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Story: Shows and field days

Wood-chopping competition

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Wood-chopping competition

This axeman is competing at the Auckland Agricultural Show in the 1960s or 1970s. As at most shows, the event attracted a large crowd.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Jock Phillips, Shows and field days – Farm activity competitions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16770/wood-chopping-competition (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.