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Kōrero: Picnics and barbecues

Picnic fare, early 1900s

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Picnic fare, early 1900s

Picnickers from the early 1900s enjoy a spread showing some of the typical picnic food of the era, including scones, apples and cake. While a billy has clearly been used to heat water, the women have brought a teapot from home for making their tea.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, H. R. Eastcott Collection

Reference: 1/2-094795-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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Clayworth, Picnics and barbecues – Picnic food and the barbecue, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39300/picnic-fare-early-1900s (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Clayworth, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.