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New Zealand’s forests were cleared at a record pace, and from this destruction, a sport arose: who can fell a tree the fastest? Competitive woodchopping transformed the labour of forestry into a community event. Now, 150 years on, a diminishing number of axemen and axewomen chop for top honours at A&P shows around the country.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 159 September – October 2019.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/block-busters/
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New Zealand’s forests were cleared at a record pace, and from this destruction, a sport arose: who can fell a tree the fastest? Competitive woodchopping transformed the labour of forestry into a community event. Now, 150 years on, a diminishing number of axemen and axewomen chop for top honours at A&P shows around the country.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 159 September – October 2019.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/block-busters/