Cameron Henderson Reappointed Unopposed as DairyNZ Deputy Chair
DairyNZ deputy chair Cameron Henderson has been re-appointed unopposed for another term.
OPINION: Mike Chapman, former chief executive of levy-funded HortNZ, has thrown out a challenge to farmers and growers to put their levy-funded industry organisations under the same scrutiny as fertiliser, electricity, labour and freight.
"A levy is still a cost of production," he says.
The Hound reckons Chapman is on the money here: scrutiny of the levy spend isn't what it used to be, especially with one rural publisher now in bed with DairyNZ, Beef+Lamb NZ and the Feds.
Chapman notes, we cannot move New Zealand closer to markets, create the scale of larger countries or match developing-country wage rates.
We can, however, influence the cost of our levy-funded industry organisations.
"That requires scrutiny of governance, overhead, duplicated services, separate offices, research, conferences and promotion," he says.
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DairyNZ deputy chair Cameron Henderson has been re-appointed unopposed for another term.
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