Story: The New Zealanders

Vegemite (2nd of 3)

Vegemite

Another icon is the yeast spread Vegemite or Marmite, although in fact Vegemite originated in Australia.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1994/3336/29
Photograph by Ross Giblin

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Jock Phillips, 'The New Zealanders - Bicultural New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/3977/vegemite (accessed 17 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 May 2015