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Pete Morgan & Ann Bouma, Te Awamutu
Pete Morgan and Ann Bouma’s dairy farm is located southwest of Te Awamutu in the Waikato. They bought the original part of the farm 20 years ago and have subsequently grown it to its current total of 265 hectares (230 ha effective).
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Northland Agricultural Research Farm (NARF), Dargaville
NARF is an 85-ha dairy research farm located two km west of Dargaville, which is owned by all Northland dairy farmers through an incorporated society. Ninety percent of the farm sits on the flat marine soils of Kaipara clay, with the balance on Te Kopuru sand. Both soil types are extremely wet during winter with high pugging risk.
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Kereru Station, Hastings District
Kereru Station is a sheep and beef property located in the Kereru district, west of Hastings in the Hawke’s Bay. It has a total of 2,848 hectares of flat to medium hill country, with 730 hectares made up of gorges and plantation forestry.
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Mangarara Farm - Greg and Rachel Hart, Elsthorpe
Mangarara Farm is a 600-hectare (465 ha effective) hill country property situated in Elsthorpe, in central Hawke’s Bay. The property is jointly owned by the Hart family and the Future Farming Syndicate.
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Ōtamarākau Ventures Limited Partnership
Ōtamarākau Ventures Limited Partnership (OVLP) is a Māori owned joint venture between Ōtamarākau Farm Trust (50 percent), and Ngāti Mākino Assets Limited (50 percent).
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Woodward Family, Ōtorohanga
Michael and Susie Woodward operate Woodward Farms Ltd on their property Cowgora Hills, near Ōtorohanga. The farm is currently peak milking 290 dairy cows, plus running 230 Angora goats on a 170-ha property with half flat-rolling and half easy hill contour, as well as running their own dairy replacements (currently 65 targeting 55 in future).
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Ruby Mulinder and Sean Nixon, Waihora View
Waihora View was a dream in the making for Ruby Mulinder and Sean Nixon who purchased this as their first farm in 2019. The farm is located on the northwestern side of Lake Taupō in the Tihoi district.
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Tuatahi Farming Partnership, Pukeatua
Tuatahi Farming Partnership (Tuatahi) was established in 2010, an entity jointly owned by Oraukura 3 Incorporation and Puketapu 3A Incorporation. The partnership unites the farming businesses of both incorporations, a decision that was made to leverage the opportunities across the two entities. Tuatahi leases land for livestock farming from the two land owning partners and external landowning entities. The farm is now made up of two business units - the combined Moerangi and Oraukura properties which are off State Highway 41 above Lake Taupō, and Manunui, which is located near Taumarunui.
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Taumata Farming Partnership, Pukeatua
Taumata Farming Partnership Ltd is a family-owned business situated in Pukeatua, approximately 25 km southeast of Hamilton in the Waipā District. Doug and Kathy Wallace purchased the property in 1999, and they have been focused on their environmental impact for many years now.
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Te Arawa Management Limited, Bay of Plenty
Te Arawa Management Limited is located in Maketū in the Bay of Plenty. The Arawa tribe spans 56 hapū. Te Arawa Lakes Trust (TALT) is the parent entity of the asset holding arm, Te Arawa Management Limited (Te Arawa). Te Arawa operates two dairy farms and six kiwifruit orchards.
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Paterson Family, Kaharoa
Jamie and Chris’ 127 ha dairy farm is located at Kaharoa, approximately 20 km from Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty. Originally a bare grazing block, the Paterson’s converted the land to dairy, aptly naming the property Hameldaeme (‘Home will do me’ in Gaelic). The farming business expanded in 2012 with their son and daughter-in-law joining the farm business.
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Chris Pellow, North Waikato
Chris Pellow crops a total of 122-hectares of land he owns and leases in North Waikato. Each season he grows about 10 hectares of barley and 15 hectares of maize silage. The remaining land is planted in maize grain, with non-harvested cover crops grown in-between.
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Tasman Organics PAMU
Pāmu (Landcorp Farming Limited) is a well-known New Zealand state-owned enterprise which owns 112 farms across the country.
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Stolte Farm, Wairarapa
Clarence and Elise Stolte are dairy farmers in the West Taratahi region of the Wairarapa. They were farming as sharemilkers for 15 years before progressing into the family equity partnership.
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Oxton Farm, Manawatū/Whanganui
Over 60 years of farming, Nick Tripe has established a 1,325 hectare (936ha effective pasture and 245ha productive mānuka) hill country property located between Whanganui and Hunterville. The property is rich in history, with the family farming the original block in 1928, and has grown over time to the enterprise it is today.
