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… Pastoral farming has dominated the economy since the 1840s. It still … for 20% of the Wairarapa workforce in the 2010s. Boom and bust Reliance on farming has been a mixed blessing. … of farmland and build a new house. Some might run a few sheep or goats and keep working part-time. Others start up …
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Part of story: Wairarapa region
… populated hill country extends from Cook Strait to Mana Island, 30 kilometres to the north. This rugged area has been … southern section. Further north, in Ōhariu Valley, smaller sheep farms and lifestyle blocks are common. Seeking gold and pāua Farming in the 19th century was hard work. More enticing was …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… By world standards New Zealand has high-quality water available for … the low population and the low level of contaminants from farming and urban development. How we use water People have … increases in dairy, cattle and deer numbers (but decreased sheep numbers), fertiliser use, animal stocking rates, …
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Part of story: Water quality
… Radio broadcasts began in New Zealand in the early 1920s. At first radio was seen as a fad, … but it was soon a necessity. It helped reduce isolation for farming people, and broke down barriers between rural and … in 1929, there was an afternoon forecast for farmers during sheep-shearing season. Early farming programmes Farming …
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Part of story: Rural media
… in the parish of Abbey St Bathans in Berwickshire, Scotland, the seventh and youngest child of John Cockburn and his … set out by bullock cart for Cromwell where George was farming. After a year there the family moved to the village … Cockburn became governess to three children on a remote sheep station. She inexpertly taught them reading, writing …
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… Trophy hunting New Zealand’s high-quality game animals and spectacular scenery make … Deerskin products Deerskin makes excellent leather. Unlike sheep or cattle hide, deerskin can be machined as thin as … garments. New Zealand’s deerskin industry developed as deer farming expanded. The most important markets for deerskin …
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Part of story: Deer and deer farming
… Part of a province Stewart Island/Rakiura became part of the province of Southland in 1863 … that this was impeding the progress of the island. Farming Sheep were farmed on the island from the 1880s, and … History and society since the 1850s …
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Part of story: Stewart Island/Rakiura
… in many people’s lives. They provide company, exercise and fun. Studies have shown that owning a pet lowers heart … countries, cats and dogs are cosseted by humans, whereas sheep and cattle are farmed and killed for food. In … kept as pets by some people. Some farmed animals such as sheep, cows and pigs may start off or live their entire …
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Part of story: Pets
… was born at Wester Eggie farm in the parish of Cortachy and Clova, Forfarshire, Scotland, on 9 July 1838, the daughter of Helen McAndrew and her … was too damp. With the help of her children she kept cows, sheep and later pigs, and planted an orchard. To fence the …
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… Early surveys The first major survey of the extent and severity of erosion in the South Island high country was … between farmers and regulatory bodies about the impact of farming methods on soil erosion. A royal commission on sheep farming, which finally reported in 1949, saw farmers …
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Part of story: Soil erosion and conservation
… John Andrew was born at Mosgiel, Otago, on 19 August 1896, one of … such as lucerne, in unlikely areas. He also cross-bred sheep, improved pasture, planted trees, and trained and bred … Andrew was made a CBE and in 1963 a KBE for his services to farming. He was a member of the Royal Commission upon …
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… The first recorded wage dispute in New Zealand was in the Bay of Islands in 1821. Māori timber-workers … went on strike because they said rainy weather made the sheep too wet to shear. They accused the station manager of … to disguise the situation by ‘shandy-gaffing’ (mixing wet sheep with dry ones). The strikers then guarded the roads …
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Part of story: Strikes and labour disputes
… William Edward Ivey was born in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), on 26 August 1838, the son of William Edward … unsustainable; it would have to be succeeded by scientific farming, involving the application of training, observation … tree and crop varieties, especially wheat, and cross-bred sheep. He saw the potential of irrigation and devised a …
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… or sources which contribute the most new words to New Zealand English, in addition to te reo Māori, are politics, sport, crime, farming and the environment. Nek minnit In 2011 a short clip … lambs), hoof and tooth (pasture management) and the Cormo (sheep), Carpetmaster (sheep) and Kiko (goat). Only in New …
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Part of story: English language in New Zealand
… 1862 at Birch Hill station in North Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the son of Theophilus Samuel Mannering, a sheep farmer, and his wife, Annie Buckham, who ran a girls' … school to work on the family farm at the age of 15, but farming did not suit him: he objected to the dirty work and …
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… European settlers were eager to take up land in Poverty Bay and along the coast, and bought and … back-country land. From the 1880s Ngāti Porou engaged in sheep farming on their own account. Relatively few Pākehā families … Māori and Pākehā, 1870 to 1940 …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… Coastal settlement south of Cape Kidnappers. Waimārama and the surrounding district had a 2013 population of 1,083. … permanently, rather than just holiday. The hills inland run sheep and beef cattle, and are dotted with exotic pine … holiday spots, though both have permanent residents. Inland farming settlements include Ōmakere and Elsthorpe. …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… the son of William Stewart, a Scottish-born confectioner, and his Irish wife, Ellen O'Sullivan. He left High Street … George joined White and Company, local exporters of wool, sheep skins, rabbit skins and carcasses; four years later he … K. Mooney and Company's stores to establish the New Zealand Sheep-skin Control. With R. C. Burgess as controller and …
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… Television was introduced in New Zealand in 1960, with stations based in Auckland, Wellington, … and Dunedin. Like other media, television provided the farming sector with information and entertainment. It also … a Scottish dish made from oats and meat, cooked in a sheep or calf’s stomach). Country calendar The first rural …
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Part of story: Rural media
… Kimbolton and environs Kimbolton is the largest centre in the former … is called Ram Alley because of the number of pedigree sheep raised there. In earlier times the district was … days the districts have generally thrived on pastoral farming. But from the 1980s the relatively small population …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places