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Kōrero: Nelson region

Picking tobacco

Video file

Nelson was New Zealand’s tobacco-growing stronghold from the late 19th century until the 1980s. Watch tobacco being picked in Nelson in 1961.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Pictorial Parade 113. National Film Unit, 1961

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Carl Walrond, Nelson region – Horticulture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/28873/picking-tobacco (accessed 24 June 2026).

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