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Kōrero: Markets

19th-century butcher’s shop

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19th-century butcher’s shop

In the days before supermarkets New Zealand city dwellers bought their meat from butchers like David Taylor, family butcher in Wadestown, Wellington. In this 1902 photograph, meat hangs outside, and the horse and cart wait to deliver orders to customers. Most of the shops where people bought food made home deliveries. Householders could have a standing order, place an order by phone, or leave a list with the shopkeeper.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Halse Collection

Reference: 1/2-010345; G

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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Perrin Rowland, Markets – Municipal markets, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23024/19th-century-butchers-shop (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Perrin Rowland, i tāngia i te 26 February 2010.