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Story: The New Zealand bush

Barry Crump

Barry Crump

Writer and outdoorsman Barry Crump poses while rabbiting at Reporoa in 1961. The previous year he had published A good keen man, a collection of yarns from his days as a deer culler. The book was a huge publishing success – affirmation that the rough culture of the bush formed an important part of Kiwi identity.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP-NZ Obits-Cr to Cz-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Jock Phillips. 'The New Zealand bush', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21-Sep-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/the-new-zealand-bush/2/5