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Farmer Updates


This year's meetings will be no more than an hour long and are a chance for you to hear what Beef + Lamb New Zealand has planned for the coming year, and give any feedback. We encourage you to get along to one of these meetings to find out more about the tools and services Beef + Lamb New Zealand provides to help drive improved performance.

For more information about any of the meetings email enquiries@beeflambnz.com.

Northern North Island

 Date  Region  Venue  Time
 2 August  Broadwood  Peter & June Hicks’ Property, 373 Broadwood Rd, 3km north of Kohukohu/Mangamuka Junction  1.00pm
 3 August  Ngataki  John Woodward’s Woolshed, RAP# 5180 Far North Road  12.30pm
 3 August  Taipa  Dennis & Rachelle O’Callahan’s Woolshed, SH 10 RAP# 4365, Aurere (just north of Taipa)  3.00pm
 3 August  Whangaroa  Marlin Hotel Café, Whangaroa Harbour  5.30pm
 10 August  Pakaraka  Don Jack's Woolshed, Cnr SH1 and Old Bay Rd  10.00am
 10 August  Twin Bridges/Awarua  Marion & Kelly Black’s Woolshed, Waimatenui Rd (1km from Twin Bridges on the right)  12.30pm
 10 August  Aranga  Phil Godfrey’s Woolshed, SH 12 RAP# 3980 (next to Aranga School)  3.00pm
 10 August  Dargaville  Dargaville Boat Club, waterfront, Dargaville  5.30pm
 11 August  Auckland  Beef + Lamb New Zealand Inc Boardroom, Air NZ Building, Smales Farm Park, Cnr Taharoto & Northcote Roads, Takapuna  6.30pm
 11 August  Waiotira  David Gunsen’s Woolshed, Waikiekie North Rd (off Paparoa/Oakleigh Rd)  10.00am
 11 August  Maungatoroto  Bryce Lupton’s Woolshed, 104 Marohemo Rd (2km drive)  12.30pm
 11 August  Wellsford  Dan Burchett, Topuni Creek, SH1 RAP# 1166 Sth of Kaiwaka  3.00pm
 12 August  Helensville  Richard Kidd, SH 16 RAP# 2129 (300m before Rimmer Rd)  10.00am
 12 August  Warkworth  Dean Blythen, Streamlands Polled Herefords, Woodcocks Rd (6kms from SH 1, opposite Old Kaipara Rd turnoff)  12.30pm
 12 August  Hikurangi/Hukerenui  Hukerenui Hotel, SH 1, Hukerenui  4.00pm
 16 August  Onewhero, Tuakau  Greg & Jenny Simpson’s Woolshed, 874 Ponganui Rd, Onewhero  10.00am
 16 August  Ruakiwi, Te Akau  Derek & Robyn Bregmen’s Woolshed, 1202A Ruakiwi Rd, Te Akau  1.00pm
 16 August  Te Mata, Raglan  Andrew & Debbie Buchanan’s Woolshed, Moerangi Te Mata Rd, Raglan  3.30pm
 16 August  Te Waitere, Taharoa  Te Waitere Boating Club, Te Waitere Rd  7.00pm
 17 August  Ngaroma  Ngaroma Hall, Wairehi Rd, Te Awamutu  10.00am
 17 August  Te Kuiti  Allen & Jo Johnstone’s Woolshed, 1166 State Highway 30, Puketutu, Te Kuiti  1.30pm
 17 August  Piopio  Sue & Keith Smart’s Woolshed, Pungurehu Rd, Mairoa  4.00pm
 17 August  Aria  Aria Cossie Club, Kie Kie Rd, Aria  6.30pm
 18 August  Tumunui  Kepenga M Trust's Woolshed, Dave and Pauline Meade, 47 Barber Rd, Tumunui, Rotorua  10.00am
 18 August  Rotorua  Tony Carr’s Woolshed, 976 Te Ngae Road, Rotorua  12.30pm
 18 August  Waimana

