Story: Farming in the economy

Canterbury lamb

Footage celebrating Canterbury’s centenary explains the importance of frozen lamb exports to the region’s economy in 1950.

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Reference: Canterbury is a hundred. National Film Unit, 1950

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Robert Peden, Farming in the economy – Refrigeration and sheep farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/17616/canterbury-lamb (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.