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13/12/2023

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13/12/2023

13/11/2023

What do you love most about the food & fibre sector? What gets you out of bed in the morning? 🤔

The Food & Fibre Youth Network NZ are exploring what motivates young individuals to become involved in the primary sector and they want to hear from you!

👉 To complete a short survey and go in the draw to win a $100 Prezzy Card, click here: https://hubs.li/Q028KvSF0

07/11/2023

Looking forward to being a part of this kaupapa

“What gets you out of bed in the morning?”

A simple question that Food & Fibre Youth Network NZ - He Tātai Rangahua (FFYN) council asked themselves when discussing what’s attracting and retaining youth in New Zealand’s food and fibre sector.

FFYN are hoping to provide insight into what the driving forces are behind youth getting into the industry, understanding their career aspirations, growth opportunities and the importance of transferrable skills. They’ve been using their network to begin to understand what’s motivating the next generation to make a difference.

What do you think’s important to youth in today’s industry? Is it salary, flexible working, responsibility, working in a team or opportunities? And what do these opportunities look like?

Join us for an insightful presentation by Ella Zwagerman, Ben Purua and Alex Reid to understand how we can continue to attract and retain youth within the sector and shape the future of this thriving industry.

***FOOD & FIBRE YOUTH SURVEY IN MARKET***

Feel free to distribute link to ‘youth’ involved in food and fibre sector https://otago.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3TTn1NrRT9rIG9g?fbclid=IwAR0HfWTEDeXyGp2lnjwUHVitpc7mo5VR4yeB6IMR200F17OCOdjjCpksCzM

For further information and to buy a ticket to Forum 2024 https://foodandfibrecove.nz/putting-ideas-into-action/

04/11/2023

Irakati Hi!

04/11/2023

Loved performing with Te Iti Kahurangi! Irakati Hi!

02/11/2023

We are thrilled to announce the release of our next survey! With the NZ food and fibre sector facing numerous complex challenges and threats, we are wanting to shift our focus to the positive aspects of our sector. We want to explore what motivates young individuals to become involved in the primary sector 🌾🌏

The purpose of this survey is to capture thoughts and insights from our network members and youth in the sector on what attracted you to the food and fibre sector, what excites you about the sector, and what gets you out of bed in the morning? 🌞🌱

This survey and white paper will be centred around the theme of ‘attracting and retaining youth in the food and fibre sector’. Your insights are highly valuable to various sectors and industry partners within the food and fibre industry 🥛🥝

The link to the survey is in our bio 💻🚜

26/10/2023

20/10/2023

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19/10/2023

Our Climate Resilience White Paper had some compelling insights. Thank you again to everyone who participated! 🌱

This second webinar will follow on from the economic impacts covered off by Hilton and focus on community resilience at the grassroots with Patrick and Izzy Crawshaw 🚜

Patrick and Izzy Crawshaw own and run a sheep and beef farm at Patoka near Napier and have experienced first hand what community resilience looks like, and how it works in practice. Like many they have experienced the devastating impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle earlier in 2023 🌏

🗓️ Wednesday 25th October

⏰ 7:30-8:30pm

💻 Link to register in bio

16/10/2023

Entries for Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award are Open

Entries are open for up and coming young Māori working on dairy farms around the country to enter the prestigious Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award.

The award was inaugurated in 2012 and is designed to recognise the achievements of young Māori in the farming and horticulture sectors. In 2024 the competition is for dairy – in a three year cycle, young Māori involved in horticulture and sheep and beef are also recognised.

Nukuhia Hadfield, Chair of the Management Committee which oversees both the AYMF and the senior Ahuwhenua Trophy competition, says Māori agribusiness continues to grow, and for this to be sustainable, the industry needs young innovative leaders. One of the pathways for developing this cohort of leaders is with the AYMF award. She says the growth of the sector also means that there are new career opportunities for rangatahi.

“In the relatively short time the AYMF award has been running, it has brought to the fore some outstanding young Māori men and women who have already excelled in their careers. Since becoming finalists or winners they have moved up to new and more responsible roles and many have become inspirational role models,” she says.

Nukuhia Hadfield says she urges young Māori wāhine and tane to enter this competition and also asks that their employers and mentors encourage them to do so as well. She said that past finalists and winners have said that being involved in Ahuwhenua opens up new opportunities and networks and gives them the self-confidence to achieve their full potential.

“The Ahuwhenua whānau that runs the competition is both welcoming and supportive – entrants will have a great time,” she says.

Entries are now open and entry forms and further details are on the Ahuwhenua Trophy website.

Entries close on Friday 9 February and the finalists will be announced in late March 2024.

The winner will be announced at the Ahuwhenua Trophy awards dinner on Friday 17 May 2024.

13/10/2023

Our Climate Resilience White Paper had some compelling insights! That you again to everyone who participated 🌱

Following on we thought it would be great to sit down and get some thoughts from a leader and advisor in the environmental space 🌏

Join us for a fireside chat (webinar) with Hilton Collier (Ngati Porou) as we figure out what we can do in what seems like a cycle of droughts and floods 🌦️

Jump online and join us as we delve deeper into how severe climate events might continue to impact our industry in the future and what we can do today to prepare! 💥

🗓️ Wednesday 18th October

⏰ 6pm-6:45pm

💻 Link to register for the webinar in bio

25/09/2023

🍃Entries open for 2024 Ahuwhenua Trophy Dairy Competition🍃

Entries to select the top Māori dairy farm for the prestigious Ahuwhenua Trophy competition are being invited from all Māori dairy farmers, trusts and other entities around the country.

