Story: Wairarapa region

Dairy country

Dairy country

Overhead irrigation systems have enabled dairy farming to expand in Wairarapa. This is the Wairarapa basin near Martinborough, with the eastern uplands in the distance.

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Photograph by Shirley Williams

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Ben Schrader, 'Wairarapa region - Land and climate', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/12062/dairy-country (accessed 17 April 2024)

Story by Ben Schrader, updated 1 Mar 2017