It's a little bit different than I expected, I think. And that's what I'm trying to do with these tourists, to . . . Some even welcome it. If enough people come and see the poverty up close, maybe something will change. But Steve Nettleton reports, you don't actually have to be a farmer to get a taste of farming life.
Agriculture is New Zealand's biggest industry.
Tourist agencies are joining the farm visits as well. They like the friendliness of the people, the cleanliness of the country, the purity of the water, and the lack of traffic congestion. Well, you can still find an occasional traffic jam. Huge flocks of sheep don't respect stop signs as they graze their way across the countryside. Stevenson can shave as many as two or three hundred animals a day, burning enough energy to run a marathon.