Kiwis love Aussie Lamingtons but they are now harder to find in the land of the Long White Cloud

Classic cream-filled lamingtons

New Zealanders - who once claimed the humble Aussie lamington as their own - have expressed genuine concerns that the gastronomic gift from Australia - is proving difficult to buy across the length and breadth of the North and South Islands.

In Australia, interest has waned a little in the century old culinary tradition made famous by Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901.

But fundraisers, fetes and lamington devotees are keeping this wonderful creation alive throughout Australia.

Stuff.co.nz reports:  It's a sad day when the birthplace of the lamington ditches it.

Although the birthplace of the lamington may be debatable to Kiwis, in Australia it is reported to be Old Government House in Brisbane, and yesterday we heard that the café there has taken lamingtons off the menu – for the first time in 117 years.

Australians believe the lamington was first made in 1900 for the wife of Queenland's eighth governor, Lady May Lamington. There is a little debate as to who made it – it could have been a renowned French pastry chef of the day or well-known Brisbane cookery teacher Amy Schauer, who was regarded as "the Nigella Lawson" of her time.

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