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Kōrero: Fire and agriculture

Burning wheat stubble

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Burning wheat stubble

Stubble-burning remains a controversial practice. In this Canterbury scene, clouds of smoke billow from the burning stubble. In the foreground, a firebreak has been ploughed around the outside of the paddock to prevent the fire spreading.

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Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand

Reference: Ag0017smt.tif

by Peter E. Smith

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Fire and agriculture – Burning in modern agriculture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15224/burning-wheat-stubble (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.