The farmer, his wife and their dog - "Sheep Station NZ" taster 09

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Sheep Station NZ Two-disk DVD PAL format




Dylan Winter Released 2009 Running time approx 3 hours
plus extras




DVD £19.95 inc VAT




ISBN 978-1-906853-10-5




Dylan spent three months in New Zealand recording a wide range of sheep farms and the background to them. Most of New Zealand gets plenty of rain its a good place to grow grass. Where you can grow grass you can grow sheep, and on one station in this DVD they run 40,000 ewes, not to mention 1,500 cows and 4,000 deer hinds.

The breed names will be familiar to British viewers Romneys, Merinos and the Romney x Cheviots known as Perendales. Some of the sheep management will be less familiar, with mustering by huntaways or helicopter, fast-moving tailing crews and a complete lack of lambing sheds.

Dylan digs under the colourful surface of a variety of sheep enterprises from all parts of New Zealand. He explores the change in the meat/wool price, the part cattle play on sheep farms, the continuing importance of the UK Christmas lamb market and how the Kiwis have coped with the ending of their special relationship.

Dylan sets the farming scene in its context with some of the most wonderful scenery you will ever see, and includes features on livestock markets and transport, threats to indigenous flora and wildlife, how to trim 60 ft hedges, the NZ Royal Show and the high-energy lifestyle of New Zealand shepherds. His interviewees include recent farming immigrants from Scotland who compare their experiences.

This is Gods own country with a strong work ethic where the shearing gang and the grader are kings. A great place to grow sheep.

Contents:

DISC ONE
Introduction - Coronet Peak - Plant Invaders - Alastair Macdonald Hedging Glenaray Ferry - Tim Grieve - Farmers Transport - Leicester Grey - Feilding Livestock Market - Hunterville Shemozzle - Extra: Silage making

DISC TWO
Otiwhiti training farm - Royal Show - Livesey Brothers - Dan Steels pig hunt Bendigo - Story of Shrek - Ben Innes Irrigation - Mike Salvesen - Blue ducks Farewell - Extra: The rabbit-proof fence

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• body
• painting
• Sheep
• station
• NZ
• Dylan
• Winter
• South
• Island
• sheep
• dog

[101DanO]

That's all well and good but . . . when do you get back to your good old boat?

[dylanwinter1]

but this is how I eanr my living

[macnadoodle]

You really do lead a very tough life...

[dylanwinter1]

Come on Macnadoodle - 70 days filming sheep in New Zealand while living in the back of a very small van - three minutes of pointing my camera at nearly naked ladies and I stand accused of being self indulgent. indulgent. It was an amazing event. There was also a welly fashion parade.

[shepherdewan]

sheep are clever not stupid

[Saltybob2]

I have discovered my next profession: make-up artist to sheep herders wives. Never saw this contest while touring NZ years ago. Fun.

[macnadoodle]

No, really. 70 days in a van round unique and beautiful parts of NZ sounds like immense fun, especially if you may actually be getting paid for it.

Just a teensy bit envious. However, please don't let it distract you from the KTL series... Far more watchable than "Celebrity Death-March" or whatever TV shows for entertainment. Actually, "Celebrity Death-March" might make quite a show...

[dale3858]

Now that's what I call nice boobs, oops, I mean boats...