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Speight’s beer labels

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Speight’s beer labels

The English were great drinkers of beer, and this tradition continued in New Zealand. English brewers were common in the new world, including the Yorkshireman James Speight, whose brewery opened in Dunedin in 1876.

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Terry Hearn, English – Popular culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/2028/speights-beer-labels (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Terry Hearn, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.