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Otago Daily Times
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Local Legend: Big River Educare
PHOTO: NICK BROOK The first place winner of theSilver Fern farms Matariki special is Balclutha early childhood education centre Big River Educare. Centre manager Phillipa Geary and educator Hayley Te Wao — holding the lamb leg roast — supervise some of their class around a well sunk and sealed Matariki hangi. Some of the centre's dad-experts — Rym Geary, Tyler Bichan and Joe Te Wao — prepared a colossal feed for about about 150 children, teachers, friends and whanau of the centre and an astronomical art festival and evening starlight walk around the fairy-light lit centre were organised for the epic celebration. Silver Fern Farms Finegand fired out five of the premium roasts to help local groups celebrate Aotearoa's own midwinter festival, check next week's Clutha Leader for the other four hard working winners.
Otago Daily Times
20-05-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Call for unsung heroes
Know an unsung hero in your rural community? Nominations close on May 27 for this year's Otago Daily Times — Rural Life Rural Champions initiative which is now in its third year, celebrating the South Island's food producing champions. As well as a category championing farmers and growers, there is also a rural service provider category which celebrates those critical to the smooth running of those operations. Last year's Rural Champions were Southland dairy farmers Steve and Tracy Henderson, and Silver Fern Farms Finegand plant manager Bronwyn Cairns.
Otago Daily Times
18-05-2025
- General
- Otago Daily Times
Unsung rural hero
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Know an unsung hero in your rural community? Nominations close on May 27 for this year's Otago Daily Times — Rural Life Rural Champions initiative which is now in its third year, celebrating the South Island's food producing champions. As well as a category championing farmers and growers, there is also a rural service provider category which celebrates those critical to the smooth running of those operations. Last year's Rural Champions were Southland dairy farmers Steve and Tracy Henderson, (pictured above with their children Annie, Gus and Ruby) and Silver Fern Farms Finegand plant manager Bronwyn Cairns.
