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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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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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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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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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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.
