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New Zealand is an island nation. Its inland and coastal waters support fish and shellfish in abundance.

Tea was a 'great mainstay' of 'thirsty colonial New Zealand', the food historian Tony Simpson claims.

A house and garden on a patch of land were part of the 'New Zealand dream' for most of the twentieth century.

Maud Basham, also known as Aunt Daisy, was famous as the host of a radio show focused on domesticity. Upon the success of the broadcasts, she wrote accompanying cook books, and was awarded an MBE in 1956.

Image Maud Basham, aka Aunt Daisy, broadcasting on radio

Radio  broadcast of Aunt Daisy

Aunt Daisy gives her Beetroot Chutney recipe in this recording from a February 1950, ZB morning show.