Who invented the pavalova? aussie or new zealander?

Question

heres a question that has been agrued for many years between oz and the kiwis.
just like where did the horse farlap come from thats been resolved aussie claimed him.
just like russel crow the the bastard who pretty much diowned new zealand.
i know the answer but i wont say coz i wanna know what other people say. I LOVE PAVALOVA..

Answer 1

As your question quite rightly implies both Phar Lap and Russell Crowe were born and bred in New Zealand only to cross the Tasman later in life to find their fame and fortune in Australia. We all know that Australia is in the habit of claiming everything good that comes from Australasia as theirs and everything bad as New Zealand's :-) Which leaves me wondering why they would lay any claim to Mr Crowe!!!! :-)

The Pavlova is no different. The truth is that, whatever our Aussie cousins may say, the Pavlova is of New Zealand origin.

The earliest known references to it are from New Zealand.

Professor Helen Leach, a culinary anthropologist at Otago University in New Zealand found a pavlova recipe in a 1933 Rangiora Mothers' Union cookery book, including the correct name of the dish, the correct ingredients, and the correct cooking method. Professor Leach also has an even earlier copy of the pavlova recipe from a 1929 rural New Zealand magazine.

Keith Money, a biographer of Anna Pavlova, wrote that a chef at a hotel in Wellington, New Zealand, created the dish when Pavlova visited there in 1926 on her world tour.

Alternatively, the earliest reference in Australia refers to a pavlova baked by Bert Sachse at the Esplanade Hotel in Perth on 3 October 1935.

Answer 2

I don't know for sure, but I had it first in New Zealand, so I'll say there.