Sheep breeds

New Zealand has around 46 million sheep. There are six main sheep breeds, and about 30 breeds in total.

• Borderdale
• Border Leicester
• Cheviot
• Coopworth
• Corriedale
• Dorset Down
• Drysdale
• English Leicester
• New Zealand Finn
• East Friesian
• NZ Halfbred
• Hampshire
• Lincoln
• Merino
• Poll Dorset
• Perendale
• Polwarth
• NZ Romney
• Ryeland
• Shropshire
• Southdown
• South Dorset Down
• South Hampshire
• South Suffolk
• Suffolk
• NZ Crossbred
• Quarterbred