Food

A DigitalNZ Story by seanpaulk

Image: N Z Cheese Ltd :Chesdale Cheese; for salads, for sandwiches, for cooking; no rind, no waste, does not dry. Manufactured by N.Z. Cheese Ltd. [1930s?]

N Z Cheese Ltd :Chesdale Cheese; for salads, for sandwiches, for cooking; no rind, no waste, does not dry. Manufactured by N.Z. Cheese Ltd. [1930s?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Hinton's Ltd :Hinton's price list, 1921. [Cover].

Hinton's Ltd :Hinton's price list, 1921. [Cover].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Poster, 'food'

Poster, 'food'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Unidentified Maori woman preparing food

Unidentified Maori woman preparing food

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Food for a Christmas feast in Fiji

Food for a Christmas feast in Fiji

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Unidentified Maori group steaming food, Whakarewarewa

Unidentified Maori group steaming food, Whakarewarewa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Poster, 'Food is Ammunition'

Poster, 'Food is Ammunition'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Clean Hands. For Health's Sake Keep Food Safe [poster]

Clean Hands. For Health's Sake Keep Food Safe [poster]

Puke Ariki

Image: Don't be a Food Fingerer [poster]

Don't be a Food Fingerer [poster]

Puke Ariki

Image: Wash Hands. For Health's Sake Keep Food Safe [poster]

Wash Hands. For Health's Sake Keep Food Safe [poster]

Puke Ariki

Image: Kitchen staff preparing food at Trentham racecourse, Upper Hutt

Kitchen staff preparing food at Trentham racecourse, Upper Hutt

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: THE PURE FOOD BILL: A POSSIBILITY. (New Zealand Free Lance, 27 July 1907)

THE PURE FOOD BILL: A POSSIBILITY. (New Zealand Free Lance, 27 July 1907)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: A FOOD CROP: VEGETABLE MARROWS GROWN AT TAURANGA, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

A FOOD CROP: VEGETABLE MARROWS GROWN AT TAURANGA, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Auckland Libraries

Image: Careless Sneezing! Use a Hankie. For Health's Sake Keep Food Safe [poster]

Careless Sneezing! Use a Hankie. For Health's Sake Keep Food Safe [poster]

Puke Ariki

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New Zealand. Department of Health :Chew these foods for clean teeth. [1950s].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Fernleaf New Zealand butter; a pure natural food. [Display card. 1950s?]

Fernleaf New Zealand butter; a pure natural food. [Display card. 1950s?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Chef with plates of food for guests at a fashion parade in Wellington

Chef with plates of food for guests at a fashion parade in Wellington

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Bananas, pigs and other food waiting to be served. From the album: Cook Islands

Bananas, pigs and other food waiting to be served. From the album: Cook Islands

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: A wonderful kitchen

A wonderful kitchen

Auckland Libraries

Image: [New Zealand. Department of Health] :You can prevent nutritional anaemia. Eat plenty of iron-rich foods - liver, kidney, heart, oysters, potatoes, peas, lentils, beans, oatmeal, wholemeal bread, wholegrain cereals. Iron-rich foods make healthy blood. [1940s?]

[New Zealand. Department of Health] :You can prevent nutritional anaemia. Eat plenty of iron-rich foods - liver, kidney, heart, oysters, potatoes, ...

Alexander Turnbull Library

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New Zealand. Department of Health :Beware of food poisoning. Be wise! Wash your hands / issued by the New Zealand Department of Health. [1950-1960s]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: For growing great, Wilson's Maltexo, the great strength food. 3 kinds - plain - with cod liver oil - with halibut oil & orange juice / Railways Studios [ca 1940].

New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: For growing great, Wilson's Maltexo, the great strength food. 3 kinds - plain - with cod liver oil - with h...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand Department of Health :Milk - a vitally essential food! Children need 3 to 4 or more glasses each day; adults 2 or more glasses daily [1930s?]

