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Welcome to RECOLLECT

Welcome to the AgResearch Digital Legacy Collection

AgResearch Limited is a leading Crown Research Institute charged with delivering science and innovation to benefit New Zealand agriculture and its wider economy.

Formed in 1992, we have a history stretching back to the beginning of the 1900’s.

This unique collection represents a small sample of photographs, documents, videos and other material that will take you on a compelling journey through the history of New Zealand's pastoral legacy, reflected in our Company, its activities, and its people.

Browse or search our stunning archive, or register and you will be able to contribute your knowledge and memories about this material.

AgResearch Limited is proud to share this rich history of New Zealand's primary industry.

 

 
Sheep at leisureFarmall model tractor making silageCow number T31Small Animal House: front viewApproach to the Farm Office, RuakuraSheep yards and pens, RuakuraScientists, 1950'sHoward Eagles measuring growing maize
 
Riwaka Research Station patakaOpening of the Plant Chemistry Laboratory, Grasslands, 1946. 2. Taking refreshmentsGrasslands, the first 50 years, 1936-1986John Lancashire and visitors in new demonstration blockDunedin Parade with 'Invermoose'. 3. 'Invermoose' on paradeHand pollinating - 1 of 2Sheep grazing paddocks - 2 of 12Animal Nutrition Unit - 7 of 10Farmall model tractor making silagePrairie grass - single plants - AorangiIn-vitro culturing of embryosLevin Horticultural Research Centre. 3. View of the Tararua ranges in the background1940's Fire - 1 of 8Otaki ForksTaita Experimental Station. 6.Male in field holding two giant swedesSocial cricket game - 1 of 4Staff at work - 5Landscape - horsesPiggery, RuakuraKaikohe Farm 1959 - 2 of 13Sheep tethering using full body straps: front and side viewPlant innoculation with virusOtaki - looking towards the seaCyclists on bush trackGrasslands female staff reciteDSIR - Games eveningSuperintendent's residence, RuakuraInvermay Soil Laboratory. 2. Inside the Soil LaboratoryClover root weevil: mediumWooden twin-pole head vice for sheep tetheringUrine sample. 1. Urine that is a dark red/brownBayer Classic 1989 - 3 of 4Turitea stream - new cut - 3 of 4Ray Bailey - 2 of 2Farmer and son standing in a field - 2 of 2Tara Hills lamb tailing - 9 of 9Graham Wesley Butler (1928-2007)Library extension on a truck, passing ReceptionBayer Classic 1987 - 1 of 6Palmerston North Show - 5 of 5Prime Minister Lange opens Invermay Main BuildingMafTech fruit - 4 of 10Engineering Workshop - image No. 84/42/3Animal Nutrition Unit - 4 of 10Clover leaves, V pointBevin CornwallCattle being driven up Bothwell's HillJack Ranstead (1859?-1944)Taihape White Pine
 
 
 
 
 
Buildings Campuses Cattle Clover Cows Crops Data Diagrams Directors Diseases Ephemera Equipment Erosion Farm staff Farmers Farms Feeding Fertiliser Fields Glasshouses Graphs Grasses Grasslands Grazing Harvesting Horses Humour Insects Invermay Laboratories Lambs Landscapes MIRINZ Machinery MafTech Measuring Meetings Milking Observation Open Days Paddocks Plants Plots Publications Rams Restraint Ruakura Scientists Seeds Sheep Silage Social life Soil Staff Statistics Surgery Tables Technology Testing Tractors Trees Trials Turf Vegetables Vehicles Visitors Wallaceville Waterways Wheat Worms