New Zealand gonatural naturist magazine December 2016 #239

Naturist living ~ nudist life ~ naked happiness NEW ZEALAND

for health and well-being

The faces of Nude Zealand PUBLISHED SINCE 1956 239 December 2016

ISSN 2463-4743 New Zealand $8.75 Australia $9.75 UK £6.99

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NEW ZEALAND

for health & well-being

PUBLISHED SINCE 1956

December 2016

“People getting drunk on sunlight will be a medical revolution built without any pills or implants.

-Dr. Jack Kruse, Neurosurgeon

MAGAZINE OF THE NEW ZEALAND NATURIST FEDERATION INC The magazine for freedom lovers and those who embrace the naturist way of life characterised by the practice of communal nudity with the intention of encouraging self-respect, respect for others and the environment.

The benefits of naturism are wide and varied, from health benefits to therapy; from getting close to nature and the simple pleasures of pure freedom...let us show you how you and your body can benefit from the lifestyle that is nude recreation - or naturism.

It’s good for your health. Measured sun exposure and vitamin D is very good for you. Naturism is more about doing normal, everyday activities, without the encumbrance of clothing and helps in prevention of many diseases from rickets to some forms of cancer (including melanoma), arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, asthma and cardiovascular disease.

Mental health - Being naked outdoors on a sunny day isn’t sexual, but it is sensual – a delight to your senses.

Self Esteem - An increase in euphoria, naturism helps to increase confidence and self esteem.

Lifestyle - Experience the true ‘freedom’ of exposing your whole body to nature’s elements.

Freedom - gain a sense of freedom when you remove the ‘entrapments of civilisation’ Recreation and Enjoyment - enjoy sports and many active pursuits.

ON OUR COVER Naturist living ~ nudist life ~ naked happiness NEW ZEALAND

for health and well-being

The faces of Nude Zealand

from the editor This summer 2016 issue of gonatural is significant for a number of reasons.

It comes out to coincide with the 35th World Congress of Naturism in Wellington, a milestone for our country hosting an important fixture on the global naturist calendar.

This year also makes the 60th continuous year in print for the New Zealand Naturist Federation’s national magazine. This is a tremendous achievement for all those who have contributed since the early pioneering naturist journalism in 1956. Very few countries still boast a national magazine to share news and record stories of our lives. Along with the UK’s H+E magazine, now in its 116th year, New Zealand’s gonatural stands tall on its achievement.

Inside there’s a special feature by 46 naturist leaders across New Zealand, from different backgrounds and ages, who all have their own view of where we’re at. It makes for compelling reading.

The winners of the INF photo competition have been decided.

Massey University’s veterinary students have stripped off for a good cause. The endearing Peter and Rodney share their personal story, as does Julie McCaw, who along with her late husband Hugh, shared a life’s love of naturism together. Daniel Copeland explains why men must own the ‘free the nipple’ campaign. Mike Ward shares his insightful view of the future. There’s a fun story from Kiwis and their love of petanque on the Mediterranean. You’ll find our packed summer calendar on the inside back cover.

I hope to see you at the Auckland Rally, or in Takaka for the naked bike ride. Have a great summer read, and I look forward to your stories and photos over the holidays.

May the vitamin D be with you!

-Mike

Michael P Moore editor@gonatural.co.nz PUBLISHED SINCE 1956 239 December 2016

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Letters

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New Zealand’s national naturist magazine is published quarterly in March, June, September and December, by the New Zealand Naturist Federation Inc. Registered at the Chief Post Office, Wellington, as a magazine.

This magazine is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means electronic, mechanical, photo­graphic, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Editor. In our desire to present different points of view, gonatural will publish articles and letters which may not necessarily represent the opinion of the editor nor the policy of the New Zealand Naturist Federation.

editor@gonatural.co.nz I know a woman who confided in me that she never stood naked in front of her beloved husband during their 50 plus year marriage.

She changed in the bathroom with the door shut.

- Dante, West Freehold, New Jersey We are supposed to be living in an enlightened society. I am sure there are gay people in every strata of every country on this planet of ours. I remember the story of the famous plastic surgeon Dr Macindoe who looked after the many badly burned airmen during World War 2. He would only hire gay (male) nurses to look after the airmen, as they displayed the greatest compassion for these airmen and they in turn felt confident in the hands of these nurses. How sad to feel threatened by anybody gay!

- Terry Burkett, Christchurch We’re really pleased you have taken up the challenge of gonatural magazine Michael Moore. We thank Kay Hannam for her efforts over the years. Although big boots to fill, by the looks you are well on your way. We love the mag and it keeps us in touch with what’s happening in the movement.

I missed the story about Sapphire, so will have to get a copy. Keep up the great work.

- Doug Gerrand, Tauranga Big thanks and Mahalo to editor Michael Moore for graciously inviting me to participate in this once in a lifetime experience. I never thought to be on the cover of a magazine, let alone a nude one! But I couldn’t be more proud to expose myself with the alliance of my passion for others to “let go” too. I still have barriers I’m breaking through but I have gained so much more liberation and love for myself through my naturist lifestyle. It is what has been my primordial parent and my founding father of truth. I feel so grateful for this gift of life and it’s magical adventures.

I hope I can inspire others to connect with nature in the nude.

- Marina Grace, Montague, California Gonatural has a good mix of what’s happening in the naturist world. Now that the weather is getting warmer, we will all be looking to increase our vitamin D levels that we have lost over the winter months. Over the summer we will explore the hidden bays around our lakes in the Rotorua district, where one can sunbath in private and enjoy being with nature.

- Patrick Prosser, Rotorua [We look forward to your photos & story Patrick! -Ed.]

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The Kiwis are awesome! I was featured in gonatural, NZ’s leading nudie magazine and the most progressive and forward-looking one I’ve ever seen. It’s worth subscribing even if you’re not in NZ, it’s that good !

- Glen Donnelly, Melbourne, Australia

Great magazine, great people!

- Ron Horsfall, Palmerston North The September magazine was a great read, I thought so anyway. How do you improve on that? I guess wait and see!

- Bryan Badger, Pineglades, Christchurch You are doing wonders with gonatural magazine Michael. It is really engaging and I’m finding I’m reading every word from cover to cover. I really enjoyed reading the article by Glen Donnelly. For a 29-year-old, he is a smart cookie. Everything he says is so true and is so where the world needs to see naturism heading.

- Peter Woods, Rotorua I am one of the very few bloggers/naturist advocates that uses my real name. At my work I would say 99% of the 120 employees know I’m a naturist and also know I go skinny dipping on my lunch break in Summer! Even the female boss knows, she just rolls her eyes when the subject comes up and she says “I don’t want to know.” If more people ‘came out’ we would no longer be marginalised.

- Michael Connolly, Blue Mountains, Sydney Congratulations from a first-time reader and potential nudist for the on-the-button stories from Marina Grace and Kris Williams [Sept 2016] - inspiring and what nudity should be about. Disappointing to read letters engaging about the acceptability or not of gay or lesbian nudists. This sort of sexualising of nudity is not relevant. What interests me most about nakedness is that it’s a level playing field, where props such as alluring clothes and false notions of modesty, don’t count. The unique person, the inner being, is much more important and significant in terms of attraction. I’m sure in the nude world, the masks would fall off with greater emphasise on what really matters: the being inside. There would be many more happy relationships.

- Paul Baber, Aramoho, Whanganui I have just come back from the Central Coast, Australia and spotted NZ gonatural magazine in a bookshop! Good publicity.

- Julie McCaw, Christchurch I attended a recent open day at the nudist club at Rolleston, near Christchurch. I was disgusted seeing naked people walking around, mainly men. I went to visit and see the place after it was advertised in the local community newspaper. While I was there, I talked to Christine (a previous president of the “club” she told me), and agreed with me that there should not be naked people, in particular men, walking around, when there was children visiting. She told me it was an “unwritten rule” that members would stay clothed on open days to make visitors feel comfortable.

- Sally B, Darfield/West Melton [Why did you go to a naturist open day? -Ed.]

Peter at Little Palm Beach, Waiheke Island

Inside Letters................................................................................ 2 New Zealand and world News.......................................... 4 Free the Nipple - How men should respond..................... 6

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Beatrice awarded Joyce Fleming Trophy........................... 7 The kind leading the blind................................................. 8 The future and faces of Nude Zealand........................... 10 Costa Petanque: Kiwi style.............................................. 16

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Online censorship changing............................................ 18 Naked Kiwi vets for charity.............................................. 19 Our nudie centerfold !...................................................... 20 Julie’s happy life............................................................... 22 INF Photo competition winners....................................... 24

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gonatural celebrates 60 years........................................ 28

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Mike Ward looks to the future......................................... 30 World Naked Bike Ride 2017.......................................... 31 Around the country.......................................................... 32 Advertisements ............................................................... 34 NZ Naturist Directory ..................................................... 40 What’s On - Calendar....................................................... 41

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editor@gonatural.co.nz

Was there too much about gays in the March issue of gonatural? Statistically 5-7% of people are LGBT so two pages in each issue is about right. I noticed a one page article and one sixth of a page advert after Murray’s letter. If there was any other content about gays, I didn’t see it.

I have only met the editor once and don’t agree with every opinion expressed in the magazine, but as far as I can see, the main thing the editor seems to be supporting is to promote naturism as natural, inclusive and non-judgmental.

- Jeff Norman, West Auckland

19 I have always wondered why there is not a more diverse age range within the nudist community? I heard there once was more families involved years gone by.

I suspect that many enjoy naked living at home without the confines of structured organisations. My son and daughter, now in their late teens, have been bought up in a open non-judgemental home environment and feel very relaxed towards any form of undress. We should help young kiwis see the healthy joy of social nudity.

- Nadine Liddell, Kapiti Coast, Wellington

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News 3,000 people took part in “Sea of Hull” and were painted with four shades of blue paint for US artist Spencer Tunick.

Melbourne’s nudist community now offers swimming, hiking, trivia and a bar to catch up with your mates, play some pool and have a beer, naked.

Vienna’s Leopold museum uncovers a real naked man The Leopold in Vienna has presented an exhibition of pictures and sculptures portraying nude men through the ages.

One visitor took the opportunity of life imitating art when he stripped naked inside the museum then wandered through the exhibition. When a security guard approached him, he dressed.

“We had nothing to do with his strip, it as a spontaneous act,” Klaus Pokorny said. “Other visitors did not appear disturbed.”

The exhibition attracted more than 65,000 visitors – all of them dressed except for one.

Christchurch artist Samuel Harrison has his first public sculpture displayed at the earthquake refurbished Arts Centre.

Created from concrete, it depicts a naked woman on a boulder. “It is exposed and vulnerable,” Sam Harrison said, and was inspired by warming up on hot river rocks after swimming in the Okuku River, North Canterbury. “It is raw and it is naked, but it’s not like a nude,” he said. He cast the boulder mould at the river over two days, using the river water to mix the plaster,” he told the Christchurch Press. “I love it. It’s durable, it sort of has the physical quality that I love about sculpture.”

