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National Volunteer Week 2021: Volunteering is Second Nature to RL Donna Griggs

Ask Donna Griggs why she volunteers as a Dairy Women’s Network Regional Leader, and you’ll see her passion for connecting rural communities shine through. Her journey with us started over a decade ago when she came along to events in South Whangarei and she loved the opportunities for knowledge building and supporting other women. When

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National Volunteer Week 2021: Lessons from Nicola Bryant

Usually a behind-the-scenes volunteer, Nicola Bryant – a community-focused mother of two and a contract milker from Taranaki – showed just how much confidence volunteering can give you when she stepped up into the Regional Chair role for the Allflex and DWN2021 Taupo Conference in April. While passionate about event organising, Nicola’s preference for background

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DWN volunteers design future of dairy in levy-funded leadership forum

Combine grassroots connections to rural communities all across New Zealand with a dedication to the future of dairy, add in a dash of creativity and you have the Dairy Women’s Network 2021 Leadership Forum: two days of intensive design thinking to set the direction for the next part of DWN’s journey – and ultimately that

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