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Hat feathers

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Man wearing hat in a fenced paddock with three ostriches.

Ostrich farming catered for Edwardian women’s fondness for wearing feathers in their hats. This is the Helvetia Ostrich farm at Pukekohe in 1910.

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Margaret McClure, Auckland region – Farming and city building: 1900–1939, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15899/hat-feathers (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.