Real tools. Real conversations. A day to reset and move forward.
Take a day off the farm and invest in you!
Still Standing, Still Growing is a practical, down-to-earth workshop for rural women ready to step back, reset, and move forward with confidence, with real tools, fresh perspective, and insights from guest speakers you can trust.
This is your opportunity to:
- Step off the farm and gain a fresh perspective
- Build confidence and recognise your strengths
- Learn practical tools for mindset and resilience
- Gain insight into succession, finance, and future planning
- Connect with other rural women and enjoy a few laughs along the way
What makes this day different?
This isn’t just inspiration; it’s real skills for real life.
The day is designed in three parts:
- Morning: Connection and mindset
Step back, connect, and shift your thinking. - Guest speakers
Practical, real-world insight on finance, succession, and future readiness. - Afternoon: practical skills
Learn simple, usable tools for resilience, finding your anchor, and designing your next chapter.
You’ll leave with:
- Greater clarity on what’s next.
- Confidence to back yourself.
- Practical tools you can actually use.
- One clear, brave step forward.
Speakers
Jemma Brunton – Facilitator, Agri-Women’s Development Trust
- Leadership coach and facilitator based in North Canterbury.
- Founder of Activating Potential.
- Nearly 20 years’ experience across the New Zealand public sector.
- Specialises in leadership development, coaching, and creating practical learning experiences that drive real change.
- Facilitator for the Agri-Women’s Development Trust (AWDT), supporting rural women to build confidence, connect with others, and step into new opportunities both on and off farm.
- Known for her warm, engaging style.
- Passionate about helping people recognise their strengths, back themselves, and take meaningful action toward the future they want.
Haley van Leeuwen – Craigs Investment Partners
- Over 20 years’ experience.
- Passionate about helping women build confidence with money and make smart decisions for their future.
- Brings a practical, down-to-earth approach to investing.
- Breaks investing down in a way that makes sense and feels accessible.
- Focuses on knowledge, confidence, and taking action to create long-term financial security.
Alice Sanders – Fyfe Karameana Lawyers, High Country farmer & hunting business owner
- Works as a lawyer in Wanaka and in the woolshed or hills of Central Otago.
- Balances law, farming, and running her own hunting business.
- Has built a life on her terms.
- Driven, adventurous, and refreshingly real.
- Passionate about backing yourself, following through, and creating a life you genuinely love.
- Lawyer, high country farmer and hunting business owner.
- Knows what it means to back yourself and build a life on your terms.
Sandra McIntyre & Anne Sutton – MPI On Farm Support
- Helping you think about being farm and people ready for the future.
- Support rural communities through change.
- Focus on helping you be farm and people ready.
- Provide practical advice to build resilience, manage challenges, and look after what matters most.
Registration
Registration essential.