Kellogg Newsletter

In June 2017, after a three
year trial partnership between Lincoln University & the Nuffield NZ Farming
Scholarship Trust the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust (NZRLT) was formed to
manage the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme and the Nuffield Scholarships under
one umbrella organisation.  This created
a leadership pathway with more efficient resources and greater collaboration
with key organisations.

Following the establishment of the NZRLT, some of our key achievements had included:

• Becoming an independent self sufficient entity, removing the reliance on Lincoln University administration but retaining an office and continuing to run the Kellogg programme on the Lincoln University campus.
• Set up of the NZRLT board made up of Nuffield Trustees and two independent Trustees
• Launching of our new branding with a new brand for Rural Leaders (our umbrella body for NZRLT), a new brand for the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme and a refreshed the Nuffield brand.
• Developed a single website retaining ability for direct access to each programme but with the new branding and a consistent look and feel between the three brands.
• Appointed a new programme leader for Kellogg programme with Dr Scott Champion coming on board in June 2017. (Patrick Aldwell remains in a project support role).
• Delivered a great one-day Alumni Summit in May 2017.

2018 Highlights/Achievements

2018 was planned to be a year
of consolidation and getting some of our processes and systems bedded down,
however it turned into a busy year of constant programme innovation, exploring
of new opportunities and organising events. A summary of the key activities
over the last 12 months include;

Marketing

• Launch of new branding and website as
  detailed above.
• Appointed a part-time contract marketer
  – Clara Sweetman to drive our marketing activities.
• Significantly increased media
  coverage of Kellogg and Nuffield projects and alumni supported by our media
  partnerships.
• Had at least 5 alumni featured in On
  Farm Story by Farmers Weekly as well as David Kidd starring on a Country
  Calendar episode.

Financial & Sponsorship

• Re-signed four of our programme
  partners for a further period – thank you for your support Farmlands, Zespri,
  Hort NZ, FAR.
• Welcomed on board
  new Service partner KPMG, and & Media partners NZ Farming Life (Dairy
  Exporter & Country Wide) and Global HQ (Farmers Weekly & Dairy Farmer).
• Introduced new accounting and
  reporting systems as required under the Charities Act, with the support of our
  KPMG partner.
• Put in place sponsorship plan and
  prospectus for the Nuffield 2020 programme of events in March 2020.

Governance

• Farewelled
  and thanked Chair Juliet Maclean for her exceptional leadership and
  contribution to the developments, particularly the establishment of the new Trust
  and branding.
• Welcomed James Parsons on to the
  board as Nuffield appointed Trustee.
• Recruited, after a robust selection
  process, a new independent Board member, Louise Webster who started the role in
  January after travelling and researching agri food developments overseas for 6
  months (click here for more info on Louisa).

Programmes

Kellogg

• Ran two 6 x month Kellogg programmes with
  the graduation of 48  industry leaders with
  a broad diversity of sectors, geographical location, gender, age, ethnicity.
• Published 48 new pieces of rural
  research for industry and public use.
• Increased the marketing reach of
  Kellogg participants with apiculture, forestry, and pork.

Nuffield

• Hosted
  a Nuffield International GFP New Zealand leg in Hawkes Bay and Bay of Plenty in
  April
• Delivered
  a fantastic, well supported Nuffield NZ Biennial Conference in Tauranga in May
• Selected
  five high quality 2019 scholars (see their profiles here)
• Delivered
  an insights forum with 2018 Scholars and debated implications for NZ with  investing partners and Board
• Hosted
  the 2019 Nuffield Awards with over 75 industry guests & alumni attending
• Launched
  Nuffield 2020 Triennial event globally with a great video resource

The Team

Our vision of “Growing NZ
Through Thriving Rural Communities” and the achievement of the steps toward
this could not be achieved without the ongoing contribution and time of the
following;

Rural Leaders Team: 

Staff: General Manager, Anne Hindson;  Programme Coordinator, Lisa Rogers;   Marketing & Communications Contractor, Clara Sweetman

Trustees: Andrew Watters (Chair), Hamish Fraser, Michael Tayler, James Parsons, Craige Mackenzie, Associate Mart Hocken and Juliet Maclean (chair prior to June)