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In the late 1880s, McLean leased the farm to Orbell again. Ownership passed in 1892 to the farmer Alexander Bannatyne, whose family owned the farm until 1961. After brief ownership by two individuals, the farm was purchased by Monty Ericson in 1965. The Ericson family gave the Matanaka Farm buildings to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust in ...
Before European settlers arrived in New Zealand, the Madills Farm area was known by Māori as Waipara ra which meant duck water. [1] [2]In 1919 a Mr William Madill, a local farmer, was granted a 21-year lease of a 119 acre block estate at £246 per annum, that would include what is now known as Madills Farm Reserve.
Pages in category "Farms in New Zealand" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Landcorp Farming Limited ("Landcorp") is a state-owned enterprise of the New Zealand government.Its brand name is Pāmu, the Māori language word for 'to farm'. Its core business is pastoral farming including dairy, sheep, beef and deer, as well as a foods business marketing milk and meat products globally under the Pāmu brand and as a supplier to other food processors.
New Zealand is the largest exporter of farmed venison in the world. [40] In the 1970s and 80s there was a huge industry carrying out live deer recovery from forested areas of New Zealand. The deer are a pest animal that has a negative impact on the biodiversity of New Zealand. The deer-farm stock was bred from the recovered wild animals.
A station or run, in the context of New Zealand agriculture, is a large farm dedicated to the grazing of sheep and cattle. The use of the word for the farm or farm buildings date back to the mid-nineteenth century. [1] The owner of a station is called a runholder.
This niche requires the real estate agent to have very particular knowledge about the land and farming industry. A Real Estate agent or broker that specialises in farms must be knowledgeable in the following: City, County and State regulations of farms. The agent must be familiar with P&L statements for farms. Farm land can be very large: some ...
In the course of years the company sold 80,000 acres to hundreds of farmers. The New Zealand and Australian Land Company built the first large scale dairy factory in New Zealand in 1882, and secured a bonus of £500 from the government. [4] [5] The homestead of the Edendale estate was bought in 1902 by its former manager, Mr Donald Macdonald. [6]