AGRISEA ARE IN YOUR REGION
Meet your Area Field Consultant
From Northland through Waikato, Taranaki, Manawatu and Hawkes Bay, to Wairarapa, Nelson, Canterbury, Otago and Dunedin and Invercargill, our experienced and passionate Area Field Consultants can meet you at your place to answer questions and help you with your AgriSea products.
Find out more about our awesome team below.
Paul Sorensen
Northland (Ag/Hort/ Apiculture)
Rhys Hikuroa
West Waikato & Central Waikato/Coromandel
Rhys joined AgriSea in September 2020 and is our Area Field Consultant in the West Waikato & Central Waikato/ Coromandel; covering primarily dairy, drystock and bee nutrition.
Growing up in Te Pahu, Rhys graduated from Lincoln University in 2014 with a Bachelors of Commerce majoring in agribusiness and innovation. Since then he has worked in the dairy chemical industry and has developed an in-depth knowledge of the agricultural sector.
Rhys is very passionate about sustainable agriculture but understands better than most that operations have to be profitable. He is excited about building the AgriSea presence in his area and providing expert solutions to help improve farm profitability and reduce environmental impacts.
Susi Thomas
Equine Specialist
Susi arrived from the UK with a background in the Thoroughbred racing industry. Her lifetime love of horses and a passion for pleasure riding naturally lead to a career in the industry. Horses wellbeing is her main focus and AgriSea was the perfect fit. She has helped many top riders in all disciplines achieve outstanding results using the AgriSea products and loves to see the horses look and perform to the best of their ability.
Reg Hedges
South Waikato/ Bay of Plenty
Murray McEwan
027 645 0566
Sales Education, Training and Development Manager.
Murray’s whole working life, has been in the agricultural service sector. Murray has worked as a stock agent, wool classing, and export also dairy farming and milk processing.
Over the last 20 years he has been involved with fertiliser, farm nutrient management (incl. Overseer), dairy effluent design and management. He has practical working experience with both conventional and organic agricultural production and has found a neat fit with the Agrisea products into all farming systems.
Gavin Robertson
Taranaki/Lower North Island
Having been on the AgriSea team since October 2010 Gavin has an extensive Sales and Marketing background in the Agricultural/Horticultural industries.
With his wealth of experience, Gavin has built up a very loyal clientele in the lower North Island. His knowledge of farming and agriculture and how bio stimulant’s fit with-in nutrient management has been of great value and is sort after by both existing clients and new prospects looking to improve and fine tune their Farming Systems.
Rob Nuku
Manawatu- Whanganui, Hawkes Bay & Gisborne
Rob joined AgriSea NZ LTD back in 2018 as part of the production and brewing team then moved into the roles as Operations Manager, Health and Safety Manager, and Quality Control Manager. He is immersed into brewing, producing and distributing all of AgriSea NZ Ltd quality products and has worked hard to gain long lasting relationships with all general suppliers, clients, the wider community and a comprehensive customer base.
Being brought up in a rural farming community then spending time in the NZ Defence Force, Rob is now looking forward to moving back home to the Wanganui/Central Plateau region, and pursue a career as an Area Field Consultant (AFC). He has many farming and agriculture friends around the Central Plateau, Manawatu and Hawkes Bay areas that he has worked alongside over many years.
Rob’s new portfolio as he stated will be exciting and rewarding . A challenge is what drives him with his love of the land, sea, and environment.
Brett Martin
Upper South Island & West Coast (Ag/Hort/ Apiculture)
Brett moved from Taumarunui to Northland settling in Kerikeri 11 yrs ago with a young family, joining AgriSea 4 years ago, and servicing Auckland to Cape Reinga.
Brett has four adult children and a grandson; all based in New Zealand.
After the opportunity for a change of region came up Brett jumped on it, having not explored a great deal of our beautiful country. Brett decided to move from Northland to the Upper South to continue spreading the Agrisea word; also giving Brett the chance to explore some more of our wonderful country and new adventures. Brett’s main interests include mainly outdoor activities ie: Hunting and Gathering ( fishing /shooting ).
Brett has a small boat and looks forward to exploring the upper South Island coastal region. Brett has recently purchased a mountain bike to explore bush trails etc. Brett is really looking forward to the new challenges ahead in his new region, as he has not spent a lot of time in the South Island and loves meeting and helping those he meets.
Josh Lester
Canterbury
Josh came to the Agrisea team in August 2022 after spending the majority of his working life in and around the dairy sector, whether it be helping produce export quality dairy products, lead a production team, or helping customers with their ‘on farm’ dairy hygiene. Born and raised in South Canterbury Josh has settled with his wife and two sons on the outskirts of Geraldine. In his spare time Josh likes to follow his son’s sporting endeavors aswell as tending to the development of the family’s lifestyle block. Josh has a strong desire to help his customers make their business as profitable as possible in partnership with Agriseas product range and good quality service.
