Story: Government and agriculture All images & media From page 1 – Land purchase and early farming regulations, 1840–1876 Alienation of Māori land in the North Island to 1860 (1st of 2) Land purchases in the South Island, early 1860 (2nd of 2) Scab or no scab Dipping sheep Cattle Trespass Amendment Ordinance 1844 Opening of the first railway From page 2 – Pest control, new products and incentives, 1876–1892 Scotch Thistle Ordinance 1862 Small Bird Nuisance Act 1882 Edendale dairy factory From page 3 – Land reform and farmer education, 1890s North Island land purchases (1st of 2) South Island land purchases (2nd of 2) Cheviot Hills homestead Meat for export From page 4 – Formation of the Department of Agriculture Countries exporting dairy products, 1909–1937 Butter label Department of Agriculture, Christchurch Exhibition, 1906 (1st of 2) Journal of Agriculture, 1910 (2nd of 2) Meat inspection label, about 1939 From page 5 – State-funded research Fertile grassland From page 6 – Government support and incentives, 1918–1938 ‘Bridge to nowhere’ Building the Ōtira tunnel Preference to farmers From page 7 – Controlling the war economy, 1939–1945 New Zealand agriculture and the war effort Picking cabbages Women’s Land Service poster From page 8 – Subsidies and changing markets, 1946–1983 Training ‘rehab’ soldiers Increase in livestock, 1950–65 Ruakura research station Comment on New Zealand’s economic decline From page 9 – Deregulation and environmental regulations, 1984 onwards MAF logos Sniffer dog at airport
