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 Newsletter
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alumni in the Spotlight – Blake Irving, Jenna Smith, John Foley.
May 21, 2025
Alumni in the Spotlight: Blake Irving Kellogg Scholar, Jenna Smith and John Foley Nuffield Scholars.
Kellogg offers two qualifications.
May 20, 2025
Kellogg credentialisation offers programme participants the opportunity to receive a Post Graduate Certificate in Commerce when completing Kellogg.
2024 Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarship reports.
May 20, 2025
Rural Leaders are pleased to present the final reports for the 2024 Nuffield New Zealand Farming Scholars. Reports are from Carlos Bagrie, Rachel Baker, Jenna Smith and Peter Templeton.
Threads of influence. A Champion of rural leadership development.
May 20, 2025
For eight years Dr Scott Champion has been a key figure in the development of leaders in food and fibre. With the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust he has made a direct impression on over 300 leaders on the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme and many more through Nuffield, Engage and the HortNZ Leadership Programme.
MyLead.co.nz is live.
May 14, 2025
The result of work commissioned by Food and Fibre CoVE and conducted by Rural Leaders, MyLead brings the sector’s leadership development programmes together into one place.
Jenni Vernon – Insights from a career built on taking the lead.
May 2, 2025
In this podcast, Jenni Vernon, 1994 Nuffield Scholar, Farmer, and former Chair of Environment Waikato, talks to Bryan Gibson, Managing Editor at Farmers Weekly, about how a lifetime of leadership in rural communities began with a strong connection to farming and a willingness to step forward.
Jenni also talks through her Nuffield research, the lasting value of global perspective, and why rural leadership remains as vital as ever – even as the pathways to it continue to evolve.
Emily Walker – making an impact in New Zealand agribusiness.
March 24, 2025
In 2022, Emily was awarded the Mackenzie Charitable Foundation Scholarship, a pivotal moment in her career. A Canterbury native, Emily Walker’s story so far, has been marked by a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and leadership—values that are now shaping her efforts to play a role in transforming New Zealand’s agricultural sector.
Thomas Holmes – scholarship opens doors for Canterbury arable farmer.
March 24, 2025
A scholarship from the Mackenzie Charitable Foundation provided a unique opportunity for a Cantabrian to take part in the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme. Kellogg gave Thomas Holmes the chance to expand his leadership skills and has provided him with a platform to advocate for change in the fast-evolving arable farming industry in Canterbury.