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For more information go to gypsum.co.nz Available and compliance advice, helping oversee 35 hectares of avocados and around 240 hectares of kiwifruit, mostly around Kerikeri and Ōpōtiki. e day-long competition, at both Mount Maunganui College and Mercury Baypark, saw contestants complete an array of tasks, such as tractor-backing and loading, soil moisture management and biosecurity theory.

With a Bachelor of Agribusiness from Massey University, she is also putting the nishing touches on a post-graduate diploma in horticulture science through Lincoln University.

Sydney will go on to compete in the national Young Grower of the Year nals in October, run by Horticulture New Zealand, against regional champions from Pukekohe, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, Nelson and Central Otago.