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Railway workers take a break for lunch and a cup of tea while laying tracks near Paremata, Wellington, in the 1950s.
Archives New Zealand Railways Collection AAVK, W3493, E8341
'Railway workers take a smoko break ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/smoko-break-paremata, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013
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