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… councils, set up in 1853, had the right to control land policy and, more importantly, to spend revenue from land … in northern Wairarapa. However, Wellington also gave sheep and dairy farmers the right to buy land in blocks of … to make improvements worth £2 to secure the title. Small farming became established close to Christchurch and …
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Part of story: Land ownership
… Certification, standards and regulation In 2008 there were four private … BioGro, Organic Farm New Zealand and the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association. Converting from … a long-established BioGro-certified block on its Ballantrae sheep farm, which is used for comparison with conventionally …
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Part of story: Organic farming
… the 1870s, Premier Julius Vogel’s assisted immigration and public works scheme recruited workers from northern … settlers moved to Christchurch. Those who stayed turned to sheep farming. Jackson Bay In 1874 the government started …
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Part of story: Germans
… Land grants Like promoters of immigration, colonial … was that the colony’s economic and social future was in farming. By comparison, education was not given such … Large Increase of Representation to Land, to Cattle and to Sheep’ 1 It was suggested there were practical reasons for …
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Part of story: Rural mythologies
… John Morris Ranstead was born at East Ham, Essex, England, on 1 July 1884, the first child of William Ranstead, a … people from England. They intended to form a co-operative farming settlement, but this enterprise failed and William … for developments in agricultural research, especially in sheep and cattle breeding. He backed Dry’s research on the …
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… near Taupō, in 1969. By 1979 there were 800 deer farms, and the interest was so great that there were 1,540 a year … an early advocate for crossing red deer with wapiti. Deer farming worldwide Numbers of farmed deer worldwide are … compared with 5.1 million dairy cows, almost 40 million sheep and 2.8 million beef cattle. Deer farming in New …
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Part of story: Deer and deer farming
… South Auckland and Waikato Topography and climate The gently undulating … ash soils, and respond to lime. Most pastures are used for sheep and beef farming. Shallow hill soils may need phosphorus fertiliser … South Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty …
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Part of story: Soils and regional land use
… on Kirkan farm, in the parish of Contin, Ross-shire, Scotland, on 23 September 1843, the son of Ann Tait and her … for his run in South Canterbury. Observing a fine-looking sheep-dog with the Grant brothers, and assuming that only … to goldminers, but he was soon handling large numbers of sheep as well. During the 1870s William made Temuka his …
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… Edward Newman was born in Partick, Glasgow, Scotland, on 4 July 1858, the son of a Royal Navy surgeon of the … came to New Zealand about 1875, and worked as a cadet on sheep stations in Hawke's Bay and at Katikati. In 1882 he … on which he served until 1905. A prominent figure in local farming circles, he was chairman of the Marton branch of the …
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… Changing the landscape Farming has been the most significant human influence on the … of anthelmintic drenches for internal parasite control in sheep and cattle has declined dramatically. Alternatives … A modified landscape …
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Part of story: Farming and the environment
… Whānau and hapū Tribally based economies were increasingly … for someone else, which in many cases paid better than farming for themselves. From the 1880s Māori became … Farming By the 1900s a number of Māori were involved in sheep farming on the East Coast, Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa. …
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Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… The first flocks The first sheep arrived in Marlborough in November 1846, when John Cooper and Nathaniel Morse drove a flock from Nelson to the upper … and Lynton Downs estates were acquired by the government. Farming in the 20th century In the 20th century large …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… to family tradition, Tame Horomona Rehe, subsequently and better known as Tommy Solomon, was born at Waikaripi on … at Whareama, where Tommy served his apprenticeship as a sheep farmer. As the number of Moriori of unmixed descent … had cleared and developed the block as a highly successful sheep run and built a sizeable homestead. In 1915 both …
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… junction of State Highway 6, which runs north to Queenstown and south to Invercargill via Josephville hill, and State … passing through Athol and Garston and their surrounding sheep stations. Here the plains give way to rugged country – … A rail line operated from 1909 to 1959. Sheep and cattle farming are important today, with large runs in the …
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Part of story: Southland places
… early days of European settlement, rural-dwelling New Zealanders developed a distinctive vocabulary. They created new … times, new words Vocabulary evolves to reflect changes in farming, and a farmer of 1900 would puzzle to understand the … diseases economics, sales and marketing the dominance of sheep farming new methods and materials, and new animal and …
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Part of story: Rural language
… Cromwell 34 km north-west of Alexandra, with a 2013 population of 4,143, Cromwell is at the … the two world wars, growing slowly to around 1,000 by 1966. Sheep farming and fruit-growing, the latter made possible by …
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Part of story: Otago places
… The government ‘opened’ land for farming settlements from the early 1890s. Much of this land … types Pastoral farming was the main form of agriculture. Sheep predominated, followed by dairy cows and beef cattle. … Farming, forestry and mining …
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Part of story: King Country region
… How land is used commercially depends on its topography, soil … growing crops, feeding young stock for sale, and most dairy farming. Most flat land in New Zealand is in the South … Otago. Rolling and moderately steep slopes are used for sheep, beef and deer farming, and forestry. Most forestry is …
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Part of story: Soils and regional land use
… of Tisbury, Waimatua, Timpanys, Mokotua, Kāpuka, Ashers and Gorge Road are on the road east from Invercargill. … is south of it. The first European settlers established sheep and dairy farms in these districts. Flax milling began … largest in the country. Makarewa (15 km north) was an early farming settlement. The Invercargill–Makarewa railway, …
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Part of story: Southland places
… European settlement advanced into the Whanganui hinterland on the back of purchases of Māori land, road and railway … inland valleys. Thoroughbred horses and pedigree cattle and sheep were bred in the district, and dairy factories were … were serviced via this route. The steamer service also made farming along the Whanganui River practicable, and the …
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Part of story: Whanganui region