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The Grumpy Merino

Words — Nick Ainge Roy

In many ways, the Reeds are typical high-country farmers on a typical high-country farm. On their land, which ranges from irrigated flats and rolling hills to rugged mountain faces, they run an old-school combination of sheep and beef: hardy merinos and sturdy, black-coated Angus cattle.
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Among the most prominent of Aotearoa’s nest of bird sanctuaries, Farewell Spit leans eastwards from the northern tip of Mohua Golden Bay, in Nelson Tasman.
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