The first shelters or the early settlers were usually two-roomed whares, built of the local materials most readily available. In bush country split slab walls were roofed with shingles; sods and clay bricks were used in low-rainfall areas, and straw thatch. Above is a sod hut near Ashburton, with a plan of its rooms. To the right, a slab whare in a North Island bush area.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 71, Issue 4, 15 October 1945, Page 359
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66The first shelters or the early settlers were usually two-roomed whares, built of the local materials most readily available. In bush country split slab walls were roofed with shingles; sods and clay bricks were used in low-rainfall areas, and straw thatch. Above is a sod hut near Ashburton, with a plan of its rooms. To the right, a slab whare in a North Island bush area. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 71, Issue 4, 15 October 1945, Page 359
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