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Kōrero: The voyage out

Lunch on the Monowai

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Lunch on the Monowai

Lunch on the Monowai was a substantial meal that could be accompanied by wine, as this menu shows.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Union Steam Ship Company Collection

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-1956-02

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Wilson, The voyage out – 20th-century steamers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/2645/lunch-on-the-monowai (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.