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Solar-powered lawnmower

Solar-powered lawnmower

No more back-breaking Saturdays pushing a recalcitrant lawnmower around the section for this fortunate gentleman. The world’s first solar-powered lawnmower was demonstrated in action on a Lower Hutt lawn in 1994.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1994/3494/21A-F
Photograph by Ray Pigney

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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Veronika Meduna. 'Wind and solar power', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/wind-and-solar-power/3/4