Visit the Church of the Good Shepherd

The New Zealand practice of sheep herding goes back to the time of early settlers in the 1800s, and is still practised today – not surprisingly, as the country being home to more than 60 million sheep. This tradition is celebrated at the Church of the Good Shepherd, a small stone place of worship built in 1935 for families of the Mackenzie District. Near to the church is a sheepdog monument, a bronze statue of a border collie that honours the history of the sheepdog that Scottish settlers brought with them to help navigate and herd sheep across the mountainous country.