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Kōrero: Wairarapa region

Picking apples

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Picking apples

A group of women pick apples in the 1900s. In the early 20th century, Greytown’s rich alluvial soils attracted orchardists and the town became known as Wairarapa’s fruit bowl.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, George Moore Collection

Reference: 1/2-065268; G

by George Moore

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ben Schrader, Wairarapa region – Forestry, fishing and horticulture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12092/picking-apples (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.