The Bard goes bare An all-female, bare-bodied cast of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Central Park, New York in May, will return. The State’s penal code exempts performers from the ban on public exposure. “We use nudity in a non-gimmicky, nonsexualised way to tell a good story.”

The October 2016 Penthouse magazine features a first-time Sydney nude beach experience, from male and female perspectives.

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PAKnSAVE’s Stickman got confused going nude

New Zealand supermarket chain PAK’nSAVE are the latest to confuse ‘naturalist’ and ‘naturist.

“We do our very best to strip out unnecessary cost,” Steve Bayliss, marketing manager told gonatural magazine. “With this advert, Stickman bares all for the first time. It wasn’t an easy negotiation to get him to take this brave step, especially because it was a pretty cold day, but he fronted up and reported afterwards that he really enjoyed the freedom of the experience,” Steve said. “He admits he got a bit of stage-fright, though, and said ‘naturalist’ instead of ‘naturist’.

For this he has received a stiff dressing down. We apologise for the error.”

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Franz Josef backpackers encourages nude bathing Kiwi backpacker hostel Cedrics Chateau in the heart of West Coast’s glacial country, encourages guests to go naked in the hot spa. “It’s something the owner welcomes,” said Simon, the duty manager. “He’s always been open to travellers feeling welcome and to be themselves.”

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Christchurch naked art comes from rock

Open nudist public park for Paris

Prude-stralya: Mooning illegal in Victoria, Australia

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Exposing your bare bum is now a crime in the Australian state of Victoria. Known as mooning, or ‘brown eye’, offenders face up to two months in jail or six months for repeat offences. The updated Summary Offences Act separates pranks involving nudity from acts of sexual exposure: “behaviour that is indecent offensive or insulting includes behaviour that involves a person exposing (to any extent) the person’s anal or genital region”. The act also outlaws singing “an obscene song or ballad.”

Elton John mooning Michael Caine on a passing yacht.

READER PIC: Spotted in San Francisco in September, where for over a century unrestricted public nudity has been allowed. However in 2012 it was regulated requiring a policeissued parade permit for displays of public nudity. Repeat offenders are prosecuted. The Police Code under Disorderly Conduct, criminalizes nudity and makes it a possible misdemeanor.

‘Real Housewives of Auckland’ TV show titillated by nude model session The reality TV show Real Housewives of Auckland, showed the women participate in a nude model drawing class. “I have no problem at all with the naked form, but I prefer it on a personal intimate basis, rather than any person just flaunting themselves in front of me,” said Michelle Blanchard. “You need to be a sophisticated person to do something like this.” Asked if she had ever been to a nude beach: “Oh, no!”

Naturist youth camp, a first for Kiwi kids

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70’s rocker Iggy Pop models for budding artists

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

“I sleep in the nude and I like to be nude,” American musician and songwriter Iggy Pop said.

He recently posed nude for an art class in New York. “A lot has happened to my body. It felt important to

Parisians will get a public park to go naked in the French capital, Paris.

City councillors approved plans for an “experimental nudist area,” proposed by the Green Party.

“France is a top destination for naturists, and our capital city should have somewhere for them to go,” said the Green Party. However another city councillor called the idea ‘demented’.

“The idea of authorising full-scale nudity in the middle of the capital might be seen as a provocation, especially at a time when feelings were still running high over the ‘burkini’ issue,” he told the BBC. Those who support the plan say that Paris should also be a draw for naturists, as the country is famous for nudist resorts and beaches, including the world renown beachside nudist town of Cap d’Agde on the Mediterranean.

France reputedly has two million nudists which doubles over the summer months.

Paris’ Mayor Anne Hidalgo and her deputy, Bruno Julliard, strongly supports the plan. “For them Paris is the world’s premier tourist destination and there’s no public place for them to go. We want to try out a recreational area where nudists can freely strip off.”

stand naked for a group of humans and have an exchange,” he said. “It wasn’t about my winkie, or anything. It was just a documentation of what’s left of me. I thought it was a good idea the artist had and I enjoyed so much the company of the 21 drawing students and working artists. It was a very nice vibe in the room.” His 1996 album Nude & Rude, featured a young naked Iggy Pop.

A youth camp will be held from 21-24th January 2017.

Par ticipants will meet at Rotota Sun Club, beside Lake Ōhakuri in the central North Island. “The camp is for young people from the age of 5 to 25,” says Wendy Lowe, president of the NZ Naturist Federation. “It will be an opportunity to allow young people to experience nude recreation in a safe and non-judgemental environment.”

Children under 10 will require a parent to attend. Participants will need a sleeping bag, tent, day pack, water bottle and thermal clothing and rainproof jacket.

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GUEST OPINION

#freethenipple:

How should men respond?

There’s a substantial online campaign to allow females to display their upper body with no censorship or criticism, a privilege that men have always enjoyed. Daniel Copeland asks why is there an inequality.

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he “free the nipple” movement is morally correct. Nipples harm no one; therefore, it is censorious to ban them from public view, and unjust to discriminate by gender while doing so.

I frankly don’t see much room for controversy here. But evidently I’m in a minority. New Zealand law doesn’t ban toplessness as such – instead the police may lay a vague charge like “offensive behaviour”. I think topless protests come under the free speech clause in the Bill of Rights Act, but please ask a lawyer about that before relying on it in court.

Now, I’m male. There is a sarcastic hashtag #malefeminists for guys who are enthusiastic about liberating women from their clothes and sexual inhibitions.

It is not my business to tell women how to emancipate themselves, and on the subject of sexual liberation I have a conflict of interest. What I can do is try and communicate feminist values to other men.

Women are human beings and deserve the respect due to human beings, regardless of what they’re wearing.

There are no limits on this principle in either direction. A naked woman is a human being, and a woman in a burqa is a human being, and if you meet either

one in the street you should respond as if she were wearing jogging gear, smart casual attire, or a work uniform.

One thing you shouldn’t do is perve.

Another is force her to cover up.

Men who perve have a rationalisation ready: “If she didn’t want to be perved at, she wouldn’t draw attention to herself like that.” If you see a woman in a clown suit, it’s OK to laugh at her, right?

That’s what the clown suit is for, isn’t it?

And if you see a woman in a ballet tutu, it’s OK to watch her dance, isn’t it? In each case the costume is intended to draw that reaction. So can’t we consider toplessness to be a costume intended to draw sexual attention?

Think again. Suppose the clown or ballerina is not performing on a stage, but waiting in front of you at the dairy.

Then it’s not polite to laugh or stare – she’s most likely grabbing lunch between performances and hasn’t had time to change. It’s not the costume that counts, it’s the performance. A woman dancing topless on a stage can be presumed to be seeking visual appreciation; a woman reading topless in a park cannot.

To be sure, topless demonstrators are there to send a message as well as to enjoy the spring air. The shock value and

clickbait appeal of breasts can draw the attention of passers-by, media, and the internet to one’s cause. If a protester lifts up her t-shirt for the news cameras to reveal the words “NO TPPA” painted across her torso, it’s reasonable to assume that’s her intention.

The correct response is to attend to her message – especially if it’s STILL NOT “ASKING FOR IT”. Such protests refute one argument for making women cover up: that women are fine with covering up and “free the nipple” is all a fantasy of a bunch of male feminists. I once overheard one woman tell another (shouting over the wind, right behind me) that she hoped we’d get a Hooters Bar in Dunedin because “then I could go topless and people wouldn’t judge me”.

Personally, I doubt that that would be the outcome of having Hooters, but she’s far from alone in wanting that freedom.

The next argument is that breasts are sexual parts. We don’t let men display their penises in public, so why should women display their breasts? Well, I don’t accept that any body part needs to be hidden from sight just because it’s “sexual”, but let’s set that aside; the other premise is even flimsier.

In what sense are breasts “sexual parts”? They can be both a site and an instrument That primal urge of sexual touch, and they is real all right, but hold a primal visual appeal for most men. But all three it doesn’t bypass of these things are also your moral values. true of feet, and nobody’s It reports to your proposing making women wear Ugg-boots at all times rational social in public. Yes, all three. brain, and they Yes, most men. Feet of come up with a course have an entirely plan together. non-sexual primary function – and so do breasts.

“I couldn’t help

myself” is a lie.

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Beatrice awarded Joyce Fleming trophy Award acknowledges exceptional service to Free Beaches and naturism.

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eatrice Bergamin of Christchurch was presented with the Joyce Fleming Memorial Award for ‘significant and exceptional service’ to naturism. The award is named in honour of Joyce Fleming, a long-time supporter of NZ naturism. “Joyce would have delighted with Beatrice as the first recipient of the award,” president of Free Beaches Mike Ward said. “She has given a huge part of herself as chair of the Canterbury committee for a decade.”

“I am humbled,” Beatrice said in her modest way.

Joyce Fleming’s career as a teacher gave her a literary edge of notable quality and perception. Her overseas travels with long-time companion Bert Riseley, led to reports of naturist venues overseas. She was a Life Member of Free Beaches NZ Inc. Listen to Joyce Fleming’s interview on Radio New Zealand.

AUDIO tinyurl.com/joycefleming2009

PHOTO Michael P Moore

Many people who don’t endorse #freethenipple are happy to make an exception for mothers feeding their babies. Disturbingly, increasingly many are not. This has become a public health issue, as women are forced to choose between nursing in unhygienic public toilets and risking suffocating their babies with a blanket.

All these arguments converge on the same premise: nipples drive men into an uncontrollable frenzy. “I’m a man, I have biological urges, I couldn’t help myself.”

Is there any truth to this? The opposite claim - that men only sexualise breasts because we’re taught to - doesn’t sit well with the facts either. Male-attracted men like pecs just as female-attracted men like breasts. Breasts are the number one male online porn search term worldwide, and virtually every culture in history has celebrated breasts in its art.

But as soon as you start looking at other cultures, you find huge differences in the way they handle this basic emotion.

Some, sadly including ours, regard breasts as lewd and icky and cover them up. Others accept them for what they are – a body part like ears or elbows – at least in informal contexts. A few imbue them with spiritual significance and revere them.

Even in the West you only have to dip a century or so back to see some big changes in attitude. Prudish though the Victorians were, they never objected to public breast-feeding. Old bawdy folksongs scarcely mention breasts, yet Victorian men wrote about them with a lofty solemnity quite ludicrous to modern readers. That says to me that they had the same primal urges as men today, but put a completely different cultural framing around them.

That’s the key. That primal urge is real all right, but it doesn’t bypass your moral values. It reports to your rational social brain, and they come up with a plan together. “I couldn’t help myself” is a lie. You just have to frame the situation differently: a living human body is a living human being, not an ornament to stare at or an obscenity to cover up. Women’s bodies do not turn men into lustful monsters. We were already lustful, and we can choose not to be monsters.

