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Home-made barge

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Home-made barge

Two farmers use a home-made barge to transport their sheep across the Whanganui River, in November 2006. Behind them the rest of the mob await their turn in a temporary pen.

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Ruth Low, Transport of animals – Droving – ‘on the hoof’, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18097/home-made-barge (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ruth Low, published 1 March 2009.