Black Heels and Tractor Wheels - Presented by Rural Women New Zealand
Black Heels and Tractor Wheels - Presented by Rural Women New Zealand
Playlist by Black Heels and Tractor Wheels - Presented by Rural Women New ZealandWelcome to the Black Heels and Tractor Wheels Podcast where we are sharing stories from a range of women around New Zealand. Our hosts, Emma and Claire join a whole raft of incredible New Zealand wome…Follow the podcast:
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Heather McKay
Heather McKay is our inaugural associate board member for Rural Women New Zealand. Today on the podcast we chat about Heather’s career development to date, along with her journey from the West Coast to the Tasman District. We also unpick pathways to dairy farm ownership, taking opportunities as t…
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Claire Edwards
Claire Edwards from the Tora Collective joins us on the Podcast today. We discuss Claire’s journey from Golden Bay to Marlborough and now Tora. From University to bars in Wellington and finding soulmates, to starting a sustainable, catch to order kaimoana business. What strikes us about Claire i…
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Greer Paterson
Today on the Black Heels and Tractor Wheels Podcast we have a great chat with Greer Paterson ✨ Greer lives on the Chatham Islands and provides us with an outlook of how truly unique and different Island life is. She talks us through the first moment she landed on the Chatham Islands, having never…
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Sandra Matthews
We have a chat with Sandra Matthews, Chair of RWNZ and local community legend. We yarn about engendering volunteering from a young age, developing identity as a woman coming onto a farm from outside, depression and anxiety, and also leadership pathways. Sandra delivers some stellar advice on gove…
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Mel Bennett
Send us a text We speak to Mel Bennett, a progressive leader in New Zealand's horticulture industry ✨ Mel has come a long way- From accidental beginnings in the avocado sector 🥑 to pivoting into kiwifruit🥝, and now embarking on her new journey as a mum. We discuss the importance of both backi…
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Nadine Tunley
Send us a text Joining us on the Podcast is Nadine Tunley, CEO of Horticulture New Zealand. Nadine has always had a very strong connection with the food and fibre sector, having grown up in rural New Zealand. Prior to Hort NZ, Nadine was primarily in the apple and pear industry and Mānuka honey.…
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Kate Scott
Send us a text Today on the Black Heels and Tractor Wheels podcast, we have Kate Scott of Landpro joining us for a chat. Kate is Landpro’s Executive Director, a 2018 Nuffield Scholar and 2023 recipient of the Rabobank Emerging Leader award. Landpro is an environmental consultancy business, wo…
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Hayley Gourley
Send us a text Hayley Gourley joins us on the Black Heels and Tractor Wheels Podcast this week! Hayley hails from a dairy farm on the West Coast, and has had roles in Skellerup, Pāmu, Rabobank and Environment Canterbury to name a few. Hayley has spent her career in the food and agribusiness se…
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Jen Scoular
Send us a text Next up on the Black Heels and Tractor Wheels Podcast, we have Jen Scoular. Jen is an avocado grower, Board Chair of House of Science NZ, Board Member of International Fresh Produce Association AU & NZ and immediate past CEO NZ Avocado. After 12 years at the helm of NZ Avocado, Jen…
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Lynley Wyeth
Send us a text Lynley and her husband Matt own Spring Valley farm in Kaituna Valley, in the Wairarapa. The business has won several agricultural awards, including Wairarapa Hill Country Farm Business of the Year, Greater Wellington Balance Farm Environment Awards, Wairarapa Gate to Plate, the NZ G…
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