Beef and Lamb New Zealand recognises the importance of women in our sheep and beef industry. This day has been designed to help bring rural women from across the region together to be inspired and make wider network connections.

Join us for a delicious lunch and wine, hear from some inspirational rural women and connect with farming ladies from throughout the Southern South Island Region.

9.30am doors open for registrations.

Facilitated by Dr Robyn Dynes – Science Impact Leader at AgResearch+ Northern South Island Farmer Councilor

On the day you will:

Hear from a range of innovative, local rural women adding value to their farm/businesses or their wider farming communities .
Network + meet like-minded women.
Cooking Demonstration of two recipes and a handout included by the Two Raw Sisters.
Be inspired by local women, doing great things in our rural communities.

Guest speakers

We are Rosa and Margo Flanagan - Two Raw Sisters

Four-time best-selling cookbook authors, sisters, app creators, public speakers and entrepreneurs based in Christchurch, NZ.

We have established an internationally recognised plant-focused food platform to educate and inspire all eaters to create better lifestyles by making plants the centrepiece of every plate, adding protein on the side. Neither of us is vegan or vegetarian; we do not promote ‘diets’ and we do not use expensive ingredients. Our recipes break the barrier between eating well and sustainably whilst being mindful of cost. All eaters are welcome.

Keynote speaker

Harriet Bremner - Zanda McDonald Winner 2023, Author of Rural Children’s books “Gurt and Pops”

Harriet has always lived in rural New Zealand and is passionate about the rural industry as well as the well-being, grief, trauma and health and safety of the people who work in it, Harriet is determined to change the conversation around this within our rural communities.

The Zanda McDonald Award 2023 winner; has a background in farming, teaching, speech, and drama. Her life took a sudden turn when she became a widow at 28 years old after losing her partner in a sudden farming accident in 2017.

Since then, Harriet has focused on following her dreams including writing award-winning rural children's books under her brand "Gurt and Pops'", releasing a podcast with Farmers Weekly called; 'The Raw Truth', writing in the AgInEd page in the Farmer Weekly and the heath and wellbeing section of the Dairy Exporter Magazine, speaking at events and working on the farm day to day with her fiance in Southland.

Ladies Panel - Women making things happen!

Olivia Caldwell - A journalist based in beautiful Central Otago, sharing with us her career journey and Author of the book “dating the kiwi Male”.

Bronwyn Cairns - Silver Fern Farms Site Manager Waitane Plant sharing her career journey

Bronwyn started her career in the laboratory with Southland Frozen Meat Ltd in Mataura and was a laboratory Technician for 5 years. Went overseas for an OE and returned to train as a Quality Assurance officer.

Bronwyn has been at Waitane for 31 years, starting as a QA and progressing to the following departments over the years - Technical officer, Compliance Manager, Production Manager and now Plant Manager for the past 5 years, having been Lamb Plant of the year 3 times in the past 5 years and overall group plant of the year.

Michelle Wallis - General Manager at Royalburn Station in Queenstown (Carlos Bagrie and Nadia Lim Property)

Michelle is a born and bred Southlander with a background of Sheep, deer, beef, dairy and HR. Michelle is now General Manager at Royalburn Station in Queenstown, working for Carlos Bagrie and Nadia Lim.

Michelle is passionate about everything farming and the diversity available within the industry and is looking forward to connecting with like-minded farmers and sharing her journey.

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