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Kōrero: Indians

A Waikato farming family

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A Waikato farming family

From the late 1930s many Punjabi Sikhs, who had often acquired farming experience in India, settled in the Waikato region and took up dairy farming. This 1993 photograph shows descendants of one of these families, working in their milking shed.

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Waikato Museum - Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

by David Cook

Permission of Waikato Museum – Te Whare Taonga o Waikato must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Indians – 1920s–1930s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1829/a-waikato-farming-family (accessed 9 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.