Story: Rural clothing

Farmer fencing

Farmer fencing

A Māori farmer erects a fence in the North Island in August 1965. He is wearing the classic green Swanndri – a woollen jacket that is pulled over the head, and has a lace-up front and a hood.

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Photograph by G. R. Roberts

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Bronwyn Labrum, 'Rural clothing - Black singlets and bush shirts', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/18522/farmer-fencing (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Bronwyn Labrum, published 24 Nov 2008