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Kōrero: Food shops

Chinese greengrocer

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Chinese greengrocer

A Chinese greengrocer and his family stand in their shop, probably early 20th-century. Among the fruit and vegetables on sale are asparagus, apples, cucumbers and pineapples. Many Chinese worked as greengrocers or market gardeners.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-037502; G

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Carl Walrond, Food shops – Greengrocers, fruiterers and delicatessens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25484/chinese-greengrocer (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010, updated 1 September 2016.