Ashburton Courier: May 12, 2022
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FEATURE<br />
44 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>May</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Dairying In the Heart of Canterbury<br />
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Jessie Chan, left, with GovernorGeneral Dame Cindy Kiro, following Ms Chan’s investiture<br />
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Jessie joins elite order<br />
Canterbury dairying leader Jessie Chan had<br />
her formalinvestiture as aMember of the<br />
NewZealandOrderofMerit last week at<br />
Government House, in Wellington.<br />
Ms Chan,who farms at Dorie,near Rakaia,<br />
made the New Year Honours list for services<br />
to dairy and agriculture. She was<br />
investituredbyGovernorGeneral Dame<br />
Cindy Kiro.<br />
Ms Chan is thechairwoman of the RuralCo<br />
board and, at the time of beingnamed on the<br />
honours list, was surprisedtobesingled out.<br />
‘‘I’m notsure why they are giving me this<br />
award becausethere are so many peoplewho<br />
put in decades and decades of work and go<br />
unrecognised. Ijust wish more people could<br />
be recognised because there’s alot of people<br />
in the rural community doinggreat things<br />
andmaking things happen on behalf of<br />
farmers.’’<br />
Ms Chan is no strangertoawards, or<br />
governanceroles insidethe dairy and<br />
agricultural community.<br />
She was the first president of the<br />
Wellington Young Farmers’ Club in 2008and<br />
progressed to jointhe FederatedFarmers<br />
Dairy national executive team,becoming its<br />
dairy chairwoman for the Mid Canterbury<br />
branch.<br />
Aformercouncilloronthe Fonterra<br />
Shareholders Council,she was also an<br />
associatedirector of Dairy New Zealandand<br />
on the Land Use Futures board.<br />
She’s amember of New ZealandAsian<br />
Leaders and theSuperDiverse Women<br />
group, andin2017 wasawardedFonterra’s<br />
Dairy Woman of theYear.<br />
Shebecame chairwoman of theRuralCo<br />
Board, last year and is adirector of Ngai<br />
Tahu Farming, AlpineEnergy and<br />
Bioprotection Aotearoa.<br />
Ms Chan grewupasone of fourchildrenin<br />
Palmerston North to asawmilling father and<br />
amotherborn in HongKong.<br />
She hasdedicated the honour to the<br />
memory of herfather, Victor Sorenson, who<br />
died last year.<br />
‘‘That’s the bittersweet thing with this<br />
awardbecausehewas always there for me<br />
andlaid thefoundations for everything I<br />
have learnt so far.<br />
‘He always said to me, ‘If you don’t know<br />
more than me by the time you leave home<br />
then Ihaven’t done my job properly’.’’<br />
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Rural dine<br />
and dance<br />
Farming Families have openedticket<br />
sales for their Mid CanterburyRural<br />
Community Dance.<br />
The eventatthe Hotel<strong>Ashburton</strong>on<br />
June25features country singer Jody<br />
Direen andyoung musical talent Molly<br />
Harrison.<br />
Farming Familiesishelping connect<br />
Mid Canterbury'srural community one<br />
meal at atime and the eventisatime for<br />
those in the rural community to get<br />
togetherand enjoy agreat nightout with<br />
great music, great food and an auction.<br />
The group was created by agroupof<br />
dedicated farmersand rural<br />
professionals to help create stronger<br />
relationships withinMid Canterburyand<br />
beyond.<br />
Ticketscost $80 and areonsale<br />
through the Farming Families Facebook<br />
page.
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