Daniel Copeland takes notes in lectures at the University of Otago on behalf of students with disabilities. veryrarelystable.blogspot.co.nz

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PHOTO Michael Moore Peter and Rodney with Ginny, in their Greenlane apartment

RELATIONSHIPS

The kind leading the blind Peter Gordon and Rodney Beals have given a lifetime of service to their community with their shared interests and early retirement.

Then one day, their lives changed forever.

Michael Moore spent an afternoon with two kind and generous souls.

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verything changed one November weekend six years ago for Rodney Beals and his partner of 17 years, Peter Gordon, they could never have foreseen.

“I was volunteering my accounting skills for numerous clubs and organisations, including the New Zealand Naturist Federation, serving as their national treasurer,” Rodney says.

“It was Christmas 2010, and I was using the computer. All of a sudden, I could hardly see a thing. I threw my mobile phone at the computer screen. I couldn’t tell an ‘8’ from the ‘6’ or a ‘9’. I went and got my eyes checked out and they sent me to hospital straight away, but there was nothing they could do for me.”

Rodney was diagnosed with wet macular degeneration, a chronic eye disease that causes blurred vision, and eventual total loss of sight. It’s caused by abnormal blood vessels that leak fluid or blood into the macula, the part of the retina responsible for central vision. Rodney is now completely blind with only 5% vision in one eye.

“I got Peter to help me type a letter, which we copied and pasted to all the charities - resigning from my positions.

There was the garden group, Rotota Sun Club, Counties Sun, Auckland Rainbow, musical theatre group and the NZ Naturist Federation.” Rodney said. “However the then Federation president, Ken Mercer didn’t want to accept my resignation and suggested that Peter help out and “look over my shoulder.” And so he did. With Peter’s vital help, I continued in the role for another four years after I was certified blind.” Peter became the de-facto national treasurer, supporting him every way to fulfil his duties.

Peter and Rodney met in Wellington in 1999 when they both volunteered to help

with a community telephone counselling service helping young people in need.

“We then both took up ballroom dancing and saw we wanted to share our lives together,” Peter said. “I already had an interest in social nudity and found a men’s nudist group after attempts to join the Wellington club in the mid-1990’s weren’t successful as a single man.”

“When I was young, we would often go camping on the side of the river, skinny dipping and showering outside, as the whole family did,” Rodney recalled. “But it wasn’t until my later years with Peter, we really experienced nudist life.”

In 2003, after they moved from Wellington to Martinborough, then started travelling gypsy-style around the North Island, and discovered the joy of the naturist community. One day, driving around with their caravan, Peter, unbeknownst to Rodney, drove into Katikati Naturist Park. “Well, I’m not adverse to doing that,” Rodney said.

“So we moved in!” It was the start of a new shared adventure, exploring nudist places and living a simple and enjoyable life together.

“We joined Counties and Rotota clubs, where we spent a lot of time. We had some wonderful years at those places,” Peter said.

“I was doing the accounts for many clubs and charities at the time. I just like to sit in the background and do the work, not bother about the politics,” Rodney said.

“I upgraded the Naturist Federation’s accounting system, put them on a spreadsheet, and we went from nothing in the bank [in 2008] to around $60,000 when I left, just by being a bit more pedantic, I suppose. Actually, that’s been a funny joke with us for years, when I say pedantic - like “pee-dan-dic !”

In January this year, Ginny, a beautiful standard poodle, joined their family, after two year’s training with the Royal Foundation for the Blind. She has made my life more enjoyable and independent,” said Rodney. “Ginny was perfect for us as Peter has an allergy to dog hair, and poodles have a wool-type fur.”

“Recently Peter’s sight is starting to get a little poor and he doesn’t drive much anymore,” Rodney says. “Soon it might be, the blind leading the blind!”

It’s obvious that this fiercely independent couple who have always contributed to their community, has not let a defining life-changing event stop them giving, living and loving life. “We still very much enjoy our theatre and music events and Peter is always there with Ginny to support me. Next year, it’s all the sevens.

I turn 70, and seven days later, Peter turns 77,” Rodney said. l

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It’s 80 years since the first nudist club formed in Auckland, with the movement reaching its peak during the 1970s and 1980s. As the 35th International Congress of Naturism comes to Wellington, it’s a poignant time to let the country’s naturist leaders share their thoughts and vision for the future.

Michael Moore undertook the ambitious task to talk with 45 of them.

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ew Zealand has a long tradition of community - it’s the foundation of the modern naturist movement that was born in the 1930s. It was once said we have more committees per capita than anywhere in the world. That may well have been true, however new ways of looking at participation and inclusion are apparent after the country’s naturist leaders have shared their views.

Whilst there’s tremendous positives to recognise, concerns of club politics, lack of marketing strategies, exclusive policies and expensive access, all need addressing if we want to share this unique world of naturism with a new audience who we will bequeath it to. A national hui or summit would be a bold step forward, to take stock, embrace and

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set broad long-term goals to address membership decline, integration of ad-hoc and youth participation and work out major priorities for the next 10 years.

Some have suggested the old club model has done its time, and although it serves the purpose for some, so many are missing out on this unique life-changing experience because of barriers we’ve created in our busy modern lives. The new digitally-connected world presents possibilities and hindrances, and ironically more conservatism. What is certain, if there is no major reform, then the status quo will continue and an ageing membership will stagnate and further decline. The emergence of commercial naturist ventures and free social media connected networks, bypass the club scene and are open to innovation and new ways of participation.

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Zealand JEFF NORMAN AUCKLAND OUTDOOR NATURIST CLUB - 250 We have some wonderful

facilities, equivalent to many of the larger European clubs, with beautiful grounds with a large area of native bush.

We work hard to get local and council support and to improve our management of our important resource. We are affected by a general trend for people to be consumers rather than joiners. This results in the operation and works falling on fewer people, this combined with an aging membership, is one of the main issues affecting us.

KEITH THOMPSON AUCKLAND SUN CLUB - 30 General acceptance of nudity would solve many of society’s problems. People would be more healthfocused and attitudes about sex and the body would be more realistic. Organised nudism will have to become more dynamic. I’d expect there will be more clothing optional events even if there’s fewer clothing optional clubs. Joining a club to hang out naked seems weird to most, even joining sporting organisations

is less common now. People want to be able to sign up to individual events not join the organisation - it’s even truer if we’re talking about a fringe thing with an “old” reputation. We need more free venues rather than organisational drive. Social media engagement with the cause of freedom will work better than membership drives.

GRAHAM WILLOUGHBY COUNTIES SUN CLUB - 25 Being president means keeping an eye on the running of the club, including having a positive and helpful committee, makes a pleasant environment for everyone to enjoy. It is very important that all members have space to totally relax and enjoy themselves while giving others the chance to do the same. Attracting new members is an ongoing challenge, as well as the ever spreading urban sprawl and what that will mean for us. For now we are a financially stable, happy and welcoming club. gonatural

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NB Numbers equate to current membership

WAYNE CARTER AUCKLAND NATURIST OREWA - (membership not disclosed) As president and chair of the Kirikau Trust, I see the importance of maintaining a family environment based on “givers gain” and promoting integrity within our community. Traditional club strategies do not stand up into day’s world, to survive, clubs need different skills and abilities to those in the past. In this day and age, far-reaching changes are required to be able to remain operational and to attract young people. By building a long-term sustainable business plan to remain financially viable - at the same time preparing our members for the future is one of the biggest, most important, and most difficult leadership task that our committee has undertaken.

The faces and futur LEX GRASON WAIKATO OUTDOOR 80 Providing great events like the woman’s renew weekend, has helped new people into the nudist movement. With life being so busy, discretionary time is being taken up with work. Attracting younger members and having them use the facilities is very hard. We are getting a lot of retirementage people using the grounds as a holiday stopover and then wanting to come back and stay as a destination after they have had the first look.

REIN VANDERSCHANTZ BAY OF PLENTY CLUB - 22 In 2005 we experienced a big flood and since then, membership has steadily declined, not just here, but nationally the movement is suffering due to people having more important things to think about: mortgages, both parents working to pay bills, time and money is scarce. Children have often dropped out as they grew up, when their partners were not keen.

BRIAN GILBERTSON ROTOTA SUN CLUB - 218 Rotota is in a unique location, being 23 acres in an isolated location, with natural thermal pool overlooking a lake. It tends to be a destination where naturists stay for longer periods rather than day visitors. We like to emphasise that the children of today are tomorrow’s naturists. There is no electricity and very limited mobile phone coverage, this a positive rather than a negative, where visitors and families can experience - the real world as it used to be. Maybe this is the way forward for naturism.

ARTHUR EAGLE TARANAKI NATURISTS - 124 This is the only club by the sea! We have a good heart, so we make it easy to join with a small fee for new members and under 25 years, just $50 a year. This helps getting them through the gate.

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everything and encourage younger people to be involved and welcome new ideas. Nothing will change or grow when people say “why change? We did it like this for 50 years.” We keep a high profile in the local newspaper, with our full names as we’re not hiding. We are proud of the club as it’s not a secret society behind closed doors, so locals are used to hearing about us. We keep politics and trouble makers out of the decisionmaking, 100% for the club. Embracing the ideas of the younger members allows them to bring friends along.

NIGEL JONES HAWKES BAY NATURIST CLUB - 70 The president’s role is to provide visible public leadership and maximise the vibrancy.

We all work to ensure that members enjoy all that the club offers in the way they expect and want. The local community respect and welcome us as good neighbours. We increase positive perceptions of the public that our lifestyle is both normal and healthy. The acceptance of naturism would increase far more if naturists would exhibit courage in promoting the lifestyle whilst going about their day-to-day lives as the “normal” people that we are.

NORM PEARSON MANAWATU – 50 We foster good relationships between the general public and the media with the wider naturist movement and the club. The attitude towards naturism is lacking when compared to some other countries.

The challenges and priorities we face are a generally ageing and declining membership is to somehow remove the erroneous feeling that nudism is associated with sex. There is a need to generate interest from families to join the movement as in years gone by.

KEN MERCER WELLINGTON NATURIST CLUB - 135 A vibrant committee who are dedicated in their roles is my focus. I like to talk to as many members as possible and make myself available at all times to discuss any issues. We are focused on providing good facilities. Hosting the International Congress is an exciting event we have got behind. Getting younger members into the club has been challenging but we have found that once you get one or two, then others follow. Open days are our focus this year as many people who have been thinking about naturism then decide to come along. There are many closet naturists so we just have to keep on trying to get them on board.

