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Corbans wine truck

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Corbans wine truck

Lebanese immigrant Assid Corban planted a small vineyard on gumland soils in Henderson in 1902, and founded a dynasty of winemakers and wine retailers. These are three of his children, Khaleel, Zarefy and Annisie, promoting their wine from the back of a truck in Hāwera, probably in the 1930s.

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Bronwyn Dalley, Wine – Migrant groups and the wine industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18335/corbans-wine-truck (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bronwyn Dalley, published 1 March 2009.