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Rose Young is in her early 20s and is currently studying a Bachelor of agribusiness, majoring in international agribusiness in Palmerston North, while working part-time at Dairy Women’s Network.   Rose got involved with DWN when she was 16, as one of the students at Auckland Mt Albert Grammar who managed the school farm.   “DWN were […]

Sue Skelton, Northland Hub Leader    It wasn’t that Northland dairy farmer Sue Skelton had not previously known the value of the network of peers that is the Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) where members share information, learnings and insights with each other on a regular basis.  However, Cyclone Gabrielle and the aftermath has given fresh

DWN Te Awamutu Business Group   When the Te Awamutu DWN Business Group first started it was a stab in the dark. Lyn Johnson, who set up the Group with support from Denise Knop, wasn’t sure what to expect but was hopeful that the woman who came together would fund value.  That was three years

DWN Rotorua Business Group     The Rotorua Dairy Women’s Network Business Group have been around for six years, and they have achieved a huge amount for their members in that time.   The Group has six of the original members of the 12 that make up the Group today, and they meet ten times of year,

DWN Putaruru Business Group Sian O’Mahony is one of the founding members of the Putaruru DWN Business Group, which has been running for almost five years.  Sian and her husband have been in New Zealand for 11-years and share-milk 730 cows over two farms, where they raise their three-year old boy.   “We came on a