TERRY BURKETT PINEGLADES NATURIST CLUB, CHRISTCHURCH - 176 The South Island’s largest naturist club brings challenges with a diverse group of people, but with fellowship and friendship anything is possible. The club is growing slowly but steadily, like the acceptance of naturism in society. Old and new members must feel safe and secure within their club and therefore relaxed and welcoming to all potential members that may visit. The club must be part of the local community to enhance the acceptance of members.

This can be achieved by joining in local events like markets and sports.

BEV RAMSEY SOUTH CANTERBURY SUN CLUB - 55 We continue to attract new people to the club.

The problem which exists for us and the future of naturism is that very few younger people are being attracted to club membership.

“Clubs bring challenges with a diverse group of people, but with fellowship and friendship, anything is possible.”

TERRY BURKETT, PINEGLADES, CHRISTCHURCH

re of Nude Zealand KEITH RUTHERFORD ORCHARD, DUNEDIN - 40 The club is a work in progress.

We are dedicated to improving our grounds and facilities and welcoming visitors to our southern centre of naturism. The naturist movement in New Zealand is mature. With advertising and engaging with the community in various events, such as A&P shows, and showcasing our facilities, we hope to effect a steady renewal.

ERNIE MASON SOUTHERN NATURALLY, SOUTHLAND - 18 Ours is the Southern-most sun club in the world. To set out a level playing field and a plan for the future with every member having equal say, is my focus. People must have a reason to join as everyone is as important, as clubs are important to the national body. We are all in it for the one reason: naturism. I’m focused on people enjoying the freedom of speech and to ensure everyone is comfortable with the surroundings and company.

The acceptance and tolerance of nudity in New Zealand is steadily improving due to media exposure which is a great move forward.

PETER FINLAYSON AUTUMN FARM The movement is at a crossroads. While there is an increasing acceptance of public nudity, in Western cultures at least, it’s counterpoint is the age old meme that nudity equals sex. The internet is a powerful influence and is awash with sexualised nudity. Around the world are a growing number of adults-only nudist resorts which promote a more liberal and permissive attitude than found in the formal club scene. We have a great network of clubs in this country that are under-utilised. Some could convert into residential communities while others could join the trend and evolve into resorts more appealing to modern adult tastes.

MIKE WARD FREE BEACHES NZ - 158 As president, I’m focused on building public acceptance and participation in simple, discreet, and free nudity in open spaces, where we can fully experience the therapeutic effects of the elements of sun, breeze and the tactile feel of the environment. Nudity is the ultimate experience of human freedom.

The challenge is how to entice and allow humanity to reconnect to the wonderful experience that simple nudity provides us with. We live in a world in which the delightful, life-affirming and energising benefits of nudity are becoming ever more essential to humanity, individually and collectively.

ANDREW POINTON FREE BEACHES, TAURANGA Attracting the younger generation is our biggest task, not so easy in a society where there are plenty of other interests. The public seems to think that if one removes their clothes, it is classified as porn or sex. My running and cycling naked around NZ tries to demonstrate that this is fun and healthy and a basic human right. The ancient Greeks did this for 800 years, so I have in no way reinvented the wheel.

JOHN LOWE FREE BEACHES NZ Unfortunately we are now entering a period of ignorance of naturism by the young, driven by a combination of the ethos of relentless American TV which, for the ‘millennials’ has predominated in our visual media; and too low a profile of the naturist activity we have had, which peaked in the late 70s & 80s.

I think that ideas like running youth camp provide some hope for the future.

COREY SHELTON FREE BEACHES, CANTERBURY

I don’t think most Kiwis give two thoughts to nudity, when they do,

the majority think it’s a bit of a lark and pretty harmless. Unfortunately, the louder minority get upset and start calling for restrictions. Our biggest problem is visibility and education. We need to show the general population we are everyday people who enjoy nude recreation. We have to educate ourselves on the advantages of having more people know we exist and stop hiding who we are. This won’t happen until the majority of our membership get out from behind the fences and accept that they are part of the world.

LINDA GEEVES Free Beaches, Wellington A challenge which I believe lays ahead for naturism in New Zealand is getting the public to accept that we as a movement, are doing nothing wrong. We need more female and family involvement, this is a problem that we will need to solve to address membership growth.

RICK DOWLING FREE BEACHES, AUCKLAND Most Kiwis are not very positive towards nudity, so the question is, do we want our lifestyle to be accepted, or are we content to stay behind the hedges? The priority is to start at the waterfront - on the beaches. Be it burka, bikini or bare skin, individuals should be allowed to choose what suits them best on the beach and that choice should be respected by all.

BRENT PATTERSON SOUTHERN FREE BEACHES

An ageing population in clubs and difficulty in attracting younger people and families due to work commitments are our challenges. Cracks have appeared in several naturist clubs recently as a result of members having different ideas on the direction. If we don’t want to decline like RSA, some ideas will need to reflect a more welcoming and family friendly environment in order to attract and retain new members. gonatural

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DAVID JONES LEISURETHEME We live in a Global Village.

Our clubs are looking great and facilities have never been better, with the World Congress here, we’re receiving an unprecedented shot in the arm. We will look for a shift in public acceptance of naturism as publicity goes to work through our communities.

Our challenge is to continue giving visitors a typical Kiwi friendly welcome so they won’t stop talking after they return home - and continue raising the acceptance of our lifestyle at home.

JOHN BOWERS NUDVAN - 54 Naturists United Driving Vans Anywhere Naturally are mobile naturists that get together a few times annually at various locations.

Most members own a motorhome, camper, or caravan. We have been generally accepted by the public we come in contact with, but try to avoid places where we believe nudity would not be appreciated. We have had a few people giggle, presumably at the joy of seeing such a happy group of people, but no complaints.

LES OLSEN LIFE MEMBER / ARCHIVIST From the earliest attempt to establish naturist clubs in New Zealand, it has been necessary to ensure that the public perception was seen as a wholesome family pursuit of leisure time recreation. Publicity from the newspapers of the day painted nudism as unsavoury and voyeuristic.

Members today reap the benefit of our early pioneering ventures. There has been a resurgence in memberships and interest from overseas visitors and facilities have been upgraded to meet health and safety requirements and to provide more modern facilities. Public attitudes to nude recreation has also changed to that of envious acceptance so much so that nude bike days and nude rugby matches have become regular activities in some communities and this in itself bodes well for the acceptance of naturism.

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Zealand and the Federation is beginning to be seen as the authority on matters relating to nudity. We have been asked several times recently for our views.

The biggest challenge facing naturism at present is falling membership, which needs to be addressed by recruiting, particularly in the younger age bracket.

NICK LOWE NORTH ISLAND VICE PRESIDENT NZNF There is generally a positive response to nudity/naturism in the media. We will always have the likes of Family First to contend with but that keeps us “honest”. Challenges like ageing and falling membership, and clubs being resistant to change to attract younger people. There’s a belief that nudity in public is illegal in every respect, despite two recent High Court decisions to the contrary. Nudity itself is not illegal, but the time place and circumstance can make a big difference in terms of the likelihood of offending someone. I will always defend the right for public nudity. Priorities are to get more youth engagement but young people just don’t join clubs, due to their reliance on social media which requires no personal commitment – whereas clubs require commitment, including monetary.

JUNE CAMPBELL-TONG SECRETARY NZNF The challenges are keeping up with technology and the members wishes at the forefront of decisions. We need to keep the public perception of nudity being a normal part of many peoples’ lives in the mainstream media.

HANS VAN ASPERDT INTERNET CO-ORDINATOR NZNF The big challenge is the powerful conservative group, people not daring to admit that they are naturist and clubs not open for adjusting to the current society. They need to step out of their comfort zone and organise events which would attract new people, which can happen with small steps.

Nude beaches is an opener to get into the lifestyle, the whole naturist society should be more supportive to it.

MURRAY NASH FACEBOOK NZNF The biggest challenge is the aging population of the naturist fraternity and the declining membership that we face. A priority must be looking at different ways of attracting younger people into our way of life, which we all know is fantastic. There is a better understanding of naturists by the general public, and I don’t think we are now seen as being weird.

NOEL THOMAS gonatural MAGAZINE MANAGER We have a bright future but not in the club membership-based system. It is in attracting visitors to come and stay at clubs and pay for the use of the facilities. It is going to take a major change in the thinking to move away from the focus of attracting new members to one of attracting visitors. Clubs won’t disappear, many have great facilities that are under utilised. I see two main markets where the future lies: international tourist and locals - attracting campervans. Many don’t wish to join a club but love going camping for their summer holiday and are happy to go naked. Promoting facilities as holiday campgrounds as many are better than commercial grounds. People are happy to pay for a week or two of camping and drive out the gate not having to worry about working bees, committee meetings or club politics.

DONNA & ANDREW MILLER

gonatural PRODUCTS Attitudes to naturism and nudity in New Zealand are becoming more positive and the ultra conservative stance is softening as people embrace, or at least tolerate other lifestyles.

There are significant opportunities following the 2016 International Congress to establish a plan to maximise publicity and awareness of this at a local and national level.

A challenge lies with some who don’t admit or promote their participation.

This is understandable and completely personal choice however it can limit a club’s reach outwards and somewhat purports the myth that our lifestyle is slightly dubious or even risqué.

CHRISTINE BOWERS NZ NATURISTS - 100 NZN do not belong to a land-based group but meet on occasions for freedom camping and club visits. Once a year some members go on a camping safari with the Nudvan club and visit various parts of the North Island. It is interesting where we visit and usually spend a week away enjoying ourselves.

GLENNE FINDON BOP NATURISTS - 900 My roles are communication, organisation and promoting a ‘free-range’ independent naturist lifestyle. With our busy lives, ‘free-range’ naturism fills a gap in the naturist community and becomes a very attractive option with no cost, no commitments and no pressure. Along with varied organised events, a blog and monthly email newsletters, this is, in my opinion, the way of the future for recruiting newbies into the lifestyle. It allows people world-wide to access and join the group, and the membership grows rapidly, without any problems, challenges or obstacles.

PETE WHALAN PERCY COUSINS TRUST Naturism has come a long way in public acceptance in the last 26 years I have been involved.

The fast pace of the modern lifestyle and the many competing recreation options out there are a challenge to club membership. I see a growth opportunity for the clubs to take more of a naturist resort approach than a club membership one, they need to promote the lifestyle and their facilities and a earn an income from those that want to enjoy it but to a lesser degree than being a full membership style. Marketing needs to be a priority driven at a national level, you cannot sell a secret.

There are still many “backyard nudists” that are completely oblivious to the amazing facilities the country’s naturist clubs have. Marketing is everything and with the digital landscape crossing a huge generational demographic, the opportunity to cost effectively talk to a huge audience has never been easier.

CARLEY SUDLOW TWITTER, PINTEREST & BLOGGER NZNF The opportunities social media gives us to grow the naturism brand locally and globally to increase our reach to youth, who are a diverse flexible and mobile group, and early adopters of technology. Our challenge is to be agile and flexible enough to meet the needs of our future community. I have seen their commitment to act in community development and advocacy for our natural ecology. We can encourage positive growth through this, promote innovation that aligns us with our aims around connections with nature.

