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… his mother, Matahera Te Hira of Te Urewera hapū, was a grand-daughter of Te Whenuanui I , the Tūhoe chief who with … to Kanihi on the north side of the Whakatane River to farm sheep. This land was in the bush and could only be reached … They lived at Te Weraiti, Ruatāhuna, making a living by farming cattle. While living in the bush Hikawera had not …
Type: Biography
… have been used to control or prevent erosion on New Zealand’s farmland. Some were adopted from other countries such … animal pests is important in reducing erosion caused by farming. An example is Molesworth Station in Marlborough, once a sheep station ravaged by rabbits. Sheep were replaced by …
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Part of story: Soil erosion and conservation
… Born at Auckland on 2 June 1915, James Carl Newhook was the eldest of … College in 1935. These were depressed times for farming and his interest turned to veterinary science. An … study of swallowing in lambs and of stomach movements in sheep, and he was admired for the skill with which he used …
Type: Biography
… railway in 1880. Wellington capitalists took over and largely financed the line, which operated from 1886. … Horowhenua block was quickly sold. From flax and timber to sheep and cattle Some of the new settlers and itinerants … and an uncertain future for flax, intensive pastoral farming provided welcome new opportunities. There were two …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… Ōtautau began as a wagon stop on the route between Riverton and Wakatipu. It was the administrative hub of Wallace … farms. The saleyards once handled tens of thousands of sheep annually, but were closed in the 1990s. Nightcaps 2013 … Forest to the west. Two sawmills still operate, but sheep, deer, dairying and potato-growing are more important. …
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Part of story: Southland places
… Early clashes In the 1840s there were clashes between Māori and Pākehā. In Marlborough’s Wairau Valley in 1843, a dispute over land led to bloodshed. The war in the north (1845–46) began … Island forged ahead on the proceeds from wool and gold . Sheep were turned loose on South Island grasslands . After …
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Part of story: History
… James Armour Johnstone was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 25 June 1859, the son of a Congregational minister, … of a developing demand in South America for Corriedale sheep, a breed pioneered in New Zealand, Johnstone in 1920 … months later, on 20 August. To further the development of farming in New Zealand, James Johnstone had instituted a …
Type: Biography
… John James Meikle was born in Linlithgow, Scotland, probably in 1844 or 1845, the son of John Meikle, a … acres at Tuturau, in eastern Southland, on which he ran 800 sheep and a few cattle and did some cropping. Adjacent to … in 1887 the association became concerned about losses of sheep, apparently through theft, and instructed its manager …
Type: Biography
… imported in the 1860s to power stationary threshing mills and winnowing machines (which were combined into one machine … Zealand, including stationary and traction engines used for farming work. In 1888 steam-powered shearing machines … the Second World War, engine-powered ‘spray-dipping’ of sheep to kill external parasites gained widespread …
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Part of story: Farm mechanisation
… promised a quick, cost-effective way of transporting people and goods. They could carry large quantities of produce, and … The first railway lines connected Christchurch with its farming hinterland. By 1880 they had spread throughout … Land that was once suitable only for large stock or sheep runs could be divided into smaller holdings for …
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Part of story: Rural services
… The landscape in 1840 In 1840, when European colonisation began, forests covered the interior, and there were dunes, grassland and swamp on the coast. The … the ground cover was replaced with pasture grasses for sheep and cattle to graze on. The dunes expanded but are now …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… Mataura). Gore (65 km north-east of Invercargill) is Southland’s second largest town. It lies on the banks of the … Knapdale, Mandeville, McNab and Pukerau – now identify farming districts. A family marae, Ō te Ika Rama, is located … New Zealand’s first dairy factory was built here, after the sheep-station manager Thomas Brydone suggested in 1881 that …
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Part of story: Southland places
… Reading newspapers and journals is the traditional way for farmers to keep up … included regional, national and international news about farming. Some, especially weekly papers such as the Otago … on a particular type of farming, such as dairy, beef or sheep. One of the longest-lasting was the Dairy Exporter , …
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Part of story: Rural media
… 20th century there was a widespread assumption in New Zealand farming circles that agriculture and native plants do not … to see one or more cabbage trees standing in a paddock of sheep or cattle. In the 1980s many rural cabbage trees began …
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Part of story: Trees in the rural landscape
… was born on 4 October 1849 at Morriston, Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander McCaw, a farmer, and his wife, … in South Otago and, after gaining experience of New Zealand farming, was made overseer of ploughmen. From 1877 to 1880 … McCaw stocked the properties with English Leicester sheep, pure-bred Hereford and shorthorn cattle, and …
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… by urban wage-earners, people living in provincial towns and, above all, small farmers (or those who aspired to be). John McKenzie became minister of lands, and promoted farming for export rather than to supplement wage-earners’ … acres) increased considerably. One exception was leasehold sheep runs, which increased in average size from 9,219 to …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… numerous coastal settlements with intensive cultivations and heavily populated pā and settlements. However, early … agriculture. Bush felling cleared the way for cattle and sheep stations, and small dairy farms. Dairying became well … visitors. During the 1980s dairying and other small-scale farming operations became uneconomic. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui …
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Part of story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
… Geoffrey Sylvester Peren was born at Streatham, Surrey, England, on 30 November 1892, the son of Ethel Mary Fleming and her husband, Robert Henry Peren. His father came from a farming background but after attending the University of … in the development of the Cheviot–Romney cross-breed of sheep, ultimately called the Perendale, which was …
Type: Biography
… resources such as seals , whales , native timber , gold , and kauri gum . Major gold rushes in Otago , the West Coast … also developed in the 1850s and 1860s, with large sheep runs mainly on the east coasts of both islands. As the … economic destiny seemed to lie in large-scale sheep farming , and the export of wool , tallow and perhaps canned …
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Part of story: Economy
… distinct aims: to prevent rabbits spreading into new areas, and to contain them for better control. The first major … Bay from northern Wairarapa. It was put up between 1882 and 1885, but failed to halt the spread. Fenced off Rabbits … prevent re-infestation. By 1886 they had increased their sheep flock from 7,000 to 18,000 – the number carried before …
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Part of story: Rabbits