Farmers’ cooperatives
Farmers’ cooperatives, owned by farmers and directed by elected boards, performed the same functions as the commercial stock and station agencies.
Part of story: Stock and station agencies
Māori farmers
There are few organisations that represent Māori farmers and growers. The communal ownership and forced dispossession of much Māori land has had a profound impact on the way the land is managed and administered.
Part of story: Farmer and grower organisations
The family farmer
Breaking up the estates In the 1890s the government wanted to free up more land for settlers and small farmers. Between 1892 and 1912, the
Part of story: Rural workers
Farmer and grower organisations
Organisations for farmers and other rural people provided social networks, a political voice, opportunities for sharing knowledge, and help in hard times.
Part of story: Farmer and grower organisations
Sheep farmers, gold miners, soldiers
Sheep farmers New Zealand’s wool industry began when men and stock arrived from Australia in the early 1840s. More came in the 1850s, when drought in Australia coincided with buoyant wool