JEREMY KELLEHER WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE The World Naked Bike Ride attracts all ages and mostly those who do not belong to a club or organisation, being New Zealand’s largest annual public nude event. Our adventurist Y generation, with their less-conforming and go-get-it attitudes, are the prominent participants wishing to protest for sustainability and have fun doing it! I believe it is this group who will see naturism prosper, and it’s up to us to give them the opportunities both inside and outside our traditional club structures. Go Y Gen, I’m your biggest supporter.

PETER WOODS FREE BEACHES, GUYSERS B&B, ROTORUA I have always been an avid ‘nudie’ since my mid-teens and I always seek out holiday destinations that are clothing optional. 10 years ago I tried to join a club and was upfront that I was a single gay male. I was ignored, and so I didn’t join. In 2016, one would hope we’ve moved on from the ultra-conservative way of thinking that only heterosexual couples can possibly be true naturists. The only way the movement can grow in what is now an open and diverse New Zealand, is through equality, acceptance and understanding that not everyone is the same.

NB The following did not participate in this feature: Nelson Sun Club; Alpine Lakes Naturist Club; Errol Flynn, NZNF Sports Co-ordinator; and Tony Nee, South Island Vice President.

Kathy Earby, Treasurer has resigned, due to family illness.

SANDY BERGAMIN GEN Y With few people under 40, it’s difficult to encourage a younger demographic.

This is unaided by the tendency of older people to be less accepting of minorities than they genuinely think they are.

You can see how this links when you acknowledge that some younger people do not consider themselves definitely straight. Young people don’t want to become members of groups and clubs where they know they’ll have to face, at best, regular unintentional yet exhausting micro-aggressions against them and/or their friends.

BRAD ROGER FACEBOOK GROUP AUCKLAND - 50 The ability to be free of restrictions that otherwise dominate the landscape of life is my mission. Every day we find ourselves conforming to a situation or a ‘way of being’ and it’s important to take time out for ourselves and just be. The attitude to nudity could be developed and the young could learn to be less selfconscious. Anyone younger than Gen-X needs to be truly open and uninhibited without worrying what others think. If this is shed, there is a positive future.

We could all work to being more open to all walks of life and let fun take a major focus of our social mindset. A major challenge is the prudishness.

MICHAEL MOORE EDITOR gonatural MAGAZINE My role allows a unique view, connecting with all demographics and hearing vastly different experiences. Clubs can fester in personality battles at the expense of prospering and creating environments that welcome. Modern membership and advertising strategies supported by a good budget, must be a primary priority. Returning to simple goals of open acceptance, regardless of personalities we are drawn to or against, will provide genuine growth.

Season passes; cheap casual rates for students; friend weekends at not cost, will connect newbies, and engagement with community, local media and online.

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BEATRICE BERGAMIN 2016 JOYCE FLEMING AWARD RECIPIENT Why do we have difficulties attracting members to naturist clubs? Is it that the negative outweigh the positive information the public gets? Is it too expensive for an average family? Are the rules for joining too strict? Clubs need to make it easier for people to experience the lifestyle like inviting the public to their grounds on a daily basis without the need to join up, thus making joining easier. The fees need to be more affordable and modified to attract more.

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KAY HANNAM WAI-NATUR NATURIST PARK Visitors have steadily increased by 3% each year.

I am the ‘go-to girl’ for information. We have a way to go before nude recreation becomes main-stream. The religious right and photo-shopped impressions of the perfect woman, are exploited by the media. A national media strategy based on the principle ‘naturism is good for us and good for society’ will see the growth opportunities focus on attracting women to naturism. Our biggest obstacles are ourselves and the perception of others.

We have to earn respect and acceptance of locals by fitting in and supporting our community.

Last word...

ANDREW BOYD As a potential visitor or member of nudist clubs, I’m increasingly turned off by childish bickering. It seems nudism brings out both the best and the worst in people, possibly partly due to living in a society that’s held to ransom by prudish religions causing people to have ingrained ideas about how one should dress or behave in public. Perhaps once the baby boomers retire, the younger generation can get more involved, but before that happy day, there needs to be a major paradigm shift away from conservative Christian values. Until we can shrug off the attitude that despite the greatest Christian hypocrisy that our beautiful bodies are ‘made in his image’ yet somehow something we should be ashamed of, we’ll never really be able to enjoy life naked. With the rise of more conservative religions, things will get worse before they get better.

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Keith, Francois, lining up for Peta

Nice jugs Donna!

HONORA (France), and Ferna

Kiwi style

, Patrice, Graham, Katie and Donna anque alongside the Mediterranean

ARY KIWIS Ron (UK), Franz (Germany), Patrice Anders (Norway), Gloria (UK), Francois (France), ando (Spain).

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Costa and The Mediterranean conjure up the spectacular ship wreck by Captain of the Costa Concordia as he tried to impress his girlfriend. For some New Zealand naturists, and their friends from around the world, it’s a joyful place in the sun. Leon Jackson goes boule-ling.

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hose who have experienced the delights of a visit to Costa Natura situated on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, a far more spectacular Mediterranean scene will have unfolded.

While by no means the first Kiwi couple to have visited this fabulous naturist resort situated on the fringe of Estepona, and only a few kilometres away from Gibraltar, we have been impressed by the layout and international friendships that have been formed over the ten day stay.

One sure way to feel included in the activities is to rock up to the pétanque area just before 11am, or again at 6pm when the residents and visitors alike draw teams to participate in the game of boules that requires no more than a modicum of skill and plenty of good luck.

Fernando and his wife Lourdes usually preside at the 11am session and no matter what country of origin, the participants are encouraged to give it a go.

Terms such as “fantastico” and “very easy for you”, are regularly heard as the boules are rolled along a hard and fast sun-baked piste. For those of us used to the drop and plop game at Pineglades near Christchurch, it took a day or so to learn the control needed to navigate the dips and high spots and to develop a more specialised technique.

Teams of up to six on each side can battle it out point by point for up to an hour and a half to reach the magic figure of 13. The scoring is done by the awarding of a black or white stone, depending on the team that scores off each end.

The call of “metro”, meaning measure, can often be heard which results in a tape being employed to determine how many millimetres separate the competing boules. We did diplomatically suggest a pair of dividers, such as we use back home, with a score board that did not have the dangers of stones being dislodged from the wall, would help but of course who were we to interfere with the time-honoured conventions that had developed?

On any one day there may be players from Spain, the UK, Norway, France, Netherlands, Germany, USA, Australia and New Zealand competing. Given that the Olympics were underway while we were staying, it only seemed right that we flew our silver fern. The official NZ flag would have only served to confuse everyone! While some guests at the resort were no doubt bemused by the antics of the players, such as when a good shot was applauded by the banging of the boules against each other, there was more than a passing interest by those walking by. Even the public using the nudist beach adjoining the piste would stop by to watch the action and listen to the banter between the players. “Oh La La” or “Poof”with hand thrown in the air, generally conveyed the response to a good or bad ball.

At the end of the morning session the cold beer from the Kiosk adjoining the piste was a welcome thirst quencher. Time spent chatting about benefits of sport in the naturist environment and what New Zealand offers in its club life may well persuade some of our new friends to visit down under. The daunting prospect for some is the time to fly to the other side of the world, however all express the view that it is one trip they would love to undertake.

The lesson for us in New Zealand is that if we see international visitors at our clubs, many of which have pétanque pistes, please invite them to join in and make them feel they are part of a true naturist community. A good suggestion for clubs is to invest in some sets of boules which can be made freely available to visitors. It would be most unlikely that even the most ardent player would elect to travel by air with a set of pétanque boules. l gonatural

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More of our modern lives are exposed, shared and discussed online.

When things we want to talk about, that are important to us, are judged differently by others, should it be allowed?

Michael Moore looks at the changing online landscape of censorship.

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he famous photograph of a Vietnamese girl has inadvertently changing the debate about nudity on the world’s biggest social media website.

It’s one of the 20th Century’s most recognisable images: 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phúc was running down a road near Trang Bàng, Vietnam on June 8th 1972 after a napalm bomb was dropped on her village. She survived by tearing off her burning clothes.

The image was posted to Facebook and then removed under their nudity and censorship rules. However, following an outcry and global protests about the removal to what amounted to censoring history, the image was restored.

With 1.5 billion users, Facebook is in a powerful position to allow genuine free speech and freedom of expression.

Their unevenly applied nudity policy , has been challenged so vigorously that some changes are slowly creeping in, with a more flexible approach for addressing nudity in its community guidelines.

“Continued feedback from our community and partners about the kinds of images and stories permitted on Facebook, is helpful,” Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s vice president said.

“Observing global standards for our community is complex.”

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Whether an image is newsworthy or historically significant, is highly subjective. Images of nudity or violence that are acceptable in one part of the world may be offensive, or even illegal , in another. Respecting local norms and upholding global practices often come into conflict. And people often disagree about what standards should be in place to ensure a community that is both safe and open to expression.

Kim Phuc PHOTO Nick Ut

The naked photo that changes everything, online.

Facebook has changed its policy on nudity. “We also restrict some images of female breasts if they include the nipple, but we always allow photos of women actively engaged in breastfeeding or showing breasts with post-mastectomy scarring. We also allow photographs of paintings, sculptures, and other art that depicts nude figures,” states their community standards.

Facebook will now start to accept more items that people find newsworthy, significant, or important to the public interest , even if they might otherwise violate their community standards.

Facebook is saying that if it has serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value , its worth outweighs its potential ability to scandalise or offend. Whilst breastfeeding photos are now common online, their censorship track record is very poor, but small steps are occurring.

“The goal is to allow more images and stories without posing safety risks or showing graphic images to minors and others who do not want to see them,” Joel Kaplan said.

“Forgiveness made me free from hatred.

I still have many scars on my body and severe pain most days but my heart is cleansed. Napalm is very powerful, but faith, forgiveness, and love are much more powerful,” Kim Phúc said. l

A case in 2015 of posting the famous French painting The Origin of the World caused a Paris court to rule that it has jurisdiction to judge against Facebook, after a French teacher was banned when she posted Gustave Courbet’s painting. It starting the discussion that prudish America didn’t what to have, yet has allowed graphic displays of police violence and shootings of citizens through their “live” streaming service.

NOW ALLOWED L’Origine du Monde by Gustav Courbet, 1866

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Young Kiwi vets get naked It doesn’t take a university student much to get naked.

For a group of Massey students in Palmerston North, the half way point in their studies were a great excuse to bare all and help support a great charity.

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or the last ten years, Massey University’s third year veterinary graduates have produced a naked calendar, supporting a local charity.

