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… in pre-colonial times. The ancestral canoes Kurahaupō and Tākitimu landed on the peninsula. Māhia Peninsula people … in 1864 and thereafter the land was farmed. In the 2000s sheep and beef cattle remained important sources of business … 1880s most of the surrounding native bush was cleared for farming, except immediately around the springs, which became …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… main street is a popular place for travellers to stop and picnic. The strip was set aside as a rail reserve, but … was cleared it became a service centre for the dairying and sheep farming hinterland. The town was made a borough in 1892. The …
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Part of story: Wairarapa places
… Rural service town 20 kilometres south-west of Ōtorohanga and 80 kilometres north-west of Taumarunui, with a 2013 … growth was not underpinned by strong economic foundations – farming production was still small, soil fertility was … declined from the 1980s. Te Kūiti has branded itself as the sheep-shearing capital of New Zealand. During the town’s …
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Part of story: King Country places
… Mixed cropping In New Zealand arable crops are generally grown on mixed-cropping … grains, these farms may grow peas, corn, potatoes, beans and carrots, which will be sold to companies for freezing or … herbage seeds, and are then grazed by animals such as sheep, cattle or deer. Forage crops may also be grown, …
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Part of story: Arable farming
… Falling labour force In the 1920s around 30% of New Zealand’s workforce was employed in rural work. By 1951 this had … processing. Patterns of employment have also changed. In sheep farming and cropping there has been a shift from permanent …
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Part of story: Rural workers
… pioneers, political speeches harked back to pioneers, and there were many biographies and autobiographies which … Herbert Guthrie-Smith’s Tutira: the story of a New Zealand sheep station is a notable autobiographical volume from the … about pioneering, and he was fully aware of the impact of farming on the indigenous landscape. By documenting in …
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Part of story: Rural mythologies
… John Chapman Andrew was born on 9 March 1822 at Whitby, Yorkshire, … Charles Fendall, and a friend, Andrew searched for sheep country, at length finding unoccupied flats and sunny … a house was built of cob and tussock thatching. As well as farming, Andrew acted as minister to a parish 'as large as …
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… Farm and herd size In the early years of the 21st century dairying expanded onto irrigated farms on the Canterbury Plains and to … and eventually buy a farm. Some have gone on to buy sheep or beef farms. New Zealand dairy farms usually have …
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Part of story: Dairying and dairy products
… After New Zealand was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century, the … a thing of the past. Over the 20th century consumption of sheep, beef and poultry gradually declined – from 130 … making it the most popular meat. Other meat Since deer farming was legalised in 1970 farmed venison has entered the …
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Part of story: Food
… Traditionally in Europe, venison was reserved for feasts and important events. King Charles ll, the patron of the … success of these ventures sparked the development of deer farming. Venison in Germany In Germany, venison is strongly … deer could not be slaughtered in facilities that processed sheep and cattle, to help preserve the image of deer as game …
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Part of story: Deer and deer farming
… Kāpiti, a roughly rectangular island of 2,000 hectares, lies off Wellington’s western coast … to them. The new settlers stocked both the islands with sheep and cattle. New Zealand’s first exported wool came … station. This was abandoned after an outbreak of the sheep disease scrapie made it untenable. Island sanctuaries …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… After Te Kooti and his followers withdrew to Te Urewera, peace returned and … place between 1890 and 1910. Agricultural development Sheep were both shipped and driven into the district. Total … the Waimata valley. Dairying grew at the expense of sheep farming. The expansion of freezing works proved to have been …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… Landing places When people first set foot on New Zealand, … Commercial coaches took the same route. The first flock of sheep taken to Wairarapa from Wellington, in 1844, was … Bay. At Mukamuka, where rocks jut into the sea, the sheep were carried through the surf, one by one. For the …
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Part of story: Beach culture
… on 24 May 1887 at Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the son of Robert McIntyre, a labourer, and his … to the East Coast of the North Island, and worked on large sheep runs before becoming head shepherd on the Mokomoko … mustering for rural magazines. In addition to his farming, dog handling, and writing, McIntyre was deeply …
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… famous for its lighthouse, annual horse races on the beach, and 160-metre-high Castle Point rock. It is popular for … five years later by Thomas Guthrie, who established a sheep and cattle run. Until the early 20th century, … the surrounding land was converted to sheep and cattle farming. The main access was from the sea. Wool and meat …
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Part of story: Wairarapa places
… Waitangi, Te One and Port Hutt Waitangi has the main wharf, a hospital and … only three such sites in New Zealand. Edward Chudleigh ran sheep on the 13,000-hectare Wharekauri station from the … 2012, under the Maunganui bluff (178 m), on land they were farming to the west of Chudleigh’s station. The north-east …
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Part of story: Chatham Islands
… moving stock ‘on the hoof’ was the only means of land transport. Rivers, bush, tussock and scrub made the … of the 20th century much of the bush had been cleared for farming and roads were better, making the drover’s job … Frederick Wilson and his men spent nine days taking 4,000 sheep across the Rakaia River – getting just 300 across in …
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Part of story: Transport of animals
… Until the development of refrigeration in the 1880s, New Zealand’s isolation and limited range of goods restricted trade … for its dairy exports, at the expense of products such as sheep meat and wool. The result was special treatment for … 71% of the pre-1971 level by 1977. Although the export of sheep meat was important for the New Zealand economy, the …
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Part of story: Britain, Europe and New Zealand
… by the breaking up of large freehold estates between 1890 and 1914. The Liberal government acquired estates for farm … up by the government for allocation to returned servicemen. Farming in the 20th century Between the world wars, farm … lamb’ remained one of the region’s major products. Sheep on show Canterbury celebrates its anniversary not on …
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Part of story: Canterbury region
… Land confiscation The confiscation of Māori land following … on the economy The Māori contribution to New Zealand’s farming economy is significant. In 2003 it was estimated … total. In the early 2000s more than 15% of the country’s sheep and beef exports came from Māori farming interests, …
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Part of story: Ahuwhenua – Māori land and agriculture