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Kōrero: Farm mechanisation

Whārangi 7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

  • The dairy industry

    This page on the Techhistory website looks at technological advances in the New Zealand dairy industry.

  • Tokomaru Steam

    The website of the Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum, which houses and displays steam-powered machinery.

  • Hayes Engineering Works and homestead

    This page on the Heritage New Zealand website briefly discusses the history of the engineering company.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Evans, B. L. A history of farm implements and implement firms in New Zealand. Feilding: B. L. Evans, 1984.
  • Geelen, Janic, and Ray Deerness. The topdressers. Waiuku: New Zealand Aviation Press, 1990.
  • Hawke, Vera, and Tiwi Scott. Early farm machinery in New Zealand. Carterton: Vera Hawke, Tiwi Scott and Roydhouse Publishing, 1985.
  • Martin, John E. The forgotten worker: the rural wage earner in nineteenth-century New Zealand. Wellington: Allen & Unwin and Trade Union History Project, 1990.
  • Robinson, R. H. Farm tractors in New Zealand. Ngongotahā: Country Life, 1989.
  • Warr, Eric. From bush-burn to butter: a journey in words and pictures. Wellington: Butterworths, 1988.
Ki mua Whai muri: Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa Whai muri

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

James Watson, Farm mechanisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/1474/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā James Watson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.