Huntaway dog statue in Hunterville

In roadside rest area at Hunterville in the North Island. The Huntaway is a large, strongly built breed of dog used for general sheep herding tasks in New Zealand, where they originate, but especially for driving sheep away from the shepherd, hence their name.
The Hunterville Huntaway Festival is held annually and will be held on Saturday 2 November 2013. The Festival commences at midday with a dog barking competition followed by the Children’s Shemozzle which is run in the town using some of the main race obstacles. This event is open to primary school children 9 years and over.

The feature race, the Shepherds' Shemozzle, now entering its 15th year is run mid afternoon. This gruelling cross country obstacle event is centred around the Shepherds and their Huntaway dogs competing over an endurance and obstacle course. The route and finer details of the Shepherds' Shemozzle are not revealed to contestants until the Shepherd's meeting minutes before the race.

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