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Kōrero: Topdressing

Aerial spraying

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Aerial spraying

Spraying fungicide on a crop such as potatoes would cause too much damage if done with ground equipment. If available, an aircraft fitted with a spray boom can do the job quickly and efficiently. Flying only a few metres above the crop, the aircraft performs a spectacular operation.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1987/0573/16

by Ross Giblin

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

John Maber, Topdressing – Legislation, quality assurance and safety, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16575/aerial-spraying (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Maber, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.