Wairere Rams Australia backed by 80 Years of Ram Breeding Experience
The Wairere Australia Team
Derek Daniell
Principal
P: +64 21 751 163
derek@wairererams.com.au
Pierre Syben
Marketing and Sales
P: +61 473 446 016
E: pierre@wairereramsaust.com
Ross Macklin
Farm Manager
P:0411 628 149
E: admin@wairereramsaust.com
The Wairere Timeline
Len Daniell started the Akoura Romney stud in 1929. John Daniell selected the best Wairere 5 year ewes in 1967, and mated them to several top Akoura rams. Thus was born a Wairere hill country flock, fully performance recorded from that year. After the accidental death of John in 1983, Derek Daniell took over as studmaster.
1929
Akoura Romney Stud Started by Len Daniell.
1967
John Daniell started Wairere hill country flock by selecting the best Wairere 5 year old ewes and mating them to several top Akoura rams.
1980’s
Expansion of ram sales as Wairere became a nationally known ram breeding enterprise.
1984
Derek Daniell assumes management of Wairere as stud master.
1991
Derek becomes a Nuffield Scholar. Promotion activity plus expansion of Wairere breending flock through the formation of joint-ventures (JV’s).
1993
Formation of Wairere South JV.
1996
Formation of Wairere King JV and large scale crossbreeding programme using Finn, East Freisian and Texel.
2005
First 65 Romney rams were air freighted to Melbourne. Start of Wairere Australia JV.
2006
Facial Eczema Tolerance Programme started. Formation of Wairere Challenger.
2007
Formation of Wairere United Kingdom JV. Start of Terminal Sire Programme. Formation of Wairere Dominators.
2011
Formation of Wairere South America.
2012
Formation of Wairere Smart Sheep.
2015
Farm purchased near Heywood, Victoria, Australia, and Wairere Australia set up with the air freight of 190 ewes, followed by two years of multiple ovulation embryo transfers.
