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Manager’s Report

Following on from some intense governance training sessions and for their years of dedicated commitment to the Association and
strategic planning by the council during lockdown level 4, there welcomed two new council members, Eileen McWilliam and Chris
will be a few changes to the direction your council will take in the Jeffries. A more detailed summary of the AGM is on page 9.
coming years. This edition will steer you through the changes you
can expect to see over the next few years. During the week following the AGM the council met to elect the
position of officers and agree on the committees (see below)
Whilst the council’s focus will be governance, (ie they will be and finalise the strategic plan. Whilst the president’s term is on
steering the ship, setting rules and regulations and strategic plan) average two years, the council chose to elect Colin Corney for his
they are still there for you and will continue to be your voice, whilst third year of presidency.
the day to day running of the association will be the responsibility
of NZHA staff and the PBB team. Lastly from the team in Feilding we wish you the very best of luck
with your Autumn sales.
On page 10 you will find the newly set strategic plan for NZHA.
The council determined the vision for the Association is to “Drive
New Zealand beef performance and profitability”, with the three Regards,
objectives which include building a strong association, creating
member value and marketing the Hereford breed. Over the next Posy Moody
few months, the council will work on setting some measurable General Manager, NZHA
tasks and time lines for the management team to action.

On Sunday 17th May the Annual General Meeting was held using
a computer software programme called Zoom. This allowed us to
meet the Ministry of Health Covid-19 regulations and yet see and
hear each other whilst attending the meeting remotely. Whilst it
would not be a preferred option for future AGMs, it was great to
see some first time ‘zoomers’ and the meeting went well. Colin
fare welled Phil Barnett and Chris Douglas and thanked them

COMMITTEE CHAIR
President Colin Corney
Vice President Gray Pannett
NZHA COUNCIL 2020 - 2021 COMMITTEE MEMBERS Gray Pannett Philip Shepherd, Robert Peacock
Gray Pannett
Treasurer

Finance
Technical
Robert Peacock
Philip Shepherd, Andrew Russo, Robert Kane,
Gray Pannett, John Allen (co-opted), NZHA GM

Eileen McWilliam
Robert Kane
Show, Sales &

Future Beef
Semen Marketing
Andrew Russo
Chris Jeffries
Registry
Philip Shepherd
PBB Andrew Russo Philip Shepherd, Robert Kane
Beef Holdings Philip Barnett (co-opted)

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