Flavour of New Zealand
NZ popular culture 1960 onward
NZ popular culture 1960 onward
Some items of kiwiana that existed, died out, or arrived in the years since 1960. Click an item from the box below.
Rival petrol supplier BP New Zealand (formerly British Petroleum Company of New Zealand) took a majority stake in Europa petrol (NZ's only 'home-grown' wholesale supplier of petroleum products) in 1972, but the 2 chains continued to operate independently. In 1989, rebranding bought both chains under the same organisational and marketing umbrella, and the Europa brand was retired.
Europa petrol can
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Source
Image of petrol tin courtesy of thead on Trademe. Euroguard pic by peter.fleury. Red can by gkr209. Text courtesy of Matt Glasgow. Assorted items by pontichick.