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Story: Deer and deer farming

Deer – the menace

Deer, together with chamois and tahr, thrived and multiplied rapidly in New Zealand’s predator-free alpine and forest environments. This 1959 video shows bands of deer in the high country of the Southern Alps.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga
Reference: Mountain lands in jeopardy. National Film Unit, 1959

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Ken Drew. 'Deer and deer farming', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/deer-and-deer-farming/1/3