Real tools, real conversations. A chance to reset and move forward. When was the last time you took a day off farm to invest in you!
Connect with other rural women and enjoy a few laughs along the way!
Most of us are experts at keeping going. We move through hard seasons, check things off, and keep our heads down. What we're less practiced at is stepping back to see how far we've actually come and where we want to go next.
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 skill - Learn simple, usable tools for resilience, finding your anchor, and designing your next chapter.
Facilitator
Jemma Brunton
Facilitator, Agri-Women’s Development Trust
Jemma Brunton is a leadership coach and facilitator based in North Canterbury, and the founder of Activating Potential. With nearly 20 years’ experience across the New Zealand public sector, she specialises in leadership development, coaching, and creating practical learning experiences that drive real change.
Jemma is a 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, Jemma is passionate about helping people recognise their strengths, back themselves, and take meaningful action toward the future they want.
Guest speakers
Hayley Van Leeuwen & Alice Saunders
Craigs Investment Partners | Fyfe Karamaena Lawyers
Haley is passionate about helping people feel confident about their financial future helping clients build confidence with money, investment planning, and long-term financial security. Based in Alexandra, she brings practical investment expertise and real-life experience balancing family, community involvement, and a busy career.
Alice is a Senior Associate lawyer, high country farmer, and hunting business owner who understands the realities of balancing farming, business, family and future planning. She brings practical insight, fresh thinking, and a down-to-earth approach to making important decisions.
Hayley and Alice bring together expertise in financial planning, legal matters, and real-world rural business experience to help women feel confident about their future.
Together, they'll share practical guidance on financial confidence, succession, and preparing for the future, helping you better understand your position, protect what you've built, and feel empowered to make informed decisions for the next chapter.
Sandra Campbell & Carmen Andrews
MPI On Farm Support
Sandra and Carmen will help you to focus on helping you be farm and people ready in the event of an unexpected weather event or similar. Sandra and Anne will provide practical advice to build resilience, manage challenges, and look after what matters most.
In the afternoon Jemma will guide you through shaping your next chapter. You'll leave with a workbook full of your own thinking, a word to carry you through the next year, and one brave action to take first.
Come for the conversation. Stay for the clarity, Leave with a start of a plan.
Special thanks to Craigs Investment Partners for generously sponsoring the catering for the day.
Registration
Registration essential.