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Veterinary Enterprises Group Limited is the parent company of a number of businesses including 14 veterinary practices spread over New Zealand.

Although corporate in size, our interests remain local.

VetEnt is the brand owned by Veterinary Enterprises Group Limited which is a privately owned company that has been in business since 1955 and is owned by nine veterinarians and one non-veterinarian. Ownership is held at differing levels and shareholding is encouraged for all suitable staff, not just vets nor those who have been with the company the longest, resulting in a diverse group of people on our Board of Directors. This range gives us the views, opinions and ideas from multi generations assisting in moving the company forward and developing new philosophies.  
  • Te Awamutu
  • Otorohanga
  • Te Kuiti
  • King Country
  • Turangi
  • Napier
  • Wairoa
  • Gisborne
  • Havelock North
  • Ashburton
  • Timaru
  • Lincoln
  • Leeston
  • Halswell

Veterinary Enterprises has enjoyed substantial growth over the last decade and has developed a position in the veterinary industry as an innovative and progressive business.  Its subsidiary companies include GrazCare, responsible for monitoring the feeding and growth rates of dairy replacement stock that have been sent off property to be grazed, and AgriNetworks, an agribusiness company that has developed a novel concept for adding value to sheep and beef farm business.

VetEnt Timeline

1955 Veterinary Enterprises established
1988 King Country branch purchased
1991 Otorohanga and Te Kuiti joined the group
1994 Veterinary Enterprises Group Established as parent company to four practices
1996 Grazcare established
2000 AgriNetworks established
2001 Wairoa added to list of branches
2002 Napier & Gisborne added to list of branches
2006 Majority shareholding acquired in Riverside Vet Services
2008 Majority shareholding acquired in Havelock North PetCare
2010 Springs Ellesmere joined the Group

Veterinary Enterprises (VetEnt) regularly reviews its position and plans for the future and each year follows a strategy plan set by the Management Team to ensure continued growth and focus for all involved.  

The latest innovation from Veterinery Enterprises is InfoVet.  This is a software package of Information Management for Vets and is a further example of how we uniquely invest into the future of the profession.

As a company, Veterinary Enterprises prides itself on remaining a people focused business with continued support on offer for both our customers and staff.      

Support is provided by our 54 Vets ranging from those who have just graduated and taking part in VetEnt's New Graduate Programme to those with over 40 years experience, with specialist interests in individual species offering advice and guidance to all students, farmers and staff as necessary.

In particular, our customers benefit from the vast experience and knowledge offered by Adrian Joe for the dairy team and Chris Mulvaney and Don MacColl, who lead our sheep and beef veterinary teams. These Vets are regarded as three of New Zealand’s best. (For more details on each, check out the Key Personnel pages.

Support also comes in the form of our 78 staff made up of vet nurses, administrators and store personnel providing the ongoing back up the business needs to perform the high quality service we are famous for.

The ability to share knowledge between the VetEnt clinics is the greatest asset of the VetEnt brand. Our clients' quest for knowledge is never ending and although we may hope to have all the answers, at times it is just not possible. Our VetEnt team throughout New Zealand has an abundance of experience and expertise at each of the clinics' disposal and more often than not a simple telephone call is all it takes to resolve a question a client may have.

At VetEnt, our philosophy is:

  • To build customer relationship
  • To be aware of our customers changing needs
  • To be ready for increasing demands
  • To be ahead of increasing competition
  • To maintaining relevance

 VetEnt - Matching veterinary skills to client needs

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