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Story: Beef farming

South Westland cattle drive, 1951

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The Nolan brothers had the Cascade cattle run south of Jacksons Bay in South Westland. This 1951 video shows them sorting out sale cattle, which were then driven to the saleyards at Whataroa, 270 kilometres north.

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Reference: Cattle trail. National Film Unit, 1951.

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Robert Peden, Beef farming – Beef finishing and dairy beef, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/17356/south-westland-cattle-drive-1951 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.