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Whangarie A&P team 2021

Northland youth gain hands-on farm experience whilst completing qualifications

11 Jan 2022

The Whangārei A&P Farm Intern programme has wrapped up their second year with 14 interns completing their course and more motivated young people showing a keen interest for the February intake – applications are still open!

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Teachers' day out 2021

Teachers learn firsthand about careers in food and fibre

8 Dec 2021

B+LNZ sponsors Growing NZ’s annual Teachers’ Day Out to educate teachers, career advisors and transition educators across the country about the career opportunities in food and fibre from people working in the sector.

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Generation Next programme

B+LNZ’s Generation Next Programme heads to the North Island, applications open

26 Nov 2021

Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Generation Next professional development programme aimed at young and aspiring sheep and beef farmers is coming to the North Island in 2022. Learn more about the programme, our new locations and apply. South Islanders can also register their interest for the 2022 intake.

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Attracting, growing, and retaining people in the red meat industry

27 Oct 2021

Learn about Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) ‘People and Training’ initiatives and get an update on the different organisations B+LNZ collaborates with to ensure a bright future for New Zealand’s red meat sector.

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Heather Gee-Taylor

Young farmer encourages school leavers to consider careers in sheep and beef

24 May 2021

In this story, young and eager farm worker, Heather Gee-Taylor shares her passion for farming and advice to school leavers. This story is published in the Leaving School magazine co-funded by B+LNZ and received by senior school students in every secondary school.

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Alex De’Lay

Generation Next graduate shares passion for farming with school leavers

17 May 2021

As part of B+LNZ’s commitment to attracting talented and motivated young people into the red meat sector, we co- funded the Leaving School magazine received by senior school students in every secondary school throughout the country. In this story, young and eager farm worker, Alex De’Lay shares his passion for farming and advice to school leavers.

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Engaging with our future consumers

12 May 2021

North Otago sheep and beef farmers, Ross and Jo Hay recently hosted the local Primary School on their farm, teaching them about food production whilst also shining a positive light on the food and fibre sector.

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cadets

Helping shape the education reforms for future farmers

3 May 2021

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is taking a leadership role in the Government’s Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) through several initiatives to ensure the outcomes are practical for the sheep and beef sector.

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Twenty farm interns take the first step in their farming career

10 Mar 2021

Twenty motivated farm interns enrolled in the Whangārei A&P Farm Intern programme for 2021 to gain hands-on experience in a free, 40-week programme.

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students

Food & Fibre CoVE launched as part of the Government’s vocational educational reform

2 Mar 2021

The Food & Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) was officially launched last week as part of the vocational education reforms. Find out what this means for farmers.

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generation next programme module

Generation Next’s brain food

1 Feb 2021

No skill is more important than the ability to feed yourself and this was just one of the skills B+LNZ’s Generation Next students learnt in the course’s final module, Meat Appreciation.

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Teachers day out

Teachers learn about food and fibre careers firsthand

1 Dec 2020

In the last few weeks, teachers across seven regions in New Zealand have been learning about careers in the food and fibre sectors as part of GrowingNZ’s annual Teachers’ Day Out.

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