ANZCO Foods

Did you know that the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust, which ANZCO supports, ran a total of 1,151 missions in 2024? That's an average of three missions every day, including public holidays 🚁 Night vision goggles were needed on 20% of these missions and 10% of these missions needed a winch, helping the flight crews make rescues they couldn’t have done without this equipment. We're proud to support the Trust so they can provide their life-saving services. If you'd like to know more about the Trust, or support them, head to their website: airrescue.co.nz

Congratulations to Rhys Tamanui who placed third in the World Butcher Apprentice Competition in Paris this weekend 🥉 Rhys took out the 2022 ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year title to qualify for the Paris team, and also has two regional Butcher Apprentice of the Year titles under his belt. Shout out also to Luka Young of the Hellers Sharp Blacks for taking home the World's Best Lamb Product title. Getting to the World Butcher Challenge is a huge achievement, and the ANZCO Foods Young Butchers and Hellers Sharp Blacks teams have definitely done New Zealand proud 🔪 🥩

Wishing the best of luck to the ANZCO Foods Young Butchers of New Zealand squad, who are competing tomorrow at the World Butcher Challenge in Paris 🔪 🥩 They're competing in the World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher competitions and have spent months honing their skills to prepare. The Butcher Apprentice competition (Rhys Tamanui) is at 8pm on Sunday 30 March, and the Young Butcher competition (Anton Rameka, Morgan Clark, James Smith and Brad Gillespie) is on at 1:30am Monday 31 March. You can tune in to the World Butcher's Challenge YouTube channel to watch the livestream on Youtube: https://lnkd.in/gJGzbc2t

We'll be at South Island Agricultural Field Days this week. Head over to site M268-269 and say hi. You can get more information about Field Days and buy tickets here: https://www.siafd.co.nz/

A great article on Growing Future Farmers (GFF), a two-year programme that helps grow the future of New Zealand farming by giving students practical workplace skills while living on farm. ANZCO are proud supporters of the GFF programme. https://lnkd.in/gmPhhGd3

 Living Abroad Changes Your Lens on Life. In this episode of Real Optimism with Julia Jones, Harriet Watson from ANZCO Foods UK shares powerful lessons about leaving rural Canterbury behind for Belgium. Her reflections are a timely reminder to embrace change, find joy in the challenges, and cherish where you are—even when it’s tough. A favourite insight from Harriet: “It's temporary… I just have to make the most of it and learn everything I can.”  Catch the full conversation now—Listen Here! https://lnkd.in/gKHZmvQf #RealOptimism #Perspective #Change #Podcast #NZAg #LifeAbroad

Spaces are filling up fast for our conferences in Christchurch and Napier this May. Featuring an exceptional lineup of speakers – including Hon. Nicola Grigg (Christchurch), Nadia Lim, Lisa O’Neill, Melissa Clark-Reynolds, Philippa Cameron, Nicola Shadbolt, Kate Ivey, Gretchen Foster, Laura Koot, and Sarah Donaldson (to name a few!) alongside our very own Director Rachel Taulelei and CEO Peter Conley – these events are designed to equip attendees with valuable tools to enhance their skillsets. Attendees can expect inspiration, a focus on wellbeing, and the opportunity to build valuable ongoing connections. This year, we’re hosting two conferences to minimise travels costs and make it easier to attend: 🌿 Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 May in Christchurch 🌿 Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 May in Napier

We're at the Wanaka Show today and tomorrow, so pop in, say hi, and chat to our livestock reps, and the quality assurance and sales teams. We'll also have plenty of food available and games for the kids. You can find us at site i3.

The picture says it all 🏊🚴♀️🏃♂️ Catch the ANZCO crew and competitors at the ANZCO Foods IRONMAN Taupō tomorrow!

We'd love to see you at ANZCO Foods IRONMAN this weekend - if you're around, come and say hi 👋