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Ideas That Grow

Ideas That Grow

By: NZ Rural Leaders
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Kia ora, you’ve joined the 'Ideas that Grow’ podcast - brought to you by Rural Leaders.

In this series we’ll be drawing on the insights from innovative rural leaders, to help plant ideas that grow, so our regions can flourish.

Ideas That Grow is presented in association with Farmer's Weekly. All guests are arranged by Rural Leaders, whose mission is to grow world class leaders through the Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarship and Kellogg Rural Leadership programme.Copyright GlobalHQ Economics
Episodes
  • Alice Rule | A delicate balance: vines, vision, family

    Alice Rule | A delicate balance: vines, vision, family
    Mar 22 2026
    Alice Rule, Hawke’s Bay winemaker and 2019 Kellogg Scholar, discusses her journey from a Bay of Islands farm to the wine industry, her circular glass economy research, leadership lessons from Kellogg, and balancing entrepreneurship, rural advisory work, and family amid uncertain wine markets.
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    10 mins
  • Tim Orlando-Reep | Balancing beef, biodiversity and carbon credits

    Tim Orlando-Reep | Balancing beef, biodiversity and carbon credits
    Feb 17 2026
    In this episode of the Ideas That Grow Podcast, 2025 Kellogg Scholar Tim Orlando-Reep shares how his Waikato beef farm integrates carbon forestry, biodiversity ambitions and catchment collaboration.
    While pine credits stack up financially, his research through the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme explores how native plantings can balance profitability with environmental impacts.
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    16 mins
  • Lisa Rogers | Building leadership in agriculture

    Lisa Rogers | Building leadership in agriculture
    Dec 16 2025
    In this episode of Ideas That Grow, Farmers Weekly managing editor Bryan Gibson speaks with Lisa Rogers, outgoing CEO of Rural Leaders.

    Lisa reflects on her nine-year tenure, the evolution of Rural Leaders, and the enduring impact of flagship programmes like Kellogg and Nuffield.

    She explores how leadership development, collaboration, and a strong alumni network have helped shape confident, capable leaders across New Zealand’s food and fibre sector.
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    16 mins
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