Group of RNZAF personnel on Aotearoa Avenue. Presumed to be Guadalcanal. Allis-Chalmers bulldozer (tractor) at left. Sign reads "A.O.TEA.ROA New Zealand AVENUE".

Group of No. 14 Squadron pilots having a cup of tea after a patrol over Guadalcanal. L-R: Flying Officer PS Green, Flying Officer DL Clow, Flying Officer KJ MacDonald

Joe Russell lying on a bench outside the time-keepers hut during morning tea break at RNZAF Station Taieri. Line up of Tiger Moths in the background.

New Zealand Army Atiu Harbour project, the building of a small harbour on Atiu Island, Cook Islands. Unknown soldier, with a cup of tea, watching a cat in the kitchen area.

Group of airmen resting with a cup of tea on a grassy landing ground. Unknown location. Gordon NZ618 behind and a truck at right.

Image from the William Christiansen personal album collection. "No 2 Sergeants Mess. Seletar. Afternoon Tea". Personnel sitting around tables set with tea service. RAF Station Seletar.

Unknown Sergeant airman (presumed to be on leave in New Zealand from the Pacific theatre of operations) enjoying a cup of tea and a piece cake. Unknown location.

"Due to adverse conditions (snow!) the power was cut and the Commanding Officer, Group Captain I.V. McKay AFC, had to make the tea for his birthday party on his primus!" RNZAF Base Wigram. Quoted from the Wigram Unit History.

The First Lady of the United States, Elanor Roosevelt, enjoying a cup of tea with another woman at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

A member of the WAAF pours a cup of tea from the YMCA canteen. Unknown location.

Image from the Clarence James Berryman personal collection. Group of servicemen and -women smoking and drinking tea outside a building. Unknown location in New Zealand.

Image from the Graeme Johnstone Robertson personal collection. GJ Robertson(?) sitting on a ship's spar, drinking a cup of tea. Unknown location. Believed to relate to GJ Robertson's work on fishing trawlers before joining the RAF Air Sea Rescue Service.

Image from the Rex Stace personal collection. Group of servicemen inside a tent having a cup of tea. Believed to be No. 5 Servicing Unit at Emirau.

Image from the Robert Arnold Christie personal collection. Informal portrait of RA Christie having a cup of tea. Unknown location in New Zealand(?). Handwritten on the reverse "Bob Christie."

Image from the Robert Arnold Christie personal collection. Group of servicemen having a cup of tea while four local waiters stand by. Unknown location in Fiji. Handwritten on the reverse "Bob Christie, Doug Clark."

Image from the Robert Arnold Christie personal collection. Airmen and soldiers having a cup of tea. Unknown location in Fiji. Handwritten on the reverse "Bob Christie 2nd from left in Fiji during World War II."

Open Day. Queue of members of the public waiting for afternoon tea in the Sergeant's Mess. RNZAF Station Wigram.

Group of children pose for the camera in the door of an Oxford with three servicemen standing outside. RNZAF Station Wigram. Senior NCOs hosted 25 children (100 total) from each of the following orphanages and schools: St. Josephs, Halswell. Middleton Orphanage. Van Asch School for the Deaf, Sumner and St. Saviours, Stapletons Road, Shirley. The children enjoyed ice cream and afternoon tea in the Sergeants Mess, a tour of the Link Trainer rooms, taxiing in aircraft and a lolly scramble.

Young boy eating a sweet treat, while sitting on the lap of an unknown serviceman. RNZAF Station Wigram. Senior NCOs hosted 25 children (100 total) from each of the following orphanages and schools: St. Josephs, Halswell. Middleton Orphanage. Van Asch School for the Deaf, Sumner. St. Saviours, Stapletons Road, Shirley. The children enjoyed ice cream and afternoon tea in the Sergeants Mess, a tour of the Link Trainer rooms, taxiing in aircraft and a lolly scramble.

Image from the John Herbert Kemnitz personal collection. View of the Singapore Swimming Club pool and buildings, Singapore. Captioned on reverse: "This is not a very good view of the Singapore Swimming Club, but it gives you an idea of the pool & of the buildings & of the terraces (upstairs or on the ground) where you can have tiffin (lunch), afternoon tea, of course, also dine in a spacious & cool room inside the building. Note there's an orchestra & a dance floor".

Image from the William Joseph Cranfield personal collection. Scott Base staff having a cup of tea, during a break during the building of the base. Handwritten on the reverse "Construction of Scott Base".

Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection. Informal group of pilots eating and drinking on steps, Cairo, Egypt. Handwritten on the reverse "Morning tea on the steps [at the] rear of Palace Hotel | L to R - Self (RJ Atkinson), Noel Christiansen Palmerston North (Chris), Ralph Whittington (Invercargill), Trussler, Jim Annand (Wellington)."

Founding pilots of No. 14 Squadron at RNZAF Station Masterton. L-R: Standing; Rex Weber, Percy Killick, Vern Meaclem, Jack Burton, Jack Oldfield, Jack Meharry, John Polson, Paul Green, Howard Brown. Seated behind; Noel Hanna, Maurie Clarke, Don Clow, Mort Bullen, Peter Gifford, 'Annie' Laurie, Arthur Stanley, 'Tea' Avery. Seated in front; Al Sievers, Peter Brooker (RAF), Stan Quill. Seated on ground; Arthur Law. Crouching at right; Ron Nairn.

Personnel relaxing with a cup of tea between flights during a practice camp at Birdlings Flat landing ground.

Group of airmen enjoying a cup of tea after arriving back in New Zealand from the Pacific by Dakota. RNZAF Station Harewood.