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Exporting butter to Britain

Image

The British government began purchasing New Zealand butter in March 1915. By November 1917 it was purchasing the country's entire exportable output. This British First World War poster advertising the country's butter features a rather pointed caption: 'New Zealand offers her best'.

Credit

© IWM (Art.IWM PST 13684)

Not to be reused without permission of the Imperial War Museum

How to cite this page

Exporting butter to Britain, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/exporting-butter-britain, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated