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Kōrero: Shearing

Machine shearing

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Machine shearing

Two shearers are using shearing machines on Puketiti station, on the East Coast, probably in the 1950s. From the beginning of the 20th century, machine shearing became the dominant shearing method in New Zealand.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 66 A14,779

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Des Williams, Shearing – From blades to shearing machines, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18251/machine-shearing (accessed 25 June 2026).

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