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    Issues and options in high country farming: 1. Genesis of present situation

    O'Connor, KF; Scott, D
    Abstract
    The symposium acknowledges the significance of the South Island high country and its pastoral use. Interest is focused throughout the symposium on pastoral practices, even though both the origins and the solutions to the present situation are much wider in scope. The first paper itself outlines physical, ecological, economic, technological and cultural influences at work over history and prehistory to give rise to the present situation. It notes the role of market forces, not just affecting wool prices in the traditional pastoral industry and in its renaissance in recent decades, but also affecting the demand for land for other uses and purposes. It describes role of myths and icons in the shaping of past and contemporary high country issues.... [Show full abstract]
    Keywords
    history; pre-history; high country; icons; land use; market forces; myths
    Fields of Research
    210311 New Zealand History; 160804 Rural Sociology; 0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management
    Date
    1996
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    Conference Contribution - published
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    Copyright © The Authors and New Zealand Grassland Association.
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    O'Connor, K. F. & Scott, D. (1996). Issues and options in high country farming: 1. Genesis of present situation. Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 58, 133–139.
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