Maori farm awards

Entries are now open for the 2019 Ahuwhenua Trophy for Excellence in Maori Farming and the 2019 Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer Award.

The awards recognise a particular farming sector each year, and for 2019 it will be sheep and beef farmers who have the chance to compete for cash and other prizes.

Trophy committee chairman Kingi Smiler says that although many Maori farmers are leading the way in developing sustainable farming practices, too often they don’t realise just how good they are, so he is asking farm consultants and other rural professionals to encourage Maori trusts, incorporations and individual whanau to enter the awards. Full details of both awards and online entry forms are available at ahuwhenuatrophy.maori.nz