS & VIEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD


 



INTERNATIONAL NATURIST FEDERATION                

GERMANY

The West German Government has now set aside more than 25 beaches along its entire coastline for those who prefer to bathe in the nude. The Island of Sylt, in the north west corner of Western Germany is a nude bathers paradise offering over 40 miles of sandy beaches where no bathing suits are required.

The Hamburg Naturist Club HFK has 4800 members with streams of applicants. It enjoys state support and has half the largest membership among the Hamburg sports clubs. They can actually put in 30 teams of various kinds in the field. They were the junior and senior champions in 1963 in volleyball and football champions for the second time running. They have several lakes in their grounds, the largest being 500ft across.

AFRICA

Heartening news comes from the Transvaal, where women are attending private pools in topless bikinis, but Cape Province, Natal and Free State are not so enlightened.

The government has relaxed its strict ban and it is now possible to import naturist magazines providing they come in sealed envelopes. We are informed that several members of the government and the judiciary are practising nudists, which may account for this break-through.

FRANCE

Of the various ambitious projects mooted over the years, this sounds as if it might be the last word. An international committee is promoting the Gymkhana Co-operative Society and here are their plans.

Large pool for adults and a small one for children as well as an artificial lake stocked with fish. In addition to games courts and plenty of sunning areas and shady nooks, there will be parking space for 450 cars. Other amenities include a laundry, an electric drier, automatic dish washers, garbage disposal units, 32 toilets, wash basins, showers and footpaths. Also planned is a supermarket, dormitories, snack bar capable of supplying hot and cold meals, a milk and juice bar and refrigeration equipment to supply ice for guests.

It is expected there will be 300 camp sites, about 100 to have concrete floors and some 40 cabins with garden space. The promoters say that this venture will provide around 8% on capital invested.

U.S.A.

Last year's ASA convention saw more than 80 press photographers present, shooting thousands upon thousands of photos. It has been estimated that over 200,000 photographs of nudists go into the hands of general media, as distinguished from nudist media, each year.


Sunny Rest Lodge now boasts a modern Finnish sauna, a carpeted, heated sitting room with hot and cold showers, indirect lighting and plush furniture, television, hi-fl music, a snack bar and a new Olympic pool with slide and concrete patio on all sides.


Bucks'-kin Lodge now owns and controls an airpark with private landing facilities. The runway is 2400ft long and 8Oft wide, fully lit for night flying and recognized by the USA flying authorities.


A new and ultra-modern camp known as the Coral Lake Health Resort recently invited the public to visit their camp. Parking facilities were strained to the limit for some 450 persons appeared at the gate to gain admittance. Not all were admitted and those who were, were warned that at 1 o'clock all clothes would have to be removed and memberships taken out.

The experiment was a great success and as the resort, set in semi-tropical surroundings, includes a lake, a huge heated swimming pool, numerous games courts and a palm frond shelter, it is not surprising.


Pen Mar Club hold winter swimming parties in a rental pool downtown and attendances are growing all the time. They expect to reach 100 adults before the season is over.


Sun Rover Club held a nude bowling party at a rented bowling alley in the town. They said it was a lot of fun, bowling in the nude.


Laguna Del Sol have 14 horses on their grounds at all times for the benefit of their members who like riding.


Cedar Waters were hosts to the Eastern Sunbathing Assn and visitors were provided with a complete country fair, including a ferries wheel and all the usual rides. The event concluded with a wonderful fireworks display. A popular TV clown was on hand to entertain the young fry and a German band played to entertain an attendance of 800 guests.

This club also had a booth at their nearby state fair and distributed over 1500 folders which were in the shape of a business card, one side having a beautiful aerial view of their woodland lake and details of the club on the other.

GREECE

Still another country is about to embrace the nudist ideal. Plans to promote a naturist centre in this beautiful land are well advanced and we hope to be able to print further news of its development.


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CLUB DIRECTORY

The secretaries of the clubs listed below will be pleased to hear from genuine enquirers. Please enclose a stamped, self- addressed envelope.

 

AUCKLAND OUTDOOR HEALTH CLUB Inc.

P.O. Box 2702, Auckland.

AUCKLAND SUN CLUB Inc.

P.O. Box 2925, Auckland.

KAURIMU SUN CLUB

P.O. Box 20015, Glen Eden, Auckland.

WAIKATO OUTDOOR SOCIETY

P.O. Box 139, Putaruru

HAWKE'S BAY SUN CLUB

P.O. Box 551, Napier.

WANGANUI SUN CLUB

P.O. Box 410, Wanganui.

WELLINGTON SUN & HEALTH SOCIETY Inc.

P.O. Box 2854, Wellington.

CANTERBURY SUN & HEALTH CLUB Inc.

P.O. Box 1823, Christchurch.

OTAGO SUN & HEALTH CLUB

P.O. Box 2058, South Dunedin.

SOUTHERN SUN & HEALTH CLUB

P.O. Box 486, Invercargill.

 

If you are not close to any of the above clubs you may like to know that other naturists are ready to form clubs in the following areas; to contact them, write to:

 

N.Z. Sunbathing Association,

P.O. Box 6359, Wellington:

 

Rotorua

Nelson

Gisborne

Blenheim

Palmerston North

Oamaru

Whangarei

Timaru

Masterton

 

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THAT'S NO WAY TO TREAT YOUR WIFE

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NORMAN MURRAY
AN EARLY PIONEER

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KARIMU SUN CLUB'S WATERFALL

 

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"ALL IN FAVOUR -" NZSA BUSINESS SESSION

 

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WHO'S WHO IN THE N.Z.S.A.
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EASTER AT PINEGLADES

 

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