Mr and Mrs Booth caught up with one of Australia's leading Boer goat breeders, Paul Ormsby, and were impressed with the type of animal he was exhibiting.
So they decided to visit his property at Forbes, in New South Wales, to view his goat farming operation.
He has exported goats around the world, including to China and Malaysia.
Mr and Mrs Booth bought 15 does and a buck, which arrived at their property near Oamaru, earlier this month.
There were a variety of different bloodlines within the does and six were in kid to a different buck from the one they bought.
It was the first importation of live Boer goats into New Zealand for some years and while it was "quite an investment", Mr Booth said he was passionate about Boer goats and the meat goat industry, which he believed had a huge future.
The importation of the goats was huge for them and also for the industry in New Zealand, he said.
The couple had done well with their goats, starting off with a base stock of Landcorp does and using the best bucks they could, and making good progress.
But it had got to the stage with their breeding that they had to make a decision about "where to go to next". Mr Booth had struggled to find the right animal he needed in New Zealand.
He was delighted with the new acquisitions, saying he did not know that he would have ever got to where they were in his lifetime, and he believed they had the capacity, conformation and meat to make a huge difference to the industry.
The selection of bloodlines in the does was important, as it gave them good lines for future breeding for several years.
The goats had travelled well and settled in at their new home, he said.
The goats had received only dry feed while in quarantine and Mr Booth had had to restrict their intake of grass, slowly building it up.
The Booths have reduced their numbers to accommodate the imports and will put about 30 does to the buck this year, probably building up again to about 60 does over the next two to three years.
Mr Booth aimed to breed a correct animal but one that was also commercially viable and whose management was as "hands off" as possible.
The type of animal required was one that was not pampered but structurally sound and "able to get out there and stand up in commercial situations".
They were an excellent animal to work with and were very intelligent, while also being striking to the eye.
The meat was low fat, low cholesterol and high protein which "ticked all the boxes" required in red meat.
The goats also enhanced pasture which was "another big plus".
While the industry was growing, the biggest issue was lack of numbers.
The quickest way to increase numbers and build the industry was to muster feral goats, select those with the best conformation and put a meat buck over them, he said.
The domestic market needed to be considered.
Farmed goat meat, when cooked very slowly, was very tender and tasty, he said.
Mr Booth, who is acting chairman of Meat Goat NZ and an executive member of the New Zealand Boer Goat Breeders Association, believed the industry was "poised" at the moment.
A lot of farmers previously had goats at the back of their farms, where they were doing a job in weed control, but they were not really being farmed.
Since the industry "got its act together" and started to move along, those farmers were now farming their goats, looking after them and getting a return.
The industry needed to target areas where goats could be farmed successfully and also needed to look seriously at performance recording.
Having seen what was being done in Australia - which was also the largest exporter of goats in the world - had opened his eyes to what could be, or should be, done in New Zealand.
Mr Booth enjoyed the showing side of the industry, comparing animals to other breeders and having the chance to talk to breeders. While not there "to breed animals for ribbons", it was good to get out and promote the breed.
According to the New Zealand Boer Goat Breeders Association website, Landcorp imported the Boer goat into New Zealand in embryo form.
They were purchased from breeders in Zimbabwe and brought to New Zealand for implantation in 1987 and 1988.
The goats born from those embryos created the base of the New Zealand Boer goat herd farmed by Landcorp, at Keri Downs quarantine station, in Northland.
In 1989 Landcorp created a second herd of Boer goats at Eyrewell quarantine station in Canterbury.
Goats developed from breeding programmes at those quarantine stations were released to the farming public in 1993.
A second company also imported embryos from Zimbabwe in 1987 and started a breeding programme in a quarantine station at Flock House.
Animals from that quarantine station were also released in 1993.