Story: Magazines and periodicals

Two sides to a question

During the 1860s several imitations of the British satirical magazine Punch were started in New Zealand. This 1869 cartoon from Auckland Punch pokes fun at the so-called 'servant problem', where, due to the imbalance of males and females in the colony, women servants often had many suitors. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library
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Ben Schrader, 'Magazines and periodicals - Early ventures, 1840 to 1890', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/zoomify/44368/two-sides-to-a-question (accessed 17 May 2024)

Story by Ben Schrader, published 22 Oct 2014, updated 1 Apr 2020