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Wellsford alpacas

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Wellsford alpacas

Two statues of alpacas stand on Wellsford’s main street, as part of an animal theme promoting the town. Elsewhere there are statues of a cow, three goats and three pigs. All these animals are farmed in the surrounding countryside.

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Margaret McClure, Auckland places – Kaipara Harbour and kauri towns, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16106/wellsford-alpacas (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 5 August 2016.