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Story: Shelter on farms

Protection from snow

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Protection from snow

In southern New Zealand, Antarctic storms bring wind and snow. This macrocarpa tree at Awatea in the Catlins district, south Otago, is providing shelter for some sheep.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 9 June 2007, p. 3

by Gerard O'Brien

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Allan Gillingham, Shelter on farms – Benefits of shelter, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15588/protection-from-snow (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.