Our Story
Here for Good: Grounded in animal health, productivity and welfare.
VetNZ was formed combining the interests of clinics from throughout rural NZ, with the simple goal of ensuring better veterinary services for our communities. With humble beginnings in the deep south through VetSouth, VetNZ now extends throughout NZ, and with investments beyond. We partner with like minded clinics, servicing the variety of animal health needs of a rural community, bringing the lessons learnt of building our own.
Bigger isn’t necessarily better, but we have found working together certainly is. Particularly when we can take away all the challenges of support services, so you can focus on your clients and veterinary practice.
We trace back to the 1920’s in Southland, 1940’s on the West Coast and the 1980’s in Waikato, coming together as like minded veterinarians. Our growth has been based on delivering better veterinary services to rural NZ, that appreciate the benefits of specialist support structure while retaining their local leadership.
Our veterinarians are our shareholders and our local leaders, relishing the opportunity to be hands-on with animals. At the same time they have the confidence that their business and people are being supported by the wider VetNZ team.
Mark Bryan
Founding Director
Vince Sharp
Founding Director
Partners
We’ve grown over the years to bring in VetSouth, West Coast Vets, Veterinary Clinic Morrinsville and Selwyn Rakaia Vets into the VetNZ family, and supported them to grow in regional spread and client numbers. Each of these clinics is led locally, with shareholders within the business.
Year on year, these clinics have shown great results, increased return on investment for shareholders, and contributing to thriving communities they exist in.
Each clinic has a different focus depending on their local clients and community, so each operates in manner that suits them, leveraging our shared processes and procedures.
And it’s not limited to veterinary clinics that we have within our family, knowing that veterinary business has many influencing factors. VetNZ has invested vertically into the supply chain so to make sure that rural veterinarians can access the best research and products, no matter what.
RESEARCH
Our Innovation & Research arm at VetNZ is VetQuest. VetQuest exists to provide trust to veterinarians, clients, suppliers and community that our science is robust, our decisions are evidence-based, and our training and systems are rigorous and thorough. VetQuest undertakes complex research projects with the aim of improving the industry and positively influencing the future of farming and animal welfare.
PROCUREMENT
Through our interest in Quantum Vets we are able procure and manage inventory offers for the variety of clinical needs we have. We have purchasing power meaning that even though we are on the outskirts of New Zealand, we are front and centred when securing products needed for our valuable clients.
WHOLESALER
Fortis NZ is a 100% New Zealand owned, vet-owned company, supplying wholesale veterinary products to clinics around the country. They are a major supplier of pet foods, supplying goods to pet retail stores and rural supply companies. In today’s rapidly-changing global marketplace, our interests are strongly placed to ensure the very best prices for our clients, on a comprehensive range of products.
SUPPLIER
Agilis Vet Ltd is a New Zealand vet-owned company, supplying and marketing quality production animal health products to Veterinary clinics throughout New Zealand. Agilis’s intention is to adapt as necessary to our customer’s needs with approved products that are science based and have confidence in supplying the New Zealand market with quality products that we as vets are happy to use ourselves.
Words from our Vets
