WAIPAOA STATION FARM INFORMATION
Waipaoa Station is currently leased by Te Hau Farms Ltd, a 5500 hectare 50,000 stock unit Gisborne sheep & beef farming enterprise owned by the Antipodean Lands Company. Integration with these other nearby properties increases scope and learning opportunities for the cadets with a lamb and beef finishing enterprise, cropping, irrigation, and more. Waipaoa Station is unique in that it is surrounded by forestry with no farming neighbours over the fence.
WAIPAOA STATION
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2020ha total, 1760 effective
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Pumice & sedimentary soils
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Medium to steep hill country
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1300mm annual rainfall
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300-600 metres above sea level
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9000 breeding ewes
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3000 lambing hoggets
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750 breeding cows
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120 replacement heifers
Josh Kelleher - Te Hau Farms General Manager
James Maher - Waipaoa Stock Manager
Steve Kelleher - Senior Stockman
Mark Ewart - Maintenance Coordinator
Station Staff
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Cristalle Sligo - Training Manager
Tina Takarua - Primary Cadet Carer & Cook
Peter Sligo - Property Coordinator &
Cadet Supervision
Training Trust Staff
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Trustees
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Ken Shaw (Chairman) - Gisborne Farmer, Elmore Station.
Charles Rau - Accountant, BDO Gisborne
Pat Sherriff - Mahia Farmer, Tunanui Station
Josh Kelleher - Te Hau Farms GM
John Osborne - Agri-Manager, Ravensdown
Rob Telfer - Waipaoa Station owner
Board Members
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Peter Nolan - Financial Controller Accountant, Lewis-Wright Gisborne
