The other two finalists were Anahera Hale, 26, who is working as the second-in-charge farm assistant on Rod and Jackie McPherson’s dairy farm near Whakatāne, where they winter about 360 cows; and Ben Purua, also 26, who is working as the second-in-charge for a contract milker at Trinity Lands farm, near Tokoroa in the South Waikato, which milks 900 cows. The Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award was first held in 2012 and is designed to recognise talented up-and-coming young Māori farmers and growers, and to encourage young Māori to make farming a career choice. Judge Aaron Hunt said Quinn Morgan exemplified all that is good about young Māori who are making successful careers in the primary sector.
How the 2017 Edgecumbe floods helped forge a new career path
4 May, 2021 10:13 PM
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Anahera Hale studied agriculture at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. Photo / Supplied
Rotorua Daily Post
Being forced out of her home after the 2017 Edgecumbe flood has led one local to pursue a career in farming.
Anahera Hale and her grandmother were living on a family friend s dairy farm after their home was flooded and the experience prompted her to study the Level 3 New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. I was watching the farmer drive up and down the farm on the farm bike. I thought to myself, I can see myself doing that, working with animals and being outdoors.