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Kōrero: Beef farming

South Westland cattle drive, 1951

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The Nolan brothers had the Cascade cattle run south of Jacksons Bay in South Westland. This 1951 video shows them sorting out sale cattle, which were then driven to the saleyards at Whataroa, 270 kilometres north.

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Reference: Cattle trail. National Film Unit, 1951.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Beef farming – Beef finishing and dairy beef, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/17356/south-westland-cattle-drive-1951 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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