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

• 2020ha total, 1760 effective

• Pumice & sedimentary soils

• Medium to steep hill country

• 1300mm annual rainfall

• 300-600 metres above sea level

• 9000 breeding ewes

• 3000 lambing hoggets 

• 750 breeding cows

• 120 replacement heifers

Josh Kelleher​ - Te Hau Farms General Manager

James Maher - Waipaoa Stock Manager

Steve Kelleher - Senior Stockman 

Mark Ewart - Maintenance Coordinator

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Station Staff

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 Cristalle Sligo - Training Manager

trainingmanager@waipaoa.co.nz  

06 862 1416 / 021 308 176

Tina Takarua - Primary Cadet Carer & Cook

Peter Sligo - Property Coordinator &

Cadet Supervision

Training Trust Staff

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Ken Shaw

kkshaw@gisborne.net.nz   06 281 0034

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Charles Rau

charles.rau@bdo.co.nz  021 814 331

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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