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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
