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Kōrero: Shearing

Māori shearing gang

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Māori shearing gang

A gang of Māori shearers shear sheep outside, with only a willow tree above and tarpaulins on the ground, in the Bay of Islands around 1900. By then Māori were recognised as highly proficient shearers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-8620

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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Des Williams, Shearing – Early shearing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18233/maori-shearing-gang (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Des Williams, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.