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We do not have a great deal of information about New Zealand hair styles. New Zealand is a small country which means the photographic record is limited. As far as we can determine they were essenially indestinguishable from British hair styles, at least until the post World War II era when hair styles basically lost any country association. Thus the styles we have seen from New Zealand photographsare the same that we see in England. We see the same fads such as Little Lord Fauntleroy ringlet curls in the late 19th century that we see in Britain. Here is a studio portrait from Christ Church, New Zealand (figure 1). There is no date or name. We would guess that it was taken in the late-1890s or early 1900s. He has a small white bow in his curls. The boy looks to be 5 or 6 years old. Unless we had the name and location of the photographer, we would have assumed the boy was British. (The portrait has an American look, but the short socks rather than long stockings is an indicator that the boy was British, or in this case from New Zealand.) As in Britain we do not note the same cropped hair that we see in Germany. We do see the straight back and sides hair style that was popular in Britain during the first half of the 20th century. After World War II, New Zealand seems less influenced by American hair styles then other aspects of American culture, but by the post-War era the see the same hair styles we note throughout Europe and America.
We do not have a great deal of information about New Zealand hair styles. New Zealand is a small country which means the photographic record is limited.
The Māori arrived in New Zealand (about 1000 AD). No one knows about their hair styles and how they changed over time. We only have information when European exolorers and merchants reached New Zealand. New Zealand was discovered by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman (1642) but information about the Maori was limited, except that they were war like. British Captain James Cook essentially rediscovered New Zealand (1769). He initiated the first Māori-European interaction since Tasman’s brief and vikent encounters. From this point we begin to learn a great deal about the Māori. They had elaborate hair styles. There appear to have been wide variations. Māori hair styles are commonly called 'topknots'. While we do note topknots, Māori styles were much more varied. We note descriptions of styles with feathers and a central tuft. We also note complex arrangements, both at the back and over the brow. Tese topknots, tufts, and other complex arrangemebts seem most common with the men. We know nothing yet about children's hair styles. As Europeans, mostly British, began settleing the island in the early-19th century we see boys wearing mostly English hair styles. After World War II, New Zealand seems less influenced by American hair styles then other aspects of American culture, but by the post-War era the see the same hair styles we note throughout Europe and America.
As far as we can determine, New Zealand hair styles were essenially indestinguishable from British hair styles, at least until the post World War II era when hair styles basically lost any country association. Thus the styles we have seen from New Zealand photographsare the same that we see in England.
As in Britain we do not note the same cropped hair that we see in Germany.
We see the same fads such as Little Lord Fauntleroy ringlet curls in the late-19th century in New Zealand that we see in Britain. These ringlets styles were most popular in America, but they were also worn in Britain and the Dominions more so than in Europe. We have fojnd some examples. Here is a studio portrait from Christ Church, New Zealand (figure 1). There is no date or name. We would guess that it was taken in the late-1890s orerhaps the very early 1900s. He has a small white hair bow in his curls. The boy looks to be 4 or 5 years old. Unless we had the name and location of the photographer, we would have assumed the boy was British. (The portrait has an American look, but the short socks rather than long stockings is an indicator that the boy was British, or in this case from New Zealand.) We see a variety of ringlet styles in New Zealand, many of which are the same as we see in Britain. We note an unidentified Aukland boy wearing a sailor suit with a top roll and back ringlets. The cabinet card is also undated, but looks like the 1890s to us.
We do see the straight back and sides hair style that was popular in Britain during the first half of the 20th century.
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