{"id":12961,"date":"2025-09-10T01:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T01:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/12961\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T01:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T01:51:08","slug":"pamu-opens-equity-partnership-for-mahiwi-livestock-farm-near-wairoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/12961\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u0101mu opens equity partnership for Mahiwi livestock farm near Wairoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">Mahiwi is the first livestock farm offered under this model by the state-owned farmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">Unlike common equity partner\/manager roles that include land ownership, Mahiwi remains Crown-owned, meaning P\u0101mu cannot sell an interest in the land itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">P\u0101mu chief executive Mark Leslie said it was more than just a farm opportunity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s a strategic shift in how we support the next generation of livestock farmers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMahiwi represents our commitment to unlocking equity pathways and backing high-performing operators with real skin in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">Leslie said Mahiwi offered a strong balance of breeding and finishing country, with scope for improved performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis model is about empowering skilled operators to take the reins, build equity, and shape the future of farming with accountability and ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">A breeding-finishing farm, Mahiwi runs 3500 Romney ewes and 650 beef cows. <\/p>\n<p class=\"VYEVUgvTMz\" style=\"display:none\">It is currently wintering 7000 stock units across the property at a rate of 10 stock units per hectare.<\/p>\n<p>Mahiwi Farm: Key features<\/p>\n<p>708 effective farming hectares7000 stock unit property \u2013 ideal for scale and focus90 paddocks averaging 7.9ha eachAverage pasture yield: 8.1 tonne\/ha\/yearAverage rainfall: 1,734mm\/year <\/p>\n<p>Mahiwi Farm: Infrastructure<\/p>\n<p>One 4-bedroom, one 3-bedroom home, one 2-bedroom cottage and shearers\u2019 quartersOne woolshed, two sets of cattle yards and one satellite setOne set of sheep yards and three satellite setsReticulated water system across 70% of the farm Central lane running through the property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mahiwi is the first livestock farm offered under this model by the state-owned farmer. Unlike common equity partner\/manager&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[696,138,1137,3233,2082,15288,15287,3180,111,139,69,2680,15290,6452,3169,4753,12425,15286,1886,15289],"class_list":["post-12961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-announced","tag-business","tag-equity","tag-farm","tag-for","tag-livestock","tag-mahiwi","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-opens","tag-operators","tag-opportunity","tag-ownership","tag-partnership","tag-pathways","tag-pmu","tag-support","tag-wairoa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}