Story: Picnics and barbecues

Picnic at Woodhaugh, early 1860s

Bush picnic, Canterbury foothills

Excursion to Motutapu Island

Picnic tug-of-war, 1896

Kuripuni Sunday School picnic excursion, 1910

Government Printing Office annual picnic, 1921

Picnic season advertisements, December 1927

Going to the Labour Day picnic, Evansdale, 1905

A picnic with the Model T

Picnicking at Judges Bay, Auckland, 1965

Picnic in the Park, Newlands, Wellington, 2012

Scenery Conservation Society picnic, Waitākere Ranges, 1900

AA map of Gisborne motor runs and picnic spots, 1925

Picnic fare, early 1900s

Cooking trout on the shores of Lake Wānaka

Cooking sausages over an open fire, Cable Bay, 1970

Hāngī at the Manukau City Council staff picnic, 1965

Boiling billies at the beach, 1930s

Firing up the thermette, 1953

Rotary Club picnic, Kaiaua, 1966

Backyard barbecue, 2007