Along with fellow Rich Lister Craig Heatley, Terry Jarvis shot to business fame when the pair introduced Sky TV to New Zealand.
He went on to develop The Oaks stud and became involved in horse breeding as well as property development, including the 41-section Evergreen Estate in the Waikato town of Matamata.
Having sold his sprawling avocado business in 2015, Jarvis turned his attention to the Manuka honey market with Northland-based King Honey Ltd.
The Jarvis beekeeping business extends to manufacturing and Terry is a director and shareholder of King Manuka Laboratories and Pure Manuka as well as King Honey.
While Jarvis retains interests in the wine industry through Jarvis Wine Company, which owns the Sleeping Giant vineyard in Hawke’s Bay, his main hobby is horse racing.
The past 12 months has been rewarding with star filly Bonnevale, which he owns with Alister Lawrence and John Rattray, dominating the 2017 New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards.
Bonneval was voted Horse of the Year, Three-Year-Old of the Year and Stayer of the Year for the 2016-17 season. She produced one of the standout performances of the season in winning the Australian Oaks by more than four lengths.
The ambitious Jarvis started in the commercial world as a sales rep for the Auckland stock and station company, Alfred Buckland & Sons Ltd, selling textiles such as jute wool bales, which the company imported. He soon decided to go into business himself, forming Jarvis Trading, and subsequently becoming a commercial land developer.
He is also a cricketing legend, still holding the opening partnership record in tests for New Zealand against all nations when he and Glenn Turner made 387 runs against the West Indies during the 1971-1972 season.
Jarvis’ philanthropic activities include being a major benefactor to the Parnell Cricket Club and also sponsor of the purposebuilt, indoor sports Terry Jarvis Centre during its development in 2010.
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