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Kōrero: Pigs and the pork industry

Muddy paddock

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Muddy paddock

In the past, pigs on dairy farms were invariably confined to one small paddock, which was soon reduced to bare ground that turned to mud in wet weather. This muddy paddock was photographed at the Cheltenham Dairy Company in 1949.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 57 K3018

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Allan Gillingham, Pigs and the pork industry – Pig farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15436/muddy-paddock (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Allan Gillingham, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.