Cattlemen and Cowboys of New Zealand
Profiles of beef cattle people connected to New Zealand.
- livingBarton HadfieldBarton Hadfield and his wife Nukuhia farm 1,506 hectares of Ruakituri Valley hill country, and their Angus-and-sheep…New Zealand
- fl. 1942-1978Bill ChisholmFor 36 years he ran a blunt, closed 'kingdom in the hills' and turned worn-out Crown land into New Zealand's…New Zealand
- livingBruce McKenzieA Wairarapa stud breeder with 50 years of genetics work and a CNZM for services to cattle.New Zealand
- livingCarey Pawson-EdwardsA South Canterbury stock manager won a Rabobank management project award for rethinking how Angus beef is finished on…New Zealand
- 1874-1890Dunedin (1874 ship)A converted emigrant clipper with a refrigeration funnel between her masts opened the frozen meat trade and vanished…New Zealand
- fl. 1929-1976F. E. HumphreysA Gisborne breeder who brought polled Herefords to New Zealand from the United States.New Zealand
- livingGraeme HarrisonA former meat board manager turned a Japan-focused trading venture into one of New Zealand's largest beef and lamb…New Zealand
- livingHamish BestHamish Best turned a sales and marketing background into a short-supply-chain beef and lamb business that serves some…New Zealand
- fl. 1890s-1906James N. WilliamsThe East Cape farmer behind Australasia's oldest Angus stud still in operation.New Zealand
- livingJan WillsA Waikato stud breeder broke through in beef breed societies and took Hereford leadership to the world stage.New Zealand
- livingJim WardHe ran Molesworth Station in Marlborough for 24 years, then resigned over wilding pines and pitched a public-ownership…New Zealand
- livingJohn CochraneA South Otago stud breeder who chaired Angus New Zealand through a new constitution and its first independent director.New Zealand
- livingKate AclandA former vineyard owner who farms a diversified Canterbury station and became the first woman to lead New Zealand's…New Zealand
- livingLaurie PatersonA Southland beef breeder who helped bring genetic evaluation and a branded quality beef programme to New Zealand.New Zealand
- livingMalcolm CollierA Northland breeder who started with a Wagyu and Friesian cross and spent decades building a full-blood herd on grass.New Zealand
- 1938 to present (current form 1949)Molesworth StationMolesworth runs the country's biggest cattle herd across more than 1,800 square kilometres of Crown-owned high country.New Zealand
- livingNukuhia HadfieldA Ruakituri Valley sheep and beef farmer whose station won Maori farming's top prize and who now helps run the…New Zealand
- livingTim RhodesAs general manager, Tim Rhodes oversees a Gisborne hill-country operation of 6,770 hectares and 4,600 cattle that won…New Zealand
- livingTony ThompsonA Massey-trained veterinarian who helped bring Simmental cattle to New Zealand.New Zealand
Also honored
- Brent Fisher living President of Charolais Breeders New Zealand as of 2013.
- D. P. Buchanan fl. 1896 Among the founders of the New Zealand Hereford Association formed in 1896.
- G. C. Wheeler fl. 1896 Among the founders of the New Zealand Hereford Association formed in 1896.
- Gerard Hickey living Chief executive of First Light, the farmer-owned collective first to rear Wagyu-cross cattle in NZ (about 18,000 animals).
- James Stuckey fl. 1896 Among the founders of the New Zealand Hereford Association formed in 1896.
- Sam McIvor living Chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ, which holds a seat on the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef board.
- Tracey Neal living Current president of Simmental NZ.
- Wayne Semenoff living President of the NZ Charolais Cattle Society as of 2013.