2026 Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarship. Apply by 17 August 2025. Read More...
Apply for 2026 Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarship by 17 August 2025. More details...
The Mackenzie Charitable Foundation have initiated research alongside the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust, in collaboration with Otago Business School and the Department of Economics, to investigate the contribution of Kellogg and Nuffield Alumni to Food and Fibre. Research covering 72 years of Nuffield and 43 years of Kellogg Rural Scholarship. The objective of the
In this podcast Dr Scott Champion talks about his own leadership journey, on the power of gaining other’s perspectives, and he talks about upcoming Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme.
Listen to “Lucie Douma – Data sharing to achieve data interoperability” on Spreaker. Kia Ora, you’ve joined the Ideas That Grow podcast, brought to you by Rural Leaders. In this series, we’ll be drawing on insights from innovative rural leaders to help plant ideas that grow so our regions can flourish. Ideas that Grow is
Nuffield Scholars belong to a unique, vibrant, and strong community that continues to create positive change in our Food and Fibre Sector and country. Increasingly there will be a need for leaders here in New Zealand who have an ability to think critically, who can generate insight and who have a global perspective. So, tell
In August 2022, The Food and Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence (FFCoVE) requested the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust conduct research into the current state of leader development in the Food and Fibre sector.
Olivia joins Kate Scott, Chair, Michael Tayler, Rebecca Hyde and Craig Mckenzie, Trustees, and Hamish Fraser, Independent Trustee.
On Monday, 27 March 2023, The Christchurch Town Hall will see food and fibre leaders, agribusiness professionals and growers from all over New Zealand, get together with international agriculture delegates and speakers.
Under Chris’s leadership, characterised by strong purpose and gentle (but persuasive) direction, the Rural Leaders team have enjoyed a busy, effective and stimulating period of achievement.
The reports traverse topics as wide and timely as horticultural futures, social impacts on Iwi, the potential for impact investing, technical production and profitability topics.
Today, 2023’s Programme One will complete their nine-day (eight-night) residential Phase One module, at Lincoln University.
Leading industry organisations have come together to support the 2023 Rural Leaders Agribusiness Summit and its bold aim to promote global vision, leadership and innovation.
We thought we’d review a few of the year’s bigger moves for Rural Leaders in 2022. It’s been busy, we made it, and like you, we’ll return wiser in 2023 to do it again.
Current Board of Trustees with 2023 Nuffield New Zealand Farming Scholars, November 2022. The Board of the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust (NZRLT) is seeking applications for an Associate Trustee. This appointment is for 12 months starting February 2023 and finishing in February 2024. The NZRLT Board meets six times per year and holds additional
AGMARDT Trustees have approved support for three new scholarships that seek to improve access to leadership development. The New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust (Rural Leaders) deliver the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme, a critical point on the rural leadership pathway. AGMARDT’s support will manifest as three scholarships specifically for the Kellogg Programme. “We want to help
Kerry Worsnop Kerry Worsnop describes herself as a rural advocate, born and raised on a South Waikato dairy farm, she later ventured into the hills of the East Coast north of Gisborne. The business was originally shaped by both her partner’s and her own desire to own a farm and their early years were devoted
2023 Nuffield New Zealand Scholars Awarded. Wellington, 8 November 2022 Congratulations to our 2023 Nuffield New Zealand Scholars! Kerry Worsnop, a Gisborne based Sheep and Beef Farmer, Company Trustee, and Environmental Consultant. Matt Iremonger, a Sheep and Beef and Dairy Farmer from Banks Peninsula, in Canterbury. Kylie Leonard, a Taupo based Dairy Farmer, Governance Specialist, and dual
The 2023 Rural Leaders Agribusiness Summit theme ‘Forefront’ reflects focus on the businesses making change and providing solutions to some of the sector’s biggest challenges and opportunities. The Summit seeks to promote global vision, leadership and innovation by demonstrating some of the practical solutions shown to mitigate the challenges facing agribusiness today. The Summit begins
On Wednesday evening Rural Leaders hosted the 2022 Nuffield New Zealand Farming Scholarship Awards in Wellington. This was an opportunity to formally award scholarships to Parmindar Singh, Lucie Douma and Anthony Taueki – a year later than planned. While it was a smaller occasion than it might have been, it was no less important. Hon.
A message from our CEO Chris Parsons, MNZM, DSD, CMinstD. As the year flies by all too fast, I thought it good to pause a moment to highlight a key development that we have been working on for just over a year and to acknowledge some of the achievements that Nuffield and Kellogg Scholars and
Can I have your attention please – the one thousandth graduate of the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme has just left the building! Like the graduates before, they return to their family, community, industry, and to contribute to a sector that just got a little smarter, a little stronger. We’ll know more about the scale
Learn directly from New Zealand’s most successful value chain leaders. By completing this programme you’ll learn directly from the source, gaining unique insights into food and fibre innovation, in both domestic and international markets. This is an opportunity to interact and learn from leaders who have a track record of successful entrepreneurship.
Lucie Douma. Soon after Lucie Douma and Parmindar Singh returned from their Nuffield CSC in the UK, Lucie was traveling again. This time in North America. Lucie is four weeks into her US trip that has so far covered: California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and more. Lucie is currently in Texas and will round out her travel
1. Identify Nuffield’s goals. As simple as it sounds, applicants often don’t fully understand what the broader goals and objectives of Nuffield are. An application written with consideration to ‘giving back’ for example, will go a long way to increasing your chances of gaining an interview. You’ll ideally be able to show evidence of giving
Here’s an introduction from Rural Leaders CEO Chris Parsons, on the new Dairy Insights report. New Zealand’s food and fibre sector is full of capable, and purpose driven people. Supported by DairyNZ, Livestock Improvement Corporation and an incredible group of partners, the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust is privileged to be entrusted with growing many