New Zealand Department of Health :Milk - a vitally essential food! Children need 3 to 4 or more glasses each day; adults 2 or more glasses daily [1...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch :For growing greater! Wilson's Maltexo, the great strength food. 3 varieties - Plain - with genuine cod liver oil - with halibut oil & orange juice / Railways Studios. [ca 1935]

New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch :For growing greater! Wilson's Maltexo, the great strength food. 3 varieties - Plain - with genuine cod live...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The Army Co-operation Command of the R.A.F. keeps about eighty pigs and cultivates thirteen acres of land for food production, thus helping the British food effort. The station commander and other officers of the R.A.F. are seen inspecting some of the pigs. (Evening Post, 04 April 1941)

The Army Co-operation Command of the R.A.F. keeps about eighty pigs and cultivates thirteen acres of land for food production, thus helping the Bri...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: Clean hands. For health's sake keep food safe. Issued by the New Zealand Department of Health. E V Paul, Government Printer, Wellington. Railways Studios [1940s?]

New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: Clean hands. For health's sake keep food safe. Issued by the New Zealand Department of Health. E V Paul, Go...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: Careless sneezing! Use a hankie. For health's sake keep food safe. Issued by the New Zealand Department of Health. E V Paul, Government Printer, Wellington. Railways Studios [1940s?]

New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: Careless sneezing! Use a hankie. For health's sake keep food safe. Issued by the New Zealand Department of ...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Aid for Britain National Committee :Every worker who plays his part ... helps food production ... helps Britain!" Offset by Commercial Print. Issued by the Aid for Britain National Committee, P.P.7 [1947-1949].

Aid for Britain National Committee :Every worker who plays his part ... helps food production ... helps Britain!" Offset by Commercial Print. Issue...

Alexander Turnbull Library

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New Zealand. Department of Health :How to maintain a balanced diet; foods to eat each day. Every day - eat this way. Issued by the Dept. of Health ...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand. Department of Health :Play safe with pasteurised milk! Raw milk - an almost perfect food - has one drawback. It can carry serious infection. This risk is removed by pasteurisation. ... / issued by the N.Z. Dept. of Health. [ca 1946]

New Zealand. Department of Health :Play safe with pasteurised milk! Raw milk - an almost perfect food - has one drawback. It can carry serious infe...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: v ■ '"Sydney Morning Herald" Photo. Pork and vegetables cooked in Maori fashion being served to Canon Hammond by Mrs. H. W. Wehi at Hammondville, N.S.W., last week when the Maori choir was in Sydney. Members of the Maori choir ■ prepared and cooked all the food in the open air. (Evening Post, 06 August 1938)

v ■ '"Sydney Morning Herald" Photo. Pork and vegetables cooked in Maori fashion being served to Canon Hammond by Mrs. H. W. Wehi at Hammondville, N...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: J aluminium—buy cast aluminium if possible. . These are much more expensive, but are really an -economy in the long run. Never use sod- in aluminium saucepans or frying pans. Pans and saucepans in which eggs have been scrambled or milk, porridge,- or other starchy foods cooked are much easier to clean with cold instead of hot water. All pots and pans should be well wiped before being put away. (Evening Post, 30 April 1940)

J aluminium—buy cast aluminium if possible. . These are much more expensive, but are really an -economy in the long run. Never use sod- in aluminiu...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Poster, 'Eat Less Bread'

Poster, 'Eat Less Bread'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'Do Your Bit!'

Poster, 'Do Your Bit!'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: QUAINT FIGURES OF THE DEEP SEA.—Top left, distribution o, the two species of fresh-water eel in New Zealand: black, Anguilla Australis; dotted, A. Aucklandi. Centre, change of the European eel from the full-grown larva (the top figure) to the familiar glass-eel or elver, familiar at the time of its ascending the rivers in millions; the changes take place during the year or two the young fish take in crossing the Atlantic, during which time it takes no food, but lives „„_____^_mm~mm— on its own. substance, hence its dwindling. Top right, in the sea live many species of eels resembling in appearance the species of fresh-ivater eels found in the world's riversthere are eels, however, which never leave salt water- all in the figure were taken in one haul.: Bottom left, deep-sea toad-fish, with stalked glim (aqua) on its snout and seaweed-hke beard, bottom right, another deep-sea toad-fish, with rod and line furnished with hook and glim. The above pictures are referred to in an article by Mr. Johannes Andersen. (Evening Post, 03 June 1932)

QUAINT FIGURES OF THE DEEP SEA.—Top left, distribution o, the two species of fresh-water eel in New Zealand: black, Anguilla Australis; dotted, A. ...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Magill, Kenneth, 1910-2000 :Tea, coffee and cocoa. [1930-1935].

