The Golden Arches appeared for the first time in New Zealand at Cobham Court, Porirua. Within 20 years the American fast-food giant would have 100 outlets around the country.
Pizza became a popular form of fast food in the 1970s when chains such as Pizza Hut opened. Hotels and restaurants picked up on the demand for pizza and served it as part of the regular fare.
Canned foods, first produced in the nineteenth century, have been an important convenience for New Zealand cooks, despite an emphasis on home gardens and orchards for much of the twentieth century.
