Otakanini Topu Incorporation

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Otakanini Topu Incorporation

Otakanini Topu is a Māori Incorporation farm bordering North Auckland's west coast at Muriwai Beach on one end and the southern end of the Kaipara Harbour on another. The property totals 2,750 ha of which 2,200 ha are effective grazeable land. It runs 16000 stock units on 1550 ha and has 600 ha in forestry. The rest is unproductive land in mudflats and wetlands.

A farming regime emphasising sustainable farming within the constraints of the properties coastal environment and the systematic introduction of new genetics and initiatives is in place. Since its formation in 1951 from the amalgamation of local Māori whanau lands and the return of government administered land, Otakanini Topu staff have mapped and maintained the many cultural and historic sites on the property.