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Kaiwaiwai Dairies Ltd, Wairarapa
Kaiwaiwai Dairies comprises a 337-hectare milking platform, plus a 305-hectare dairy support block located in South Wairarapa, between Featherston and Martinborough.
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Bagshot Farm, Wairarapa
Bagshot is a sheep and beef hill country property nestled in Whangaehu Valley, 15 minutes from Masterton in the Wairarapa. It has been under the ownership and operation of Michael and Kate Tosswill since February 2018.
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Tony and Lynda Gray, Manawatu
Shortly after purchasing their Manawatū hill country property, severe weather wreaked havoc with soil erosion, land slips and fencing damage. Lynda and Tony Gray were dejected but keen to move forward - the weather event helped change their views on farm planning, environmental protection and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Anewa Station, Wairoa
Anewa Station is an Ahu Whenua Trust with six trustees, over 5,000 beneficiaries and a 100-year vision for the land. The trustees have been working to introduce a mosaic of land uses to minimise the impact on te taiao and provide options for future generations. Along the way, they're bringing down their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Pouarua Farms, Hauraki
Pouarua Farms takes a long-term outlook when it comes to managing the land. For the five iwi who own the Hauraki Plains’ largest dairy platform, that means making decisions that will sustain the land and create an intergenerational asset.
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The Abbiss family, Manawatū
A passion for innovation has been a common thread through four generations of farmers on the Abbiss' property near Halcombe. Now they're turning their attention to how they might reduce their impact on the climate.
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George and Sharon Moss, Waikato
George and Sharon Moss have been dairy farming in Tokoroa for nearly 40 years. Their impact on the climate wasn't a consideration back then, but it's at the forefront of how they farm now.
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Richard and Annabelle Subtil, Canterbury
The Subtils farm with passion and precision at Omarama Station in the foothills of the Southern Alps. They put their livestock and their environment first – two things valued highly by the companies they supply to. Knowing their greenhouse gas numbers is becoming an important part of that.
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Dion Gordon, Canterbury
In 2019, Canterbury dairy farmer Dion Gordon experienced something of a nightmare. The Rangitata River burst its banks, flowed onto his farm and took a huge swathe of topsoil out to sea. Dion had no choice but to drop stock numbers - but what happened next was a surprise.
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Ben Troughton, Waikato
Waikato dairy farmers Ben and Sarah Troughton are partway through their journey from a high input, high output operation towards a smaller, more diversified and environmentally sustainable system they’re truly proud of.
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Hugh Ritchie, Hawke's Bay
An emphasis on efficiency improvements and soil health are helping keep greenhouse gas emissions down on Hugh Ritchie's complex arable, livestock and horticulture operation in Hawke's Bay.
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Emma Crutchley and Kyle Hagen, Otago
Emma Crutchley's family have been farming on Puketoi Station in the Māniatoto since 1939. They've had to adapt to many issues outside of their control over this time. Keeping a positive mindset is helping them get their heads around the latest challenge - greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
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Craige Mackenzie, Canterbury
Mid-Canterbury arable and dairy farmer Craige Mackenzie's philosophy is right input, right quantity, right place, right time—which makes sense for his business and for the land, waterways and climate.
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Anders & Emily Crofoot, Wairarapa
When New Yorkers Anders & Emily Crofoot took over Castlepoint Station on the eastern Wairarapa coast in 1998, they had to make some big adjustments, quickly.
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Rick Burke and Jan Loney, Bay of Plenty
Rick and Jan have been working hard to improve their sheep and beef farm's impact on freshwater and biodiversity, and are now turning their attention to the climate.
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Phill and Jos Everest, Canterbury
A balanced approach to dairy farming on the heavy soils of coastal mid-Canterbury is essential in Phill and Jos Everest's efforts to reduce Flemington Farm's agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jay Clarke, Horowhenua
At Woodhaven Gardens near Levin, Jay Clarke and his family have been figuring out how to reduce their vegetable farm's impact on the climate.
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Robin Oakley, Canterbury
Fifth generation farmer, Robin Oakley, has been growing vegetables in Canterbury since he was a kid and now supplies supermarkets around the country. His family is committed to sustainable farming and is starting to think about what that means for the climate.
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Andrew and Vicky Booth, Northland
Taking care of the environment is a priority on Andrew Booth's dairy farm, an approach that is leading to better production outcomes as well as wins for freshwater, biodiversity and the climate.
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Orete No. 2 and Other Blocks Incorporation, Eastern Bay of Plenty
Farming has long been a way of life for Orete – a Māori Incorporation with 1,500 owners on the tip of the remote East Cape. Te Taiao is at the heart of all they do, including finding ways to keep their agricultural greenhouse gas emissions down.
