Awards for rural businesswomen


Entries are open for the 2022 Rural Women NZ Business Awards, which celebrate female entrepreneurs and business owners throughout regional New Zealand.

The awards have eight categories – Emerging Business, Rural Champion, Love of the Land, Innovation, Creative Arts, Bountiful Table, Rural Health & Wellbeing and the Supreme Award – and are open to rural women in all occupations and professions.

Rural Women NZ national president Gill Naylor says the awards provide a fantastic opportunity for women to showcase their creativity, innovation and achievements, many of which will have emerged during Covid-19 lockdowns.

“If you are a rural woman in business, enter; if you know a rural woman in business, encourage her to enter,” she says. Entries close on July 29.

Info: www.ruralwomennz.nz/nzi-rural-women-nz-business-awards-2022