Resources and Links

Alpaca Associated Materials

This page contains links to documents and links to useful information on alpacas and their keeping.
If you would like to suggest any website or source of information that is not listed, feel free to contact me.

Alpaca Association of New Zealand Central District Newsletters.

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• May 2021 Issue
• June 2021 Issue
• July 2021 Issue
• August 2021 Issue
• September 2021 Issue
• October 2021 Issue
• December 2021 Issue
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• January 2022 Issue
• February/March 2022 Issue
• May/June 2022 Issue
• July/August 2022 Issue
• November/December 2022 Issue
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• January/February 2023 Issue
• April/May 2023 Issue

Alpacapedia pages from this website in pdf format (latest versions).

• About the Alpaca
• Facilities for your Alpacas
• Facial Eczema in Alpacas
• Alpaca Illnesses
• Alpaca Parasites
• Alpaca Reproduction and Crias
• Alpaca Welfare

• List of New Zealand Shearers - July 2022 (Spreadsheet). Updated October 2023.

Global Alpaca Breed Societies

• Global
• Asociación Internacional de la Alpaca (Based in Peru)
• Oceania
• Alpaca Association of New Zealand
• Australian Alpaca Association
• Europe
• Europe - Llama & Alpaca Registries Europe
• United Kingdom - British Alpaca Society
• Eire - Alpaca Association of Ireland
• Germany - Alpaka Zucht Verband Deutschland
• France - L'Association Française Lamas et Alpagas
• Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg - Alpaca Association Benelux
• Denmark - Dansk Lama og Alpaca Forening
• Norway - Norske Alpakkaforening
• Sweden - Svenska Alpackaföreningen
• Africa
• South Africa Alpaca Breeder's Society
• North America
• North America - Alpaca Owners Association, Inc.
• Canada - Canadian Llama and Alpaca Association
• USA - Maine Alpaca Association
• USA - Indiana Alpaca Association
• USA - Alpaca Association of Western Washington
• USA - Empire Alpaca Association
• USA - Florida Alpaca and Breeders Association
• USA - Mid-Atlantic Alpaca Association
• USA - Kentucky Alpaca Association
• USA - Pacific Northwest Alpaca Association
• USA - New England Alpaca Owners & Breeders Association
• USA - Southeastern Alpaca Association
• USA - State of Jefferson Alpaca Association
• USA - Alpaca Association of Michigan
• USA - Midwest Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association
• USA - California Alpaca Breeders Association
• USA - Suri Network

Alpaca Links and Social Media Groups

• Facebook page: Alpaca Association of New Zealand
• Facebook page: Alpaca Central AANZ
• Facebook page: Te Korito Alpacas Facebook page
• Facebook page: Alpacas NZ - discussion and promotion
• New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries: Animal welfare section

Alpaca Products and Equipment

• Alpaca Halters and Cria Equipment: Halters Plus
• Paddock cleaning equipment: Greystone

Carding and Spinning

• Carding: Waione Wool Carding, Palmerston North.
• Carding: Kane Carding, Dannevirke.
• Carding: Greenacres Fibre Processing, Christchurch.
• Carding: Jumbuck Carding, Kaukapakapa.
• Carding and Spinning: Mesa Mill, Hastings.
• Spinning Wheels and Accessories: Ashford Wheels & Looms
• Spinning Wheels and Accessories: Wheels and Whorls

Fleece Buyers

• Buyer: Pacific Alpacas. Nationwide.

Fleece Testing

• New Zealand Wool Testing Authority. Nationwide.
• SGS. Nationwide.

Reference Documents

• New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries - Code of Welfare for Llamas and Alpacas
• Toxic Plants: Poisonous Plants in New Zealand, NZ Ministry of Health.
• Toxic Plants: Poisonous Plants & Toxic Compounds, Totally Vets

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• 736 Papaiti Road, R.D. 14,
  Wanganui, New Zealand.

Directions - Once in Wanganui, drive up Somme Parade and when it becomes Papaiti Road (just past the cemetery), travel a further 7.4km alongside the river. We are the first house on the right with a large white letterbox. On Google Maps we are shown as 'Te Korito Alpacas'.