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Deer farming, 1984

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Deer farming, 1984

From the early 1970s the traditional wool, meat and dairy products became difficult to sell to overseas markets and prices fell. Farmers branched out into farming different livestock such as deer.

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Jim McAloon, Land ownership – Land ownership from the 1950s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17941/deer-farming-1984 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jim McAloon, published 1 March 2009.