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Autumn is here – the growing season is finishing…mine is starting!
Four weeks ago I officially started my World of Difference year and the seeds are sown for a year of inspiration, passion, and growth. This year I will raise awareness on the role agriculture plays in...
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Connections
“What is stopping young people from embarking on careers in agriculture?” is the question that lead me to starting this journey. What I have found interesting during is that it appears that everyone...
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Countrywide
During the last month I have traveled as far as Hamilton and as wide as Hawke’s Bay. Along the way I have witnessed many different approaches to providing stepping stones for young people into the...
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Farmhand
I love my job – yes I really do! I mean who gets to get away from their desk during lunchtime to catch up with a farmer and then by chance run into a sheep shearing session to then get handed over the...
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This blog entry is a reflection on World of Difference and how I am slowly realizing what it means to be part of an exceptional journey alongside the Vodafone whanau. I am 5 months into the project...
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Work-life
The pilot Farmhand programme is in its 5th week and things are hectic – hence the slightly later than planned blog entry! I have been incredibly busy running errands in every direction and when I am...
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Strong and inspiring women
It’s been a while since I last updated this blog. It’s a reflection of the intensity of the last couple of months, and, even more than that, the immense gains I’ve made in comprehending what has been...
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We’ve graduated….
I am sad but excited at the same time. My first intake of Farmhand has come to an end. Here is a beautiful story about the three girls. Tala, Emma, and Rebecca graduating from Farmhand and Otago...
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Refreshed
Wow – 2015 and another year of inspirational work…how 2014 finished: Happy trainees, happy farmers...While Emma got offered full-time employment, Tala and Rebecca are starting at rural college...
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Work, life, live….
We ran the inaugural work day with the Malcam Chartitable Trust Altitude programme - an employment based programme where young people get connected with an employer in the city to carry out an...
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