The Barely There calendar has been an annual hit featuring some wonderful kiwi Vet students.

“We’re making this event a tradition of vet school and something that is feared, yet looked forward to by each class,” says Rachel Shanks, one of the co-ordinators.

“Our objective for the calendar is to raise money for our Half Way day, in order to celebrate making it half way through our five year veterinary degree.”

Mia, Caroline, Abi and Rachel have worked to make the project a success.

“Each year a chosen charity receives 10% of the proceeds,” Rachel said.

“This year’s charity is Assistance Dogs New Zealand. These lovely people help enrich the lives of so many people living with disability by providing purpose-bred and trained assistance dogs to meet the unique needs of each individual and family.”

“Our aim this year was to produce a calendar which contained well-placed and creatively propped photos in order to allure to the cheekiness of the theme, yet maintain a level of sophistication which could guarantee the calendar remains a tradition for future years,” says Rachel. “Participating in such a calendar pushed many people out of their comfort zones, however by the end

of each photo shoot, the enormity of being naked in front of fellow classmates was forgotten and everyone was able to enjoy the occasion.”

The calendar would not be possible without a lot of hard work from class members, generous sponsors and the creative abilities of photographers which has led to the culmination of such a unique product.

The 2016/17 calendar is available for $15 and you can support a worthwhile charity, as well as the Vet Class of 2018. l vetcalendar.co.nz Barelytherecalendar2016 (Facebook) assistancedogstrust.org.nz

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Julie’s happy life 1970 Hugh and Julie McCaw with Jessica and Giles.

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ulie McCaw had never experienced social nudity, until she met Hugh, a sprightly athletic and handsome man, who one summer’s afternoon, tricked her on a date by driving into the Canterbury Sun Club.

“In the 60’s we did things in our 25plus social group, and that’s where I met Hugh. It would have been around 1967 and he invited me for a picnic on a Sunday afternoon, and I thought.. that would be nice, and didn’t think anymore of it,” Julie said. “So as soon as he turned off at the Rolleston pub, I knew where he was heading. I still remember turning around and saying, ‘you buggar!’”

“I didn’t know Hugh was a member of a sun club, he kept that a secret from me. So there I was, all of a sudden in the middle of all these people with no clothes on. I was terrified. I wasn’t going to take my clothes off. After a while, I thought, well it’s no use just standing around looking the odd one out, so I joined in.”

Julie, in her bach at Pineglades that Hugh built.

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Julie McCaw kicked off her life and love for naturism when Hugh took her on a surprise drive. She never looked back.

Julie shares her memories and photos remembering Hugh with Michael P Moore.

It was the beginning of a friendship and love that lasted 49 years. Their love for each other and the naturist life became intertwined, creating so many happy experiences and memories.

loved the competitions. Hugh passed away after a brief illness, at the age of 87 in June 2016. In his last weeks, his beloved Pineglades club honoured him as a Life Member.

“We got married New Year’s Eve, but would you believe, our honeymoon was spent going around nudist clubs in the North Island. Hugh had built a little cover on the back of the trailer. He had a wee cooker and everything we needed. We slept in there - talk about rough and ready!” remembers Julie. “We stayed at the club at Whanganui, which was just in Ivan Mowlen’s back garden at that time.” Ivan was founder of the local club and a vice president of the New Zealand Sunbathing Association.

A trophy in his name, is awarded annually for the club with biggest improvement in membership numbers.

“Hugh didn’t want any fuss for his funeral, he wanted the money to go to the kids, so we didn’t have a proper funeral, just a memorial service for our friends and family to remember the good times. It was just what he wanted,” Julie said.

“The club life was everything to Hugh. He found so much joy and made such good friends through naturism. He and Wally, who has also since passed, were a right pair! The club was his life, it was the best thing we ever did.”

“After Whanganui, we headed up to Auckland Outdoor Club, but couldn’t find it, so popped into the police station to ask directions. The officer said that it was fairly common knowledge around here!” Julie said.

“We joined up at Pineglades and our Jessica and Giles and June Campbell-Tong’s boy, were the same age. June and I used to sit by the paddling pool and watch the kids. They were simple and happy times.”

As Giles grew up, he become active in the club and took an interest in the games, and was asked to join the committee as the sports co-ordinator. “I think our kids were affected in a really positive way though us being a member of the naturist community in their younger years,” Julie says. “It was just good for them. Jessica still comes out when there’s an opportunity. Whereas Giles is now living in Perth and the club there is a long way out of the city.”

Hugh was a skilled player at Miniten and

Julie planted a native Golden Totara, alongside Hugh’s favourite Miniten court at Pineglades, with a river stone marked l ‘Hugh AKA Granga’.

JULIE’S MEMORIES 1 Jessica and Hugh, 1994 naturist rally 2 Ralph, Veronica, Norm, Beryl, Jessica, Lynette, Kay, Hugh and Wally sharing a cup of tea at Pineglades.

3 Isabella and Tayla exploring the outdoors at Pineglades, Christchurch.

4 Hugh, Kay, Beattie and Julie, happy times with friends.

5 Hugh always found a place to strip off: Broome beach, Western Australia.

6 Hugh in full flight, with Julie in the background, battling it out over a game of Miniten.

7 Jessica, Giles, Hugh and Julie - the McCaw family featured on the cover of NZ Naturist in 1995.

8 A memorial Totara planted at Pineglades, marked with a stone “Granga.”

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aturist photographers were invited to capture natural nude images that embrace ‘health and well-being’ for a competition held in conjunction with the World Congress of Naturism in Wellington.

Associate of the Photographic Society of New Zealand Roger Thwaites, who judged the entries, said with over 40 entries, there was a lot of very good images making it difficult to choose winners. “I favoured activity and human interaction, social commentary, rather than merely being posed as a portrait. The images I selected portrayed a good standard of photographic merit, which was pleasing to see,” Roger Thwaites said.

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1 Ricardo Cisternas I took this photo of Claudia Kellersch on Black’s beach, San Diego, California. I wanted to convey the sensual experience of the human body in nature clad only with the elements.

2 Brian Williams This is Suzie and Naomi at Domaine de L’Eglantie’re, a naturist camp in France. The girls who worked there were always keen to take part knowing that they could be in New Zealand’s gonatural magazine.

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Photo competition shows natural beauty HIGHLY COMMENDED 4 Brent Lewis I photographed Roger Dean water-skiing in Auckland harbour, and wanted to show that modern naturism is not just sitting around drinking tea with the occasional game of petanque. It’s also about enjoying more active sports au naturel, to capture the interest of younger nudies.

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5 Jeff Norman I photographed Colleen Clarke at Auckland Outdoor Naturist Club’s gym that is used regularly. It shows you can have fun training with the freedom of not needing clothes and to encourage others to use the gym.

6 Brian Williams This is Lisa and Suzie at Domaine de L’Eglantie’re France, jumping in the swimming pool.

7 Graham Macgregor I photographed Doug Ball, Mark Goodwin and myself climbing Mt Ruapehu, with Mt Ngauruhoe in the background.

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8 Damian Wims I photographed my wife Audrey Barrett in Crete, on the nudist beach near Hersonissos. This was the first place that we tried public nudity. I wanted to capture that emergence - it’s pretty literal.

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60 glorious years in print New Zealand’s gonatural naturist magazine is one of the longest running nudist publications in the world. We look back on it’s 60 year history.

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ew Zealand’s gonatural magazine celebrates it’s 60th continual year in publication. 14 editors, two name changes, has withstood substantial fluctuations in membership and the emergence of the digital revolution.

“The New Zealand Naturist Federation, and our previous national body, the New Zealand Sunbathing Association, have seen the importance to support and produce a magazine, not only for our members, but for the general public, to engage, learn and discover the healthy benefits of a naturist lifestyle,” says Wendy Lowe, president.

Very few print magazines and newspapers have survived the dramatic change with the advent of the internet in the mid1980’s that allowed free sharing of news online. Many naturist magazines have ceased, with only a handful still in print.

“Gonatural is one of the longest-running naturist publications in the world,” says Wendy Lowe. “This is a great credit to all the editors and managers over the years who have worked so hard to keep up with changing attitudes and readership, so that it has remained interesting, relevant and thought-provoking. I congratulate everyone who has ever worked on the magazine, submitted articles and photos and of course the readers who keep circulation numbers up. Let’s hope that the magazine can continue to be published for another 60 years.”

Except for a brief period in 1974, all work for the magazine has been voluntary, though latterly an honorarium for expenses has been paid. While some magazines have abandoned their original principles because of easy access via the internet, only a small handful of naturist publications are still published. The New Zealand Federation has seen the national magazine as a primary tool to inform and encourage the general public

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A photograph in September 1967 NZ Naturist.

Caption reads: “Boys will be boys” with the male genitals airbrushed out, to appease censors of the time.

to engage in the naturist lifestyle.

“It was important to have a national magazine, a way to reach out and educate the wider public, that our lifestyle, our leisure pursuit, was normal and healthy,” NZNF’s archivist Les Olsen said.

“When I became editor in 1995, I was continuing a long association with the magazine which began in the early 1960s. In those days, as a cost-saving method, the magazine was distributed to shops throughout the main centres principally by volunteer club members,” Les said. “I was allocated part of the Auckland area in which to approach shop managers seeking to sell, on a sale or return basis. I was ever grateful to those whom decided to engage a professional nationwide distribution system.

I continued spasmodically by presenting photographs for publication and then I had the opportunity to work with Graeme Brown in the 1980s, compiling articles and seeing the magazine put together as a finished product.”

“I ensured that the high standard of the publication was maintained, promoting New Zealand nudism principally, along with overseas activities, so it did not become too insular,” Les Olsen said.

Free Beaches newsletter editor John Lowe, has spent thousands of hours, digitally archiving the magazine’s entire collection. You can view the archive here: tinyurl.com/NZmagArchive

Perc Cousins the pioneering father of the New Zealand Naturist movement, and editor in the early years. “The deep tan, White hat, and ready smile, that so many will remember.”

EDITORS 1956 - Stewart Ransom 1958 - Perc Cousins 1961 - Gerald Wakely 1964 - Perc Cousins 1969 - Joan Treanor 1972 - John Gilmour 1975 - Eddie (Kay) Kwok 1976 - Con Chignell 1979 - Mike Ganley 1981 - Graeme Brown 1995 - Les Olsen 2005 - Conrad Inskip 2007 - Kay Hannam 2015 - Michael P Moore

Naturist living ~ nudist life ~ naked happiness NEW ZEALAND

for health and well-being

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New Zealand $8.75 Australia $9.75 UK £6.99

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Decision of the Indecent Publications Tribunal - 15 July 1968 The 1968 Tribunal decision was a landmark decision for naturists.

