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HISTORY

Founded in 1957 as Nirvana Stud by the late Graham Bendall with the purchase of
heifers from Te Aratipi and over the following 15 years cows were carefully selected
by Graham from higher maternal families at dispersal sales. Graham changed the
stud prefix to Shalom in 1984 but continued his philosophy of breeding strong
maternal female lines. In 1999 Bryan purchased the herd from Graham and has
since purchased herds from Otiro and Te Kupe along with females from Inuku
Heights, Standen, Shian and Turiroa.
The challenge and knowledge obtained from combining these herds along with our
Waigroup herd has proven to be exciting and stimulating and now we are moving
into the phase of combining carcase genetics with those strong female lines.

As a matter of interest, Bryans grandfather R O Bill Bendall named his ballot block
Nirvana after finding a wool bale stencil in the Seven Hills woolshed in 1949.
Nirvana carried the stud prefix for 27 years and Shalom carried the stud prefix for
27 years and now Seven Hills will keep the stud prefix for the next term. Seven
Hills Farm was purchased in 2001 and had been Bills first choice of the two farms
back in 1949.

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