Story: Farm mechanisation

Page 7 – External links and sources

More links and websites

  • The dairy industry

    This page on the Techhistory website looks at technological advances in the New Zealand dairy industry.

  • Tokomaru Steam

    The website of the Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum, which houses and displays steam-powered machinery.

  • Hayes Engineering

  • This article on the New Zealand Historic Places Trust website discusses the history of the engineering company.

More suggestions and sources

    • Evans, B. L. A history of farm implements and implement firms in New Zealand. Feilding: B. L. Evans, 1984.

    • Geelen, Janic, and Ray Deerness. The Topdressers. Waiuku: New Zealand Aviation Press, 1990.

    • Hawke, Vera, and Tiwi Scott. Early farm machinery in New Zealand. Carterton: Vera Hawke, Tiwi Scott and Roydhouse Publishing, 1985.

    • Martin, John E. The forgotten worker: the rural wage earner in nineteenth-century New Zealand. Wellington: Allen & Unwin and Trade Union History Project, 1990.

    • Robinson, R. H. Farm tractors in New Zealand. Ngongotahā: Country Life, 1989.

    • Warr, Eric. From bush-burn to butter: a journey in words and pictures. Wellington: Butterworths, 1988.


How to cite this page:

James Watson. 'Farm mechanisation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 14-Mar-13
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/farm-mechanisation/sources