Displaying items by tag: Rural Women NZ

The NZ Landcare Trust will have a strong role to play with the increasing national focus on farm environmental issues, says the trust’s new chair, Fiona Gower.

Rural Women NZ (RWNZ) is keeping up the pressure over rural broadband and mobile coverage despite recent Government announcements.

Rural Women NZ is offering its support to those affected by wildfires in the Tasman-Nelson region.

The Family Violence Act 2018 must protect victims’ privacy and accessibility to support services, says Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ).

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) National President, Fiona Gower and National Chair Penny Mudford OMNZ have arrived in New York to attend the United Nations’ 62nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62).

Farmers are in the poo again – the human kind, and they are sick of it.

With more women working in farming, more are contracting the disease leptospirosis, says the president of Rural Women NZ, Fiona Gower.

Rural Women NZ says faster rollout of broadband and more mobile towers will improve connectivity to rural homes.

June 1 is known in the dairy as Gypsy Day, when new dairy contacts come into action around the country. Many farmers, their family and staff will be moving around the country to their next farms.

Rural Women NZ’s new president Fiona Gower says she wants to stimulate communication and shake off any stuffiness in their image.