Building on the success of last year’s popular events, the opportunity to attend People Expos is back for 2025, offering farmers the chance to be inspired and gain more tips and insights for their toolkits to support their people on farm.
Dairy Women’s Network and DairyNZ are partnering again to deliver four People Expo events across the country, this year coming to Oamaru, Ashburton, Hawera and Hamilton.
If you’re a dairy farmer who employs or manages people, join us at one of the People Expo symposiums to hear from thought leaders on what’s needed to help tackle the big issues in empowering people for a productive workplace.
You’ll gain insights from experts, can connect with other farmers facing the same challenges, and come away armed with inspiration and practical tips to put in action with your farm team.
This year’s focus is improving productivity through workplace design and leadership of people, which impact the way teams work and deliver. The People Expo events can bring you the information to better understand workforce dynamics, ideas on actions you can take right now and inspiration to get you going.
Carefully designed in a fun and enjoyable format for farm employers, managers, rural professionals and aspiring leaders, each event connects farmers and experts to share knowledge and ideas.
People Expo dates: Oamaru, Otago: 11 March Ashburton, Canterbury: 13 March Hawera, Taranaki: 1 April Hamilton, Waikato: 2 April
People Expos are free to attend, and lunch is provided. Registration is essential.
Learn more or register online at dwn.co.nz/people-expo-2025
Shamubeel will speak to global, national, and regional economic and workforce trends and outline why farm businesses must act differently to stay successful and attract and keep people. How do we continue to drive the productivity and efficiency which New Zealand’s dairy story has been built on?
As a 50/50 sharemilker of 1900 cows over two farms, mid-Canterbury dairy farmer Jeremy Duckmanton will talk to his farming journey and approach to achieving productivity gains through different technologies and data. Hear more about
how Jeremy has supported his farm team in adopting new technologies to set the farm business up for success.
As equity partners in one of Canterbury’s largest dairy farming businesses, Kim and Will Grayling (Singletree Dairies Limited) share their experience creating a productive farm business through leadership. Hear more about Kim and Will’s approach to leadership, creating opportunities for growth that benefit both their farm team, as well as the future of the farm business.
James will talk to the dairy productivity story, including trends in New Zealand and worldwide, and the implications of these for farmers. Hear about the future role of Agri-tech and AI in farming, and what this could mean for what the farmer of the future will look like. What changes in skills and capabilities of the broader farm team will be required, and how do we set up for success?