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Story: Rural language

The cream stand

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The cream stand

The cream stand at the farm gate was a distinctive structure in the rural landscape. This man is lifting a cream can from the cream stand to a truck, to be transported to a nearby dairy factory.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Archives New Zealand: National Publicity Studios Collection

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Dianne Bardsley, Rural language – Farm work and workers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18584/the-cream-stand (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Dianne Bardsley, published 1 March 2009.