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Dogs were essential for early settlers, helping them to control sheep on unfenced tussocklands. Packs of dogs – often cross-breeds of kurī (Polynesian dogs) and European dogs – also ran wild in the bush, killing many ground birds. This dog was the faithful and probably long-suffering companion of these surveyors in 1847.
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