Apart from New Zealand, the only other country the image could have been taken in is in Australia because it's the only other country where he donned the All Black jersey. In this case it is still public domain as it was taken before 1956.
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Creator died before 1 January 1974 (50 years ago)
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Released before 1 January 1999 (25 years ago)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (New Zealand) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
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