Kellogg Programme Two (K54) 2025 graduate.
December 11, 2025
Rural Leaders are pleased to share the reports from Kellogg Programme Two 2025 graduates.
Rural Leaders News
Alumni in the Spotlight – Geoffrey Neilson, Dan Steele, Emma Crutchley, Conan Moynihan, Dan Eb and more.
December 10, 2025
Alumni in the Spotlight – Geoffrey Neilson, Emma Crutchley, Phoebe Scherer, Dan Eb, Dan Steele, Jon Pemberton and more.
NZRLT (Rural Leaders) Leadership update.
November 28, 2025
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
Dr. Victoria Westbrooke – Connecting agribusiness and policy professionals with farming.
November 17, 2025
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
November 7, 2025
Alumni in the Spotlight – Clare Bradley, Jared Clarke, Kelly Heckler, Tracey Perkins, Erica van Reenen, Dr Jordi Hoult
Renée Walker joins the Rural Leaders team.
November 6, 2025
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
2026 Nuffield NZ Farming Scholars announced.
November 5, 2025
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
Richard Green – time to think differently about our food and fibre value chains.
October 9, 2025
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.
FMG and Rural Leaders renew Strategic Partnership.
October 1, 2025
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 – Supporting stronger leadership in Food and Fibre.
September 19, 2025
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 – Tracy Brown, Shannon Harnett, Steve Sterne, Simon Cook, Phil Weir
September 12, 2025
Alumni in the Spotlight: Shannon Harnett, Steve Sterne, Simon Cook, Tracy Brown, Phil Weir
Shannon Harnett – Making AI work for you
September 12, 2025
Shannon Harnett shares insights on her recent AI learning experience.
A Kellogg Scholar’s insight into arable’s future in Canterbury
September 9, 2025
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.
Hamish Gow – Inside the Value Chain Innovation Programme
September 3, 2025
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.
Kellogg Rural Scholars Series. Leadership issue.
August 22, 2025
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.
Kerry Worsnop shares Scholarship experience at Nuffield 75th.
August 5, 2025
Kerry Worsnop gave a colourful and insightful review of her Nuffield experience recently at the 75th Nuffield Dinner in Parliament. We share Kerry’s speech from the night.
Alumni in the Spotlight – Marise James, Amber Carpenter, Iain Inglis, and more.
July 24, 2025
Alumni in the Spotlight: Marise James, Carlos Bagrie, Iain Inglis, Sarah How and Amber Carpenter.
Kellogg Programme One 2025 (K53) graduate.
July 24, 2025
Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme One 2025 graduate.
Richard Dawkins – from the World to Waihopai. A farmer’s path in rural leadership.
July 23, 2025
In this podcast, Richard Dawkins discusses his family’s diverse 602-hectare farm operation, which includes sheep, cattle, forestry, and viticulture. He shares his experiences abroad and how returning home reignited his passion for farming.
Richard speaks about his Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme journey and research on lamb and ewe mortality, emphasising the need for better data and body condition scoring.
Jack Cocks signs off on a year as the NZRLT Associate Trustee.
July 17, 2025
Jack Cocks speaks about his time as Associate Trustee on the Rural Leaders board.
FMG Young Farmer of the Year winner to attend the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme.
July 14, 2025
Hugh Jackson wins 2025 FMG Young Farmer of the Year and a place on the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme.
Katie Rodwell joins NZRLT as Associate Trustee.
July 7, 2025
The NZRLT is pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Rodwell to the board as Associate Trustee. Katie replaces outgoing Associate Trustee Jack Cocks. The Associate Trustee role is for one year.
Hugh Ritchie – Leadership, innovating in arable, and Nuffield.
June 12, 2025
In this podcast, Hugh Ritchie, 2000 Nuffield Scholar and Hawke’s Bay farmer, shares his leadership journey and insights with Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly Managing Editor.
Hugh discusses growing Drumpeel Farms into a diverse 2000-hectare operation, the impact of his Nuffield experience on his personal growth, and on irrigation and strip tillage and the need for better water infrastructure. Hugh emphasises collaboration, global learning, and the importance of leadership development as vital to strengthening NZ’s food and fibre future.
Pulse Check. A Rural Leaders and PwC collaboration.
May 21, 2025
Rural Leaders, in partnership with PwC New Zealand, have piloted a new concept: the Future Food and Fibre Leaders Pulse Check. It’s a snapshot of what’s top of mind for the latest Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme cohort, captured through a workshop facilitated by PwC and Rural Leaders earlier this year.