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Kōrero: Seafarers

Feeding the crew

This generous bill of fare for the Union Steam Ship Company crew in 1925 contrasts favourably with the gastronomic experience of many merchant seamen.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Federated Seamen's Union of New Zealand Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-0650-3-01

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

Neill Atkinson, Seafarers – Life at sea, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/5374/feeding-the-crew (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Neill Atkinson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.