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Kōrero: Meat and wool

Lamb cutting department

Lamb cutting department

Knifehands get to work in the lamb cutting department of the Petone freezing works. They are breaking down lamb carcasses into cuts that will be packed individually, rather than being exported as whole carcasses.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1970/5706/32A

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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Alistair Nicol rāua ko Caroline Saunders, Meat and wool – Marketing sheep meat, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19227/lamb-cutting-department (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Alistair Nicol rāua ko Caroline Saunders, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.