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Kōrero: Exotic forestry

Planting seedlings

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Planting seedlings

Women workers at the Whakarewarewa nursery in the 1920s plant seedlings in lines, ensuring they are carefully spaced so the roots can develop properly.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQA 6506 F140

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Michael Roche, Exotic forestry – Research and education – to the 1940s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16535/planting-seedlings (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Michael Roche, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.