Farm Forestry New ZealandAward winners
Husqvarna Farm Foresters of the year - award winners
North Island
- Husqvarna Farm Foresters of the Year North Island - John and Diny Dermer
2014
John and Diny Dermer’s farm Waipiko is located at Cheltenham, 15 kilometres north of Feilding. The farm is a mixed cropping, sheep and beef fattening farm and has been owned… - North Island Farm Foresters of the Year 2013 - Bob and Meg Gaddum
2013
This year’s winners live on Te Koawa Station, an 882 hectare property 50 kilometres west of Gisborne. It is typical of the hill country of that region. It runs approximately… - Husqvarna Farm Forester of the Year 2012 North Island - Roger and Daphne Reddington
2012
Roger and Daphne live at Chilly Brook in the upper Akatarawa valley, north of Upper Hutt. Roger first worked in the vicinity as a carpenter at a sawmill which had… - North Island Husqvarna Farm Foresters of the Year David and Cloie Blackley and Gabrielle Walton
2011
Summerhill Farm is an inter-generational farming and forestry enterprise situated on the Papamoa hills behind Welcome Bay, between Tauranga and Te Puke. It has a total area of 400 hectares… - North Island Farm Forester of the Year - Gordon Perry
2010
Gordon Perry lives at Hoteo, just a short distance from NZFFA founder Neil Barr’s farm. Gordon, his father and brother, purchased the property of 140 hectares from the Steventon family… - Husqvarna Farm Forester of the Year North Island - David and Ngaire Bryant
2009
Longview was originally part of Olrig Station. It returned to the Lands and Survey Department after the World War I because of the ‘harshness of the climate and the fact…
South Island
- South Island Husqvarna Award winners 2015 - Graham and Pam Hunter
2015
When Graham and Pam Hunter took over their 484 hectare farm in 1997 it had 30 paddocks and the only exotic trees on the property were the old orchards and… - Husqvarna Farm Foresters of the Year South Island - Graeme and Christine McArthur
2014
The McArthur property, Lochaber Downs is situated near the small town of Whitecliffs, nestled in the foothills midway between the Rakaia and Waimakariri rivers. The farm of 680 hectares was… - Husqvarna South Island Farm Forester of the Year 2013, Charles and Sandy Wiffen
2013
The Wiffen’s homestead is on the west side of State Highway 1 north of Parnassus, but the vast majority of their 1,400 hectare Inverness property lies on the east side… - Husqvarna Farm Foresters of the Year 2012 South Island - Dennis and Margaret Larsen
2012
Farm foresters have a keen interest and love of trees, but plant them for various reasons. Many have small blocks of diverse species, which provide great environmental and amenity value… - South Island Husqvarna Farm Foresters of the Year, Neil and Pam Cullen
2011
New Zealand has numerous isolated valleys which are farmed to varying degrees, and have tremendous potential for forest development. One such valley is the Glenomaru Valley in South Otago, 25… - South Island Farm Foresters of the Year - George and Terry McMeeken
2010
George and Terry McMeeken farm 295 hectares at Feldwick, 25 km north of Tuatapere in Western Southland. George and Terry are long time members of the Southland branch and are…
New Zealand Landcare Trust Award winners
- Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Forestry 2015 - Graham and Tess Smith
2015
Miraka farm is nestled against the banks of the Mangatutu river south-east of Te Awamutu. It is home to 70 cows, 15 ducks, three dogs, umpteen turkeys as well as… - Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Sustainable Farm Forestry - Peter and Jane Evans
2014
The Evans family have been resident in the Pareora Gorge for a long time, with Peter’s great grandfather purchasing the original 80 hectares in 1875. This has been increased, mainly… - Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Farm Forestry - Ewen McGregor
2013
This year’s award winner has achieved in a dry land environment what many aspire to achieve in more benign parts of New Zealand. Situated on the banks of the Tukituki… - New Zealand Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Sustainable Farm Forestry - Rural Woman New Zealand Forest Committee Southland
2012
This year’s winner of the New Zealand Landcare Trust award is not the normal farm operation of the type which has won this award in the past. In New Zealand there… - The Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Farm Forestry, Ingleby Coxe
2011
In 1988 an English woman who had lived in Africa for many years came to stay with friends and walk some of the magnificent walkways that New Zealand has to… - Landcare Trust Award for Innovation in Sustainable Farm Forestry - Michael and Michelle Anderson
2010
Sometimes the boundaries between farmland and park become blurred. This is certainly the case at Lyndale farm owned by Michael and Michelle Anderson, the recipients of the Landcare Trust Award.…
