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The Corriedale sheep

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Listen to the memories of James Little, the South Island sheep farmer who first bred the Corriedale sheep to suit New Zealand conditions. Corriedales were later farmed in large numbers overseas.

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Mark Derby, Inventions, patents and trademarks – Farming inventions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/25396/the-corriedale-sheep (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 11 May 2010, updated 1 February 2015.