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Kōrero: Cooking

Tea party

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Tea party

Women displayed their home baking skills at morning and afternoon teas, though this was less common from the 1960s, as increasing numbers of women worked outside the home. Here, probably in the 1930s, a group of elderly women and a girl sit before an elegantly arranged table, crowned with a truly magnificent cake on a glass stand.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 646-9170

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David Burton, Cooking – Cooking methods, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38532/tea-party (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Burton, i tāngia i te 18 June 2012.