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The percentage of rural workers in the New Zealand workforce has fallen considerably since the 1920s, when almost one of every four workers had a rural occupation. With mechanisation, farms today are much less reliant on physical labour.
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Source: Statistics New Zealand
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