Women in Business | Nerida Kelton, Australasian Institute of Packaging
Nerida Kelton began her career as a media advisor for a non-profit youth organisation and wanted a change. She saw a job advertised in…
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Women in PR | Bethany Hughes, Fresh Activations
Bethany Hughes always wanted to work in an industry that felt meaningful and wholesome. According to Hughes, fresh produce touches everyone’s daily life, yet…
Women in Business | Whitney Conder, Central Orchard Management
Whitney Conder was drawn to horticulture as an accidental admirer, a summer job that turned into a 22-year career. Coming from a farming background,…
Women in Business | Bel Lloyd, Amperity
Belinda Lloyd, Customer Success Lead at Amperity, joined the company due to its unwavering commitment to customer success and proven ability to deliver real-time…
Women in PR | Azadeh Williams, AZK Media
Before launching AZK Media in 2017, Azadeh Williams was a business, technology and marketing journalist for 15 years, reporting for Reuters, The Times (UK),…
Women in Business | Rosie Sargent, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited
Senior technologist Rosie Sargent started as a scientist with Scion (now part of the Bioeconomy Science Institute) 25 years ago, when it was the…
Women in Business | Ilze Pretorius, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited
Having grown up in Johannesburg, Ilze Pretorius’ interest in science began in primary school, during a drought in the Gauteng area and strict water…
Women in Business | Grace Villamor, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited
Grace Villamor has been a leading light in climate adaptation, a human geographer who loves being hands-on. She’s also a Bioeconomy Science Institute scientist…
Women in Business | Kristie Longhurst, Diebold Nixdorf
Retail technology sits at the intersection of human behaviour and commercial strategy, and that’s what drew Kristie Longhurst in. Early in her career, Longhurst…
Women in Business | Dr Louise Edwards, Sea Forest
Dr Louise Edwards always loved science, but perhaps more so, its application. Whilst the majority of her career has been dedicated to agricultural science,…
Meet The Grower | Veronika Zoudunova, Sarita Orchard
Sarita Orchard is one of many commercial cherry orchards in Central Otago, with simple values: grow safe, high-quality cherries, don’t wreck the environment, and…
International Year of the Woman Farmer
One of the most persistent myths in New Zealand is that women support farming, rather than also lead it. As the country marks the…
Celebrating International Rural Women’s Day
One crop, one community and one career pathway at a time. As New Zealand marks the International Day of Rural Women today, women from…
Women in Business | Jodie Kuntzsch, Moananui
Jodie Kuntzsch has spent over 20 years in the seafood industry, with much of her earlier focus on non-product attributes critical to the industry’s…
Women in Business | Su McCluskey, Special Representative for Australian Agriculture
Su McCluskey found she could effectively combine theory with practice during her earlier career in tax and policy and has applied those skills to…
Women in Business | Lee-Ann Marsh, AGMARDT
Lee-Ann Marsh, originally from Canada, moved from the UK to New Zealand nearly fifteen years ago, with a background in global consumer insights. After…
Addressing Gender Gap In NZ Horticulture Leadership This IWD
As International Women’s Day (IWD) approaches this week, there have been calls to address the stark gender disparity between men and women leading New…
Women in Business | Ruth Leary, AgriZeroNZ
Throughout her career, Ruth Leary has sought to add value to New Zealand’s primary sector. She has enormous respect for what the nation’s farmers…
Women in Business | Dr. Elisabeth Weichselbaum, Dairy Goat Co-operative
Dr. Elisabeth Weichselbaum had always been fascinated by the involvement of nutrition science in product development, ever since working with food industry players during…
Women in Business | Sarah Page, The Kindness Collective
The Kindness Collective was formed from acknowledging that not every Kiwi has the same experience living in New Zealand. “The charity was born after…
Women in Business | Bridgit Hawkins, Bovonic & Agritech NZ
Having grown up on a farm, Bridgit Hawkins formed a strong sense of connection with horticulture, agriculture and food production as a whole. As…
Women in Business | Ashna Khan, AgriSea NZ Seaweed Ltd.
Growing up in Fiji, Ashna Khan developed a deep passion for the environment and its delicate balance with human activities. Her grandfather was a…
Women in Business | Sophie Rebbeck, Food & Agritech Consultant
For food and agritech consultant Sophie Rebbeck, agriculture has always been her passion since she grew up on a small farm in Lincoln, Canterbury,…
Women in Business | Karen Williams
Women in Business | Karen Williams, marrying a Wairarapa farmer was the catalyst for ending up in food production and agricultural politics for food…
When One Problem Solved Another
When one problem solved another, was the moment that Deborah Manning had a change in perspective. It was twelve years ago, while reading a…
Women in Business | Dr Shalini Divya, TasmanIon
Dr Shalini Divya, Co-Founder and CEO of Tasmanlon, used her knowledge from her PhD as an inspiration when starting her business. Dr Divya described…