This competition is for Māori dairy farming businesses, where the entrant is clearly able to demonstrate they are in the majority decision making position relating to that dairy farming operation.
It is expected that Māori dairy farm Owners, Partnerships, Trusts, Incorporations, Lessees, will meet these criteria, as well as some sharemilking positions where Māori hold a majority equity and decision making position in that particular dairy farming business. Entrants must be able to provide stand alone accounts for the dairy enterprise. This is to cover the situation where the entrant may run a number of associated farming enterprises which may be amalgamated under an overall set of accounts. Entries of more than one property owned by an entity will be permitted provided the foregoing criteria are met; allowance for this will be taken into account by the judges.
A DairyBase analysis will be undertaken and to support this all entrants must be able to provide financial accounts for the dairy business entered in the competition for each of the last 3 years along with supporting physical information (cows, ha, milk solids, labour etc) for the same 3 year period. Entrants must also complete the Entry Form contained within this document and the DairyBase registration form (if not registered) and the Farm Business Description (L1) questionnaire all of which are available in electronic format here
The competition will be held on a national basis and up to three finalists will compete to determine the supreme winner of the Ahuwhenua Trophy Excellence in Maori Farming Award 2024.
Entrants’ names and all information supplied will be treated as confidential by the organisers and all those engaged in analysis and judging, and will not be passed on to any outside party. All entrants will receive a copy of the financial and physical analysis. To the extent possible we will also provide benchmark information with other properties.
The Dairy competition is held every third year alternating with Sheep and Beef and Horticulture. Previous Ahuwhenua Trophy winners are required to stand down for the next succeeding competition. This applies to all farms owned by the winner. The organisers reserve the right to alter the conditions of entry, judging arrangements and details of information for future competitions.
Ahuwhenua Trophy Office 6.3 Level 6, Berl House 108 The Terrace
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