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Do-it-yourself implement shed, 1948

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Do-it-yourself implement shed, 1948

This implement shed, in the East Limehills area, Southland, has been built from the materials at hand. Bog pine roots removed from paddocks have been stacked to make the outside walls. The roof has been thatched with threshed straw.

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Reference: AANR 6329 7 DA29,976

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Robert Peden, Farm buildings – Modern buildings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18521/do-it-yourself-implement-shed-1948 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.