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Story: Land ownership

Family farm, 1949

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This film clip of Jim Page and his family at work on their farm in Golden Bay in 1949, shows a fairly typical scene in the post-war years, especially in dairy areas. The medium-sized family farm became the norm as smallholdings were combined and larger estates continued to be broken up.

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Reference: Weekly Review 434. National Film Unit, 1949

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Jim McAloon, Land ownership – Land ownership from the 1950s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/17940/family-farm-1949 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jim McAloon, published 1 March 2009.