Public Address | Cafe | Capture: “These are New Zealanders” - the wartime photographs of John Pascoe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Doug Richards https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=265052#post265052 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=265052#post265052 What a treasure! It's great how many of the photos have a casual and candid look rather than formalised, which was more prevalent in that period.
Great find – thanks!

]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:48:46 +1200 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=263279#post263279 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=263279#post263279 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 20:00:23 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=263273#post263273 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=263273#post263273 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:44:26 +1200 Nora Leggs https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=263267#post263267 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=263267#post263267 Not wartime, but definitely New Zealanders.

Farmer’s legs (no relations), Dargaville stock yards.
Sometime in the late 70’s.

]]> Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:43:41 +1200 Sophie G https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=263159#post263159 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=263159#post263159 These are not NZers. English. My Grandpa Charlie. Spent a long time in Syria, Italy and thereabouts in the war, must have bumped into a lot of NZr’s. He was in a unit responsible for finding water. Hence the machinery.

He’s the one with the ’tache.

]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:46:25 +1200 Jonathan Ganley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262980#post262980 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262980#post262980 I have added one to the post. "Workers from a World War 2 munitions factory during their meal break, Hamilton". The original caption also reads "Another angle of workers in the Recreation Centre restaurant. The meals are substantial and the charges reasonable."

If you want to know more about any…

]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:25:46 +1200 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262976#post262976 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262976#post262976 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:32:05 +1200 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262960#post262960 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262960#post262960 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:08:24 +1200 Nora Leggs https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262958#post262958 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262958#post262958 Unfortunately your link gives me an “Attention! Delivery not permitted.

Chris, try here and put Pascoe polish in the search field.

]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:02:40 +1200 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262953#post262953 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262953#post262953 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:35:22 +1200 Julie Cross https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262947#post262947 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262947#post262947 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:49:31 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262946#post262946 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262946#post262946 He also did a great series of the Polish refugee children arriving and then settling in Pahiatua. Here's one of the arrival. With Beta you can zoom in and look at the expressions on the faces. Not sure how to copy image onto this thread though.
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]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:36:26 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262926#post262926 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262926#post262926 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:44:32 +1200 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262876#post262876 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262876#post262876 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:17:47 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262857#post262857 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262857#post262857 The YMCA Canteen Bus, Company C, 28th Maori Battalion, around 1943, somewhere in Europe.

It's a week for remembrance in our family, as the Tangi for one of the last remaining Officers of the Maori Battalion, and close family friend, Major John Waititi is being held in Cape runaway. As…

]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:25:05 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262856#post262856 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/capture-these-are-new-zealanders-the-wartime/?p=262856#post262856 Discussion from blog post.

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