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Kōrero: Logging native forests

Day of rest

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Day of rest

Sunday was usually the bushman’s day off, but there were still jobs to be done. These men are catching up with their laundry and having their hair cut.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-3750-1/1

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

Nancy Swarbrick, Logging native forests – Logging and sawmilling, 1840–1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12750/day-of-rest (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.