Finalist Field Days Showcased Excellence on Three Different Farms

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Field days held on the properties of our finalists in the 2012 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming Award (Dairy) over the last three weeks were all hugely successful.

Local farmers and iwi, representatives of our sponsors and experts from all areas of the agribusiness community enjoyed outstanding hospitality at each property.

Many of us will be together again at a gala diner on Friday June 8 at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland when the winner of this year’s Ahuwhenua Dairy Trophy will be announced.

Television news coverage of our field days here

Photographs of our finalist farms here

Finalists in the 2012 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming Award

The finalists in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy – BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award are

Tauhara Moana Trust, Taupō
Kapenga M Trust, Rotorua
Wharepī Whānau Trust, Te Puke

Public field days were held on the property of each finalist during April and May.

The chair of the Ahuwhenua Trophy management committee, Kingi Smiler, congratulated all our finalists and noted that each field day gave visitors a fascinating snapshot of first rate Māori agribusinesses in different stages of their development.

Spokesperson for the competition’s Platinum Sponsor, BNZ’s Head of Agribusiness, Richard Bowman, reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to the competition.

“Our long term involvement has given us the opportunity of supporting Māori farming trusts and incorporations to a point where they have positioned themselves as significant participants in all parts of the global agricultural value chain.

“What we have seen this year continues to excite us. Congratulations to all these finalists who illustrate outstanding business knowledge and fundamentals whilst keeping their land and their people at the centre of everything they do.”

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Kapenga M – Profile

The Kapenga M dairy unit, 20 km to the south of Rotorua is a 330ha property currently running a mixed Jersey/Friesian herd of 1,020 stock units. Its stock performance centres on a strategy of developing high breeding worth cows that can harvest high levels of pasture.

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Tauhara Moana Trust – Profile

Tauhara Moana Trust administers an integrated agribusiness totalling 1093 hectares which includes a 590ha dairy farm, forestry plantations and substantial geothermal resources, just north of Taupo.

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