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… periods, when the sea level was lower, most nearshore islands were connected to the mainland. When the sea rose to … near Auckland have similar histories. Once cleared for farming, they now have no animal pests, and native forest … In the 1970s the government decided to kill wild goats and sheep on Arapawa Island, in the Marlborough Sounds. …
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Part of story: Nearshore islands
… was born at Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, probably on 2 September 1829, the daughter of Elizabeth Caven and her husband, John Carmont. She was raised largely in the … and Poroutawhao, on which he ran cattle and some 2,000 sheep. The land was leased from Muaupoko and several hapu of …
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… conservation area lies along the western flank of the range and is used by deer and pig hunters. Black Gully and Whisky Gully have bush … out in 1868. By the 1920s, forest had largely given way to sheep farms. Nearly all of these have converted to dairying … West Otago and Teviot Valley …
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Part of story: Otago places
… was the first of five children of John Bentham Morris and his wife, Annie Isabella Gallagher. She was born at Gisborne on 31 March 1905. Her father was a sheepfarmer at Kaiaua Bay, seven miles north of Tolaga Bay, … of public works. Charles was managing Matahiia, the family sheep and cattle station south-west of Ruatoria. Phyllis …
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… In 1870 New Zealand’s agent-general in London, Isaac Featherston, toured Norway, Sweden and Denmark recruiting settlers for the colony. Prospective … flightless birds, prodigious grasses and the prowess of its sheep-shearers, his mother gravely informed him that his …
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Part of story: Scandinavians
… years ago. They lived mainly beside the productive wetlands near the coast, and around Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) and Wairewa (Lake … mountains were explored by men trying to find ways to bring sheep from Nelson and Marlborough into Canterbury. Routes … Discovery and settlement …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… transport was vital in early colonial times when roads and bridges were poor or non-existent. In 1859, for example, … it took almost a day to get from central Dunedin to nearby Anderson’s Bay by horse – a trip that now takes just minutes … to carry 1,035 passengers and 100 tonnes of cargo (1,500 sheep, 200 bales of wool or 70 cattle). Lake ferry services …
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Part of story: Ferries
… Te Aitū-o-te-rangi, the daughter of Te Whatahoronui and his first wife, Aromea, was born about 1820. She … to Ngāti Moe at Papawai, in Wairarapa, a hapū of Rangitāne and of Ngāti Kahungunu in Wairarapa. Her parents and her … Palliser Bay. In 1845, after the first European sheep stations were established in Wairarapa, John and Te …
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… arrived, Wairarapa was largely covered in conifer–broadleaf and beech forest. By the time Europeans came, burnoff by … Tararua Range and the north were still heavily forested. As farming began, most of the lowlands and eastern uplands were … there. Lowlands These are now mostly farmland, dominated by sheep and cattle. Important habitats exist around Lake …
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Part of story: Wairarapa region
… was originally covered by tall podocarp forests. Kahikatea and mataī trees flourished in fertile, damp sites, while … In the mountains, fires were lit to provide better feed for sheep. This promoted the spread of short rather than tall … the foothills and on Banks Peninsula. Grasslands and arable farming prevail on the plains. Human impact on animals With …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… William Richmond was born at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland, on 8 August 1869, the son of Thomas Orr Richmond, a farmer, and his wife, Catherine (Kate) Stewart. William left school … his meat operations and asked Richmond to purchase 300,000 sheep in one season. Nelson offered him £3,000 if he …
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… William Robinson was born near Warrington, Lancashire, England, on 4 May 1814 according to family information. He was the eldest son of Thomas Robinson, a tenant farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth Lyons. Robinson emigrated to South … the building supervisor and household manager. The peak sheep return for Cheviot Hills was 105,000 in 1886. In 1884 …
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… built vessels traded between Murderers’ Bay (Golden Bay) and the fledgling town of Nelson. Along Tasman Bay families … squatted, eking out an existence logging, building boats or farming the more fertile flats. Boats were built in bays … larger vessels. Large, refrigerated ships took on frozen sheep meat and chilled apples for England. Plans for further …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… Although different in their physical environment, climate and scale, New Zealand and Australia are closely integrated … – some ex-convicts, some squatters bringing skills in sheep farming, and in the 1860s many gold miners, who moved from …
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Part of story: Australia and New Zealand
… Horse jumping and competitive games at shows were increasingly performed … like fighting kangaroos or the Queensland ‘shoat’ (half sheep, half goat). In 1897 Manawatū introduced a … to shows. At first the promoters were largely the local farming élite – but as early as 1888 in Gore there were …
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Part of story: Shows and field days
… Selina Sutherland (whose name at baptism was Sutherland Sutherland) was … with Margaret and her husband, Robert Grant, on their sheep station, Bannockburn. Selina Sutherland had studied … weather over rough tracks and difficult roads. She advised sheepstation owners to improve the often overcrowded and …
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… The Port Hills Hills between Christchurch and Lyttelton Harbour. They are the eroded remnants of the … the Kiwi. Large areas of the hills are publicly owned, but sheep farming continues. The epicentre of the February 2011 …
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Part of story: Canterbury places
… name is unknown. He spent his early years in sealing and whaling ships, probably visiting the coast of New Zealand, until he became a waterman, ferrying people across Port … a dozen families from Sydney, to grow crops and to care for sheep, cattle and horses, which he exported from New South …
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… of Scottish immigrants Donald Gunn Polson, a farmer, and his wife, Janet Campbell Gillies. He grew up on his … to W. F. Massey 's Reform Party. In 1906 Polson returned to farming at Mangamāhū. On 15 February 1910 at Melbourne, … other farmers' organisations. One of these, the New Zealand Sheepowners' and Farmers' Federation, was critical of …
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… James Busby was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 7 February 1802, the second son of Sarah Kennedy and … have been his work. While British Resident, Busby had begun farming and trading. By 1838 he had imported several hundred sheep and two bullocks, and was developing a vineyard, …
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