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All Black Legend And National Federated Farmers President To Attend Field Days

NORTHLAND Field Day visitors will get the chance to meet New Zealand’s most influential rural spokespeople and a rugby legend between March 3 and 5 say organisers.

Legendary All Black prop and current Worksafe Farm Safer Farms ambassador, Richard Loe, Federated Farmers of New Zealand president William Rolleston, Federated Farmers CEO Graham Smith and Beef and Lamb chairman James Parsons will all be speaking at the Northland Field Days this year, with much of the emphasis being put on health and safety on the farm.

With daily free melanoma checks and sample health and safety plans on show for the duration of the event Federated Farmers staff have focused on the health of their members.

William Rolleston and Graham Smith will speak from 11am on Thursday while James Parsons will be speaking from 11am on Saturday at site 225 on a range of topics from changes to health and safety laws and RMA reforms to global markets they are sure to cover something which will interest almost any farmer.

Richard Loe will be coming to the field days with farm safety in mind too.Attending the field days in his role as Worksafe Safer Farms ambassador on site 268b, Loe will be on site on Thursday to talk about the importance of running a safety-conscious business.

A Worksafe spokesperson says after 198 farm visits and 15 agriculture presentations for Northland alone, a few concerning myths have emerged which the organisation hopes to dispell.

"There are a lot of misconceptions in the farming community about health and safety, and the role of WorkSafe."

“We will have breakout areas on the site where farmers can sit down with an inspector and talk to Richard, to discuss what they have in place and where WorkSafe can help.”

Northland Field Days president Lew Duggan says getting such high powered people to attend the Northland event has been fantastic and will be a real treat for anybody coming to Dargaville, especially on the Thursday.

"With 20,000-30,000 people attending this event every year it is a rare chance for rural leaders and spokespeople to connect with Northland farmers at the same time."

"The dialog and ideas they will be able to take away from this event will be both important and fascinating."

Held in Dargaville, two and a half hours Northwest of Auckland, 40 minutes west of Whangarei and one hour South of Kaikohe the Northland Field Days is a fun three day event.

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