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Kōrero: Rural workers

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Large sheep runs

Longbeach homestead

Longbeach homestead

Head gardener

Hierarchy of staff

Hierarchy of staff

Scottish shepherd

Scottish shepherd

Shearers’ cook

Shearers’ cook

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Itinerant workers

Waiting for harvest

Waiting for harvest

Hand shearers

Māori shearers

Māori shearers

Back from the hills

Back from the hills

Rabbits

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Grain and crops

Blacksmithing

Bullocks ploughing

Bullocks ploughing (1 o 3)

Eight teams

Eight teams (2 o 3)

Tractor catalogue

Tractor catalogue (3 o 3)

Thresher

Shearers’ notice, 1873

Shearers’ notice, 1873

Mai i te whārangi 4 - On the road

Horse-drawn wagon

Horse-drawn wagon

Roadmen

In the mud

The swagman

Tinker

Hawker

Sam Weller

Sam Weller (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Changes in the rural sector

Header harvester, 1930

Header harvester, 1930

Land girl

Agricultural lecture

Agricultural lecture

Training artificial inseminators

Training artificial inseminators

Mai i te whārangi 6 - The family farmer

Breaking up the estates

Breaking up the estates

Hodge’s farm cow shed, Inglewood

Hodge’s farm cow shed, Inglewood

Fencing wire

Scrub cutters

Sharemilkers of the year

Sharemilkers of the year

Milk boys

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Contemporary rural workers

Decline of the rural workforce

Decline of the rural workforce

Farm manager

Cherry graders

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/rural-workers/media (accessed 30 November 2023)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008