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Kōrero: Markets

Charity markets

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Charity markets

In the 20th century markets were set up by charity groups as fundraising events. In this photograph taken in Wellington during the Second World War, Girl Guides from the St Mary’s Home Guide Company sell jam and produce in the suburb of Karori.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Guides New Zealand Collection

Reference: PA1-o-999-28

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

Perrin Rowland, Markets – Open-air markets, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23031/charity-markets (accessed 5 June 2026).

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