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The Hereford Year

Boehringer Ingelheim

World Hereford Conference 2020

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THREE YEARS AGO, a large contingent hope that it will be well supported and the
of Kiwi Hereford breeders attended the weather will be kind to us.
World Hereford Conference in Uruguay Wednesday will be spent on a field
and heard Bruce Robertson pitch for the day to Locharburn and Earnscleugh
2020 World Hereford Conference. With the Hereford Studs, courtesy of the Brown TOP OF PAGE: NZHA members gathering
for an early conference planning meeting at
financial support of Tourism New Zealand and Campbell families. We are looking the Wanaka Show in 2017 – treasurer Gray
and Bruce’s natural ability to tell a good forward to hearing from a range of Pannett, David Dodge from Boehringer
story, the Kiwis left the conference with speakers and influencers, including Ingelheim, association coordinator Christine
Nagel, general manager Posy Moody and
the knowledge that the next one would be Pablo Gregorini and the Lincoln research sub-committee member Robert Kane.
held in our backyard. team exploring Hereford behaviour on
Now with only a year to go, the tempo high country, and genomic testing and who will be processing your registrations,
is heating up. With Queenstown being its opportunities from Neogen and Allflex and Jade, who will be overseeing the visits
a favourite tourist destination, the two international speakers. to the stations.
hotels of choice, due to their accessibility We’ll be back into the conference In addition to the conference, the
and conference room size (the Millennium room Thursday morning to expand our North Island pre-tour and the South
and Copthorne), have had bedrooms and farming knowledge, with the afternoon Island post-tour are on offer. Their routes
conference rooms on hold since 2017, free to explore Queenstown and the can be viewed on the map opposite.
and the gala dinner at Walter Peak has numerous attractions. NZHA is grateful to all the studs involved
been booked since 2018. The conference The conference will travel to the and we look forward to showcasing them
will start with an opening reception on Wanaka A&P Show on Friday, to support in next year’s Hereford magazine prior
Monday 9 March in the conference room the Young Breeders Competition, watch to the conference. The committee spent
at the Millennium. We hope every country the cattle judging, and enjoy the many many hours over the past year to reach
will adopt the international theme by attractions the Wanaka Show has to offer. an agreed balance between showing off a
wearing something that identifies them To assist in organising the conference number of studs and keeping the driving
from their home country. So, dust off that NZHA have a professional conference team distance manageable, as well as including
black jersey in the cupboard! called Dinamics. Dinamics have more than some tourist attractions along the way.
The first full day of the conference will 15 years of experience organising events The Young Breeders competition
be filled with country reports and technical and are based in Queenstown, which has is looking likely to be a highlight of the
sessions. However, with the requirement made the organisation for the NZHA staff conference, with the teams (four team
to be at the wharf at 5.30pm to catch the and councillors much easier. Some of the members from each country) involved in
historic Earnslaw to Walter Peak for the Dinamics team you might meet during the an action-packed week. Unless you opt to
gala dinner, it will not be a long day in the conference are Elizabeth, pictured bottom stay at the backpackers with them, you will
conference room. The gala dinner will be left, who will be based at the Millennium only see them during the country reports,
an optional extra to attend; however we Hotel managing the conferencing, Tom, gala dinner and at the Wanaka Show!
Or course this would not be possible
to organise without our fabulous
sponsors. Please support them as
they have supported you! See you in
Queenstown in 2020!
For more information visit:
www.nzwhc.co.nz

Guests will be transported across
Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Station
on the TSS Earnslaw for the gala dinner.
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