Programme (subject to change)
Tuesday 15 May 2012
• 8.00-10.30 am: Branch Chairmen’s meeting including working breakfast at the Edgewater hotel.
Lake Wanaka Centre
• 10.00am Registration and coffee
• 11.00am: NZDFA Annual General Meeting
• 1.00pm : Light Lunch in exhibition area
Naturally Deer Naturally Better 2012 conference opening
Session 1: Productivity Pathways and Progress: Chair Andy MacFarlane
2.00pm: Opening address: Hon David Carter, Minister for Primary Industries followed by Q & A
3.00pm: Key note speaker : Bill Day , retired CEO of Seaworks International.
3.45pm: Afternoon Tea in Exhibition area.
4.15pm: Keynote speaker : James Palmer, Director, Strategy Systems and Science
Policy Strategy, Ministry for Primary Industry.
4.45pm: Productivity session: new thinking on research and extension:
Andy MacFarlane , DINZ Chair with, Mandy Bell, Chair,Productivity Improvement
Programme
6.00pm: End of day, buses return to Edgewater and Oakridge.(departing at 7.15 for welcome)
7.30pm: Welcome Function: Lake Wanaka Centre
Wednesday 16 May 2012
7.00- 8.00am Breakfast catch up at Edgewater Resort or Oakridge Resort or at the Lake Wanaka
Centre- (registration required)
8.30am: Rabobank Keynote Speaker: Richard Copland, International financial outlook and
challenges for New Zealand agriculture
Session 2: Naturally Deer Naturally Better: Venison and Velvet
9.00am: Venison : The markets and the action, Co-Ordinated by Innes Moffat, company and in-
market commentry and discussion.
10.30am: Morning tea in exhibition area
11.00am: Velvet antler: The markets, and the action: Co-Ordinated by Rhys Griffiths, company and
in-market commentry and discussion .
12.00: Feedback from Productivity session: Gavin Sheath
Q and A with the DINZ board
12.30pm: Lunch in Exhibition area.
1.30pm: What's HOT?: Charied by Amy Wills: Quickfire science and technology update.
1.45pm: Deer Progeny Test: Mandy Bell
2.00pm: John Beattie, Director Infinity Group " Expectations and Realities"
2.30pm: Session 3 Naturally Deer Naturally Better: Rural Urban Balance
Moderator Dr Andrew West, Vice Chancellor Lincoln University, DINZ board Member.
This session aims to provide a comfortable forum in which selected deer farmers,
business personalities, Wanaka identities and regional leaders explore the balance
between rural realities, profitability, urban expectations and constructive coexistance.
3.00pm: Afternoon tea in exhibition area.
3.30pm: Facilitated panel session and discussion continues .
5.00pm: Deer Industry landcare Manual launch,
Deer Industry Biennial Environmental Awards announcements.
Keynote Address: Dr Nick Edgar, CEO NZ Landcare Trust
6.15pm: End of day, buses return to Edgewater and Oakridge.(departing at 7.15 for Awards Dinner )
Thursday 17 May 2012
Directions from Lake Wanaka Centre Ardmore St to Mt Burke
1 Head northeast on Ardmore St
2 Turn left to stay on Ardmore St
3 Continue onto Wanaka-Luggate Hw
4 Turn left onto Albert Town-Lake Hawea Rd/State Highway 6 Continue to follow State Highway 6
5 Turn left onto Maungawera Valley Rd
Arriving at Mt Burke Station at the end of the road- signs will be out
Total: 13.4 km - about 17 mins from town
8.30am Buses depart from Edgewater and Oakridge resorts
8.30am Buses pick up any other delegates from Lake Wanaka Centre
9.00am Welcome: by Otago Branch Woolshed
Introduction to Mt Burke: Brief overview of the journey over last 10 years and why
10am View Station: Two to Three stops with speaking overviews , transport will be by local 4 Wheel
12.30 Alliance Group Lunch: Woolshed
1pm -3.30pm Presentations:
- Beef and Lamb Option
- Farming Deer Naturally in the High Country
- Deer Breeding and Finishing Options
- Associated Options – safari, velvet
- Gary Walker Local Deer Vet His views on extensive farming red deer in the High Country vs Intensification
3.30 After Event Drinks and Barbeque Sausage : arranged by Branch
3.30 Transport back to Wanaka for those driving out-