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Alistair Allan’s Kiwiana sheds in Oamaru

The Shed magazine visits a huge collection of Kiwiana in some old chicken sheds in Oamaru; as featured in Issue 76, January–February 2018.

Get a short tour around these Kiwiana sheds in Oamaru. photography, Derek Golding

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