The New Zealand Meat Merino Group was established as a joint venture between WRONZ Developments (later Canesis Network Limited) and two farming partners, John Booker and Winton Dalley.

In late 2000 the group imported 23 SAMM ewes and three rams from Western Australia, and two ewes and a ram which were shown at the 2000 Canterbury A and P Show. It also bought SAMM/Corriedale ewes and rams bred from an importation of SAMM semen in 1999. In 2003 they imported embryos and semen from a leading South Australia stud and semen from one of the original sources in Western Australia.

After five years of MOET and AI programs, in addition to natural breeding, the flock presently numbers 110 purebred SAMM and 26  ⅞ and ¾  SAMM/Corriedale breeding ewes and 66 SAMM ewe hoggets.

For enquiries, please contact:

John & Joanna Booker, “Longfield”, Hawarden RD, North Canterbury Phone:03 3144129, Fax: 03 3144125, Email: j.booker@xtra.co.nz		John has been breeding stud Corriedales since 1983. He began introducing genetics from other breeds in 1996. The Booker family has been breeding rams on their Longfield property since 1925. Longfield is a 300 hectare dryland property, sited 300 m above sea level and with an annual rainfall of 600-750 mm. It is currently running 3,000 stock units. John and Joanne have been farming Longfield in partnership since 1997.
Winton & Jean Dalley, “Braeburn”, Hawarden RD, North Canterbury Phone:03 3144230, Fax: 03 3144276 Email: w.j.dalley@xtra.co.nz		Winton and Jean have farmed Braeburn as a partnership since 1978. They have developed a commerical fine to mid micron quarterbred flock and first became interested in Meat Merinos as a way to improve meat production without compromising on wool quality or the flock's suitability to the property's environment.
Loraine and Terry Reid 31 Leinster Tce Lincoln Canterbury New Zealand Email:tandlreid@snap.net.nz		Terry is a retired animal scientist from AgResearch, Canesis, WRONZ and MAF. The Reids have taken a third of the stock from the NZMMG to form the Elgin stud.