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Hump-and-hollow pasture

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Hump-and-hollow pasture

Before sowing with pasture, the land may be contoured into a giant corrugated-iron pattern. This allows water to quickly drain away and prevents ‘pugging’ (heavy trampling of the soil and pasture) by grazing livestock. This hump-and-hollow pasture is at Tetaho, South Westland.

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by Allan Gillingham

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Allan Gillingham, Soils and regional land use – Northern and western South Island, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17108/hump-and-hollow-pasture (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.