Kōrero: Rhythms of daily life

Working on a farm

Ellen Dennison remembers her work on a farm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her day started at 4 a.m. and ended at 11 p.m. Like the anonymous woman in this late 19th-century photograph, milking was part of Dennison's routine. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-141153-G
Photograph by William Williams

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.

Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero (Mobile Unit - Arrowtown history/Reference number ID5727)

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Megan Cook, 'Rhythms of daily life - Schedules and routines of life', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/speech/40485/working-on-a-farm (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Megan Cook, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013