Brace of awards for Wech

Pohuehue farmer Matt Wech won two awards at last week’s Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards – the NZ Farm Environment Trust Biodiversity Award and the Auckland Council Water Quality Enhancement Award.

He and his partner, Ana Sevilla, farm 33 hectares of hill country off Cowan Bay Road, growing native trees and producing honey, as well as raising sheep and beef (MM, Mar 18).

The Auckland Regional Supreme Award went to Utopia Nurseries in Pukekohe.