Certified WOF Assessors

Alan Frost

Dairymaster Milking Systems NZ Ltd

Dairymaster is a world leader in dairy equipment. As well as distributing Milking, Scraping and Feeding equipment in New Zealand, we run a contracting business specialising amongst other things in Effluent design, sales and service.

• Effluent Design Accreditation
• Certified independent dairy effluent WOF assessments
• Qualified NZMPTA FDE Hydraulic Design
• FDE system consultation
• 30 years of experience in the industry
• One of the largest teams in the business

Anna Thomas

Independent Project Consultants

Chris Gibbs

Director / Consultant

CG Ag Consulting Ltd
7 Alford Street
Methven
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021 317 669
Methven

South Island

I formed CG Ag in 2019 with a view to provide a personalised nutrient management service to farmers.

My previous job with Sustainable Water Ltd involved dairy effluent system design, advice and sales, as well as Overseer nutrient budgeting. Designing effluent systems and working alongside irrigation specialists, has meant that I have developed an excellent understanding of effluent & irrigation design based on soil type and crops grown and how this can have an impact on nutrient loss if design shortcuts are taken.

Prior to working for Sustainable Water, I held an Account Manager position with Ravensdown for 5 years, which covered arable, dairy and sheep/beef/deer properties in the productive Mid-Canterbury region. This role involved assisting farmers with soil testing, interpreting soil test results, making fertiliser/AgChem/animal health recommendations and completing nutrient budgets using Overseer.

I am a hardworking, enthusiastic individual who relates well to a wide range of people and has a real passion for the agricultural industry. I have a practical, open mind and endeavour to gain an in depth understanding of each farming business so I can help farmers to achieve their environmental goals. I'm happy to travel throughout the South Island.

Colin Kay

Kay Consulting Ltd

Colin is an experienced Consultant with over 28 years working in the agricultural sector specialising in:

• Farm Dairy Effluent System design and evaluation
• Farm Dairy Effluent WOF assessments
• Effluent pond design and construction monitoring
• Farm Dairy Effluent Management plans
• Staff training

Farm Dairy Effluent Design Accredited company and provides independent
environmental and engineering services tailor made for your farm.

Craig Strong

Pasture Production Ltd

I am an Ex dairy farmer, Now an independent consultant available throughout Canterbury and Otago.

Buying or selling your dairy farm or preparing your FEP for an independent assessment contact Craig 027 PASTURE

Dave Stopforth

Enviro Sense Ltd

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• TWO qualified assessors available – cuts down time on farm
• North Otago Based – ability to travel  Otago, Southland and Canterbury
• I Piloted the ‘WoF’ programme throughout Canterbury, Otago and Southland for DairyNZ
• Ex-Environmental  Compliance Officer (4yrs)
• Independent Effluent Consultant (6+yrs
• Electronic Technician

Enviro Sense Ltd offers a confidential and independent advice; we provide a service not products.

Davieth Verheij

AgFirst Engineering (Waikato) Ltd

Independent Agricultural Engineering Consultant with 12 years’ experience in design / supply / build / servicing of dairy effluent systems.

Farm Dairy Effluent Design Accredited with excellent knowledge of all aspects of effluent treatment systems from concrete infrastructure, catchment and containment, solids removal, pond agitation and an in-depth knowledge of effluent irrigation systems.

Donna Corbin

RES - Rural Environmental Solutions

Dr Debbie Care

PhD, MSc 1st class hons, Member of the NZIPIM

Emma Brand

Synlait Milk Limited

An Environmental Advisor for Synlait Milk Limited for the past 3 years, and have helped farmers with consenting and achieving compliance over this time. Assisting with writing and implementing Farm Environment Plans. I have a good understanding of nutrient management having completed both the Intermediate and Advance Sustainable Nutrient Mgmt Courses.

I’m able to provide confident and practical advice to farmers to improve their farm dairy effluent systems. Passion for assisting farmers to reduce their environmental footprint, while maintaining productivity through the whole farming system.

Glenn Thomas

Independent Project Consultants

Greig Stephens

First Base Ltd

Having spend much in the High country of the South Island, he has an absolute love of the country and the folk that farm our country.

Educational choices and opportunities took him away from farming and into the field of Civil Engineering but his love for the land is still strong.

Qualifying as an Effluent Assessor in 2017, affords him an opportunity to finally work in the Agricultural sector. This coupled with his engineering skills of pumps, pipes, and earthworks gives him the ability to look at many situations and draw some good information and solutions for possible problems.

