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Story: Wairarapa region

A & P show

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A & P show

A & P (agricultural and pastoral) shows are a meeting between town and country – a chance for both townies and cow cockies to learn about new farming methods and technologies. This is the 1909 Masterton show.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Sydney Charles Smith Collection (PA-Group-00242)

Reference: 1/1-022683; G

by Sydney Charles Smith

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa region – A farming economy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12089/a-p-show (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.