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Anchor butter poster, 1936

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Anchor butter poster, 1936

New Zealanders have long been among the world's highest consumers of dairy products, particularly butter. However, domestic consumption has dropped dramatically since the 1960s, fuelled in recent times by concerns about the links between saturated fat consumption and high cholesterol levels. The buttery tones and rural setting of this Anchor poster produced in 1936 present a completely wholesome, healthy image of this staple dairy product.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-185-003

by Leslie Bertram Archibald Rykers

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David Burton, Food – Dairy products, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/39134/anchor-butter-poster-1936 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Burton, published 7 November 2012.