Kem OrmondFeatures writer·The Country·27 Jun, 2026 04:59 PM3 mins to readBack in the 1920s and 30s, llamas were rare and mostly found in zoos. Photo / Warren Buckland Back in the 1920s and 30s, llamas were rare and mostly found in zoos. Photo / Warren Buckland Kem Ormond takes a look at the news back in the day. In this week’s Pastures Past, she’s found newspaper articles from the NZ Herald on llamas.Llamas were first brought to New Zealand in the 1860s, but the modern population dates mainly from imports in the 1980s.
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