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Lifting bales by helicopter

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Lifting bales by helicopter

Because many swamps are inaccessible by land, helicopters are often used to transport bales of sphagnum moss to the nearest road.

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West Coast Historical Museum

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by Timothy Dimmick

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Simon Nathan, West Coast region – Soils and agriculture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21145/lifting-bales-by-helicopter (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.