Greig, in partnership, has recently started a Health and safety company (First Base Ltd) that provides small to medium business with Health and safety systems and advice. Many of his current customers come from the farming sector.

Greig see significant strength in being able to offer farmers Dairy effluent system assessment, H&S systems and advice, and Engineering ideas that are common on typical farms.

Call him for a chat on 0274 596924

Hazel Carr

Kakariki Environmental Consultants

Kakariki Environmental Consultants
545 Main Drain Road, RD5
 Rangiora 7475
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027 757 7195
Canterbury
Southland / Otago

Hazel Carr is an environmental consultant for Kakariki Environmental Consultants. She holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with First Class Honours from Lincoln University. Certified Nutrient Management Adviser and Certified Dairy Effluent Warrant of Fitness Assesor.

Currently contract milking in North Canterbury she has a good understanding of the daily aspects of farming and can connect and communicate well with farmers. For the last 2 years she has worked as a farm environmental consultant and continued to develop her knowledge around regional council requirements and the use of nutrient management tools such as Overseer.

Hazel formed Kakariki Environmental Consultants in 2019 with the aim of assisting farmers with all environmental aspects of farming. She enjoys working with farmers to help them achieve their goals, develop their business and meet regional council requirements. She is competent at completing in depth, yet farmer friendly nutrient management plans and Farm Environment Plans. She has recently completed the necessary training to become an Effluent Warrant of Fitness Assessor and has been working hard with farmers throughout Canterbury to help assess their effluent systems and provide recommendations for improvement where required. 

Her passion for, and involvement in the dairy industry help her to relate to farmers and provide the advice and support they require in all environmental aspects of their business.

Jeremy Hunt

Environmental Agribusiness Consultant

AgFirst (Waikato) Ltd
26D Liverpool Street
Hamilton 3240
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027 203 6182
Waikato
All

I am an environmental consultant with over 9 years’ experience working on many effluent, wastewater treatment plant, landfill and irrigation projects. I have vast experience creating nutrient budgets using Overseer and have completed the advanced soil conservation and sustainable nutrient management courses held by Massey University.

In addition to my consulting work, I recently worked as a contract milker and sole operator on a dairy farm in the Waikato. This has helped shape my practical understanding and the demands of effluent systems within a farming enterprise.

I work very closely with our AgFirst Engineering team who are industry leaders in effluent design, build and servicing of dairy effluent systems.

Jonathan Wright

W Tech 

W Tech are a Taranaki based company providing professional services to dairy farmers. We can assist with:

• Dairy effluent system design
• Dairy effluent system evaluations and WOF assessments
• Dairy effluent management systems and training
• Telemetry systems and effluent fail safe to give you piece of mind

Jonathan Wright is a professional engineer and an experienced consultant, able to provide advice and services specific to your farm or business.

Michael Edmondson

Synlait Milk Limited

I am working as an Environmental Advisor for Synlait Milk Limited and have 10 years’ experience in the field of environmental management and monitoring, predominantly in the dairying and water management sectors.

I have an extensive knowledge of many types of farm dairy effluent collection, treatment and dispersal systems and can offer practical friendly advice to help improve system efficiency and on farm cost effectiveness.

• Certified Farm Environment Plan Auditor.
• Intermediate and Advanced nutrient Management courses, as well as Farm Dairy Effluent: System design and management course through Massey University.

I enjoy face to face interactions with farmers, and working together to help them get/stay ahead of ever changing regulatory requirements as well as the challenges of farming within the limits that are now part of the farming environment.

Murray Devery

First Base Ltd

I have a very diverse career background with qualifications in Business, Project Management, Health and Safety and the Effluent Warrant of Fitness.

I also have in depth experience with Risk Assessment, Asset Management as well as Emergency Preparation and Response Management.

I was bought up on a farm and have provided Health & Safety systems for Dairy Farmers over the last three years.

Now being qualified in the Effluent WoF I can provide an end to end service for Dairy Farmers as and when they need it.

Murray McEwan

McEwan Ag-Nutrients Ltd 

I has been involved with farm nutrient management for 20 years and have experience with all dairy farming systems and the associated effluent systems that are applicable to that particular farm. Effluent system design is not just about a big storage solution, there are a variety of options that should be assessed to ensure a fit for purpose outcome. I operate independent of any product supplier. 