Magill, Kenneth, 1910-2000 :Tea, coffee and cocoa. [1930-1935].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Poster, 'This is what God gives us'

Poster, 'This is what God gives us'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'The Spirit of '18'

Poster, 'The Spirit of '18'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'Save the products of the Land'

Poster, 'Save the products of the Land'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Poster, 'Sir - don't waste while your wife saves'

Poster, 'Sir - don't waste while your wife saves'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: "The Hungry Days"

"The Hungry Days"

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Chops and tomato sauce

Chops and tomato sauce

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

[Moran, Joseph Bruno], 1874?-1952 :Kowhai Brand apricots; the produce of New Zealand finest fruit grown; Whoisit & Co. fruit canners, Auckland. [19...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Advertisement for Aulsebrook's cocoa

Advertisement for Aulsebrook's cocoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Slaughtering pigs - tethered pig.

Slaughtering pigs - tethered pig.

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Reizensteins

Reizensteins

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Westown Motor Hotel, Display

Westown Motor Hotel, Display

Puke Ariki

Image: Westown Motor Hotel, Display

Westown Motor Hotel, Display

Puke Ariki

Image: Westown Motor Hotel, Display

Westown Motor Hotel, Display

Puke Ariki

Image: Westown Motor Hotel, Display

Westown Motor Hotel, Display

Puke Ariki

Image: Taylor, Poultry Shop

Taylor, Poultry Shop

Puke Ariki

Image: Dunick, Wedding

Dunick, Wedding

Puke Ariki

Image: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: The dental health train / Railways Studios. Issued by the New Zealand Department of Health. Railways Studios. R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington [1950s?]

New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch: The dental health train / Railways Studios. Issued by the New Zealand Department of Health. Railways Studio...

Alexander Turnbull Library

[Four canned meat labels :Swan Hams & Bacon. Swan brand brawn; Bulimba Meat Preserving Co, Queensland. Sheep's tongues (two different); and; Victor...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Gear Meat Company :[Three labels for Compressed corn beef, Corned beef; and Gravy soup].The Gear Meat Preserving & Freezing Company of New Zealand, Wellington New Zealand. [1890-1920].

Gear Meat Company :[Three labels for Compressed corn beef, Corned beef; and Gravy soup].The Gear Meat Preserving & Freezing Company of New Zealand,...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :So fresh and creamy. Anchor butter [Girl at lily pond] / L Rykers [1937]

Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :So fresh and creamy. Anchor butter [Girl at lily pond] / L Rykers [1937]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :Taste the freshness. Anchor butter [Cows] / L Rykers [1936]

Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :Taste the freshness. Anchor butter [Cows] / L Rykers [1936]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Cooks with dried eels, Raukawa marae, Otaki

Cooks with dried eels, Raukawa marae, Otaki

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Beer Town, Invercargill

Beer Town, Invercargill

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Beer Town, Invercargill

Beer Town, Invercargill

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Beer garden, Molesworth Street, Wellington

Beer garden, Molesworth Street, Wellington

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Biere Bock Superieure : beer bottle label

Biere Bock Superieure : beer bottle label

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Smashed cartons of beer bottles after a traffic mishap

Smashed cartons of beer bottles after a traffic mishap

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Plastic jars of beer, prepared for election day

Plastic jars of beer, prepared for election day

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Man prepared for election day with four beer flagons

Man prepared for election day with four beer flagons

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: A Bottle Battle of Beer and Bung. (Observer, 23 March 1901)

A Bottle Battle of Beer and Bung. (Observer, 23 March 1901)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: What sort of beer do they pull here? I dunno. Look at me for tenpence halfpenny

What sort of beer do they pull here? I dunno. Look at me for tenpence halfpenny

Auckland Libraries

Image: Peter O'Flaherty and Vic McGhie drinking beer in an Upper Hutt hotel

Peter O'Flaherty and Vic McGhie drinking beer in an Upper Hutt hotel

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: I like good beer, but I don't often get.it.7 Got it this time, s. old boy. (Observer, 27 February 1892)

I like good beer, but I don't often get.it.7 Got it this time, s. old boy. (Observer, 27 February 1892)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Group of unidentified male youths outside tent, all with pipes, and a barrel which has the words 'Chili Beer' written on it with cup on top, probably Christchurch district

