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Kōrero: Dutch

A replica windmill

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A replica windmill

De Molen, a replica Dutch windmill, was built at Foxton at the suggestion of tulip grower Dirk van Til, and opened in 2003. He envisaged it as both a tourist attraction and a memorial to the Dutch immigrants who have arrived in New Zealand since the Second World War.

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by John Wilson

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Redmer Yska, Dutch – Settling in, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/835/a-replica-windmill (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Redmer Yska, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.