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Farming leader making an impact

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Rural hero: Gisborne farmer Laura Watson is one of 100 Kiwibank Local Hero medallists announced across the country and has been described by the judges in the competition as “a community leader having a monumental impact”. Picture supplied

The 100 annual Kiwibank Local Hero medallists have been announced and fourth-generation Gisborne farmer Laura Watson is one of six recipients in this region. She talked with Murray Robertson

The Kiwibank Local Hero award judges say Laura Watson is “a community leader having a monumental impact”.

Laura and husband Jeremy lease their 735ha hill country farm in the Waimatā Valley, where they ...

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Anne Salmond
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20 November 2023
Fabulous and so well deserved, Laura - fingers crossed for the New Zealand Local Heroes award next year!

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