Vegetable trade

Date: [ca 1944-1949]

Reference: PAColl-6734

Description: 62 images of the following scenes: two of Lyttelton harbour; 11 of a golf tournament mostly of the same man teeing off, putting etc; four of scenes in a science laboratory; two of a man weaving on a hand held loom; two of a man selling vegetables from a cart in the street; two of the hotel and the store and milk bar in Titahi Bay; two of men's lunch possibly for rotarians; 8 of various private houses; two of a man with a goatee beard in his car; two of a man writing at his desk; four of men in army uniform outside a building with the sign "Headquarters - The Army School"; two of two men standing looking through some papers; two of a man in uniform holding a trophy flanked by two officers; a group portrait of 12 women in an office; a parade of soldiers in front of dignitaries; Titahi Bay; a man and a boy at a gate to a field; a man with glasses and a moustache sitting on the steps of his verandah; St Luke's, Greytown (since burnt down); a man tending his fruit trees; a tuatara; four men in suits with badges in their lapels; a man in a suit in a room with a crucifix; four girls sitting in a row reading books; women in an audience in a hall; two men talking in front of seating possibly in the same hall; a group of men having a drink; a woman in a hat and dress; a couple standing formally in a room next to some hydrangeas; and a man in a wood panelled room reading. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028749 to 028753, 028767, 029417 to 029432, 029534 to 029555, 029921 to 029924, 029927, 030051 to 030056, 030986 to 030991, and 031050. Quantity: 62 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Small glass negatives

Date: 1940

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to supermarkets, grocery stores, shops selling food]

By: Turners & Growers Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-FOOD-Shop-1940-01

Description: Pamphlet shows a photograph on the front of the company's premises on the corner of Tory and Wakefield Streets, with cars and vans parked outside. The inside shows two photographs of the interior of the premises - the well-lighted fruit and produce sale room, and a photograph of sales in progress. The back cover lists the company's other branches in Hamilton, Auckland, and Whangarei, and give the names of the manager (C J Morrish), assistant manager (E A Burbidge) and chairman of directors (Harvey Turner). The Wellington firm incorporated the firms of C J Morrish and W Burbidge & Co Ltd, and was directed by Turners & Growers Ltd of Auckland. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded pamphlet, 130 x 207 mm.

Date: 20 Apr 1996

From: Haining Street Oral History Project

By: Wong, Raymond Ling Yui, 1911-2009

Reference: OHInt-0455-22

Description: Interview with Ray Wong (Raymond Wong Tong), born in Wellington in 1911. Talks about his father Wong Tong Fat who had been a gold digger in Otago, gone back to China, returned to New Zealand, and set up a fruit and vegetable shop in Cuba Street. Mentions Wellington Free Kindergarten, Mt Cook Boys School, the Chinese church in Frederick Street and Sunday School. Refers to the poll tax. Comments that his eldest sister had remained in China and he did not meet her until he was taken there. Talks about the whole family moving to China when his father retired, and that he stayed there after he left school, working as a wireless operator on coastal ships. Refers to meeting his New Zealand-born wife Betty in China, marrying her in 1935, then returning to New Zealand. Discusses his father having returned earlier and set up another fruit and vegetable shop in Cuba Street (Wong Tong and Sons) which he joined when he came back. Comments on the long hours worked, splitting up the business and moving to Nelson in 1954 to join another family firm. Recalls that he did not go to Haining Street much as a boy but went there more often after he returned from China, and refers to it as looking like a shanty town. Mentions Chinese businesses in the area, pakapoo and fantan dens, opium, police raids, and Lionel Terry. Recalls delivering meals from Chinese restaurants, on his shoulders until the got a bike. Reflects that Chinese could not get work with Europeans even if they were well qualified. Interviewer(s) - Lynette Shum Accompanying material - Photocopied map of the Haining Street area with annotations; feature obituary for Ray Wong (Dominion Post Sat 8 Aug 2009, p. B7) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-018735 - OHC-018737 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2.15 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2458. B&W photograph of Ray Wong (1996; photographer Lynette Shum) Search dates: 1911 - 1996

Date: 2011

From: Kedgley, Susan Jane, 1948- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11241-024

Description: Comprises emails and completed Green Party fruit and vegetable growers survey questionnaires. Also includes NNZ (Nashi New Zealand) newsletter and blank Pipfruit New Zealand survey on cost of production Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 2014

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029582

Description: A reporter asks Max if the Minister of Health has concerns about "this bug being spread by vegetables". Max replies that since the Minister is a carnivore he has no such concerns. On 7 October 2014 Contaminated vegetables were linked to a rare stomach bug that put almost 40 people in hospital. The disease was found in carrots and lettuce. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022835

Description: Shows an Australian and a New Zealand potato having a show down. The Australian potato wears a hat with corks. Context: AusVeg, the national industry body for vegetable growers, says it's "dismayed" the federal government has so far failed to block New Zealand potato imports that puts $A1.5 billion ($NZ1.9b) of production at risk from tomato-potato psyllid, "a destructive insect wreaking havoc in New Zealand". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1903

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 18

By: Otago Witness (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-7581-96

Description: Ah Sam and Joe Quin with vegetables, preparing for market in Roxburgh. Photograph taken circa February 1903 by an unidentified photographer. Originally published in the Otago Witness, 10 February 1903, with the caption: "Ah Sam and Joe Quin, who are old identities of Roxburgh, are shortly leaving for China." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [1922]

Reference: 1/2-037502-G

Description: W Chong fruit shop. Wong Gar Sui stands behind a counter which has asparagus, apples and cucumbers on it. Above his head hang a row of pineapples. His wife Mew Yuen stands with two young children, unidentified boy (left) and her son, Peter, at her side, and her daughter, Anne, in her arms. Family identified from 'Fruits of our Labours: Chinese fruit shops in New Zealand' by Ruth Lam et al (Chinese Tax Poll Heritage Trust, 2018) p 628. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1910

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-007957-G

Description: Shows the store front of On Kee & Co, with the display sign 'Fruiterers & Grocers' and 'Cash buyers for fungus'. Three men holding bicycles are standing outside the store while another man, possibly Chan Sheen Chong from Manaia (brother in law of Wong On Kee),with legs crossed and one arm leaning on boxes, stands behind. Photograph taken by James McAllister ca 1910. Source of information - Helen Wong The business was established by Wong On Kee, from Bak Siu, Canton, who spent time on the gold fields before moving to Taranaki. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: August 1949

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Wilson, W, active 1949

Reference: 1/2-027406-F

Description: Vegetable auction, Wellington, taken August 1949 by W Wilson for the National Publicity Studios Other Titles - Auction Mart, Wellington Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - beneath image - A13810 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.