Group of unidentified male youths outside tent, all with pipes, and a barrel which has the words 'Chili Beer' written on it with cup on top, probab...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Associated Bottlers Co Ltd warehouse, an unidentified workman with crates of beer ready for shipment and stacks of empty crates ready for reuse, Wellington Region

Associated Bottlers Co Ltd warehouse, an unidentified workman with crates of beer ready for shipment and stacks of empty crates ready for reuse, We...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Dickens, A], fl 1940 :Live life ... every golden minute of it ... enjoy Waitemata ... every golden drop of it! Sparkling Waitemata pale ale. The Mirror, July 1940 [back cover].

[Dickens, A], fl 1940 :Live life ... every golden minute of it ... enjoy Waitemata ... every golden drop of it! Sparkling Waitemata pale ale. The M...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Burridges float in Masterton Centennial Parade : digital images

Burridges float in Masterton Centennial Parade : digital images

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Tray. Taranaki Brewery Ltd.

Tray. Taranaki Brewery Ltd.

Puke Ariki

Image: W Strachan & Company :Drink success to the Allies in the best local - Kaka Ale, "clear to the last drop". Brewed & bottled in New Zealand by W Strachan & Co., Dunedin. [ca 1914-1918]

W Strachan & Company :Drink success to the Allies in the best local - Kaka Ale, "clear to the last drop". Brewed & bottled in New Zealand by W Stra...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Bottling home brew, Campbell Island

Bottling home brew, Campbell Island

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Towel, Dish

Towel, Dish

Puke Ariki

Image: Simmonds & Osborne (Firm) :[Labels for soft drink bottles. 1930s?]

Simmonds & Osborne (Firm) :[Labels for soft drink bottles. 1930s?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Payne, Henry Joseph, 1858-1927 :"Kia ora". Hancock's "Imperial" ale, stout. Calendar 1917.

Payne, Henry Joseph, 1858-1927 :"Kia ora". Hancock's "Imperial" ale, stout. Calendar 1917.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Display by the brewery S Manning & Company, at the New Zealand International Exhibition, Hagley Park, Christchurch

Display by the brewery S Manning & Company, at the New Zealand International Exhibition, Hagley Park, Christchurch

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Campbell & Ehrenfried Company Ltd :Campbell & Ehrenfried Co. Ltd, 13 Queen St Wharf, Auckland. Wine & spirit merchants, brewers, bottlers. Puriri natural mineral water. [1902]

Campbell & Ehrenfried Company Ltd :Campbell & Ehrenfried Co. Ltd, 13 Queen St Wharf, Auckland. Wine & spirit merchants, brewers, bottlers. Puriri n...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Evidence of gang warfare in Petone - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley

Evidence of gang warfare in Petone - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Molony children and wheelbarrow, collecting bottles.

Molony children and wheelbarrow, collecting bottles.

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Artist unknown: The Groggy Goddess of Liberty; a symbolic design for the newly-formed Liberty League, dedicated to the promoters and their friends. ... Remember the Newtown job, and vote No License! [1890s?]

Artist unknown: The Groggy Goddess of Liberty; a symbolic design for the newly-formed Liberty League, dedicated to the promoters and their friends....

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Hunting party with catch of birds

Hunting party with catch of birds

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Woman carrying four beer steins

Woman carrying four beer steins

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Poster, 'New Zealand Apples'

Poster, 'New Zealand Apples'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Family Hotel, Otaki :[Calendar], 1952. 2 pints = 1 quart, 2 quarts = 1 quarrel ... 1952.

Family Hotel, Otaki :[Calendar], 1952. 2 pints = 1 quart, 2 quarts = 1 quarrel ... 1952.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Colonial Beer Tax NZ, 1878

Colonial Beer Tax NZ, 1878

Auckland Libraries

Image: Sport and General" Photo. A Canadian army cook from Peterborough, Ontario, whose name is Cooke, giving a taste* of Christmas pudding to Staff-Sergeant-Major Hollis, of the New Zealand Army Service Corps. , (Evening Post, 25 January 1941)

Sport and General" Photo. A Canadian army cook from Peterborough, Ontario, whose name is Cooke, giving a taste* of Christmas pudding to Staff-Serge...

National Library of New Zealand