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title: 'Ally down under: New Zealand'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ally-down-under-new-zealand-1941/
description: 'Allied-nation poster: two New Zealand soldiers in net-covered helmets, one carrying a rifle with fixed bayonet, against a palm-fringed shoreline.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Ally down under: New Zealand, 1941 US poster: Allied-nation poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ally-down-under-new-zealand-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ally-down-under-new-zealand-1941.jpg)

# Ally down under: New Zealand

Allied-nation poster: two New Zealand soldiers in net-covered helmets, one carrying a rifle with fixed bayonet, against a palm-fringed shoreline, under the words 'New Zealand' and 'Ally down under'. The technique is faint here: heroic imagery and a friendly label present a wartime partner to a US audience.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
NEW ZEALAND
ALLY
DOWN UNDER
NEW ZEALAND (on sleeve)
[signature:] DUGO
[imprint:] Issued by the New Zealand Legation, Washington, D. C. / Printed in the U. S. A.
```

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