Story: Deer and deer farming

Feral deer carcasses, 1969

The first registered deer slaughterhouses, such as this one near Queenstown, were established to process wild deer and prepare venison cuts for export.

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Ken Drew, Deer and deer farming – Venison production, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16052/feral-deer-carcasses-1969 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ken Drew, published 1 March 2009.