The company is the first farm in the country to produce its own shellfish feed specifically for a New-Zealand species, which gives staff more control over the quality and quantity of pāua it produces. Managing director Blair Wolfgram said the company was trialling different recipes of New Zealand ingredients to monitor their effects on growth rates, and expected to start seeing results early this year. Evolving science and technologies will help the industry grow faster and make sure it can do so sustainably. The company has a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Auckland University of Technology, which means the old Ocean Beach site building will be used as an aquaculture education, research and development centre.
Press Release – Westpac The importance of our primary industries has been recognised with a new sector to be included in the 2021 Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games. The Rural Games will now include Westpac Agri Futures in association with Property Brokers and this is …
The importance of our primary industries has been recognised with a new sector to be included in the 2021 Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games.
The Rural Games will now include Westpac Agri Futures in association with Property Brokers and this is to be held on Friday 12th March in Palmerston North.
Westpac New Zealand General Manager Institutional & Business Banking, Simon Power said Agri Futures is all about encouraging the next generation into agriculture sector careers.
Monday, 21 December 2020, 2:00 pm
The importance of our primary industries has been
recognised with a new sector to be included in the 2021 Ford
Ranger New Zealand Rural Games.
The Rural Games will
now include Westpac Agri Futures in association with
Property Brokers and this is to be held on Friday 12th March
in Palmerston North.
Westpac New Zealand General
Manager Institutional & Business Banking, Simon Power
said Agri Futures is all about encouraging the next
generation into agriculture sector careers.
“The
demand for staff across rural New Zealand has only grown
since COVID-19, and Westpac understands the need to support
efforts to encourage more Kiwis to enter the rural
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Thursday, 10 December 2020, 4:39 pm
Two Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) Bachelor of
Environmental Management year-3 students, Brennan Mair and
Xinxin Zhang, were selected to present at the “Weathering
the Storm” conference in Invercargill last week,
highlighting quality research which is taking place locally
at undergraduate level, in SIT’s Bachelor of Environmental
Management programme.
“Weathering the Storm” was a
joint collaboration between several freshwater science
groups in New Zealand: The NZ Hydrological Society, New
Zealand Rivers Group and Freshwater Science
Society.
Held at Ascot Park Hotel, 1st - 4th December,
the conference brought together New Zealand’s foremost
freshwater experts for some face-to-face networking,