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Dunrobin sheep farmer Allan (Min) Bain with his Dorset Down ewe which won supreme champion at this year’s Central Otago A&P Show in Omakau, supreme ewe at the Mt Benger A&P Show in Roxburgh and reserve supreme ewe at the Upper Clutha A&P Show in Wanaka Despite the present uncertainty in the sheep industry, Dunrobin sheep farmers Allan (Min) and Lisa Bain have confidence things will get better. In fact, they have sold their 158ha property, Longridge, which they have farmed for eight years, and bought a larger one at Waitahuna West, near Lawrence, increasing stock numbers from 2200 to 3300.

Off to ‘‘paradise’’: Constable Bruce McLean is set to bid farewell to the Cromwell police station as he takes up a new position in Wanaka next week. Wanaka's newest policeman is already certain he is about to move to ‘‘paradise''. Constable Bruce McLean (39) takes up his position in the resort town next week, boosting the staff count at Wanaka police station to ten fulltime officers. Const McLean has been in the police force for eleven years, most of which had been spent in Dunedin.