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Combine grassroots connections to rural communities all across New Zealand with a dedication to the future of dairy, add in a dash of creativity and you have the Dairy Women’s Network 2021 Leadership Forum: two days of intensive design thinking to set the direction for the next part of DWN’s journey – and ultimately that […]

One of the benefits of becoming the first inaugural Regional Leader of the Year was a pass to the Women in Leadership Symposium. I was excited for the opportunity to attend and to experience the diversity of speakers and women from different industries and walks of life, who hold leadership roles. I felt like there

“Life is like a box of chocolates” 2020 has felt like it – full of surprises, connections, and uncertainties. And like “Forrest” we ran. Our many strengths as an organisation have been part of that run. Connection – we are on the eve of holding Leadership Forum in Rotorua, an event that is core to

The Past teaches us LESSONS, The FUTURE provides opportunities COVID-19 paused the world, and instead of NZ looking on from the side-line we were very much part of it. Rather than thinking about history with distance, this year we were at the forefront as both a country and an organisation. Overnight, our planned events and

It is often said that we learn more in tough times than we do in good times, that “what doesn’t kill you, will make you stronger”, that “we live in interesting times” and such like – one might suggest these one liners are designed to encourage us to endure those tough moments we all experience

Meridian Energy chatted to Dairy Woman of the Year 2019, Trish Rankin, to get her take on how to make moving farms smooth sailing. Where to from here? When you know you need to move, think about what’s important for your next farm: not just the hectares, but the home and community that comes with

One of the unexpected pleasures I had whilst in lockdown was judging New Zealand’s Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year. As a past judge, I had initially been approached by the Dairy Women’s Network but had fended them off on the basis that I was ‘too busy’ doing other ‘very important things’ within the leadership

It was nearing the end of the season and this day was an especially hard day, I was packing up the house, that my ex and I had shared together, we were splitting what was his and hers into different trailers. We had water issues at the cowshed and everything was just getting a little

The past year And the winner of the 2019 Dairy Woman of the Year is Trish Rankin. Mike Cronin (Fonterra) blew me away when he said that. You see, I’d settled in to enjoy my night with my sister, kicked off my shoes and had a wine or two with the team from Kellogg/Nuffield and