Alpaca Guild
Become every alpacas hero.
Protect your investment
You’re looking for a better relationship with your alpacas and seeking certainty about their future. You’ve seen the pet market devalue the national herd and you feel that the alpaca industry has lost its way, leading to diminishing returns and a worrying increase in welfare issues.
Alpaca Welfare
Track and monitor the health of your Alpaca and any interventions for the most reliable holistic view of their life.
Beyond the farm gate
The Alpaca Guild is the association of alpaca breeders, artisans and trade professionals united in securing a future for alpaca in New Zealand. We’re investing in a sustainable ecosystem of industry partners around alpacas that appreciates their value and recognises your participation.
Proven genetics
From fleece to fashion
Services and partnerships
Breeding and sales
Tourism and education
We succeed together
Choose how, where and when you engage with other members to secure your part in the alpaca industry.
Blog
Buying and Selling Alpaca
Tips for buying and selling alpaca that ensures you get a good deal and your alpaca will have a happy future.
Join Our Team of Authors
Bring your stories and share them with the wider alpaca community. As a paid author you get to pass on your experience and knowledge while being rewarded.
The Perfect Shed
March 22nd, 2022
Toxic and poisonous to alpaca
There are some trees, plants and shrubs that are toxic or poisonous to alpaca. We maintain a list of these species which are thought to be harmful.
Join the revolution
Are you with us or are you watching from the other paddock? Don’t leave the future of your alpaca and your investment in them to chance. Join the Alpaca Guild and participate in a prosperous and fulfilling future for all alpaca in New Zealand.
An alpaca registry you can trust
Reliable, secure and available on any device, the Alpaca Guild registry is the safest place to manage your herd, track validated genetics and record breeding outcomes.
Bring your existing data with you wherever you’re coming from, including health, medication, fleece statistics and sales data.
The Alpaca Association You’ve Been Asking For
Both Bronze and Silver memberships available to ensure we have something for everyone. We invite you to join our waiting list if you share our ethos and have something to bring to the industry.