Auckland · Online course

Certificate in Livestock Management in Auckland

Master livestock management, animal health & pasture systems online. Industry-designed for cattle, sheep, dairy & poultry careers. IARC accredited.

Full course details

What you'll learn

The course is the same online course wherever you study from. Its modules:

1. Module 1 – Animal Husbandry
2. Module 2 – Animal Feed and Nutrition
3. Module 3 – Pasture Management
4. Electives

See the full Certificate in Livestock Management course outline

Agriculture & farming near Auckland

Places in and around Auckland where you can see this field in action.

Ambury Regional Park (opens in a new tab)
Ambury, on the Manukau Harbour in Māngere Bridge, is a working sheep and dairy farm with a woolshed and milking shed. An educational farm was set up on the site in 1977, and the park opened in 1987.
Anyone can visit a working farm inside the city and see sheep, cattle, pigs and goats in a farm setting.
Pukekohe market gardens (opens in a new tab)
Pukekohe, at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, has been growing onions and potatoes since the 1850s on fertile volcanic land. After the railway opened in 1907, its market gardens became a major supplier of produce to North Island cities.
The area shows intensive vegetable growing on volcanic soils, which is useful context for crop and soil studies.
Karaka Sales Centre (New Zealand Bloodstock) (opens in a new tab)
New Zealand Bloodstock holds its National Yearling Sale for thoroughbreds at the Karaka Sales Centre each January. The 2026 sale was the 100th National Yearling Sale.
The sale is a chance to see how thoroughbred yearlings are prepared, presented and valued in New Zealand's main bloodstock market.

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