Wednesday, 30 March 2022 07:55

BLNZ directors returned

Written by  Staff Reporters
Nicky Hyslop has been re-elected to the Central South Island seat on the BLNZ board. Nicky Hyslop has been re-elected to the Central South Island seat on the BLNZ board.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand farmer director Nicky Hyslop has been re-elected for another three-year term.

In the election as part of the 2022 annual meeting process, Timaru sheep, beef and arable farmer Nicky Hyslop received 4,113 votes, while opposing candidate Simon Davies from Milton received 2,250 - a winning margin of 1,863 - for the Central South Island region.

For 2022, two directors retired by rotation, in Central South Island and Western North Island;.

However, only one election was needed as incumbent Scott Gower was the only nomination received in Western North Island and he was re-elected unopposed.

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