Story: Rural workers

Fencing wire

Fencing wire

Coils of wire are loaded onto a packhorse as fencers prepare to head for the backblocks to work. Farmers often employed fencing contractors for large jobs. Fencing enabled better stock control and more efficient use of pastures.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: AANR 6329 25 DA 32380

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Carl Walrond, 'Rural workers - The family farmer', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17228/fencing-wire (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 24 Nov 2008