The champions of the 2025 Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Awards were announced and celebrated for their outstanding success at a sell-out function for 400 people at Toitoi Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre.
Entrants across all categories represent the finest and most innovative primary producers in the country who produce some of the highest quality food and fibre to be found anywhere in the world.
2025 Award Winners
Silver Fern Farms Hawke’s Bay Farmer of the Year
Simon & Lou White - Ludlow Farms
Horticentre Trust Hawke’s Bay Horticulturalist of the Year
Liam Sykes - Ngai Tukairangi
Pan Pac Hawke’s Bay Farm Forester of the Year
Pete Swinburn & Suzanne Hoyt - Tourere Station
Heretaunga Hastings District Council Primary Sector Industry Leader of the Year
Bruce Beaton
Unison Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Professional of the Year
Gary Speers
Bayleys Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Innovation Award
Annabelle Chilwell & Billy Dowle - Natural Hound
Lawson Robinson Hawke’s Bay Scholarship
Phoebe Laugesen
Laurie Dowling Memorial Award
Kay Griffiths
Craigs Investment Partners Emerging Leader Award
Grace Fulford
Rural Directions Hawke’s Bay Shepherd of the Year
To Be Announced