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Alex Paddocks is a 7-acre (2.8 ha) vineyard on a terrace above the Earnscleugh Valley under some rocky headlands. It was planted with Burgundian Pinot Noir vines (5, 6, 115) in 1998. [citation needed] In 2000, the company acquired Redbank Paddocks, a sheltered 60 acres (24 ha), also in the Earnscleugh Valley, which nestles between two rocky ...
Coordinates: 25°00′01″N80°44′59″W25.00028°N 80.74972°W. Southern third of Florida, showing Florida Bay in pale green off the southern tip of the mainland. Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys in the United States. It is a large, shallow estuary ...
Sheep farming is a significant industry in New Zealand. According to 2007 figures reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, there are 39 million sheep in the country (a count of about 10 per human). The country has the highest density of sheep per unit area in the world. For 130 years, sheep farming was the ...
Wellington Harbour (Māori: Te Whanganui-a-Tara [tɛ ˈfaŋanʉi a taɾa]), officially called Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson, [1] is a large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island. The harbour entrance is from Cook Strait. Central Wellington is located on parts of the western and southern sides of the harbour ...
However, as of 2017, the New Zealand Government still provides state investment in infrastructure which supports agriculture. [5] Pastoral farming is the major land use, but a significant amount of land is also devoted to horticulture. New Zealand is a member of the Cairns Group, which is seeking to have free trade in agricultural goods. [6]
A group of 244 Europeans was stranded in Dusky Sound in 1795, which included two women, Elizabeth Bason and Ann Carey, the first known to have lived ashore. The last of this group left in 1797. [7] The attention of the sealers moved to Bass Strait from 1798 but returned to New Zealand, at Dusky Sound, from 1802.
Open Bay Islands. Jackson Bay / Okahu (Māori: Ōkahu) [1] is a gently curving 24-kilometre (15 mi) bay on the southern West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It faces the Tasman Sea to the north, and is backed by the Southern Alps. It contains the settlements of Hannahs Clearing, Waiatoto, Neils Beach, and the fishing village of ...
Flagstaff Hill (New Zealand) The modern-day flagstaff, remnant of the fifth flagstaff. Hōne Heke fells the flagstaff at Kororareka. Painting by Arthur David McCormick. Flagstaff Hill (Maiki Hill) overlooks the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Directly north of the small historical village of Russell, the flagstaff on the hill played a significant ...