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Kōrero: Inventions, patents and trademarks

The Corriedale sheep

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Listen to the memories of James Little, the South Island sheep farmer who first bred the Corriedale sheep to suit New Zealand conditions. Corriedales were later farmed in large numbers overseas.

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Reference: 32752

Image: Alexander Turnbull Library, PAColl-6001-47

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Mark Derby, Inventions, patents and trademarks – Farming inventions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/25396/the-corriedale-sheep (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 11 May 2010, updated 1 February 2015.