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Wedding reception, 1970s

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Wedding reception, 1970s

Shared meals take place at celebratory occasions like weddings. This is a wedding reception in the 1970s.

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Kerryn Pollock, Eating – Families and hospitality, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38611/wedding-reception-1970s (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 20 November 2012.