Brookland Station on Napier’s doorstep

Farmers seeking a flexible finishing farm that offers excellent winter and spring production, and future development potential only minutes to a popular country school, pub and city amenities will find Brooklands Station in Hawke’s Bay offers the best of many worlds.

The 716ha property at Puketapu is only 14km from downtown Napier, seven minutes from Taradale township offering the ideal combination of lifestyle options and short distance commutes for earning off the farm. It features elevated house sites offering expansive views towards the Port of Napier and Bay.

Brooklands’ proximity to town means its appeal lies as much to Napier’s lifestyle attractions while also ensuring farm supplies are easily accessible and livestock transport to yards is minimal.

Bayleys Hawke’s Bay agent Tony Rasmussen says Brooklands Station brings the opportunity to purchase a solid, well founded finishing operation that also has the potential for buyers with the vision and commitment to take it to the next level of productivity.

“Much of the water supply is from natural spring water and dams across the property. If you were to reticulate all 77 paddocks and even combine some technology like Halter on the cattle, you could optimise the grazing even further,” he says.

Meantime, anyone stepping onto the property as it is will benefit from a finishing platform with a proven history of wintering over 3000 hoggets and 800 cattle, in excess of 7000 stock units.

Operations take advantage of the property’s winter-early spring growth and good level of shelter from south and westerly winds.

That early season production is reinforced by Brookland’s solid history of regular fertiliser applications, with the majority of the property enjoying P levels over 20 and pH sitting from 5.5-5.8.

“The free draining soils across the property mean it copes well with heavier cattle, and the ability to hold them through winter and make the most of early grass growth gives it a great early season advantage.”

With the good mix of flat and rolling country the property 245m above sea level offers commanding views to the east, and plenty of potential homestead construction sites.

The 40ha of flat country with potential for 24ha of consented irrigation blends to another 40ha of easy contour. The remainder of the property is 630ha of easy and medium country with some steeper sidlings. All the property is well accessed with a quality central laneway.

The minimal distance to Port of Napier means forestry is a real option for some or all the property, with its location minimising haulage and harvest costs, and the country offering plenty of potential to combine forestry and livestock across the farm’s entire footprint.

Brooklands has three cottages on it, all in optimal order and offering low maintenance accommodation for management staff without being overcapitalized.

Other buildings on the farm are in a good state of repair, including a five-stand woolshed, large implement-work shed complex, and a solid storage shed. Yarding is extensive, including station size cattle yards, sheep yards and satellite yards further out on the property.

Tony Rasmussen says Brooklands offers real possibilities for an established breeding operation seeking quality finishing country that also has other options with it.

“It would round out an operation like that very well.

“It’s not often you can acquire a property that is this well located, has such a good balance of contour, is well set up and could still offer some more upside in production.”

Brooklands is for sale by auction on September 25. Interested parties can contact Tony Rasmussen on 027 429 2253