Details on how to enter the competition, including judging criteria are on the Ahuwhenua Trophy website.

The competition was inaugurated in 1933 by the then Governor General Lord Bledisloe and one of te ao Māori’s greatest leaders, Sir Apirana Ngata. The objective then, and still is, to foster the growth and development of Māori in livestock farming and horticulture. The competition is held annually and rotates between dairy, sheep and beef and horticulture. In 2024, the competition is for dairy.

The initial judging of entrants takes place early in the new year with the finalists announced at Parliament in late February. The finalists then stage field days during late March and early April. The winner of the competition will be announced at the awards dinner on Friday 17 May in Hamilton.

Ahuwhenua Trophy Chair, Nukuhia Hadfield says the competition is an excellent opportunity for Māori to showcase their dairy farming operations. She says not enough people in Aotearoa know about or understand the contribution that Māori make to the economy. She notes it’s said that Māori contribute more than 10% of the total earnings of the dairy industry.

Nukuhia Hadfield and her husband Bart are previous winners of the Ahuwhenua Trophy for sheep and beef and she says as farmers being just entrants, let alone winners, was hugely beneficial to them.

“As part of the judging process, each farm is carefully evaluated by an experienced team of rural professionals and as part of the process they offer insightful comments that will benefit the owners. We certainly found this to be the case and others who have entered have said the same thing,” she says.

Nukukia Hadfield says the organisers hope to see a significant number of entrants for the 2024 competition and she urges industry groups and rural professionals to encourage Māori farmers, trusts and incorporations to enter.

Jim van der Poel, the Chair of DairyNZ, is keen to see what comes out of the 2024 competition. “It’s an extremely important event on the agricultural calendar and that’s why our organisation is a strong supporter and sponsor of the event”. He says the Ahuwhenua Trophy competition recognises Māori agribusinesses who are doing some great things.

“If you think about some of the winners over the past few years and what they have done and are doing, and how proud they are of their achievements, it is really positive. Every year more amazing stories emerge from the entrants in this competition,” he says.

Our thanks to our valued Ahuwhenua Trophy sponsors

Platinum:

Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry for Primary Industries

Gold:

Te Tumu Paeroa, BNZ, DairyNZ and NZ Māori Tourism.

Silver:

Ballance Agri-Nutrients, PGG Wrightson, AgResearch, Fonterra and LIC

Bronze:

BDO, Affco, FMG, Massey University, Ecolab, and MBIE

Other:

FarmIQ and Kono Wines

19/09/2023

Awesome brother.. mean mahi

Julian Reti Kaukau, 2021 Kellogg Scholar, talks with Bryan Gibson about his Kellogg research, and gives insights into some of his work with MPI...

14/09/2023

Some very interesting korero 👀

It’s a full house for the Rural Issues Debate tonight at Mystery Creek! Tune in live on the NZ Herald website - livestream link in the comments! 💚

12/09/2023

Awesome 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

09/09/2023

04/09/2023

😭😭moe moe ra e te Rangatira🥲

Kua hinga te totara. . .

On behalf of the Ahuwhenua Trophy, it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of P**i Leslie Māngai Nikora.

P**i was the Chair of Tataiwhetu Trust, winner of the 2021 Ahuwhenua Trophy- Dairy Competition, and more recently stood as our Ahuwhenua Kaumatua.

Dearly loved Husband of Parearau Patsy Nikora, and the late Awhimate Nikora, Father to Tuhoe, Victor, and Eru, and Step Father to Kahu, Tony, Debbie, Janine, and Api, and Koro to all his mokopuna.

P**i passed peacefully this morning at Whakatane hospital.

Tangihanga arrangements are as follows;
P**i will go to Tauarau Marae tomorrow.
Manuhuri can arrive at; 8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, and 4pm.

Nehu will be Thursday, 11 am.

Moe mai ra e te papa.

29/08/2023

A massive thank you to everyone that filled out our climate resilience survey over the last month, we had 59 responses to the survey 🌿📊 It is inspiring to have an engaged network that is open to voicing their ideas to drive change in our food and fibre sector 🌏🌾 We will be distributing this report to different industry leaders 📬👩‍🌾 To access our Climate Resilience White Paper summary report, click the link below 📄✍🏼

https://rb.gy/ulv75

10/07/2023

Massive congratulations…. 👍🏾👏🏽

EMMA POOLE WINS FMG YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR

She’s done it… 💚

Emma Poole has become the first woman in the Contest’s 55 year history to take out the FMG Young Farmer of the Year title!!

She’s shown us what she’s made of after three days of gruelling challenges in Timaru. What an absolute legend!

Coming in second was Peter O’Connor, and in third was Hugh Jackson 👏

More to come, but for now, we celebrate! 🙌🎉

28/06/2023

This will be an awesome watch whanau 👍🏾

27/06/2023

20/06/2023

14/06/2023

Congrats brother and Courtney and whanau. So awesome that you are recognised for your hard work, dedication, and exceptional talent. You have made a huge impact in the farming sector. Your passion and commitment to excellence is inspiring to us all. Ngā mihi whanau.Farm 4 Life Farm4Wife

20/11/2021

He pai ki ahau te mahi ahuwhenua!

17/11/2021

Nice Tayla!

03/11/2021

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30/10/2021

Such an amazing award to be a part of! Get amongst it whanau and enter today👍🏾