My qualifications are 

• Intermediate & Advanced Sustainable Nutrient Management qualifications from Massey
• Effluent System Design & Management also from Massey
• Effluent Pumping & Hydraulics from Massey

This experience & these qualifications are all applied to consenting processes for regional councils and as an independent operator of the Overseer Nutrient Budget programme.

Neil McLean

Agricultural Business Associates

Agricultural Business Associates
Box 14 107
 Hamilton
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0274 947 865
Waikato
N/A

I am an independent farm consultant operating for over for 25 years in the Waikato region. My interest is in optimizing farm systems with a strong practical viewpoint so that the objectives of the farm business are met. To compliment this interest, I have undertaken the courses that allow me to formally report on dairy effluent systems.

These reports provide the independent benchmark for the ongoing farm operations of the effluent systems. As well there will be specific situations such as changes of farm ownership or sharemilking that require a historical standard of the effluent system to be recorded. 

Nick Hand

Bachelor of Science - Lincoln University

Macfarlane Rural Business Ltd
189 Alford Forest Rd
PO Box 418
Ashburton 7740
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027 297 4670
Darfield
Canterbury / West Coast / North Otago

Growing up in Christchurch, Nick always dreamed of becoming a farmer. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Lincoln University in 2013. Throughout university, Nick worked on dairy farms around Canterbury and North Otago. In July 2014 Nick began a graduate role with Ravensdown, before moving into an Agri Manager role in September 2014 in the Tararua district. This role involved providing sound, science-based fertiliser, agronomy and animal health advice to the shareholders in the Tararua district. Nick become a Certified Nutrient Management Advisor in September 2015 while assisting farmers to understand and farm within the Horizon One Plan.

In February 2017 Nick moved to Chengdu, China, on a New Zealand-China Government Scholarship.  Nick spent over two and a half years living in China, where he furthered his Chinese language skills, travelled, and met his fiancé Sasha, from Russia. In June 2019 Nick returned to New Zealand, working as an Environmental Advisor for Irrigo Centre Ltd in Ashburton. Irrigo Centre manages the environmental requirements for BCI, MHV and ALIL irrigation schemes. This role involved helping scheme shareholders improve their environmental practices on-farm through Farm Environment Plans, implementing Good Management Practices and preparing nutrient budgets.

In October 2019 Nick began working at DFMS. This role comprised of completing Farm Environment Plans, Nutrient Budgets, Dairy Effluent WOF’s, FARMAX modelling, and farm systems work, particularly on the West Coast. Nick begun working for MRB - Marfarlane Rural Business in September 2021. Nick is passionate about the New Zealand agriculture industry and is committed to improving environmental outcomes on farms, whilst helping maintain profitability.

Nick lives in Canterbury with his wife, where his spare time is spent running, woodworking, cycling, fishing and diving.                  

Nikki Kelly

Enviro Sense Ltd

• Worked  with DairyNZ and contributed to the development of the ‘WoF’  
• SAVE TIME AND MONEY – Use Enviro Sense Ltd
• TWO qualified assessors available – cuts down time on farm
• North Otago Based – ability to travel  Otago, Southland and Canterbury
• Independent Effluent Consultant (6+yrs)
• Ex-Compliance Officer  (5yrs)
• Electronic and Instrumental Technician
• Ex-Dairy Farmer (10yrs)
• Enviro Sense Ltd; we provide a service not products

Having worked on both sides of the fence (Farming and Compliance) I can understand needs and wants of both sides and therefore can offer confidential and independent advice.

Paul Brown

Cow Consultant Ltd

Cow Consultant Ltd
81 Belt Road
Ashburton 7700
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027 433 0486
West Coast
South Island

Scott McKenzie

Agfirst Engineering Ltd

Agfirst Engineering Ltd
1G King Street
Te Puke
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027 807 4979
BOP
Waikato / Gisborne

I am an environmental consultant with 4 years’ experience in effluent system design, supply, installation and testing of effluent systems.

I am farm dairy effluent design accredited and offer practical advice on how to ensure your effluent system is compliant.

I have completed the intermediate Sustainable Nutrients Management Program and FDE design courses- ensuring any design or advice is backed up with technical knowledge.

Stephan Capillon

GREEN FLOW Services

Trevor Foley

Reid & Harrison (1980) Ltd

• Accredited Farm Dairy Effluent System design and sales.
• Effluent storage calculations, storage options, site location, design and system project management.
• Dealer Support.
• WOF assessments.