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Kōrero: Farming in the economy

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Early farming and the great pastoral era

Empire Marketing Board poster

Empire Marketing Board poster (1 o 2)

Helping the war effort

Helping the war effort (2 o 2)

Māori village with potato crops

Māori village with potato crops

Nelson farmland

Nelson farmland

Flaxbourne Station

Flaxbourne Station

Clearing bush

Clearing bush (1 o 2)

Shearing time

Shearing time (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Responding to the marketplace, 1870s

Corriedale wool

Corriedale wool

Barrels of tallow

Barrels of tallow

Harvesting wheat

Harvesting wheat

Ploughing on

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Refrigeration and sheep farming

A sheep’s journey

A sheep’s journey

Belfast Freezing Works, 1920s

Belfast Freezing Works, 1920s

Canterbury lamb

Canterbury lamb

Sowing North Island hill country

Sowing North Island hill country

Canned roast mutton

Canned roast mutton

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Refrigeration and the growth of the dairy industry

Edendale Dairy Factory 1895

Edendale Dairy Factory 1895

Dipping sheep

Dipping sheep (1 o 2)

Cowshed

Cowshed (2 o 2)

Chew Chong’s general store, 1870s

Chew Chong’s general store, 1870s

Dairy factory, Temuka

Dairy factory, Temuka (1 o 3)

Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company, about 1900

Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company, about 1900 (2 o 3)

Eltham Dairy Co-operative

Eltham Dairy Co-operative (3 o 3)

Alfa-Laval cream separator

Alfa-Laval cream separator

Mai i te whārangi 5 - The closing of the farming frontier, 1900s to 1920

Farming Canterbury

Farming Canterbury

Cream collection

Cream collection

Stock feed table

Stock feed table

Rabbiter

Managing soil erosion

Managing soil erosion

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Times of change, 1920 to 1950

Dairy cattle numbers

Dairy cattle numbers

Butter idol

White clover trials

White clover trials

McMeekan makes a speech

McMeekan makes a speech

Soil surveyors

Mai i te whārangi 7 - The golden years, 1950s to 1980s

Topdressing trials

Topdressing trials

Land clearance in the North Island

Land clearance in the North Island

Influence of Romney on New Zealand sheep breeds

Influence of Romney on New Zealand sheep breeds

Wattie’s produce

Wattie’s produce

Mai i te whārangi 8 - A sunset industry? 1984 to the present

Closing-down sale

Closing-down sale

Merino wool suit

Merino wool suit

Deer farming

Dairy products

Dirty dairying

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Horticulture and viticulture

Promoting apples

Promoting apples (1 o 2)

Washing and sorting apples

Washing and sorting apples (2 o 2)

Kiwifruit vines

Kiwifruit vines

Growing grapes

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Robert Peden, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/farming-in-the-economy/media (accessed 4 June 2023)

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