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Modern stock and station agency store

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Modern stock and station agency store

Stock and station agency stores sell a wide range of farming and non-farming goods. The display in the foreground includes products for lambing and tailing, but the store also carries groceries and items for the home.

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Hugh Stringleman, Stock and station agencies – The 20th century and beyond, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17394/modern-stock-and-station-agency-store (accessed 5 July 2026).

Story by Hugh Stringleman, published 1 March 2009.