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Kōrero: Beef farming

Belted Galloway

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Belted Galloway

The first belted Galloway cattle arrived in New Zealand in 1947, imported by a Wairarapa breeder. This hardy breed from south-west Scotland, with a distinctive white belt around its middle, can thrive in rough, cold hill country. Galloways are smaller than Angus and Hereford cattle and have no superior attributes, so their numbers have stayed low.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)

Reference: PICT-000072

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

Robert Peden, Beef farming – Main beef cattle breeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17333/belted-galloway (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.