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Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani Incorporation (WMI) based at Mangakino in the central North Island is this year’s winner of the coveted Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Māori dairy farm.

The Minister for Māori Development, the Hon Tama Potaka made the announcement at an awards dinner in Hamilton attended...

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The winner of the Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award for Dairy is Ben Purua, of Tainui descent. Ben, 29, is the Farm Manager at Waimakariri Lands Ltd, near Tirau in the Waikato region which runs 540 cows.

The announcement was made by Dr Charlotte Severne, the Māori Trustee and Chief Executive of T...

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Around 250 people attended this week’s field day at Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board’s dairy farm in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Whakatōhea is a finalist in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition to select the top Māori dairy farm in Aotearoa. As part of the competition each finalist stages a field d...

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More than 300 people turned out this week to a field day at Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani Incorporation’s (WMI) dairy farm near Mangakino in the Waikato.

WMI is one of two finalists in this years Ahuwhenua Trophy competition to select the top Māori dairy farm in Aotearoa. As part of the competition,...

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