Hereheretau Station

2009 Sheep and Beef Finalists

Hereheretau Station

Hereheretau Station is administered by the Māori Trustee on behalf of the Māori Soldiers' Trust. In recent years it has overcome drought, poor natural soil fertility and rampant blackberry infestation by hard work and sound farming practices. Over the last five years Hereheretau Station has been able to provide grants totalling $221,000 to the Māori Soldiers' Fund and Sir Apirana Ngata Scholarship, which benefits young Māori from all over the country. The education fund became the major recipient of Hereheretau Station profits as its original beneficiaries, World War 1 soldiers, gradually died out.