Rookie Vets

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show_name = Rookie Vets


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executive_producer = Mark Everton
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country = New Zealand
network = TVNZ
first_aired = 2005
last_aired = December 18 2005
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Rookie Vets is a New Zealand reality series that follows seven students at New Zealand's only veterinary school at Massey University in Palmerston North, at work and at play throughout their fifth and final year, when they're just a few short months away from graduating and their first vet jobs.

The students

The seven students are all aged 21 to 25 (as of 2005) and are:

*Corinne Cooper from Canterbury
*Maya Robinson from Greymouth
*Fraser Davidson from Canada
*William Power from Dannevirke
*Estelle Louarduzzi from Waitakere
*Liz Cowie] from Christchurch
*Bart Karalus from Hamilton

In addition to this core cast, Rookie Vets also showcases the talents of Massey Vet School staff, doctors, professors, specialists and vet nurses as well as fellow students, pet owners, farmers and a racehorse breeder- and all the animals themselves.