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… of a wider movement that spread across the central North Island. Whanganui, at the junction of the river and coastal routes, became a military base once again. … valley) began in 1867 with the establishment of a sheep run on land leased from Māori, which was reached from …
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Part of story: Whanganui region
… Biotechnology applies science and technology to living things to solve problems and make … resources. The country’s traditional emphasis on livestock farming, and the early necessity for self-reliance and innovation, made the country a world leader in raising sheep, cattle and, more recently, deer. This expertise has …
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Part of story: Knowledge-based industries
… Foster Rogers Kells was born at East Tamaki, New Zealand, on 15 April 1861, the fifth child of Eliza Forbes and her husband, George Kells. Eliza was the daughter of … However, disastrous falls in prices for bullocks and sheep, and stock losses (later found to be due to trace …
Type: Biography
… As exploration reached inland and settlements were created, the new localities were often … and John Martin Mackenzie Country, recalling the alleged sheep stealer James Mackenzie who took flocks into that area …
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Part of story: Place names
… rights to the available water, how to manage those rights, and how to protect the environment. Regional councils The … for viticulture, horticulture, dairying, beef and sheep farming, and cropping. There is approximately 500,000 …
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Part of story: Water resources
… on 24 May 1822, the seventh of nine children of Alexander McLean and his wife, Mary McLean, of Lagmhor on the Inner Hebridean … its excellent cropping and stock. The flock rose to 69,000 sheep in 1895, and at one time up to 40 four-horse teams …
Type: Biography
… Conditions in Ireland In the 19th century Ireland’s rural people were landless … by inheritance the transfer of land used for crops into sheep and cattle farming (which reduced work opportunities) industrialisation …
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Part of story: Irish
… of the Dominion Federation of Farmer Veterinary Services and the Veterinary Services Committee. The VSC encouraged … that human babies were born head-first – unlike cows and sheep, whose forelegs came first. Overall he preferred cows, … voluntary membership clubs in dairying or meat and wool farming areas, with voluntary membership and no …
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Part of story: Veterinary services
… (Bartolo) Russo was born probably in 1866 or 1867 on the island of Stromboli, Italy, the eldest son of eight children of … come to Eastbourne. Bartolo's main interest, however, was farming. In 1898 he purchased Waitai, 5,063 acres of land at … with two cousins and a friend, his belongings, food and 300 sheep; he was to live there for the next 21 years. At …
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… was named by British explorer James Cook in 1769. Its long sandy beaches are broken by Tauranga and Ōhiwa harbours and … The flat plateaus of the volcanic region look ideal for sheep farming. But early farmers found that stock died from a …
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Part of story: Landscapes – overview
… The Labour government elected in 1984 restructured public and social services. The Education Act 1989 decentralised … by creating larger central schools. Also, a downturn in farming caused people to leave rural communities. Impact on … came aboard. He let a goat on, but drew the line at a pet sheep. Technology Computers have greatly benefited country …
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Part of story: Country schooling
… Looking beyond New Zealand The earliest settlers imagined the prosperous farms and … Both Māori and Pākehā have a place in the story of this sheep station, but it is shared with sparrows, rabbits, weeds and Merino sheep (‘the most miserably home-sick beast on earth’) 4 as …
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Part of story: Non-fiction
… Changes in land holding In 1870 the central government took major … and bought large areas from Māori for small-scale settler farming. In the North Island, private settler landholdings … runs of up to 5,000 acres (2,023 hectares) for smaller sheep farmers. Rent was only 2.5% of the value and, since …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… was born on 11 February 1895 at Balclutha, the seventh and youngest child of Thomas Noble Mackenzie , an MP and … loading ships in Wellington with other members of the farming community. He was then employed on a hill country sheep farm. At the outbreak of the First World War he …
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… people, especially evangelical Christians such as Quakers and Methodists, began to advocate kindness to animals as a … first major law to prevent cruelty to horses, cattle and sheep was passed in England in 1822, followed by another in … cabs and trams in the 19th and early 20th centuries cruel farming practices relating to transport, veterinary …
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Part of story: Animal welfare and rights
… Conservation parks Like national parks, New Zealand’s conservation parks are generally large areas … hectares). Most are forest parks. They include the Ruahine and Remutaka forest parks in the North Island’s central … and Lammermoor ranges. Parts of large high-country sheep runs leased to farmers by the Crown were seen to have …
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Part of story: Protected areas
… Southland floods, 1984 In late January 1984, devastating floods … lost, but livestock losses were heavy – more than 12,000 sheep, 330 pigs, 100 cattle and 75 deer were drowned. A … to have cost $90 million in losses to horticulture and farming, and the cost to the taxpayer was around $112 …
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Part of story: Floods
… is a bird of the open country. It is often seen soaring and looking for prey, or eating dead rabbits or possums on … After Europeans arrived in New Zealand and cleared land for farming, the birds’ numbers increased. They catch small … of a thousand’ were killed each year on one Canterbury sheep run – yet they remained abundant. The harrier has been …
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Part of story: Birds of prey
… Wairoa Only town and major rural service centre in northern Hawke’s Bay, 93 km south-west of Gisborne and 119 km north-east of Napier, with a 2013 population of … was established in 1844. Early European squatters ran sheep and traded flax. The town site (then called Clyde) was …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… on 18 November 1876, the only son of Isabella Anne Lillie and her husband, Richard Bethell, a lawyer and sheepfarmer of Burnham, Canterbury. In 1877 Richard Bethell … up Pāhau Pastures. He was to prove a skilled farmer – his sheep frequently commanded top prices – and a great planter …
Type: Biography