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Hill-country farm

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Hill-country farm

Not all Waikato farms are dairy units. On hill country, sheep and cattle farming predominate. Brett and Narelle Pollock raise beef cattle and sheep on this farm at Tauwhare, north of Cambridge. Here, working dogs herd sheep against a backdrop of Waikato hills.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – Farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27119/hill-country-farm (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.