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Kōrero: Southland region

Sheep eating swedes

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Sheep eating swedes

The versatile swede, popular with Southlanders, is also an important fodder crop for Southland flocks, such as these sheep at Ōpio, near Nightcaps.

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Southland Times

Reference: 126917

by Dianne Manson

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David Grant, Southland region – Climate, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20094/sheep-eating-swedes (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.