 Ian & George Lawrence’s Woolshed, 1956 SH2 East, Nukuhou North

 3.30pm
 18 August  Te Puke  Te Puke Club, 185 Jellicoe St  7.00pm
 19 August  Paeroa  Brian Revell's, 8500 State Highway 26, Omahu, Paeroa  10.00am
 19 August  Coromandel  White Star Station, Zane and Ngaire Evan's Woolshed, 2140 Colville Rd, Colville  2.00pm
 19 August  Maramarua  The Red Fox Tavern  6.30pm


Eastern North Island

 Date  Region  Venue  Time
 27 July  Elsthorpe  John Speakman’s, Edenham Station, Atua Rd, Elsthorpe 1.00pm 
 27 July  Maraetotara  Chris & Jennifer Chesterman’s Woolshed, Koanui, Maraetotara Rd  3.30pm
 28 July  Wanstead/Flemington  Andy Barrett – Lake Station Woolshed, Flemington  9.00am
 28 July  Omakere  James Aitken – Rangitapu Station Woolshed, Omakere  11.30am
 28 July  Takapau  Will Foley's Woolshed, 451 Oruawharo Rd, Takapau  3.00pm
 28 July  Onga Onga  Tiko Sandford Arms, Onga Onga  5.00pm
 29 July  Kereru  Danny Angland – Kereru Station Woolshed  9.00am
 29 July  Matapiro/Sherenden  Michael Lowther, 855 Matapiro Rd, Matapiro Station  11.30am
 29 July  Patoka  Brent Paterson’s Woolshed, Hendley Rd, Patoka  3.00pm
 29 July  Napier  Puketapu Hotel, Napier  5.00pm
 3 August  Pahiatua  Balfour Farm Woolshed, 2.5km south of Pahiatua on Highway 2 on left or east side  9.00am
 3 August  Pongaroa  Garth Finnie’s Woolshed, 10284 Weber Rd, Pongaroa  12.00pm
 3 August  Dannevirke  Garth Coleman’s Woolshed, 30 Mangahei Rd, Dannevirke  3.00pm
 3 August  Ormondville  Settlers Arms Tavern, Ormondville  5.30pm
 4 August  Alfredton  Dave Nelson’s Woolshed, first Woolshed on left 400m past Alfredton School (on road towards Eketahuna)  9.00am
 4 August  Bideford Area  Sulphur Wells Woolshed, 870 Te Ore Ore Bideford Rd (first Woolshed on right past the Wangaehu turn off)  11.45am
 4 August  Wainuioru  Wainuioru Hall, Masterton Stronvar Rd  2.30pm
 4 August  Pirinoa  Pirinoa Hall, Martinborough Pirinoa Rd  5.30pm
 11 August  Ruatoria  Bill Burdett's Woolshed, 59 Waimatatini Rd, Ruatoria  9.00am
 11 August  Whangara  Whangara Farms, B5 Woolshed, 2074 Whangara Rd, Whangara  12.00pm
 11 August  Waipaoa  Graham Johnson’s Woolshed, The Willows, 1809 Matawai Rd (State Highway 2), Waipaoa  2.30pm
 11 August  Matawai  Matawai Hotel, Main Road, Matawai  5.00pm
 12 August  Waerenga-o-kuri  Roger White's Cheviot Hills Woolshed, 2225 Tiniroto Rd, Waerenga-o-kuri  8.00am
 12 August  Wairoa  McRae Trust Woolshed, 163 Tiniroto Rd, Frasertown, Wairoa  11.00am
 12 August  Nuhaka  Will deLautour's Woolshed, 196 Waikokopu Rd (Nuhaka-Mahia Road), Nuhaka  1.30pm
 12 August  Putorino  Waikare Hotel, 5466 State Highway 2, Putorino  4.30pm


