A Complete Cow

Making Ends Meat

A Complete Cow is a small farming operation based in the Wairarapa, where everything we do is small, slow and considered.

It all began 10 years ago with a clear, idealistic idea about how we wanted to grow meat for consumption; Slow and respectful and valuing every part of the animal, with the smallest environmental footprint possible. Since then we’ve been ruminating on the idea and now have our meat available for sale through our CSA subscription boxes.

Regenerative Beef

Become a subscriber a receive a monthly meat box delivered directly to you (Wairarapa/Wellington only).

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70% beef tallow soaps

Our soaps our hand made in small batches using the tallow from our lovely cows. We have three scents to choose from:

rampant Rose
rudie Nudie
give me Wood
a Complete Lemon

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Better Meat

We produce quality meat from happy cattle grown slowly and for longer on our spray free farm using regenerative practices. We believe you will taste the difference.

Better Meat

Farmer's Markets & On-Farm Sales

Claire and the Complete Cow team periodically attend farmers’ markets in Wellington and the Lower North Island.
You can also visit us at the farm to collect your cuts.

Where to find us:

Farmer’s Markets

Customer Feedback

I love getting creative with the meat from A Complete Cow. This has to be the best fillet steak in Wairarapa. And the super lean mince is so great as burgers, meatballs and kebabs!

Dan, Customer, Wairarapa

You can literally taste the love and care you put into your animals!

Shanelle, Subscriber, Carterton

We had your fillet steaks last night but needed 2 more for our guests and grabbed them from the supermarket? Hands down there was no comparison, yours were superb

Bec, subscriber, Martinborough

Your meat is delicious and my husband said it was the best osso buco he ever tasted (and we had quite a bit).

Clem, Subscriber, Wellington

This is a great source of more environmentally and animal-welfare friendly meat. And so nice to be able to go direct to a farmer rather than go to the supermarket! The delivery scheme is really convenient, if I’m not in I just leave a chilly bin just outside my house. The meat is very good quality and you get a range of different cuts each month, and can also request some extra things eg sausages.

Anne, Subscriber, Wellington

The boxes are fantastic. The quality of the meat is as good as high-end restaurants. The variety each month has taught us a lot about how delicious all the different cuts of beef can be.

Rachel, Subscriber, Greytown

As a chef it’s nice to get a cut of meat where the animal has done some work – it creates beautiful marbling and flavour within the meat. Impressed with the generous portions and quality of the product. I would definitely use this in a professional kitchen if the opportunity came up!

Jared, Subscriber, Featherston

We are really enjoying the meat, it’s heaps tastier than the supermarket stuff. We’re actually quite surprised how much nicer it is.

Blair, subscriber, Wellington

Honestly, I can’t tell you enough how amazing the meat tasted! We get so used to supermarket meat you forget what good meat tastes like. The kids said it was the best steak and meatballs they have ever had.

Jay, Carterton

Contact Us

Want to know more about who we are and what we do? Or maybe you have a query about our products. Why not drop us a line using the form here: