The Napier Port Primary Sector Awards are an opportunity to encourage people to identify who’s making a difference and nominate them for their respective award category. The awards represent and recognise leaders past, present and future, who contribute to making our region succeed. Previous recipients have carried on achieving incredible heights within the sector in Hawke’s Bay and across New Zealand.

Do one or more of these 10 Award categories resonate with you or someone you know? Enter yourself or nominate someone for the 2026 awards.

Get involved - the competition experience has helped develop many leaders in our region today.

To Enter

Entries & Nominations close 28th of February 2026
Awards Dinner Thursday 2nd April 2026.

The full list of awards is below. Click on the information pack for all the details and the award name to download the entry form.

2026 Silver Fern Farms Farmer of the Year entry form

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2026 Rural Directions Shepherd of the Year entry form

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2026 Bayleys Primary Sector Innovation entry form

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2026 Unison Professional of the Year nomination form

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2026 Pan Pac Farm Forester of the Year entry form

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2026 Gifford Devine Scholarship entry form

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2026 Laurie Dowling Memorial nomination form

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2026 Horticentre Horticulturalist of the Year entry form

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2026 Heretaunga Hastings District Council Industry leader nomination form

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2026 Craigs Investment Partners Emerging Leader nomination form

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2026 Napier Port Hawke's Bay Primary Sector Awards Judges

• Dani Drake
• Sam Hain
• Madeline Hall
• Tim Forde
• Graeme Fountaine
• Paul Train
• Chris Herries
• Monique Benson
• Kris August
• Mark Bart
• Kim Parker
• David Todd
• Mike Peterson
• Peter Tod
• Roy Frazer
• Kate Taylor
• Bruce McGregor
• Rob Pattullo
• Richard Horrocks
• Sarah von Dadelszen
• Olivia Ellis

If you would like a manual entry form, please contact psa@hbap.co.nz.