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Cattle close up

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Cattle close up

Visitors to Walter Peak high country station, near Queenstown, admire Highland cattle. In 2005/6, 53% of all visitors to farms were overseas tourists.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Rural tourism – Rural tourism – a profile, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18831/cattle-close-up (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 1 March 2009.