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New Zealand Gardener

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<em>New Zealand Gardener</em>

The cover of the first issue of the New Zealand Gardener, published in September 1944, features tulips. However, the magazine’s aim was to teach the public how to ‘dig for victory’ during wartime – so the government allowed it to be published in spite of tight restrictions on the use of paper.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: The New Zealand gardener 1, no. 1 (Sept 1944): (S-L 1026-FRONT)

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Matt Morris, Unpaid domestic work – Gardens, orchards and poultry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23279/new-zealand-gardener (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Matt Morris, published 4 March 2010.