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Kōrero: West Coast region

The annual cattle muster

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The annual cattle muster

For many years the isolation of South Westland meant that the most profitable type of farming was to graze cattle on the river flats. Once a year the cattle were mustered and driven northwards to market, as shown in this tourist poster.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1930s-01

by Marcus King

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan, West Coast region – Soils and agriculture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/21141/the-annual-cattle-muster (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.