Dairy award winners have been decided for the Auckland-Hauraki region.
Jeffery and Bronwyn Ward, who are farming near Paeroa, have won the sharemilker title.
The regional farm manager award has gone to Brett Dunn and Emily McKeague, and Melissa Fogarty, a farm assistant in South Auckland, is the Dairy Trainee of the Year.
The Waikato Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year are Jason and Lisa Suisted, who persevered after coming second last year to win the top award this time.
Cambridge contract milker Chris Numan is the Farm Manager of the Year, and a first-year dairy farmer, Darren Smith is the region's Dairy Trainee of the Year.
