People Expo 2025
Helping you power productive workplaces.
Four People Expo symposiums were held in March and April 2025 in Oamaru, Ashburton, Hawera and Hamilton. The theme was Powering Productive Workplaces.
A copy of the PowerPoint presentation delivered on the day can be found here.
People Expo 2025 speakers were:
Shamubeel Eaqub – leading economist
Shamubeel will speak to global, national, and regional economic and workforce trends and outline why farm businesses must act differently to stay successful and attract and keep people. How do we continue to drive the productivity and efficiency which New Zealand’s dairy story has been built on?
Jeremy Duckmanton - DMT Dairies Ltd
As a 50/50 sharemilker of 1900 cows over two farms, Mid-Canterbury dairy farmer Jeremy Duckmanton will share his farming journey and approach to achieving productivity gains through different technologies and data. Hear more about how Jeremy has supported his farm team in adopting new technologies to set the farm business up for success.
Kim and Will Grayling - Singletree Dairies Limited
As equity partners in one of Canterbury’s largest dairy farming businesses, Kim and Will Grayling (Singletree Dairies Limited) share their experience creating a productive farm business through leadership. Hear more about Kim and Will’s approach to leadership, creating opportunities for growth that benefits both their farm team, as well as the future of the farm business.
James Allen - AgFirst director
James will talk to the dairy productivity story, including trends in New Zealand and worldwide, and the implications of these for farmers. Hear about the future role of Agri-tech and AI in farming, and what this could mean for what the farmer of the future will look like. What changes in skills and capabilities of the broader farm team will be required, and how do we set up for success?
