Story: Italians

Fish shop owners, Wellington

Fish shop owners, Wellington

As they mastered the language, some Italian immigrants applied their acumen and spirit of enterprise to small businesses. For those from fishing families, it was a natural move to open up fish shops or to sell fish and chips. Antonio Cuccurullo and Camillo Amitrano were photographed in 1991 at their fish shop in Wellington.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: EP/1990/1921-F

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Tessa Copland, 'Italians - 1940s–present day', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/455/fish-shop-owners-wellington (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Tessa Copland, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015