Meet Our Dairy Vets

Becks joined the Central Vets team in late 2009 as a new graduate veterinarian.  Having spent her childhood in the North Island, Papua New Guinea and Dunedin she is quick to embrace new communities.  This has definitely been the case in Ranfurly where she has taken all opportunities to partake in rural life.  In her spare time Becks enjoys a wide range of sporting activities (especially skiing), socializing with friends, Young Farmers Club and training any working pups that come her way!!  Becks lives with her partner Jason and has Colin the cat and Mint the Dog keeping her busy when not at work or sporting.

I grew up in Dunedin and feel like I always wanted to be a vet. I started volunteering at my local vet clinic when I was 13 and have never looked back. I graduated from Massey University in 2002 and since then my career has taken me around the world and provided many amazing experiences, the highlight being 2 years in Samoa working with an animal welfare organisation. I have been living in Christchurch since the start of 2018 with my husband and two teenagers and I am loving being part of the companion animal team at Lincoln. Outside of worktime I enjoy Ultimate Frisbee, yoga, skiing and walking our hyperactive Wirehaired Pointer.

Dave is our senior vet and apart from an initial 18 months in Hokitika has spent all his working life in Ranfurly. Dave lives with Kate on a 150 acre lifestyle block that occupies his time.  Being the sole vet for most for most of this time, spare time has been precious, but he is obsessive about quail hunting with his G.W.P’s.  When quail are not allowed, ducks, geese and trout are the targets.

Diana has lived in Te Kuiti for 16 years and initially worked for us in a graduate position for three years before starting her family. Diana and her husband live on a dairy farm at Rangitoto where they milk 2000 cows alongside their wider family. She has spent her last eight years looking after the herd in between raising their three children. With her youngest child now being 15 months old she is ready to come back and use her skills outside the farm. Although she has spent a lot of time working with her own cows over the last couple of years, her real passion is with cats and dogs. She loves working with clients as well as their pets and enjoys the variety and challenge of all aspects of the job, especially surgery. Outside of work the family has a friendly cat that the children have named RockyToby. She also loves to spend time with her family and friends, read sci-fi and fantasy novels and embark on travel adventures to any destination.