Chair of Beef+Lamb New Zealand Andrew Morrison and Chair of the Ahuwhenua Trophy Management Committee Nuku Hadfield. Photo / Supplied
Māori sheep and beef farmers are being urged to enter the 2022 Ahuwhenua Trophy competition.
The competition is designed to recognise excellence in Māori farming and was initiated in 1933 by Māori leader Sir Apirana Ngata and the Governor General at the time, Lord Bledisloe.
The competition offered a unique
opportunity for individual Māori farmers, trusts and incorporations to showcase their excellent farming enterprises, to both Māori and the wider farming sector, Chair of the Ahuwhenua Trophy Management Committee which runs the competition, Nuku Hadfield, said.
To mark the official launch of the competition, the Ahuwhenua Trophy was welcomed and displayed at the at Red Meat Sector Conference dinner attended by the Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor, and close to 200 delegates.
Hadfield spoke at the conference, where she said Māori contributed more than 15 per cent of red meat exports and had done much to expand and develop their farming operations, both in terms of sustainability and profitability.
