Cesped Lands Limited Takapau

2008 Dairy Finalists

Cesped Lands Limited Takapau

Dean and Kristen Nikora are the owners of Mangatewai, a 342 hectare dairy farm sitting under the Ruahine ranges near Takapau. Mangatewai is one of five properties owned or leased by the company, Cesped Lands Limited. Mangatewai currently milks about 1,000 cows.

The Judges said Cesped Lands had "top end farm management in all respects". They were impressed by the way Dean and Kristen had engaged their staff on their journey to success. The farm management had strong focus and this had lead to highly impressive asset accumulation in a relatively short time from a low base.