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Kōrero: Rural language

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - The evolution of rural language

‘An English landscape’

‘An English landscape’ (1 o 2)

The bush

The bush (2 o 2)

The colonial adjective

The colonial adjective

No. 8 wire sculpture

No. 8 wire sculpture

The bobby truck

The bobby truck

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Māori influences

Travelling on a mōkihi

Travelling on a mōkihi

A futtah on a sheep station

A futtah on a sheep station

Piripiri or biddy-bid

Piripiri or biddy-bid

Nāti T-shirt

Settler whare

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Settling the land

Land fever

Spotting on a sheep station

Spotting on a sheep station

Snig-track

Bush language

Bush language (1 o 2)

Bush lawyer

Bush lawyer (2 o 2)

A rural kingdom

A rural kingdom

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Farming difficulties

Hairy shaker disease

Hairy shaker disease

A kea’d sheep

A kea’d sheep

Tutu berries

Spaniard

Spaniard (1 o 2)

Wild Irishman

Wild Irishman (2 o 2)

The big dry

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Sheep and dairy farming

High country musterers

High country musterers

Pakihi

Tree dozer

Taranaki gate

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Farm work and workers

The language of mustering

The language of mustering

Nor’west arch

Nor’west arch

Snow-raking

Blade shearing

The cream stand

The cream stand

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Farm animals

Shrek the hermit sheep

Shrek the hermit sheep

F. W. Dry and a Drysdale

F. W. Dry and a Drysdale

Eye dog at work

Eye dog at work

Blowout

A pigtail

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Economics and marketing

Sharemilker’s cottage

Sharemilker’s cottage

Directions to a farmstay

Directions to a farmstay

Job advertisement

Job advertisement

Prime lamb

Cervena

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Dianne Bardsley, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/rural-language/media (accessed 19 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Dianne Bardsley, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008