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Kōrero: Rural workers

Hawker

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Hawker

Joala Singh Belling, a Sikh hawker, poses with his horse around 1920. The saddlebags contain wares that he would attempt to sell to rural households. Hawkers were often from a range of different nationalities.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-052817; F

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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Carl Walrond, Rural workers – On the road, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17219/hawker (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.