Interior of Stan Johnson's grocer shop, at 787 Colombo Street, an old fashioned style grocery store with goods stored behind a counter. Two employees are stood behind the counter and Stan Johnson...
When the supermarket first opened in Christchurch in 1963 it was a novel concept. Now, they can be found in every suburb throughout the city. Explore a selection of photographs from our collection...
Interior of fish shop on Armagh Street with two fishmongers.
A lion and a serpent sculpture made from margarine by Hagen Moffitt. The sculpture won third prize in the gross piece section at the Southern Food Fare at Christchurch Town Hall.
Four generations at a humble Christmas dinner. Grandma Todd, Peter, Mother Venis Olin, Sam, daughter Merle and son, Tony. There is a bottle of wine at the top of the table otherwise there is six...
Pauline Elsom and John Miller prepare for the opening of Piko wholefood retail store on Kilmore Street.
Cake shaped like the South Island to mark twenty years of producing particle board at Fletcher Timber. Pictured are, from left, Ron Collings, Peter Evans, Yaurie Skelton and Kevin McLeod.
Views of the hāngi at a fair held at Avonside Girls' High School.
Serving food in a hāngi at a fair held at Avonside Girls High School.
Potatoes being served in a hāngi at a fair held at Avonside Girls High School.
Ross Humphries learnt to make a Cook Island Umu from his wife Stephanie's family and loved hosting feasts in the back yard for friends and relatives.
A couple buying ice cream from a Mr Whippy ice cream van on Marine Parade in New Brighton.
Interior of Hay's Supermarket at Northlands Shopping Centre. Fruit and vegetable displays are visible in the foreground with customers and in the background is a large mural marking the entrance to...
Lynette Pinn with St Theresa's School pupils and Big Feet ice creams.
Fa'aesea Sila, Fa'atalale Feterika, Liuoli Faimalo, Viva Sila and Rev. Kenape Faletoese. Special dinner at Stacey Place with Rev. Kenape Faletoese who was visiting.
Mr Filoitumua Feterika sitting down and eating.
Miranda and hubby learning to fo’i fa’i (peel green bananas).
Enoka making coconut cream.
Poe delivering coconut scraping workshops.
Sala and her grandchildren watching the Umu preparation.
Matala coconut scraping
Miranda and her child coconut scraping
We did it, peeled the Green banana with a stick.