Friday, 21 March 2025 08:48

Beef + Lamb NZ director voted out

Written by  Sudesh Kissun
Rangitikei hill country farmer Andrew Stewart has been elected the Western North Island farmer director. Rangitikei hill country farmer Andrew Stewart has been elected the Western North Island farmer director.

Sitting Beef + Lamb NZ farmer director Scott Gower has been voted out by farmers.

The results of voting for the Western North Island electorate show Rangitikei hill country farmer Andrew Stewart getting 4233 weighted votes to Gower’s 3502 weighted votes – a winning margin of 731.

Stewart joins the B+LNZ board at its annual meeting in Rotorua next week.

B+LNZ board chair Kate Acland congratulated Stewart and thanked Gower for his work as the incumbent director.

“I know Andrew will bring new thinking and fresh ideas, along with a determination to be future-focused and I look forward to working with him on the board,” says Acland.

Turnout for this director election was just short of 13%, which is on par with other comparable organisations, says Acland.

“This was pleasing given it was the first year of moving to online- only voting.  I really encourage farmers to get involved and have their say via the voting process whenever they have the opportunity” Acland says.

Gower will be formally farewelled after the annual meeting. 

Acland thanked Gower for his six years of service.

“Scott has made a fantastic contribution during his time as director bringing a large-scale, grassroots hill country farming perspective to the board table. As chair of the people & culture committee he played an important role in the refresh of B+LNZ’s strategy and the appointment of our new CEO. I wish him all the very best for his next endeavours.”

More like this

The genetics of body condition scoring

This is the third in a series of articles from Beef + Lamb New Zealand's Informing New Zealand Beef programme. The seven-year INZB partnership, supported by Beef+Lamb New Zealand and the Ministry for Primary Industries' Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund, aims to boost the sector's profits by $460m.

'One more push' to eliminate FE

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is calling on farmers from all regions to take part in the final season of the Sheep Poo Study aiming to build a clearer picture of how facial eczema (FE) affects farms across New Zealand.

Featured

Tributes paid to Jim Bolger

Dignitaries from  all walks of life – the governor general,  politicians past and present, Maoridom- including the Maori Queen, church leaders, the primary sector and family and  friends packed Our Lady of Kapiti’s Catholic church in Paraparaumu on Thursday October 23 to pay tribute to former prime Minister, Jim Bolger who died last week.

Meet the Need: Helping Kiwis put food on the table

Meet the Need, a farmer-led charity, says food insecurity in New Zealand is dire, with one in four children now living in a household experiencing food insecurity, according to Ministry of Health data.

National

Machinery & Products

» Latest Print Issues Online

The Hound

Red faced

OPINION: The Greens have taken the high moral ground on the Palestine issue and been leading political agitators in related…

Cold comfort

One of the most galling aspects of the tariffs whacked on our farm exports to the US is the fact…

» Connect with Rural News

» eNewsletter

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter