Waipiri Holsteins

11/11/2026

We were back in Claudelands for Waikato Show again in 2026 with 7 milkers and 8 youngstock. We couldn’t be more proud of the quality of stock we presented highlighted with Paris bringing home Supreme Holstein Champion, Claire winning Best Udder Holstein, a clean trifecta in the Senior Holstein Championship, Karla bringing home Reserve Intermediate Holstein Champion, Fashion Junior Jersey Champion and Pepper Honourable Mention Junior Ayrshire.

Special mentions to Zoe Botha for her work Prepping stock all week, Grant Stalker, Margaret Kreger and Scarlett Lewis for their help through the week. Whilst Dean Malcolm and Mal Nikora’s input throughout the week had a massive influence on how we presented our cows and heifers in the ring.

Full results include.

Tahora Mogul Paris EX95📸
* 1st Aged Holstein Cow
* 1st Aged Interbreed Cow
* Supreme Holstein Champion
* Hon. Mention Senior Interbreed Cow

Waipiri Mogul Kristy EX94
* 2nd Aged Holstein Cow & Best Udder
* 2nd Aged Interbreed Cow
* Reserve Senior Holstein Champion

Busybrook Unix Alana EX93
* 3rd 5&6 Year Old Holstein Cow
* 3rd 5&6 Year Old Interbreed Cow

Waipiri Handshake Missy EX92
* 1st 4 Year Old Holstein Cow & Best Udder
* 3rd 4 Year Old Interbreed Cow
* Hon. Mention Senior Holstein Cow

Waipiri Lambda Claire VG89
* 2nd Senior 3 Year Old Holstein Cow & Best Udder
* 2nd Senior 3 Year Old Interbreed Cow
* Best Udder Holstein Cow

Waipiri Lambda Pixie VG89
* 2nd Junior 3 Year Old Holstein Cow & Best Udder
* 3rd Junior 3 Year Old Interbreed Cow

Waipiri Lambda Karla
* 1st Junior 2 Year Old Holstein Cow & Best Udder
* 2nd Junior 2 Year Old Interbreed Cow

Waipiri Tstorm Beauty
* 3rd Autumn Holstein Yearling

Waipiri Lambda Alyse
* 3rd Senior Holstein Yearling

Waipiri Dropbox Tonii
* 5th Junior Holstein Yearling

Ferdon Goldorak Fashion
* 1st Junior Jersey Yearling
* 3rd Junior Interbreed Yearling
* Junior Jersey Champion

Waipiri Pace Topaz
* 6th Autumn Holstein Heifer

Holstein Friesian New Zealand
Waipa Holstein Club
World Wide Sires New Zealand
Ella Pirie Photography📸

29/10/2026

Cows are all settled at Claudelands as Waikato show gets underway tomorrow morning. 15 head travelled into Hamilton this year. A big change up this year with only 3 returning from last years string. Be sure to get along for a great days judging!

Holstein Friesian New Zealand

27/07/2026

🍁Autumn Classification🍁

We rounded out the 25/26 season with a successful classification highlighted by all 54 inspected cows scoring VG or EX and Totie scoring EX93 on the Panel Classifier on the back of her Dam Waipiri Mogul Totie scoring EX95 the previous month for the Terpstra / Lister partnership.

A few highlights included.

New EX Cows
Waipiri Solomon Totie EX93

Waipiri Atwood Lizzy EX92
Waipiri Atwood Praire EX92
Waipiri Diamondback Missy EX92
Waipiri Montross Lilly EX92
Waipiri Windbrook Bonny EX92

Waipiri Doc Kristy EX91
Waipiri Doc Pixel EX91
Waipiri Unix Maggie EX91
Tahora Goldchip Toniwin EX91

Waipiri Cain Karlia EX90
Waipiri Diamondback Currie EX90
Waipiri Doc Lizzy EX90
Waipiri Doc Pix EX90
Waipiri Mogul Lizzane EX90
Waipiri Planet Chloe EX90
Waipiri Tropic Atlee EX90

Three Year Olds

Waipiri Chief Maggie VG89
Waipiri Ferraro Firelfy VG89
Waipiri Hanans Shiloh VG89
Waipiri Lambd Tonio VG89
Waipiri Moovin Karla VG89
Full On Hava A Dezi VG89 (Gordon & Renee Fullerton)

Waipiri Doc Fran VG88
Waipiri Lambda Claire VG88📸
Waipiri Lambda Ingrid VG88
Waipiri Lambda Safari VG88
Waipiri Sidekick Ingrid VG88

STgenetics
Ella Pirie Photography📸

22/07/2026

💥Waipiri Destry Tonio EX💥

We couldn’t be more proud of the impact Tonio has had in the Waipiri herd. But to see THREE of her granddaughters in other herds achieve tremendous Semex National On Farm results last month is very very special to us.

Sherraine Holsteins have a fantastic group of young Daughters from Windbrook Tonio EX with two of them taking the quinella in the 2 Year Olds who will no doubt back up these achievements this season.

Michael Terpstra and Stu Lister just leap from mountain to mountain in achievements with Mogul Totie not only scoring EX95 but also winning the Mature Age Group and Overall Semex National On Farm Champion. Michael and Stu already have some fantastic young daughters from Totie while her Solomon here at Waipri scored EX93 last month.

Tonio a sister to the legendary Tahora Goldwyn Toni EX still remains in the Waipiri Herd at 14 Years Old with ET’s due this spring and next autumn her story certainly isn’t over yet!

Holstein Friesian New Zealand
Waipa Holstein Club
World Wide Sires New Zealand
Cullen Marketing📸

11/06/2026

Waipiri Skick Camille EX94
(Sidekick x EX91 Atwood x EX95 Damion)

Silvermaple Damion Camomile EX95 was a cow we long admired throughout the 2010’s and as fate would have it Matt L***r who we have some great dealings with getting US genetics to New Zealand had a young Atwood daughter of Camomile. Fast forward to January 2021 and we had 3 Sidekick daughters of this Atwood cow who by then was scored 87 Points as a 2 year old. We successfully showed ‘Claire’ as a heifer at both Waikato Show and NZDE who went on to breed Waipiri Lambda Claire VG87 who stood in the Intermediate Championship Ring at Waikato Show in 2025.

But it’s ‘Camille’ who caught everyone’s attention at Waikato Show. An autumn born 4 year old who had to step up and compete with 5&6 Year Olds flying completely under the radar with the quality within the age group and didn’t disappoint placing 2nd and Reserve Senior Champion to the Supreme Dairy Exhibit of the show. She followed this success by scoring EX94 2 weeks later then travelled to NZDE for another 2nd placing while taking Best Udder in class.

Still only a now 5 year old the future is very bright for this wonderful young cow. She has a beautiful young Lambda due to calve next month and you could have the opportunity to have your own as she has a selection of 5 SEXED Embryos by Lambda, Anahita and Hinge selling in the Carrfields Winter Solstice Sale on Monday 15th of June.

Holstein Friesian New Zealand
Waipa Holstein Club
Matt Iager

10/06/2026

Crossroads Un Nya - Red EX92
(Unstopabull x EX92 Destry x EX95 Durham)

A very special cow who despite her story starting long ago only arrived at Waipiri in the spring of 2023. It all started many years ago when Alex Harvey had travelled down from Northland to classify here at Waipiri and mentioned he had 2 Unstoppabull heifers from the ‘Apple’ family. We always liked the Unstopabull daughters but unfortunately he never made it to New Zealand outside of embryos until this year. Fast forward a couple of years later in 2022 and Alex is back classifying on farm and he mentions this red Unstopabull again but this time had a photo of her. He certainly had our attention now. A few months later after winning the Northland Semex On Farm Corey Ferguson travelled up to Judge her for nationals and he did not hesitate to let us know what a special cow this was. The winter of 2023 David got the chance to visit the phenomenal Crossroads herd while visiting family up north and a deal was made to have Nya move down to the Waikato.

A fantastic milker producing 800MS last lactation and tracking to do the same again this year she doesn’t miss a beat in the herd, whilst we’ve been fortunate enough to breed 3 Hulu heifers due to calve in the spring along with Lambda and Dropbox heifers last spring.

October comes along and now 7 years old she’s standing in the yard and we all have the same idea - let’s put a halter on her and 4 weeks later she placed 2nd Aged cow and Best Udder at Waikato Show and backed up that result with a trip to NZ Dairy Event in January where she placed 1st and Best Udder in the Aged Cow class under world renowned judge Brian Carscadden from Canada.

A truly wonderful cow and we can’t thank the Harvey family enough for breeding such a special cow and letting us be part of her story.

She will have LAMBDA Embryos sell as LOT 34 in the upcoming Winter Solstice Sale. A great opportunity to tap into this wonderful cow and family!

Blondin Sires Inc.
Holstein Friesian New Zealand
Waipa Holstein Club
NZ Dairy Event

27/04/2026

Waipiri Lambda Vala VG87 - MAX
(Lambda x EX90 Crushabull x VG89 Solomon x EX Windbrook)

Vala really hit the ground running with beautiful Carrot heifer in July and quickly set a high benchmark for the 2 year olds this season. Tracking to produce 650 KG’s in her first lactation she’s starred in the shed as well as the show ring featuring at both Waikato Show and NZ Dairy Event producing top 3 placings at both shows.

* 3rd Jnr Two Year Old Waikato Show
* 2nd Jnr Two Year Old NZDE

Vala who has a great future ahead of her descends back to an Incredible Windbrook cow we were lucky enough to purchase in the Velvaleen Dispersal in May 2017 who has successfully bred generations of top performing cows since.

A big thank you to Cullen Marketing for this wonderful shot taken at Waikato Show.

Holstein Friesian New Zealand
Waipa Holstein Club
NZ Dairy Event

27/03/2026

We’re always thrilled to see the success and impact of Waipiri animals since joining new herds and this years Semex On Farm showed just that.

In the Waikato Waipiri CR Freaky Girl EX92 followed up last seasons Senior Champion Holstein at NZDE with a win in the 5 Year Old Semex On Farm as she keeps on delivering success for Warren and Michelle Ferguson.

Michael Terpstra and Stu Lister picked up Waipiri Mogul Tottie EX back in 2021 which was a young cow who we thought went under the radar. She certainly stole the show not only winning the Mature Semex On Farm but to also overall Champion. With now having pointed classification on EX cows we’re excited to see how she scores this autumn following her Parfect and Alcove daughters both scoring VG87 MAX as 2 year olds in the spring.

Waipiri Wbrook Tonio EX travelled down to Canterbury to join the Sherraine herd in early 2021. It was fantastic to see her Lambda and Chief daughters take the Quinella in the Semex On Farm 2 Year Old class in Canterbury topping the line of 39 entries. Two great young heifers who we look forward to seeing them back in the show ring in Spring 2026!

Congratulations to all!

Ferdon Genetics New Zealand
Michael Terpstra / Stu Lister
Sherraine Holsteins

Semex
World Wide Sires New Zealand
STgenetics
Holstein Friesian New Zealand

📸 Corey Ferguson
📸Ella Pirie Photography
📸Luke Gardiner

11/02/2026

Thats a wrap on Semex On Farm regional judging for 2026. We entered 15 cows this year and look forward to the results at tonight’s prizegiving.

Pictured is Waipiri Solomon Millie EX92.

Holstein Friesian New Zealand
Waipa Holstein Club
Semex

27/01/2026

Missy and rest of the Waipiri line of cows will be in the ring 10am onwards today!

Thanks Ella Pirie Photography for the wonderful shot!

NZ Dairy Event
Holstein Friesian New Zealand
Waipa Holstein Club
CowManager
Mark Nutsford

𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝟐𝟖

𝟖𝐚𝐦 – Futurity Classes – Two-year-old
𝟖.𝟒𝟓𝐚𝐦 – JERSEYS (Two Years In-milk through to Grand Champion)
𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟓𝐚𝐦 – HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN (Two Years In-milk through to Grand Champion)
𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐧 – COMBINED BREEDS (Two Years In-milk through to Grand Champion)
𝟐𝐩𝐦 – AYRSHIRES (Junior Calf through to Junior Champion)
𝟑.𝟏𝟓𝐩𝐦 – INTERMEDIATE INTERBREED CHAMPION
𝟑.𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦 – SENIOR INTERBREED CHAMPION
𝟑.𝟓𝟎𝐩𝐦 - National Anthem
𝟒𝐩𝐦 – SUPREME EXHIBIT OF THE SHOW

Photo: Ella Pirie Photography caught the UK's Mark Nutsford looking relaxed and enjoying some New Zealand hospitality at the NZ DairyEvent. Mark judged the Holsteins at the NZ DairyEvent in 2023 and after judging at IDW last week, he stopped in on the way home. The in-milk cows are in the starting gates for the final day of the show.