12 Jun 2019

New Zealand's largest iron collection

From Afternoons, 1:32 pm on 12 June 2019

Hawke's Bay locals George and Jane Kyle reckon they have New Zealand's biggest iron collection - and you can visit it at their Esk-Ironz base near Napier!

Their daughter Jessie joins us to explain where the collection got started, how many irons they've got their hands on, and how Vikings would smooth out their leather chaps.

Some of Esk-Ironz' 7,000-strong iron collection

Some of Esk-Ironz' 7,000-strong iron collection Photo: Supplied/Esk-Ironz

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