Twenty-year-old Kristy Maria Roa of Ngāti Maniapoto is the winner of the 2019 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award.
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King whānau work hard to achieve farming success
Eugene and Pania King are the owners and operators of Kiriroa Station at Matawai, north-west of Gisborne. The husband and wife team are the 2019 winners of the Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Māori sheep and beef farm in Aotearoa.
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Unlocking gates for whānau Māori to access their whenua
The Matuaokore Ahuwhenua Trust holds one of the few remaining pieces of Māori freehold land in the Gisborne area, but like many of these land titles it's "landlocked". Today, for the first time, they were granted vehicle access, just in time for the special visit by Minister Nanaia Mahuta.
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Recognising Māori farming excellence and potential
Members of the NZ farming community are saying that the Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award is racist. In an exclusive interview with Te Ao Māori News, the chair of The Ahuwhenua Trohy Management Committee, Kingi Smiler, responds to the comments.
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Whangara Farms open gates for Ahuwhenua field day
Whangara Farms has been nominated as a finalist for the Ahuwhenua Māori Farming Award, finding success through the partnership of three Ngāti Konohi farm incorporations.
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East coast farmers up for ultimate Ahuwhenua Trophy
All three finalists for this year's Ahuwhenua Trophy come from the coast. Gisborne's Whangara Farm, Te Awahohonu Forest Trust at Tikokino and the Kiriroa Station on the Motu River are the finalists.
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BOP Young Māori Farmer finalist's dream
2018 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer of the Year finalist Harepaora Ngaheu wants to own his own farm in ten years. Currently he is a farm manager in Waiohau and is working hard to make a sustainable future for his family.
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Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer finalists announced
Three finalists have been announced in this year's Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award for Dairy.
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Fonterra "opens the gate" to its Māori farm owners
Dairy giant Fonterra has called its first-ever meeting with Māori farm owners in Auckland today to inform a new Māori strategy. The move aims to provide farmers with better access to Fonterra’s tools and systems.
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Rangatahi push for 40,000 new jobs in Bay of Plenty
A regional growth organisation called Bay of Connections is looking to create 40,000 new jobs by 2050. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says the move coincides with the new Provincial Growth fund, which he says will support initiatives like Bay of Connections.
