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Cover of Straight Furrow

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Cover of Straight Furrow

Straight Furrow, the paper of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, was first published on 15 November 1941. It replaced earlier union papers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: S-L 835-COVER

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Nancy Swarbrick, Rural media – From print to digital publications, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18027/cover-of-straight-furrow (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.