Wish You Were Here: Early Photo Postcards in New ZealandMei Konei Koe: Ngā Kāri Whakaahua Tuatahi i Aotearoa

A selection of postcards offering views of popular travel destinations in Aotearoa New Zealand from more than a hundred years ago.

When | Āhea

24 Feb – 5 Apr 2021

Where | Ki hea

Toi Art, Level 5

Cost | Te utu

Free entry

Ages | TE REANGA

All ages

Allow | ME WHAKARITE

10 minutes

Photo postcards were the social media of the early 1900s. By sending one, you could quickly and cheaply show off the places you’d visited – from main streets to local attractions. You might even get a same-day reply if you sent a postcard across town and your city delivered mail twice daily.

Today, these postcards are a window into the past. They show us what their makers and buyers saw, and thought was important to share.

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