| 9 Station supports community services PSEC staff during a day of native tree planting. Sue Russell RURAL PEOPLE » Arohiwi Station About an hour inland from Napier, Hawke’s Bay, lies Arohiwi Station, a rather special sheep and beef farm with a signi cant and interesting history. Today, owned outright by Arohiwi Station Ltd with Presbyterian Support East Coast (PSEC) the sole shareholder, the extensive property was once privately owned by the Holt family. Patriarchs John and Robert Holt were the original owners of the property. Skip forward a generation to John’s daughter, Laura Mitchell, who gifted half of her interest in the property around 40 years ago to Presbyterian Social Service Association of Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay Inc as PSEC was known at that time. On Laura’s passing she bequeathed her remaining shares making PSEC half shareholders in the farm in 1991. Two decades later in 2012, PSEC gained full ownership of the hill-country property after the generosity of the Holt family allowed it to purchase the additional shares. Arohiwi Station is home to 6,500 plus pure bred Romney ewes and herds of predominantly Angus beef cattle. More recently, the acquisition of neighbouring Paige Hill added a further 434ha to the property, taking it in total to 1,472ha and enabling it to carry its current number of stock. Surplus proceeds from the Station’s operation go to PSEC to help fund support services for local disabled people, older people, and children and families. Farm Manager, Robbie Schaw, has been in the role for 2 ½ years and describes his role as intense and very rewarding. “It is a busy role. My last managers job was more stock management but now I oversee all the administration, staff and land-based activity.” Robbie says there is always a lot of development going on, and since establishing a clear environmental plan it’s given this activity direction and purpose. • to page 10 Servicing the Puketapu, Patoka & Puketitiri area for baling, silage & maize, cultivation, drilling, beet / maize planting & earthmoving requirements M 021 308 684 E info@ct.net.nz CT.NET.NZ Ngatarawa Rd, Hastings. 027 243 5330 e: kingstonfarming@gmail.com Proud to be associatedwithArohiwi Station PROUDLY SUPPORTING AROHIWI STATION Simon & Melissa Turner 06 839 8644 GLENHOPE ROMNEY Proud to supply Romney Rams to Arohiwi Station
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