Arotahi Agribusiness

What Arotahi Agribusiness does

Arotahi Agribusiness Limited is a New Zealand-based professional services firm specialising in agribusiness real estate transactions, valuations, and advisory services. Founded in 2020 and headquartered at 15 Customs Street West, Level 17 Commercial Bay, Auckland, the firm operates throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, serving owners of farms, production and carbon forestry, horticulture (including kiwifruit, avocados, and vineyards), quarries, apiculture operations, poultry supply chain assets, and related supply chain facilities. Its three core service lines — Transactions, Valuation, and Advisory — are delivered by a small team of registered valuers, licensed real estate agents, and specialists holding credentials including MNZIV, MNZIF, NZIF Registered Forestry Professional, and Fellows of the New Zealand Institute of Valuers and the Property Institute of New Zealand.

The firm generates revenue through transaction commissions on the sale and purchase of agribusiness real estate and through professional services fees for high-value, complex, or portfolio valuation instructions and advisory mandates. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise sales targeting institutional investors (international and domestic), iwi and Māori organisations, Crown and government entities, and private landowners and family trusts. The company is licensed under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 and is a member of the International Ag Alliance, providing access to a global network of agricultural professional service firms for cross-border mandates. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; fees are negotiated per engagement.

Arotahi's collective transaction track record, including deals handled by personnel in prior roles, exceeds NZ$700 million of agribusiness real estate transacted, with tens of thousands of hectares valued across farming, forestry, horticulture, quarries, and supply chain assets. Named mandates include Crown portfolio work for LINZ, Landcorp's 31-farm South Island dairy and dry-stock portfolio, Inghams' long-lease poultry supply chain assets sale, forestry valuations for international investors Summit, Oji, and Craigmore, iwi work for Tainui, and high-country station valuations for a tertiary institution. The firm is privately held and founder-operated, with Jeremy Keating as Managing Director alongside founding directors Wyatt Johnston (Transactions) and Scott Carter (Valuation & Advisory).

Name

Arotahi Agribusiness

Legal name

Arotahi Agribusiness Limited

Website

https://arotahiagri.co.nz

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arotahi Agribusiness is a New Zealand professional services firm providing transaction, valuation, and advisory services for agribusiness real estate. It serves iwi organisations, institutional investors, Crown entities, and private landowners across farming, forestry, horticulture, and supply chain assets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agribusiness Real Estate Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Appraisers (53132)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Valuation & Appraisal Advisory (FSAEAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Natural Resources — Farmland & Agriculture (FSAAAKAI), Supply Chain, Marketing & Contracting Advisory (Grain/Livestock Marketing) (AFACAJAH), Succession, Governance & Ownership Transition Advisory (AFACAJAO)

Keywords

• Agribusiness real estate
• Rural property valuation
• Farm transactions
• Forestry valuation
• Rural advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Transaction Services: Commission-based fees for facilitating the sale and purchase of agribusiness real estate properties including farms, forests, horticulture, quarries, and supply chain assets.
2. Valuation Services: Professional valuation fees for high-value, complex, or portfolio property instructions for financial reporting, lending, acquisition, and treaty settlement purposes.
3. Advisory Services: Advisory fees for providing strategic advice, due diligence, and decision-making support to clients including iwi, institutional investors, and private landowners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arotahi Agribusiness is a licensed real estate agency providing transaction, valuation, and advisory services for agribusiness real estate throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. The firm specializes in farms (dairy, sheep and beef, grazing), production and carbon forestry, horticulture (kiwifruit, avocados, vineyards), quarries, and supply chain assets such as poultry processing operations. Services are delivered by registered valuers and licensed agents as a collaborative, integrated offering.

Product overview

Arotahi Agribusiness operates as a single integrated service offering centered on three core pillars: Transactions, Valuation, and Advisory services. The company specializes in agribusiness real estate throughout New Zealand, serving owners of farmland, forestry, horticulture, apiculture, poultry, quarries, and supply chain properties. Their service model combines these three disciplines collaboratively, with transactions handled by licensed real estate agents, valuations performed by registered valuers, and advisory services drawing from broad industry insight. The company is a licensed real estate agent under the REA Act and a member of the International Ag Alliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transactions Facilitates the purchase and sale of agribusiness real estate throughout New Zealand, including farms, forests, horticulture properties, quarries, and supply chain assets. The team has collectively transacted in excess of $700m of real estate through collaborative negotiation. Delivered under Arotahi's licensed real estate agent status under the REA Act.
• Valuation Delivers high-quality registered valuation reporting for high-value, complex, or portfolio agribusiness instructions. Covers financial reporting valuations, lending valuations, acquisition valuations, and treaty settlement valuations across farms, forests, horticulture, and supply chain properties.
• Advisory Provides strategic insight, due diligence, and decision-making support to clients across agribusiness real estate. Serves iwi, institutional investors, Crown entities, and private landowners with broad industry insight covering forestry land values, afforestation due diligence, and complex transactions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Collectively transacted in excess of $700m of real estate
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Ag AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of International Ag Alliance - a global network of agricultural and agribusiness professional service firms. This membership provides Arotahi with international reach and the ability to serve clients with cross-border needs or international investors in New Zealand agribusiness.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Herron Todd White: Australia's largest independent property advisory with a dedicated rural and agribusiness valuation team. Comparable as a fellow International Ag Alliance member and direct agribusiness valuation peer across the Tasman.
• TelferYoung (CBRE Valuations): Specialist NZ valuation firm (now part of CBRE) focused on rural, lifestyle, and agribusiness property valuations. Directly comparable to Arotahi's valuation and advisory services for farms and rural assets.
• Bayleys Real Estate: One of New Zealand's largest full-service real estate firms with a strong rural and agribusiness division. Directly comparable because it competes with Arotahi for the same agribusiness property owners across sales, valuation, and advisory mandates.
• PGG Wrightson Real Estate: Major NZ rural services group with a real estate arm covering farms, orchards, and livestock properties. Directly comparable in serving NZ agribusiness property owners with transactions and rural valuation expertise.
• Darroch Valuers: NZ-based specialist valuation firm with rural and agribusiness expertise. Comparable because it serves similar owner clients across farms, forestry, and horticulture with registered valuer services.
• LAUTREC: South African agribusiness-focused real estate advisory firm and International Ag Alliance member. Comparable as a peer in the same global network offering transaction, valuation, and advisory services for agribusiness properties.

Broad incumbents

• Colliers Australia Rural & Agribusiness: Australian agribusiness real estate team within global Colliers. Comparable as a competitor for cross-Tasman agribusiness mandates and a fellow International Ag Alliance member.
• Colliers International New Zealand: Global real estate services firm with a NZ agribusiness and rural valuation team. Comparable as an established incumbent offering overlapping valuation and transaction services, but operating across multiple property classes beyond agribusiness.
• CBRE New Zealand: Global real estate services firm with NZ valuation and advisory capabilities including agribusiness. Comparable as an established incumbent with broader portfolio offering rather than a pure-play agribusiness focus.

Others

• Property Institute of New Zealand: Professional body representing NZ valuers and property professionals. Comparable as the credentialing and standards body relevant to Arotahi's registered valuer team, rather than as a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arotahi-agribusiness

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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