Speaker bio page for David Hawkins

Bio

David graduated from Massey University in 1992. After several years in mixed practice in New Zealand and abroad he started with Franklin Vets in 1997 as a farm services veterinarian and became a director of the company in 2003. David oversees Franklin Vet’s farm consulting and research division. He has an established Intelact (soon to be Headlands) clientelle dealing with herd health, nutrition, farm systems and sustainability issues. David is a tutor on NZ’s Advanced Mastitis Course and sits on the National Mastitis Committee. He oversees a wide variety of research projects which will be summarized on our website over coming months. Outside of the job he spends a lot of time with family and church activities enjoying music, sailing, traveling and water sports. David is based at our Pukekohe clinic.