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Stock sale

Stock sale

Lambs are crowded into pens during a stock sale at the Masterton saleyards in 2002. Despite the recent rise of dairying, sheep farming remains the backbone of the region’s pastoral economy.

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Wairarapa Times-Age
Photograph by Sandy Parkinson

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Ben Schrader. 'Wairarapa region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
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