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Kōrero: Auckland region

Hat feathers

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Man wearing hat in a fenced paddock with three ostriches.

Ostrich farming catered for Edwardian women’s fondness for wearing feathers in their hats. This is the Helvetia Ostrich farm at Pukekohe in 1910.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA1-o-201-09

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

Margaret McClure, Auckland region – Farming and city building: 1900–1939, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15899/hat-feathers (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Margaret McClure, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.