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Kōrero: Timekeeping

Clocking-in devices

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Clocking-in devices

People often had to clock in when they arrived at work, and then clock out when they left. In this way their hours of work were monitored to the exact minute. These clocking devices are part of the collection at Claphams National Clock Museum in Whangārei.

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by Jock Phillips

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Jock Phillips, Timekeeping – Time past, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9919/clocking-in-devices (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.