Rawhiti farm landscape and infrastructure

Rawhiti Farm · Te Aroha, Waikato

Rawhiti Farm

Waste to food/Kiwi-made pork/Local Community

Rawhiti Farm sits on Pukeora Station, Te Aroha. We are a working pig farm that takes waste which would otherwise reach landfill and turns it into food and fertiliser, while respecting our land, environment, community and our future.

Accountability first

We don’t hide our past. We use it.

The farm has experienced historical environmental compliance issues, including effluent discharges in 2023 during Cyclone Gabrielle. While we acknowledge these events, we are proud of the significant improvements we have made since that time, including changes to management, personnel, systems, and infrastructure. We are committed to responsible environmental stewardship and value our role as a contributor to the wider community.

On the ground

Te Aroha Maunga and the ridge country above Rawhiti

Riparian planting along our waterways and iwi-led native planting on our farm and Te Aroha Maunga with Ngāti Tumutumu

The gully before native planting in 2024, overgrown with weeds and bare slopes
The same hillside after native planting: flax, grasses and young natives established
Freshly planted natives on the effluent bladder embankment

Rawhiti in photos

Real work, real land, real people — the farm as it actually looks today.

Golden sunrise over native bush and the Waikato hills at Rawhiti
A pig at Rawhiti Farm
A pig in the barn at Rawhiti Farm
Aerial view of farm tracks winding through the Rawhiti hill country
A Rawhiti team member on the farm
A lone tree on a Rawhiti hillside with a wide rural view
Aerial of covered effluent ponds and vehicles at Rawhiti
Community gathering at long tables on the farm at dusk
Two team members in hi-vis planting on the ground at Rawhiti
A Rawhiti team member holding a piglet
A farm worker on an ATV at Rawhiti
Covered Kliptank infrastructure beside trees and worked land
Waterfowl on green pasture near a Rawhiti waterway
Morning mist settling over the rolling Waikato hills

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