Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) has appointed senior leadership team member Rhys Griffiths as interim chief executive as it renews its search for a new chief executive.

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The DINZ board Q&A focused on the need to take farmer stakeholders with them, herd numbers and Cervena®. DINZ’s role is to lead, show direction and promote the product, vice-chair Gerard Hickey explained. Both DINZ and NZDFA hear the importance of taking stakeholders with them, said board member Paddy Boyd.

Making things simpler, not harder, for deer farmers in farm planning, managing quality assurance and genetics is DINZ industry capability manager John Ladley’s focus, he told delegates at the Deer Industry Conference.

Grit. Passion and perseverance for long-term goals is what has got the deer industry to where it is today and will help where its products will go along future value chains, Deer Industry NZ’s executive chair Mandy Bell told delegates at this year’s Deer Industry Conference.

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