/taxonomy/term/594/0 en /culture/the-daily-grind/a-continental-touch <h2>Coffee houses in Wellington from the 1940s</h2> <div class="mini-pic-right"> <a href="/?q=node/1691"></a> <p class="caption"> <a href="/?q=node/1691">A menu from the French Maid Coffee House </a> </p> </div> <p> From the mid to late 1940s an affinity for coffee, and the places that dispensed it, spread through Wellington and continued into the 1960s. From the mid 1970s until the late 1980s, though, the caf&#233; scene all but disappeared. </p> cafes drink food french leisure refugees wellington Wellington cafe culture Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 997 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /war/d-day/the-resistance <h2>New Zealanders and the Resistance</h2> <div class="mediabox"> <h3>Help from the French Resistance</h3> <script type="text/javascript" src="/media/swfobject.js"> </script><div id="flashcontent"> This clip requires Flash Player 7 or higher. <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" title="Download Flash">Download latest version of Flash Player.</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> D-Day dday french Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 3153 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /media/video/%2526%2523039%3Bfrench-letter%2526%2523039%3B-herbs <p>See the <a href="http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/french-letter-1995#" target="_blank">official video for 'French Letter'</a> at NZOnScreen.</p> <h2>'French letter'</h2> <p>Herbs are considered pioneers of the Pacific reggae sound. During the 1980s and early 1990s they had&#160;10 Top&#160;20 hits. One of these, 'Slice of heaven' (with Dave Dobbyn) from the <i>Footrot Flats</i> movie soundtrack, reached number one on both the New Zealand and Australian charts.</p> /media/video/%2526%2523039%3Bfrench-letter%2526%2523039%3B-herbs#comments New Zealand Music Month Nuclear-free New Zealand french herbs mururoa music music month nuclear free video Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 14803 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /media/photo/bishop-pompallier <img src="/files/images/bishop-pompallier.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/bishop-pompallier#comments catholic french jean baptiste pompallier Missionaries missionaries photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 1887 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz /media/photo/french-maid-ad <img src="/files/images/dailygrind-018.mini.jpg" alt="Media file" /> /media/photo/french-maid-ad#comments advertising cafes french Wellington cafe culture photos Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 +1200 1694 at http://www.nzhistory.net.nz