Farm manager Ben Purua and Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Incorporation honoured at awards.
Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Ben Purua, the 2024 winner of the Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award, to hear more about his inspirational story.
Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani were the top winners at this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy awards recognising the best in Māori dairy farming. Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced the ...
A dairy farm near the settlement of Mangakino has won the prestigious Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Māori dairy farm for 2024. There was an outpouring of excitement and jubilation when Wairarapa Moana ...
Emotions spilled over when the winner of the Ahuwhenua Young Māori Dairy Farmer was announced at a gala dinner attended by 860 people in Hamilton recently. When 29-year-old Ben Purua's name was read ...
Mori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced the winners and congratulated runners-up, Whakathea Mori Trust Board, at an awards celebration also attended by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and ...
Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani has won this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Māori dairy farming. Runner up was Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board. Wairarapa Moana runs 12 dairy units on 4300 hectares ...
Masterton-based Māori business Wairarapa Moana has won the top spot at New Zealand’s most prestigious Māori farming awards. Kingi Smiler, chair of Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani Incorporation, said he is ...