Photo: Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life
Dean McHardy might just be seeing more than three decades worth of work starting to pay off.
For the past 35 years, he's been the general manager at Tangihau Station - a 6500-hectare sheep and beef farm west of Gisborne - and in charge of its breeding stud, Tangihau Angus.
"If they're suited here, they're going to be pretty much suited for anybody in New Zealand," he told Country Life as he checked on the latest yearling mob of bulls which will go under the hammer next year.
Last year, the stud broke the New Zealand on-farm sale record in 2024 with a b
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