Kōrero: Farming in the economy

Helping the war effort (2 o 2)

Helping the war effort

This poster from the 1940s illustrates New Zealand’s connection with the British Empire, and the role agriculture played in the war effort. It depicts dairy cattle and a dairy factory, with Mt Taranaki (Egmont) in the background. From the outset of the refrigerated shipping trade, New Zealand was often referred to as ‘Britain’s farm’.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-E-TRADE-1940s-01

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Robert Peden, 'Farming in the economy - Early farming and the great pastoral era', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/17568/helping-the-war-effort (accessed 14 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008