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Kōrero: Rural language

The cream stand

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The cream stand

The cream stand at the farm gate was a distinctive structure in the rural landscape. This man is lifting a cream can from the cream stand to a truck, to be transported to a nearby dairy factory.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Archives New Zealand: National Publicity Studios Collection

Reference: 1/1-007777; 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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Dianne Bardsley, Rural language – Farm work and workers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18584/the-cream-stand (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Dianne Bardsley, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.