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Canterbury haystacks

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Canterbury haystacks

The English farmed New Zealand land in ways familiar to them. In this photograph, taken about 1915, two men stand on a ploughed field in front of English-style haystacks.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, The Press (Christchurch) Collection (PAColl-3031)

Reference: 1/1-008341-G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Terry Hearn, English – Transforming the landscape, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1954/canterbury-haystacks (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Terry Hearn, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.