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The Beatles tour in NZ 1964 was for the youth of New Zealand. 

This was because when the Beatles arrived in New Zealand at

Wellington Airport on 21 June 1964, they were cheered on by crowds

of rapturous youths. For devotees of popular music, in the mid-1960s

the four Liverpudlians were simply the greatest musicians in their general

anywhere in the world. Of course, looking back at the images of throngs

of hysterical girls with faces pressed hard against wire fences, screaming

themselves hoarse as they caught a glimpse of their musical idols, it all

seems a bit ridiculous, a bit excessive.

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The Beatles tour was bad for older generations because when the elderly and

widowed ratepayers were having difficulty in finding their rates, the letter

said the utmost discretion should be shown in the holding of a civil reception ...

Mr Robinson said the reception would cost £60. The decision to extend a

mayoral welcome had been made by himself. “Last week,” he said,

“there was a reception for the Vienna Boys' Choir. Next week there will be one

for Arthur Rubinstein. We cannot set ourselves up as judges of who should

get a reception and who should not.”... Mr T. H. Pearce said he was wondering

what council policy was on such matters. “Last evening,” he said, “I welcomed

home a team of footballers. There were all fine young men, but there was no

civic or mayoral reception for them. If we are going to pander to the hysteria,

antics, adulation, rioting, screaming, and roaring and all the things these

bewigged musicians engender, then I think we should make a point of honouring

any youths with a sporting background who are at least endeavouring

to act in the best traditions of the young men of this nation.”