Western North Island

 Date  Region  Venue  Time
 28 July  Marton  David Smith’s Woolshed, Holly Farm, 235 Galpins Rd, Marton  10.00am
 3 August  Wanganui  Mike Cranstone’s Woolshed, 814 Kauangaroa Rd, Fordell  1.00pm
 11 August  Taupo  Kurutau Hall, South End Lake Taupo  3.00pm
 12 August  Taumarunui  Taumarunui Cosmopolitan Club, Taumarunui  10.00am
 12 August  Taumarunui  St John’s Rooms, Taumarunui  4.30pm
 24 August  Whangamomona  Kevin Downs’ Property (25km from Stratford on the Forgotten Highway)  10.00am
 25 August  Hawera  Hawera Golf Club, Fairfield Rd  4.00pm
 26 August  Raetihi  Raetihi Cosmopolitan Club, 4 Seddon St, Raetihi  4.00pm
 26 August  Hunterville  Rangatira Golf Club  10.30am


Northern South Island

 Date  Region  Venue  Time
 9 August  Wakefield  Ian & Sue Parkes’ Woolshed, ‘Punawai’, 88 Valley Rd, Wakefield  10.00am
 9 August  Takaka  Len & Cheryl Win’s Woolshed, Plain Rd, Collingwood, Takaka  2.30pm
 10 August  Blenheim  William Grigg’s Woolshed, Meadowbank Station, Taylor Pass Rd, Blenheim  10.00am
 10 August  Ward  Malcolm & Miriam Taylor’s Woolshed, ‘Corrie Downs’, Kaka Rd, Ward  1.00pm
 10 August  Kaikoura  Neville & Lyn Zuppicich’s Woolshed, Goats Hills, Inland Rd, Kaikoura  5.00pm
 11 August  Oxford  Murray & Gina Taggart’s Woolshed, 2045 Oxford Road, RD, Oxford  10.00am
 11 August  Hororata  Gordon Broughton’s Woolshed, ‘Campana’, Coal Track Rd, Hororata  1.00pm
 11 August  Mt Hutt  Jeanette Maxwell’s Woolshed, ‘Rosehill’, 116 McLennans Bush Rd, Mt Hutt  3.00pm
 11 August  Mt Somers  Mt Somers Rugby Clubrooms  7.00pm
 12 August  Ashburton  David & Hilary Ward’s Woolshed, 362 Fairfield Rd, Fairton, Ashburton  3.00pm
 12 August  Little River  Little River Rugby Clubrooms, Little River  7.00pm
 17 August  Hawarden  Hawarden Rugby Clubrooms  10.00am
 17 August  Culverden  Philip & Sue Smith’s Woolshed, ‘Balmoral Station’, Balmoral Station Rd, Culverden  1.00pm
 17 August  Greta Valley  Andy Fox’s Woolshed, ‘Fox Down’, Foxdown Rd, Scargill Valley, Greta Valley  4.00pm


Central South Island

 Date  Region Venue   Time
 9 August  Omarama  Countrytime Hotel  10.00am
 9 August  Luggate  Luggate Pub  1.30pm
 9 August  Millers Flat  Millers Flat Community Centre  5.00pm
 10 August  Ranfurly  Ranfurly Lion Hotel  12.30pm
 10 August  Outram  Outram Rugby Clubrooms  3.30pm
 10 August  Waikouaiti  East Otago Events Centre  7.30pm
 18 August  Kurow  Kurow Hotel  4.30pm
 18 August  Waihaorunga  Waihao Forks Hotel  7.30pm
 19 August  Oamaru  Fort Enfield  1.30pm
 19 August  Pleasant Point  The Poplars  7.30pm
 TBC  Geraldine  (To be confirmed)  TBC


Southern South Island

 Date  Region  Venue  Time
 2 August  Orawia  Orawia Community Centre  10.30am
 2 August  Mossburn  Senior Room, Community Centre, Devon Street  3.00pm
 2 August  Gore  Heartland Hotel (Croyden Lodge), Queenstown Rd, Gore  7.00pm
 3 August  Tokanui  Tokanui Tavern, 18 McEwan St, Tokanui  10.30am
 3 August  Owaka  Catlins Inn, 21 Riley Street, Owaka  3.00pm
 3 August  Milton  Milton Country Club, 52 Union Street, Milton  7.00pm
 4 August  Waitahuna  Local Community Centre  10.30am
 4 August  Winton  Top Pub  7.00pm




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