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Kōrero: Poultry industry

Pheasant

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Pheasant

Introduced in the mid-19th century, pheasants flourished in the wild. With their bright plumage and tasty meat they soon became one of New Zealand’s most popular game birds. They are reared on game farms, mainly in the North Island.

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Fish and Game New Zealand

by Grahame Hopcraft

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Vanessa Wintle rāua ko Stacey Lepper, Poultry industry – Poultry meat farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17294/pheasant (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Vanessa Wintle rāua ko Stacey Lepper, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.