Story: Pigs and the pork industry

Children and pig

Pigs and dogs share communal space with children in this 1904 Māori village in the Bay of Plenty.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Ranfurly Collection (PAColl-5745)

Reference: PA1-q-634-20-3

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Allan Gillingham, Pigs and the pork industry – Early farming and feral breeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15410/children-and-pig (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.