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Horowhenua market gardens

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Horowhenua market gardens

The sandy flats on the coast south of Levin are ideal for growing vegetables, most of which are sold to Wellingtonians.

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Allan Gillingham, Soils and regional land use – Lower North Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17102/horowhenua-market-gardens (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.