The Indecent Publications Tribunal determined that since the word ‘decent’ is derived from ‘what is fitting’, “indecent means by derivation what is not fitting”. Therefore the content of genuine magazines such as the NZ Naturist are to be regarded as ‘unexceptionable’.

Not specified in the ruling, but reported later

by Perc Cousins, was his discovery during the hearing that in New Zealand, there had never been any prior block in the Statue of uncontrived depiction of genitalia in print, that certain of the journals were acceptable within his movement, but that others featured photographs too posed to be regarded by his members as bona-fide from the point of view of naturism. It is the spotlighting of the unfamiliar nude form that gives reproductions of photographs any special attraction they may have for the curious. If pleasant and unretouched nude pictures were as common in the community as it appears they are in

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the nudist clubs, then it is likely that their production would be greeted with no more unseemly excitement than it is there.

“Girlie magazines were part of the stock-intrade of the pervert bent on seducing boys or younger men,” a Crown witness and senior police sergeant said. He was not asked to give specific titles, but indicated that the journals were some which clearly indicated genital areas.”

“We do not agree with the suggestion that members of naturist clubs should form a special class of persons privileged to see publications not available to other people, nor with another suggestion that practising nudists (or naturists), whether in clubs or not, should form such a class,” said L Sinclair, chairman of the Tribunal.

“We are inclined to deprecate the practice of painting out pubic areas in health or naturist magazines, and we do not believe the Act requires that young people should be kept in ignorance of the appearance of the adult form. We are of opinion that natural and straightforward nude photographs or collections of them in reproduction constitute a first category of publications and we

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regard them as unexceptionable.” Dominion president of the NZ Sunbathing Association Perc Cousins was witness on behalf of the Crown. “The findings made it clear that genuine nudist activities are acceptable, in our clubs and in picture and text. Nudes out of this context are not necessarily acceptable.

This ruling now gives the NZSA more freedom regarding the importation and sale of overseas magazines.”

MORE INFO tinyurl.com/magazine1968 Conclusion from the National Organiser.

I congratulate Stewart on his initiative in launching this further proof of our desire to serve. It is a good start and should continue to help advise, instruct and entertain. We will do our best to make this little magazine worthy of the N.Z. movement. The rest is up to you. Help us all you can with literary contributions, cuttings and items of interest suitable for publication.

Help the circulation and when you have finished with it, pass it on to someone else who will appreciate it.

Cordially yours, Perc. May 1956

“The magazine was a way to reach out and educate the wider public that our lifestyle, our leisure pursuit, was normal and healthy.”

Les Olsen, Honorary Life Member, New Zealand Naturist Federation

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Free Beaches welcome changes at Parakai Free Beaches New Zealand has been at the forefront of supporting open access to beaches for over 40 years.

President of the organisation Mike Ward writes that it’s an important time to be involved.

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ree Beaches New Zealand is undergoing a period of considerable change. Many of the original long-time members are in their very senior years and are calling time on their naturist activities.

There has been a healthy intake of new members and this a good sign for the freerange beach naturism that we promote.

It is at this point useful to consider what Free Beaches is and stands for. What is its place, not just in the naturist world but in society? Many members see it as just a social group of like-minded people who value the importance to their sense of well-being, to spend time clothes-free.

MEETING FOR CHANGE John Lowe, Linda Geeves, Nick Lowe, Mike Ward, Wendy It certainly is this, but it actually has a Lowe, hosted Free Beaches NZ AGM at Parakai Springs, north of Auckland. very much bigger and more important role - as a political organisation as a force that protects and promotes the Naturists probably look upon the recent create an increased number of people inalienable right of every human being controversy surrounding the wearing of to want to experience naturism and on to experience. In certain circumstances the burkini on beaches with astonishment the other hand we have powerful forces and places, the natural world and the or bemusement. If ever there was a acting to keep humanity locked into elements of it in the natural way that we symbol of the madness of mankind, the conformity to the ‘system’. As well as the were born, to be free of the encumbrance burkini is it. When you envisage what it growing influence on western culture of of clothes, free from the urban space and must be like to wear such a garment on a Islam, which is violently and implacably its customs, rules and regulations on warm beach and especially in the water, opposed to nudity and naturism (Note what clothing you can and cannot wear. it is easy to conclude that the burkini is 1), there are other pressures such as Free from materialism and consumerism simply an instrument for the oppression growing national populations. This has an and the pressures of having to meet the of women. I am amazed by the extent insidious effect on our lifestyle through of the delusion and determination of the intensification of living space, in expectations of society. the wearers to willingly accept such urban areas and on the beaches.

There are many who oppose the freedom oppression in a society that does not Growth in population presents both that naturism grants us, ranging from enforce it, as much as by the authorities threats and opportunities as illustrated corporate-vested interests and religions, that try to prevent the wearing of it. The in many localities by residential who are driven by the greed for power burkini is not merely an item of clothing, developments, close to popular longand money, it is a political established naturist beaches creating to the general “History teaches us over and over statement. However, friction. The Auckland Unitary Plan public who are again that individuals and divided many people think promotes intensification of housing, so enmeshed in communities are easy to control, that wearing no building upwards as well as closer the mind-prison but united and focused clothes at all is a together. Many backyard and home of their own communities are a force to be political statement. naturists who have hitherto enjoyed a upbringing and reckoned with.”

The issue then private life will find that their privacy is e n v i r o n m e n t , - MIKE WARD, PRESIDENT FREE BEACHES NZ becomes whether invaded by buildings and structures that as well as the banning one form enable others to look directly into their pressures put of expression the burkini will lead world. on them to conform to the norms of the to the banning of the opposite form everyday world. These entities cannot What happens then? Do naturists accept what we represent – which is of expression in the interests of continue to live naked and incur the the greatest human freedom that can conformity to the accepted norms. The inevitable complaints from narrowbe experienced. For the vast majority world’s naturist community needs to minded neighbours? Or do they cease of individuals, the only temporary keep a vigilant eye on this. We have a to practice naturism and conform to the escape into ‘time-out’ is by the toxic and perplexing paradox to contend with. norm? We need clear societal policies destructive use of mind-altering drugs of On the one hand there is the growth that normalise nudity in day-to day lawful of human consciousness, which will activities. Who is going to get that done? the various forms now readily available.

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New Zealand needs to have a formally agreed equivalent of the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service guidelines to Police.

The issues and threats to our lifestyle can only continue to grow and we must prepare to face them if we want to preserve what we have, which is arguably the most freedom to practice naturism in the southern hemisphere. So FBNZ is making changes to address these challenges. It is obvious that the naturist movement needs to become stronger and more unified, in terms of people and financial resources, to be seen to be a powerful force that will speak up for naturism and take action to defend naturists and naturism. I am determined that naturism will be united, powerful and a force to be reckoned with.

Since its inception in 1975, Free Beaches NZ was very much an outsider in the naturist community, but now is a respected organisation. Free Beaches has supported and proudly funded successful legal challenges against lawabiding citizens. Today, there are many who share membership with naturist club and the Free Beach community. As an Associate member of the NZ Naturist Federation rather than a full member, it is now high time that this anomaly

was addressed for the greater good of naturism.

To become full members of national Federation, the annual capitation would increase to $10 (from $5). Presently, membership subscription is unit-based, not per head to encourage families, effectively providing two for the price of one. This has long been a contentious issue, as singles feel that it is unfair that they have to pay the same membership fee as a couple. There is no right or wrong answer – it depends on which view point you take. There have been major societal changes since the inception of the organisation which has resulted in the preponderance of single and unmarried people in informal and formal relationships. Becoming full members of the Federation would enable us to receive INF cards and be a part of the world community of naturists. We know from past experience that the defence of freedom often comes at a price.

Free Beaches are still in recovery from successful but expensive legal actions in past years and we need to rebuild our financial reserves. It needs to be remembered that FBNZ is on the frontline of naturism. We need to offer some protection against members being

Every year the World Naked Bike Ride takes place around the world, at different times. In New Zealand, the Ride will take place on the first weekend in March 2017. The largest of the organised rides is in Takaka, Golden Bay. Dunedin’s Southern Free Beaches has also organised events in 2015 & 2016.

Other events are expected to happen in Auckland, Wellington and Hawkes Bay. The original aims of WNBR is about raising issues of oil dependency, cyclists’ access to roads, and car culture. This is still true today, however the event now also embraces other ideas and raising awareness of sharing the road, health, fun, efficiency and sustainability, body-positive values, body image, offence and legality of public nudity. In 2016, the Takaka event was well-received and had around 80 participating. Many said it was a wonderful, relaxed and very positive public naturism event.

The event is open to the public and both Free Beaches NZ and the NZ Naturist Federation provide support. People are encouraged to coordinate a local event in their town. Jeremy Kelleher is helping co-ordinate the Takaka event in March.

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unjustly persecuted or prosecuted. We have decided to take a long-term path of unity but avoiding sizeable cost hikes to existing members. The changes for new members will be an extra $10 for a couple and $5 for singles. For existing members it will be as optional. Let’s hope that others will support the society to have greater influence, and such a situation will enable Free Beaches to be the second largest group in the Federation.

It is fitting that this year should be the year to formally make the move towards unity with the wider naturist community, as the International Naturist Federation Congress gathers in Wellington. This important milestone in the history of naturism is being acknowledged by our commitment towards the unity of the naturist movement.

I look forward to an exciting future. With developments in Europe and around the world in general, never before have the challenges facing naturism been more formidable. The old Chinese curse ‘May you live in interesting times’ has never been more appropriate than today.

Besides, the sun is warming up and the days are lengthening. l

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The Orchard folk at Middlemarch, an hour’s drive from Dunedin, have been planting native trees and improving their grounds and facilities, with a new a new indoor swimming pool being constructed.

Good friends Colin, Richard and Bernie share an afternoon cuppa in the sun at Pineglades. “We have a great laugh together,” says Colin. “They’re like my other family. We joke and help each other around the place here and join for some really nice social times together.”

AUCKLAND Damian Wims snapped these photos of Dale and Minca dancing at Auckland Outdoor Naturist when club photographer Jeff Norman found himself on the other end of the camera for a surprise 70th birthday thrown in his honour.

“I should have known that they wouldn’t let this big birthday slip by quietly.”

Jeff said. “Thanks to those who organised the party, and Tracey who allowed me to think we were going out for a quiet evening for a curry and a chat!”

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Dan and Monique celebrated Dan’s birthday by inviting their friends to a ‘togs free’ party at the outdoor hotpool at Parakai Springs, West of Auckland.

“It was a fantastic day. We had a lot of friends come along, some who haven’t experienced social nudity before, but were able to give it a go in a safe, comfortable environment,” Monique said.

“Everyone is looking forward to the next event.”

PHOTO OF THE MONTH Send your photos to editor@gonatural.co.nz

history This year gonatural magazine celebrates 60 years of continuous publication.

Here’s some gems from the very first issue...

