In this film Riria Hotere and Stephanie Gibson talk about the experiences of the ‘land girls’ who replaced male workers on many New Zealand farms during the Second World War. A pair of overalls and a knife from the Te Papa collections are used to evoke memories of the war effort at home.
Tales from Te Papa, episode 22. Video supplied via YouTube by Te Papa.
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'Land girls, overalls and killing knife', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/land-girls-overalls-and-killing-knife, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012
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