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Early poultry

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Early poultry

This 1842 drawing of a with its elevated storehouse, probably near the Mangakāhia River in Northland, shows early evidence of domestic poultry.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: E-296-q-039-3

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Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, Poultry industry – History and early developments, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/17236/early-poultry (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, published 1 March 2009.