Director elections and AGM

Our annual meeting

The 2026 Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday 4 November.

This year, the Annual Meeting will be integrated into the upcoming Resilient Pastures Northland farmer event at Crawford Farms. The Chair and CE will briefly present key highlights from the 2025/26 year, along with an overview of DairyNZ’s key initiatives and future investment priorities.

Read the Notice of Meeting booklet – everything you need to know about the Annual Meeting and its resolutions.

Read the minutes from our 2025 annual meeting.

Voting results

In October 2026, levy-paying farmers and members of DairyNZ Inc voted on the following annual meeting resolutions. All three resolutions received majority support.

• Approval of remuneration of directors of DairyNZ Incorporated
  74.36% voting in favour, based on participating milksolids.
  
  
• Ratification of Independent Director Mary-Anne Macleod
  83.53% voting in favour, based on participating milksolids.
  
  
• Approval of changes to the Rules of DairyNZ Incorporated
  92.76% voting in favour, based on participating milksolids.

DairyNZ's Board of Directors and DRC election outcome

Following the nomination process in August, Cameron Henderson has been re-elected unopposed to the DairyNZ Board for a further three-year term. Similarly, Johanna Burton was re-elected unopposed as a member of the Directors’ Remuneration Committee.