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Social life

The sociability of factory work was one of its attractions. These workers at Masport’s Auckland factory are enjoying a casual game of darts during their lunch break, in 1947.

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Ian Hunter, Factory industries – Gathering strength, 1900 to 1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25568/social-life (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ian Hunter, published 1 March 2010.