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Border collie statue

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Border collie statue

This statue was erected at Lake Tekapo to mark the invaluable role that farm dogs had in the development and management of high-country runs in the South Island. The same could be said for all of New Zealand.

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Clive Dalton, Farm dogs – Heading dogs, huntaways and all-purpose dogs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15317/border-collie-statue (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Clive Dalton, published 1 March 2009.