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Kōrero: Economic history

Soup kitchen, Wellington, around 1932

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Soup kitchen, Wellington, around 1932

For people who lost their jobs and had few savings the early years of the 1930s were tough. Here a group of men queue with their enamel mugs for some hot soup.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-8645-1/2-F

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

Brian Easton, Economic history – Inter-war years and the great depression, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/24343/soup-kitchen-wellington-around-1932 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brian Easton, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.