Story: Goats and goat farming

More links and websites

• Dairy Goat Co-operative

  The Dairy Goat Co-operative is a farmer-owned co-operative. Their site includes history and information on farming dairy goats in New Zealand.

• New Zealand Dairy Goat Breeders Association

  Information about breeding dairy goats in New Zealand.

• Rare and minority livestock breeds in New Zealand

  This site has information on a number of rare goat breeds, including Arapawa and sable goats.

More suggestions and sources

• Batten, Garrick. Goat cashmere: producing the finest fibre from New Zealand goats. Invercargill: New Zealand Cashmere Association, 2003.
• Batten, Garrick. Simply goats: making more money from your farm with meat goats. Wellington: Meat NZ Goat Council, 2000.
• Donne, T. E. The game animals of New Zealand: an account of their introduction, acclimatization, and development. Christchurch, Kiwi, 2000 (originally published 1924).
• Thomson, G. M. The naturalisation of plants and animals in New Zealand. London: Cambridge University Press, 1922.
• Yerex, David. Goat farming in New Zealand. Wellington: GP Publications, 1991.