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Kōrero: Farm dogs

Roadside Stories: Huntaway in Hunterville

The bond between farmers and their faithful working dogs is celebrated in Hunterville by a statue of a huntaway farm dog. Strong and versatile, with a loud, deep bark, huntaways are New Zealand’s most common farm dog, and are invaluable on sheep farms.

Listen to a Roadside Story about Hunterville and huntaways. Roadside Stories is a series of audio guides to places around New Zealand.

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Clive Dalton, Farm dogs – Heading dogs, huntaways and all-purpose dogs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/35315/roadside-stories-huntaway-in-hunterville (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Clive Dalton, i tāngia i te 10 January 2012.