New Zealand Sheep Farming

A flock of sheep in one of the pleasant green meadows surrounding the seaside lodge where we stopped for high tea. The sheep farm owner said the lovely green meadows we saw would have been brown hills with scrub growth only, if he did not water them occasionally.

New Zealand

February 24th 2006
After several days at sea our ship docked at Wellington in New Zealand, in the Land Down Under. When the Polynesian Maoris from the South Pacific discovered New Zealand they called it “Antearoa,” or the Land of the Long White Cloud. The name may have come from the heavy clouds that gathered around mountain peaks and spread for many miles along the horizon. This was one of the signs the Maor ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

13th November 2010

STEPHEN MC MORROW
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SHEEP
WHAT BREEDS OF SHEEP ARE IN NEW ZEALAND.WHAT PRICE ARE LAMBS MAKING.IS THERE ANY SALE FOR WOOL.IS IT A GRASS BASED SYSTEM.I AM 13 I LIVE IN THE NORTH WEST OF IRELAND BRANCHFIELD BALLYMOTE CO.SLIGO

27th February 2012

Joanna B. Fischer
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Please, help me.
Can you write me any contacts to horses,Sheep or cows farms in New Zealand? Thank´s from your answers, Bye, Joanna

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