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… flat, but the surrounding country is hilly. On the east and north-east the land rises to the Hauhungaroa Range. The … and 27 ½ miles north-west of National Park. The chief farming activities of the district are sheep and cattle raising and dairying. Butter is produced at …
… River, an east-bank tributary of the Waihou River, and is about 7 miles from the Bay of Plenty coast. The town … by rail. The main primary activity of the district is dairy farming, with some cattle and sheep farming. There are several sawmills in the …
… of Rua Kenana Hepetipa appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Rua was born in 1869 at … the Mataatua canoe. In 1887 Rua left Maungapohatu to learn farming. He worked on sheep stations in the Gisborne and Bay of Plenty districts …
… The only way to appreciate the Western Uplands is from the air; on the ground the view is restricted … of the Awakino and Mahoenui, where some of the better class farming land of the region is to be seen. The valleys are … its importance to its function as a centre for the local farming and timber-milling populations and to its location …
… Cambridge is situated on flat land on the banks of the Waikato River close to the eastern … primary industries of the Cambridge district are dairying, sheep raising, and cattle fattening. Pig farming is carried on in conjunction with dairying, and …
… (?–1848). Doctor of medicine, early colonist, and journalist. A new biography of Martin, Samuel McDonald appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. S. McD. Martin was born at … to New South Wales in the 1830s where he engaged in sheep farming. In 1839, anticipating the proclamation of …
… River. The town occupies a flat to gently undulating site, and to the east the land rises to the Mamaku Range. The … and Kinleith (18 miles south-east). Dairying, with some sheep raising, is the main farming activity of the district. There is a large dairy …
… In broad terms the West Coast consists of a narrow strip of land composed mainly of alluvium and glacial deposits brought … still being exploited; the remainder has been converted to farm land, but a considerable area is occupied by scrub and … as Harihari (population, 1961, 250), act as centres for the farming population which occupies some of the larger …
… of Saunders, Alfred appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Alfred Saunders was born on 12 … Canterbury Education Board. In Canterbury he owned a large sheep station and was responsible for introducing Leicestershire and Southdown sheep and, also, the large and small breeds of Berkshire …
… of the Waipawa River, a tributary of the Tukituki River, and on the south-eastern fringe of the Takapau (Ruataniwha) … north-east. The main rural activity of the district is sheep farming. Cattle raising is also important and there is some …