Brent from Southern Free Beaches and Paul from Kowhai Heights, Dunedin, celebrate their bravery after a midwinter dip in the ocean with a icy cold beer.

Wellington Naturist Club has been a flurry of activity, sprucing up the grounds in preparation for the 35th International Congress of Naturism being hosted at the club’s Te Marua property. Rob and Marie have spent hours over the winter months creating a beautiful mosaic that has pride of place at the club’s entrance.

Club members have featured as extras in a upcoming avant-garde film Cade, starring local comedians, Brendhan Lovegrove and Jeremy Elwood. The gals in charge of the social calendar, Helen and Constance, have served up top notch meals with some hearty kiwi tucker for a surprise dinner.

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MAY 1956 New Zealand Broadcasting Service: Efforts have been made to obtain “time” on the radio on a national basis. We spent some time with the manager of 2YA who offered little hope though accepting some of our ideals with reservations.

The approach was then made to Mr.W.Yates, Director of Broadcasting. He was quite attentive but also did not give much encouragement. He agreed to do what he could and to the suggestion of forwarding a proposed talk. A 7 minute talk outlining our aims in language acceptable to a radio audience, was forwarded to the Director of Talks. We regret to say that this was declined, not on the grounds of its contentious nature, but because if time were given to us, the Service would then be pestered with requests from all sorts of minority groups all over the country. We will not give up, especially as we were on the air twice at Wanganui in January.

CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT SEIZE OUR MAGAZINES Persons receiving magazines from Europe have been issued with seizure notices. This is a routine check on undesirable literature and it is unfortunate that our literature is included.

Perc [Cousins] has discussed the whole position with the top man at Head Office in Wellington and was assured they have nothing against us nor is there any thought of prosecuting or obtaining publicity of any kind. We have a right of appeal and if you have received a seizure notice, please appeal against this decision to the COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, AUCKLAND at once.

We do not regard our literature as indecent, we are members of the New Zealand movement and we do not intend to let the magazines in question out of the possession of ourselves or other approved members.

DO THIS NOW AND BE TRUTHFUL AND FRANK. Perc has forwarded 6 copies of our magazines to the COMPTROLLER OF CUSTOMS WELLINGTON, for official approval and has also requested that other magazines be made available to recognised members. These requests will be strengthened if all clubs and as many members as possible write in protesting at this seizure.

They want to hear our side of the argument so here is your opportunity to help establish our movement more firmly and gain the recognition it deserves.

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Leasehold business: For $295,000 you get a 30 year lease, all the chattels, plant and equipment, the customer base/goodwill it has taken 20 years to build, and after all operating expenses and annual rent are paid a personal income including the house rent of over $100,000.

Freehold Going Concern: For a very realistic $1,695,000 you get to own all the land, buildings (including the modern 3 bedroom house), chattels, plant, and goodwill. But, since no rent is payable, the operating cash surplus after paying all the business expenses is around $170,000-$180,000.

Katikati Naturist Park has a great reputation worldwide. This is your chance to live the naturist lifestyle and make a very good income.

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Directory

NORTH ISLAND NORTHLAND Waitata Bay

Bay of Islands 09 403 8586 waitatabay@waitatabay.co.nz waitatabay.co.nz

AUCKLAND Auckland Naturists Orewa

PO Box 128, Orewa 0946. 09 427 6484, 027 135 7545 AucklandNaturist@gmail.com

Auckland Outdoor Naturist Club PO Box 95235, Swanson, Waitakere 0653

09 833 9209 www.aonc.nz Auckland Sun Club

PO Box 20257, Glen Eden, Auckland 0641 09 814 9973 asc@gonatural.co.nz asc.gonatural.co.nz

Counties Sun Club

112 Ramarama Road, Ramarama, Drury RD3, Auckland 2579 027 296 2795 counties@gonatural.co.nz countiessunclub.com

WAIKATO / BOP Waikato Outdoor Society Inc. PO Box 619, Hamilton 3240 027 631 6883

waikato.outdoor@gonatural.co.nz waikato.gonatural.co.nz Katikati Naturist Park

149 Wharawhara Road, RD2, Katikati, 3178 0800 4 567 567 info@katikati-naturist-park.co.nz katikati-naturist-park.co.nz

Bay of Plenty Sun Club Inc.

PO Box 838, Whakatane, 3120. 027 440 5157 bopsc@gonatural.co.nz bopsun.gonatural.co.nz

CENTRAL Rotota Sun Club Inc.

PO Box 1164, Taupo 3351 07 333 7105 rototasunclub@gonatural.co.nz rotota.gonatural.co.nz

Taranaki Naturists Club

297 Brown Rd, RD42, Waitara, 4382 06 754 4658 027 444 2941 taranaki.naturists.club@gonatural.co.nz taranakinaturistsnz.com

Hawkes Bay Naturist Club

PO Box 551, Napier, 4140. 027 450 0557 HBNC@gonatural.co.nz hawkesbay.gonatural.co.nz

Manawatu Naturist Club Inc.

PO Box 980, Palmerston North, 4440 027 390 4428 manawatu@gonatural.co.nz www.manawatunaturistclub.co.nz

Wellington Naturist Club

20 Molloys Road, Te Marua, Upper Hutt 5018. 04 526 7853, Mob: 027 3306 212 secretary@wellingtonnaturists.co.nz wellingtonnaturists.co.nz

SOUTH ISLAND NELSON / MARLBOROUGH Nelson Sun Club

PO Box 33, Upper Moutere, Nelson 7144 027 710 8025 secretary@nelsonnaturally.co.nz www.nelsonnaturally.co.nz

Wai-natur Naturist Park

2704 State Highway 63, Wairau Valley, RD1 Blenheim 7271 03 5722 681, 021 326 199 info@naturist.co.nz naturist.nz

CANTERBURY Pineglades Naturist Club 135 Brookside Rd, Rolleston PO Box 1823, Christchurch, 8140. 021 052 2528 pineglades@gonatural.co.nz pineglades.gonatural.co.nz South Canterbury Sun Club

PO Box 13, Geraldine 7956. 021 123 5904 scsc@gonatural.co.nz scsc.gonatural.co.nz

OTAGO / SOUTHLAND Orchard Sun Club Inc.

PO Box 5460, Dunedin 9058 027 6178 412 orchard@gonatural.co.nz orchard.gonatural.co.nz

Alpine Lakes Naturist Club

Lowburn, Cromwell, Central Otago 9341 022 6031 439 alpinelakes@gonatural.co.nz alpinelakes.gonatural.co.nz

Southern Naturally

(mailing address) 1821 Tuatapere Orepuki Highway, Tuatapere 9620 027 5165 804 southernnaturally@gonatural.co.nz southernsun.gonatural.co.nz

NEW ZEALAND

NZ Naturist Federation Registered Office, PO Box 15065, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand 0640 President Wendy Lowe 027 363 0407 nznf.pres@gonatural.co.nz Secretary June Campbell-Tong 04 2347 918 nznf.sec@gonatural.co.nz Communications info@gonatural.co.nz Free Beaches NZ

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2016

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DECEMBER 3rd Christmas Pot-luck, Bay of Plenty Sun Club 10th Christmas party, Hawkes Bay Naturist Club 11th Hobson Bay, Taylor’s Mistake, Free Beaches, Chch 27th-3rd Jan Autumn Farm, Summer Camp 28th-3rd Jan NZNF Naturist Festival & AGM,

65th National Rally, N u d e O r l e a n s Auckland 30th-2nd Jan Campout, South Canterbury Sun Club 31st New Year Party, Pot-luck dinner, BOP Naturist Club

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DEADLINE March gonatural Magazine Quarantine Island, Dunedin. Southern Free Beaches NZNF Youth Camp, Rotota Open Day, BOP Naturist Club. Pot-luck dinner, games Autumn Farm, Men’s Naked Week Gonatural week. National promotion week KiwiBurn, Hunterville KiwiBurn.com Australia day, Pineglades Naturist Club Day without swimsuits, beach clean-up Free Beaches 50th Anniversary Mini Rally, Waikato Outdoor Society Waitangi Day volleyball annual tournament Fire, Police, Ambos, Pineglades Naturist Club

Hawkes Bay Club visits Manawatu Naturist Club NUDVAN 2017 Safari, Taranaki Nude dinner at Winery. Pineglades Naturist Club Skinny-dip down a Moonbeam, Free Beaches NZ Leigh Lodge, Free Beaches NZ, Canterbury BOP Naturist Club, beach fishing day and dinner Nudist Fringe Festival, Autumn Farm, Golden Bay Sawcut Gorge naked hike naturist.nz 2017 Nude Golf International, Wairau Valley Info/bookings: naturist.nz World Naked Bike Ride, Takaka, Golden Bay Saturday 2pm, WNBRNZ@gmail.com K-Cup, Orchard Sun Club, Dunedin World Naked Bike Ride, Dunedin Email: SouthernFreeBeaches@gmail.com Ides of March, Pineglades Naturist Club “P” night, Bay of Plenty Naturist Club Women’s Renew Retreat, Waikato Outdoor Society

Homer Tunnel Nude Run, Milford Sound Easter weekend, kids egg hunt; car rally Royal theme night, Pineglades Naturist Club Pot-luck dinner and Auction, BOP Naturist Club ANZAC service, Pineglades Naturist Club

DECEMBER 28th Dec - NZNF Naturist Festival 3rd Jan 2018 66th National Rally and AGM

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Parakai Springs Naturist Days 1st & 3rd Thursday monthly 10am-9pm. Book: Tel 09 4208998. parakaisprings.co.nz/ Facilities/Naturist-Days Auckland Sun Club Sunday Saunas and Potluck meal Contact 09 814 9973 Auckland Outdoor Naturist Club Nude Bingo in the club house Every second Wednesday night Auckland Nude Yoga Men’s Class & Mixed Class aucklandnudeyoga.co.nz Taranaki Naturist Club Fish and chip night Every Friday at the club Waikato Outdoor Society 6pm BYO BBQ, 1st & 3rd Wednesday monthly.

Wellington Naturist Club April-Sept: Spa, Sauna and massage second Sunday of the month 2-5pm. Dinner last Saturday month, during winter.

Pineglades Naturist Club Last Thursday monthly, 12.30pm Pot Luck lunch (April to September; Chow & Chatter (October to March) 6pm BBQ Orchard Sun Club Pool swim nights. 2nd & 4th Sundays, 5pm Joyce 03 476 3875 Free Beaches New Zealand: Wellington - Spa night 2nd Sunday. Summer events 1st Sunday, Breaker Bay; and 3rd Sunday at Peka Peka Beach linda.geeves@slingshot.co.nz Canterbury - Summer beach and outdoor events, winter swim nights Corey@myhome.kiwi.nz Dunedin - Events & swim nights southernfreebeaches@gmail.com Winter swim nights orchard@gonatural.co.nz

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