Meet our team

In our passionate team we have over 60 years of experience in sheep breeding.
Our experience ranges from farming sheep to client relationships and genetics. We are breeding for value.

Donald & Liz Polson

We are Donald and Liz Polson, and we own Waipuna Farms. We are based on our mostly steep hill country property, just 30 minutes north of Whanganui. Also, under the Waipuna banner are our properties in Raetihi and on Fields Track. We are third generation farmers who take great pride in the way we work. We value relationships with our clients and community, we work to ensure the long-term sustainability of our land and aim to breed highly profitable animals.

David (Norm) Alderson

Norm has an extensive rural network in the red-meat industry and has extensive experience in applying genetics on farm in NZ.
Norm has completed an Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies at Massey University, majoring in Agribusiness and Economics. After graduation, Norm worked for several years in the red-meat processing industry. He then continued farming the hill-country sheep and beef family farm for 20 years. In 2015, Norm then made the switch to ram breeding and genetics.

Danitsja (Dani) van der Linden

Dani has extensive experience and is well networked in the fields of animal science and genetics In NZ.
Dani has a PhD in Animal Science (Massey University) and a Master’s degree in Animal Science majoring in reproduction and physiology (Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands). After her PhD, she worked as a postdoctoral Scientist with AgResearch for three years. She then made the switch to animal breeding and genetics. Dani has been responsible for the Waipuna Maternal breeding programme since 2013.