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Kōrero: Deer and deer farming

Farmed deer numbers, 1979–2006

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Farmed deer numbers

The number of farmed deer climbed rapidly from near zero in 1979 to about 1.15 million in 1991. It then plateaued, before increasing sharply between 1996 and 1999. Deer numbers peaked in 2004 before beginning to decline.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1979–2005.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ken Drew, Deer and deer farming – Deer management, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/15811/farmed-deer-numbers-1979-2006 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ken Drew, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.