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Kōrero: Rural clothing

How to make moccasins

  • Making moccasins, Step 1
  • Making moccasins, Step 2
  • Making moccasins, Step 3
  • Making moccasins, Step 4
  • Making moccasins, Step 5

This interactive shows how to make a pair of moccasins out of an old sack. Shearers preferred this footwear when working on the wooden floors of shearing sheds.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 67 K676 - K680

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Bronwyn Labrum, Rural clothing – Menswear, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/18478/how-to-make-moccasins (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bronwyn Labrum, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.