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Women selling Greek cakes and sweets

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Women selling Greek cakes and sweets

Hellenic festivals and fundraising events have introduced other New Zealanders to Greek delicacies such as baklava. These women are selling homemade sweets at a fundraiser in Wellington in 1990.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Greek Orthodox Community of Wellington and Suburbs Collection (PAColl 4924)

Reference: 1/2-1798351; F

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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Nancy Swarbrick, Greeks – the Hellenic community – Settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/151/women-selling-greek-cakes-and-sweets (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.