Kate Tomlinson, Mackenzie Charitable Foundation Scholarship winner, talks to Bryan Gibson Managing Editor at Farmers Weekly, and shares her journey from a UK farm to New Zealand, where Kate now blends practical farming with sustainability and data insights in her role with Map of Ag.
The Board of Trustees for the NZ Rural Leadership Trust has appointed Christchurch-based James Ryan as Chief Executive Officer of Rural Leaders.
Alumni in the Spotlight – Kaylene Bennett, Malinda Wynyard, Madison Pannett, Kate Scott, Hugh Ritchie, Dan Eb.
NZ Nuffield Scholars share five key learnings from the 2026 Contemporary Scholars Conference in Japan — the first CSC held in Asia — covering food security and more.
In this latest Rural Leaders Ideas That Grow Podcast, Alice Rule, Hawke’s Bay winemaker and 2019 Kellogg Scholar, Talks too Bryan Gibson about her journey from a Bay of Islands farm to the wine industry, her circular glass economy research, leadership lessons from Kellogg, and balancing entrepreneurship, rural advisory work, and family amid uncertain wine markets.
Alumni in the Spotlight – Nathan Guy, Kate Scott, Caroline Batley, Dani Darke, Lisa Portas, Kyle Leonard, Michael Tayler.
In this latest Rural Leaders Ideas That Grow Podcast, 2025 Kellogg Scholar Tim Orlando-Reep shares how his Waikato beef farm integrates carbon forestry, biodiversity ambitions and catchment collaboration.
Rural Leaders are pleased to share the reports from Kellogg Programme Two 2025 graduates.
This Ideas that Grow Podcast features Lisa Rogers, outgoing CEO of Rural Leaders. Lisa discusses the Trust’s history, leadership and a scholar’s potential.
Rural Leaders are pleased to share the reports from Kellogg Programme Two 2025 graduates.
Alumni in the Spotlight – Geoffrey Neilson, Emma Crutchley, Phoebe Scherer, Dan Eb, Dan Steele, Jon Pemberton and more.
After nearly nine years with Rural Leaders, including the last two and a half years as Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Rogers has decided the time is right to move on from her role, effective 9 January 2026. During her time with the Trust, Lisa has made a significant and lasting contribution. She has led Rural
Victoria Westbrooke discusses the Engage programme, bridging agribusiness professionals with on-farm realities through Lincoln University and Rural Leaders.
Alumni in the Spotlight – Clare Bradley, Jared Clarke, Kelly Heckler, Tracey Perkins, Erica van Reenen, Dr Jordi Hoult
The New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust (Rural Leaders) is pleased to announce the appointment of Renée Walker as Kellogg Programme Facilitator. Renée will join Kellogg Programme One 2026. For Renée Walker, Rural Leaders’ newly appointed Kellogg Programme facilitator, leadership has always been about people – seeing them, understanding them, and helping them unlock their own
Last night (Tues 4 Nov) at Parliament, in front of Rural Leaders’ investing partners and political and industry leaders, Hon. Minister Todd McClay awarded the 2026 Nuffield Scholarships to four new leaders. Nuffield Farming Scholarships have been awarded to New Zealand’s Primary Industries leaders for 75 years. With a global network of more than 2,000
In this episode of Ideas That Grow, Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly Managing Editor, talks to Richard Green, farmer, director and 2025 Value Chain Innovation Programme alum.
Richard discusses his background and his Value Chain Innovation Programme experience.
Richard offers keen insight into why understanding value chains and value chain models is so important for anyone wanting to take advantage of the opportunities New Zealand Inc. and farming have to integrate our value chains and think globally.
The New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust (Rural Leaders) is pleased to announce the renewal of their Strategic Partnership agreement with FMG. Rural Leaders and Strategic Partner FMG, have renewed their partnership agreement, reinforcing a shared commitment to lifting leadership capability and to building stronger rural communities. The new agreement formalises the continued alignment of values
MyLead.co.nz offers personalised leadership development pathways for food and fibre sector professionals across three stages: leading self, others and strategy.
Alumni in the Spotlight: Shannon Harnett, Steve Sterne, Simon Cook, Tracy Brown, Phil Weir
Shannon Harnett shares insights on her recent AI learning experience.
Thomas Holmes is an arable farmer and a 2024 Kellogg Scholar. In this podcast he talks to Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly Managing Editor about his family farm’s evolution, overseas experience, his Kellogg research report and his Kellogg experience.vThomas unpacks his report’s ‘what next’ view of arable farming in Canterbury.
He discusses profitability challenges, diversification, and integration with other sectors. Thomas advocates collaboration, mindset change, and leadership from younger farmers to adapt to climate, market, and technological shifts.
In this podcast, Hamish Gow discusses The Value Chain Innovation Programme, a 5-day tour through New Zealand’s dairy, kiwifruit, apple and red meat sectors, helping participants understand how value is created, captured and shared across agricultural value chains.
Leadership Insights contains twelve reports spanning the last 7 years.
The reports in ‘Leadership Insights’ cover such topics as: Leadership During a Crisis, Emotional Intelligence, the Qualities and Characteristics of Good Leadership, and the Effect of Good Leadership on Staff Engagement and Retention.
