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Story: Domestic recreation and hobbies

A well-earned smoke

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A well-earned smoke

This man is enjoying a rest and a pipe after a day's work in 1905. His occupation is unknown, but the tool (perhaps an awl) stuck in the bench beside his leg suggests a manual, hands-on job.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: AWNS-19051130-1-2

by A. R. Carnie

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Kerryn Pollock, Domestic recreation and hobbies – Opportunities for leisure, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41093/a-well-earned-smoke (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 14 March 2013.