Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year is an annual award presented by New Zealand dairy company Fonterra and not-for-profit organisation Dairy Women's Network to a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the dairy industry. [1] The selection panel is made up of five judges including representatives from Dairy Women’s Network, Fonterra, Global Women, Ballance Agri-Nutrients and a previous recipient of the award. [1]
Year | Recipient | Notes |
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2021 | Belinda Price, Whanganui sharemilker | [2] |
2020 | Ash-Leigh Campbell, technical farm manager at Ngāi Tahu Farming | [3] [4] |
2019 | Trish Rankin | [5] [6] [7] |
2018 | Loshni Manikam | [8] [9] |
2017 | Jessie Chan-Dorman | [10] [11] |
2016 | Rebecca Keoghan | [12] |
2015 | Katie Milne | [13] |
2014 | Charmaine O'Shea | [14] |
2013 | Justine Kidd | [15] |
2012 | Barbara Kuriger | [16] [17] |
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