The Huntaway (also known as the New Zealand Huntaway) is a large, strongly-built  breed of dog used for general sheep-herding tasks in New Zealand, where they originate. They were bred to use their loud, deep bark to drive sheep. . The vast pastoral runs or 'stations', such as those in the high country of the South Island, required teams of dogs who could work mustering for days on end, covering great distances on rough steep country. High country stations typically cover many thousands of hectares, and were often unfenced. British sheepdogs used by early New Zealand farmers mostly worked sheep silently, but occasionally a dog would use its bark to herd sheep. A sheepdog trial with a specific class for huntaways was advertised in the Upper Waitaki in 1870. 'Wanted' advertisements for 'huntaway sheepdogs' were in the Otago Daily Times newspaper in 1884, heading and huntaway collies were advertised for sale in 1885.