B+LNZ’s annual meeting provides a great opportunity for levypayers to learn more about where your levies are invested, and to have your say.
Annual meeting
B+LNZ’s annual meeting provides a great opportunity for levypayers to learn more about where your levies are invested, and to have your say.
2024 meeting documentation
Voting pack documents:
- Chair’s letter 2024 (PDF, 40KB)
- B+LNZ Company resolution explanatory notes 2024 (includes remits) (PDF, 68KB)
- Activity update for B+LNZ and NZMB (PDF, 857 KB)
- (NNI voters only) 2024 Northern North Island Director Election Candidate Profiles (PDF, 297 KB)
Meeting documents:
- 2023 B+LNZ Annual Report (PDF, 7MB)
- 2023 B+LNZ Annual Meeting minutes (PDF, 157 KB)
- B+LNZ Year End Financial Statements 30 September 2023 and Independent Auditor’s Report (PDF, 521KB)
For information about the meeting itself and farm visit beforehand, go to the event page on our website.
Info on how our annual meeting process works
- November the previous year: call for nominations for Director elections and proposals for remits (with a December closing date).
- Mid-February: voting packs sent to all farmers on B+LNZ’s electoral roll.
- No later than 31 March: annual meeting takes place. Voting closes a few days before.
We provide updates and information throughout the process via e-diaries.
Voting packs are sent to everyone on B+LNZ’s electoral roll. If you’ve previously received voting packs for B+LNZ annual meetings or referendums you’ll still be on the electoral roll and don’t need to register again.
To be eligible to vote, a livestock farmer must, on 30 June of the previous year, have owned at least 250 sheep, or 50 beef cattle, or 100 dairy cattle at that date.
Voting is conducted by postal and internet voting and instructions are in the voting packs. You can also vote in person at the annual meeting (except director elections).
If you want to check you're on the electoral roll, or have any questions about registering, call us on 0800 BEEFLAMB (0800 233 352) between 8.30am and 5pm Monday to Friday.
If you need to register, you can:
- call us on the above number, or
- create/login to a B+LNZ online account – go to ‘Account settings’ and select the register box (you’ll then be asked to provide some basic information further down the page).
Meetings include updates from B+LNZ’s Chair and Chief Executive about key achievements and activities in the last year and priorities ahead.
Attendees can also ask questions and speak to B+LNZ’s leadership team and Directors.
The programme generally includes presentations or panel discussions on key areas of work, and we try to include a visit to a local farm.
Here’s a video from the last Beef + Lamb New Zealand Annual Meeting, which took place on Thursday 30 March 2023 in New Plymouth. We’ll provide a recording of the 2024 meeting when it’s available.