A Māori shearing gang works under a willow tree in the Bay of Islands in the early 1900s. Māori engaged in shearing from the 1850s. They tended to work collectively in whānau (family) groups, and joined unions in significant numbers. By 1914 around a quarter of the Amalgamated Shearers’ and Labourers’ Union were Māori.
Using this item
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
PAColl-8620
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
Add new comment