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Kōrero: Farm buildings

Raised-board shearing shed

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Raised-board shearing shed

The woolshed at Hāwea station in Otago is modern-style. The raised board where the shearers operate allows the wool handlers to pick up the fleeces without too much bending. It also keeps the shearers well away from those sorting the wool and pressing it into bales.

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by Natala Menezes

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Farm buildings – Woolsheds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18492/raised-board-shearing-shed (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.