Products & Quality Control

Northbank Station, Canterbury,
South Island,

​Adam and Sharon Waite manage Northbank Station, which is a family-owned farm of 1600 acres. The farm has about 100 paddocks on which the deer roam and graze.  The deer are grass fed and supplemented with sileage and barley grown on the farm during the winter months.  Last year, 5000 animals were farmed for the Cervena label.

 Northbank is beautifully laid out with shelter and fresh clean water available in each paddock.  We feed our deer clean young grass and have initiated a ‘center lane system' for moving our herds from one paddock to another to graze, eliminating the stress factor that can be associated with that. 

Our farm is serviced by an irrigation system that draws water from the nearby Rakaia River, ensuring our animals new grass even during times of drought.

We enjoy the reward of deer farming and the challenge of raising a new herd of animals to the high Mountain River Venison standards each and every season. We're proud to say that our venison is a lean, clean product based on principles of sustainable farming.

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Mt Hutt Station, Canterbury,
South Island,

At present Bruce and Becky Hood run Mt Hutt Station with the assistance from Bruce’s parent’s Keith and Dennise.  Mt Hutt Station is a very family orientated farm that produces quality animals for venison in an environment that is unique to New Zealand.  Bruce and Becky have four children that will ultimately be the next generation of deer farmers at Mt Hutt Station

Whyte Farm,
Canterbury,
South Island,

Canterbury high country farmer Donald Whyte has loved deer since he was a child. When he was young he hunted them, then moved into live helicopter capture and now owns one of New Zealand’s biggest deer farms farming 5,000 deer.

Linking with his son and daughter, who each run their own farms, the Whyte family supply 2,000 deer annually to Mountain River Venison

Raincliff Station,
South Canterbury,
South Island, 

Transplanted Welshman Dave Morgan struggles to leave his heart out of making deer farming decisions such is his passion for the industry.

Dave is owner of Raincliff Station with his wife Janet, and works on the farm with their three children and team. He speaks with a broad Welsh accent, likes things to be "balanced" and admits to being hooked on the antler business. 

​Morgan has a vision, and that's to farm South Canterbury's Raincliff in a way that's "profitable, sustainable and enjoyable." These values are not all business driven, he says. There is a strong environmental and people focus

Cattle Flat Station, near Wanaka,
South Island

 Charlie Ewing farms at Cattle Flat Station, located near Wanaka. It is situated in the Matukituki valley, which was formed by glaciers millions of years ago. The station is 4,000 hectares with about 50 paddocks, the largest ones being up to 200 hectares. It is a beautiful setting surrounded by mountain ranges with the 3,033m high. Mt. Aspiring in the background. ​ ​

Our family has owned this farm for 30 years and we’ve farmed deer for the last ten of them.  Among those who work the farm with me is our daughter Pip, making the fourth generation of the Ewing family to farm in this area.  The station is 10,000 acres with about 50 paddocks, the largest ones being up to 500 acres.  It is in a beautiful setting surrounded by mountain ranges with the 10,000 foot high Mt. Aspiring right in our backyard.

Our deer graze on improved pastures and over-sown hill country up to 5,000 feet. We grow supplemental winter feed on our farm, mainly Swedes – a kind of turnip – and brassicas, which is in the cabbage family, in addition to silage.  We normally “break feed” the deer, allowing the stock a portion of the paddock for part of the day before moving them.