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Story: Shelter on farms

Snow in spring

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Snow in spring

Spring is traditionally a windy season. In the South Island it can also produce snow storms – like this one in November 2006 – which are particularly hard on newborn lambs. Shelter can help reduce wind chill.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 9 November 2006, p. 3

by Diane Brown

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Allan Gillingham, Shelter on farms – The need for shelter, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15584/snow-in-spring (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.