Story: Farm families All images & media From page 1 – The colonial family – new conditions Rural Māori family Family outside their hut Playing cards Kate Squires' diary Station hands (1st of 2) Men’s quarters, 1885 (2nd of 2) From page 2 – The colonial family and the household economy Claris family on their farm Woman milking a cow Doing the washing (1st of 3) Mixing a Christmas cake (2nd of 3) Feeding the chooks (3rd of 3) Son milking (1st of 2) Daughter feeding chooks (2nd of 2) Family haymaking From page 3 – The rise of the family farm, 1880–1970 Small land holdings Age profiles of rural people, 1951 Tractor advertisement Schoolhouse From page 4 – Women in the rural family, 1880–1970 Dinner at Manuka Point station, 1943 Feeding the calves Husband and wife milking Country Women’s Institute banner Family pyramid From page 5 – A new world, 1970 onwards Angry farmers Woman farmer Taranaki farming partnership Goat farm Farmer dad and son
