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Kōrero: Nelson region

Hops and brewing: hop picking

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Watch footage of families picking hops in Nelson in 1944. Hops have been an important crop in the region since the mid-19th century.

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Reference: Weekly Review 139. National Film Unit, 1944

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Carl Walrond, Nelson region – Horticulture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/28870/hops-and-brewing-hop-picking (accessed 28 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 3 September 2010, updated 1 August 2015.