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Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year nominations are open

12 November 2019 A celebration of women who make outstanding contributions to the dairy industry enters its ninth year as nominations for the Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year are open. The prestigious award, which celebrates the outstanding leadership of women in the business of dairy, was established in 2012 by the Dairy Women’s Network

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Brown passes Chair of Dairy Women’s Network opportunity on to Forlong

4 November 2019 Living the empowerment values of the Dairy Women’s Network has seen Cathy Brown step down from her role as Chair to allow North Island farmer Karen Forlong to have the same opportunities to grow. “It’s been such a privilege to be Chair of this wonderful organisation that is full of so many

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Story telling coming of age focus of Dairy Women’s Network AGM

31 October 2019 A story telling coming of age was a focus of the Dairy Women’s Network AGM held in Hamilton today. “The Dairy Women’s Network story started 21 years ago, and the journey has been one of celebration and also of challenging times,” Dairy Women’s Network CEO Jules Benton said. “After 21 years we

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Life changing shift from big city lights to farming focus for second Dairy Women’s Network OUR PEOPLE. THEIR STORIES project

21 October 2019 A life changing shift from the big city lights of Auckland to farming in the central North Island is the focus for the Dairy Women’s Network second story in its visual story telling project, OUR PEOPLE. THEIR STORIES. Now firmly calling themselves dairy farmers Dylan and Emily Hilhorst left building and marketing

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Compliance panel focused on making life easier for farmers being held in November

15 October 2019 A panel discussion focused on making life easier for farmers, giving them real, practical tools and advice on ensuring they are compliant is being held in the Waikato next month. The panel that features representatives from Asure Quality, Worksafe, Waikato Regional Council and DairyNZ, is being run by the Dairy Women’s Network

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Financial workshops aiming to empower dairy farmers planned by Dairy Women’s Network

Helping dairy farmers gain a better understanding of their farming business and strengthening the relationship with their accountant is the focus of 10 workshops throughout New Zealand being run by the Dairy Women’s Network with support from NZ CA and CRS Software. “As a not for profit organisation we have a focus of supporting woman

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Farming women to assist in injury prevention programme

WorkSafe New Zealand, Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) and Dairy Women’s Network are teaming up to help turn around the high numbers of injuries and fatal incidents occurring on New Zealand Farms. In a WorkSafe led activity, the three agencies are calling on farming women in the Waikato and Northland regions to come together to

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Dairy Women’s Network focused on building financial confidence and wellbeing with ASB

As the dairy industry experiences unprecedented change, and transitions into a new operating environment, the Dairy Women’s Network is partnering with ASB to run a series of workshops aimed at building financial confidence for farmers throughout New Zealand. The sessions will be focused on the fundamentals of rural banking and finance, and the wider industry

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