Story: Tea, coffee and soft drinks
Page 3. External links and sources
More links and websites
Suzy van der Kwast: café pioneer
Kim Hill interviews Dutch migrant and early Wellington café owner Suzy van der Kwast on Radio New Zealand National, 21 January 2012.
Tea and coffee break
NZ History on the tea and coffee break in New Zealand.
Wellington café culture
The history of Wellington cafés and their culture, from NZHistory.
More suggestions and sources
- Bailey, Ray, and Mary Earle. Home cooking to takeaways: changes in food consumption in New Zealand during 1880–1990. Palmerston North: Massey University, 1999.
- Burton, David. David Burton’s New Zealand food & cookery. Auckland: David Bateman, 2009.
- Goldsmith, Susette. Tea: a potted history of tea in New Zealand. Auckland: Reed, 2006.
- Robson, Peter E. W. A history of the aerated water industry in New Zealand, 1845–1986. Auckland: New Zealand Soft Drink Manufacturers Association, 1995.
- Simpson, Tony. A distant feast: the origins of New Zealand’s cuisine. Auckland: Godwit, 2009.
How to cite this page
Kerryn Pollock, Tea, coffee and soft drinks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/222028/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 27 May 2013.