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Kōrero: Shows and field days

Wood-chopping competition

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Wood-chopping competition

This axeman is competing at the Auckland Agricultural Show in the 1960s or 1970s. As at most shows, the event attracted a large crowd.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: CT.031790

by Brian Brake

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Shows and field days – Farm activity competitions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16770/wood-chopping-competition (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.