Story: Rural recreation

National ploughing championships

The fourth national ploughing championships were held at Hastings in 1959. Stuart Allison from Milton, Otago, won the silver plough trophy, and went on to represent New Zealand at the world championships in Northern Ireland.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: Pictorial Parade 91. National Film Unit, 1959

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Jock Phillips, 'Rural recreation - Work as play – rural competitions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/17695/national-ploughing-championships (accessed 16 May 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 24 Nov 2008