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Dairying women feed mind and body at annual conference
Friday, 21 February 2014, 3:43 pm | Dairy Women's Network
Food personality Nadia Lim and motivational speaker Darryl Sabin will challenge dairying women to live their lives to the fullest by nurturing both mind and body when they present at the Dairy Women’s Network’s annual two conference in Hamilton from ... More >>
No such thing as too many chiefs at dairy women’s conference
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 12:36 pm | Dairy Women's Network
David Galbraith works with the Chiefs rugby team and Barbara Chapman is the chief executive of ASB. In March they will put a rural focus on their work and discuss how New Zealand’s dairy farming women can achieve world-class mental and financial ... More >>
Pilots signal free workshops to improve farm vehicle safety
Monday, 16 December 2013, 2:38 pm | Dairy Women's Network
A plan to educate more dairy farming women in farm vehicle safety is being prepared by the Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) in partnership with AGrowQuip after a successful pilot in the Waikato region in October - the month before the coroner released recommendations ... More >>
Three finalists contend for 2014 Dairy Woman of the Year
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 4:01 pm | Dairy Women's Network
The Dairy Women’s Network has announced the names of the three women who have been selected as finalists for the 2014 Dairy Woman of the Year Award. They are: Charmaine O’Shea from Kerikeri, Julie Pirie from Hauraki Plains and Joyce Voogt from Otorohanga. More >>
Dairy Women’s Network appoints new CEO
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 3:47 pm | Dairy Women's Network
The Dairy Women’s Network Trust Board has announced the appointment of Zelda de Villiers as chief executive officer (CEO). With more than 20 years’ experience in the international agricultural industry, Zelda is currently the managing director ... More >>
Dairying women invited to attend APEC leadership forum
Monday, 4 November 2013, 10:29 am | Dairy Women's Network
Two New Zealand dairy farming women have been selected to attend the Asia -Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Women Leadership Forum in Beijing next month. Attendance to the forum is by invitation only and limited to 250 women leaders from the Asia ... More >>
Social media helps dairying women learn on-farm technology
Friday, 18 October 2013, 4:23 pm | Dairy Women's Network
Facebook forums and YouTube videos replace face-to-face workshops this month when the Dairy Women’s Network launches its second annual virtual learning forum. The Technology on Farm topic will feature presentations from some of the country’s ... More >>
Nominations open for third annual Dairy Woman of the Year
Monday, 23 September 2013, 12:57 pm | Dairy Women's Network
The Dairy Women’s Network and Fonterra announced today that nominations open for the 2014 Dairy Woman of the Year on 1 October. More >>
Search for Dairy Women’s Network CEO begins
Friday, 13 September 2013, 5:05 pm | Dairy Women's Network
The Dairy Women’s Network has launched a recruitment campaign for a new chief executive. More >>
Dairy women’s leadership programme will be industry first
Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 2:58 pm | Dairy Women's Network
The Dairy Women’s Network will develop the country’s first leadership programme specifically for women working in the dairy industry using a $180,000 grant from the Ministry of Primary Industries’ Sustainable Farming Fund. More >>
Justine Kidd takes 2013 Dairy Woman of the Year title
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 9:15 am | Dairy Women's Network
BEL Group business manager Justine Kidd from Waipukurau was named the Dairy Woman of the Year last night at a gala dinner held by the Dairy Women’s Network in Nelson. With more than 20 years’ experience, Justine has influenced many aspects of the ... More >>
Happier cows could help industry’s employment issues
Friday, 1 March 2013, 3:11 pm | Dairy Women's Network
With more and more dairy farm staff entering the industry from urban backgrounds an animal husbandry expert says there has to be more emphasis placed on stockmanship skills, which start with managers and owners having farm policies that put animal ... More >>
Eco-Warrior To Speak At Dairy Women’s Conference
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 4:25 pm | Dairy Women's Network
Three-time Ballance Farm Environment Award winner Dan Steele is on a mission to make New Zealand a better place for the future. In March he’s fronting up to hundreds of dairying women at their annual conference in Nelson to explain why he believes ... More >>
Six finalists contend for 2013 Dairy Woman of the Year title
Tuesday, 29 January 2013, 4:47 pm | Dairy Women's Network
The Dairy Women’s Network has announced the names of the six women who will progress into the final round of judging for the 2013 Dairy Woman of the Year Award. More >>
International Time Queen at dairy women’s conference
Monday, 14 January 2013, 3:40 pm | Dairy Women's Network
MEDIA RELEASE 14 January 2013 International Time Queen to speak at dairy women’s conference Robyn Pearce, the much sought after ‘queen of time management’, will show hundreds of busy dairying women how to ‘get a grip’ on their priorities ... More >>
Dairying women prepare to challenge their boundaries
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 3:44 pm | Dairy Women's Network
Hundreds of women who work in the dairy industry will be tackling some of the big issues that affect today’s farmers including the rural/urban divide, environmental constraints and developing future leaders, when they get together at the Dairy Women ... More >>
Dairying women to deliver online training despite challenges
Tuesday, 23 October 2012, 2:56 pm | Dairy Women's Network
A professional dairy industry women’s group will deliver an online training programme despite limited access to high-speed internet services in many rural communities. More >>
Dairy Women’s Network grows by 30 percent this year
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 5:08 pm | Dairy Women's Network
The Dairy Women’s Network celebrated a year of growth at its annual general meeting tonight (Wednesday, 17 October) including the addition of 700 new members between 1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012, increasing its total membership from 2400 to 3100. More >>
Looking beyond the dollars at Winter Dairy Days
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 10:53 am | Dairy Women's Network
Helping dairy farmers look ‘beyond the dollars’ at their whole farm system management is the goal of a series of winter dairy workshops being held by the Dairy Women’s Network around New Zealand in June and July. More >>
Workshops help dairy farmers with staff orientation skills
Thursday, 26 April 2012, 2:01 pm | Dairy Women's Network
The Dairy Women’s Network Autumn Dairy Days begin on 4 May and will introduce participants to ideas and tools to help them get orientation of new staff or contractors and refocusing of existing staff correct from ‘day one.’ More >>
