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Kōrero: Salt

Salt shakers

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Salt shakers

Salt shakers and pigs (a term given to bowls that hold salt) come in an immense variety of shapes and designs. All those pictured here tend to be filled with fine-grained salt. Coarser salt is usually kept in a grinder.

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Carl Walrond, Salt – Sea salt, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/4323/salt-shakers (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.