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Strengthening ties between Aussie and Kiwi breeders Relations between Australian and New Zealand breeders were strengthened with a visit to the Land of the Long White Cloud by SPI chief executive officer Hannah Bourke in June. Hannah said a momentary easing in COVID restrictions had enabled the visit for a face-to-face catch-up with the team at Performance Beef Breeders (PBB). “By this stage we had been with PBB for seven months and all communication had been via phone, email and zoom, and I am a true believer that nothing is as efficient or effective as a face to face,” she said. Hannah spent two days at Palmerston North, the home base of the PBB team, providing her with a much greater understanding of the dynamics and ability to refine internal processes. “This will make it more efficient for both SPI and PBB, and by extension for our members,” she said. Hannah attended the Maugahina Speckle Park sale at Masterton and was taken by New Zealand board member Sarah Forsyth and her husband Martyn to a butcher selling dry aged Speckle Park infused beef. The butcher shop also features a giant mural of a Speckle Park bull on a wall. “The Maugahina sale presented the opportunity to meet a number of New Zealand Speckle Park members, and so it turned out, a few Aussie faces too. We hope to arrange some forums for Speckle Park breeders in New Zealand in the coming year,” Hannah said.
Hanna Bourke with a Speckle Park mural in a NZ butcher shop.
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