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2015 Edition
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Landforms
ISSN 2253-2692 (Print)
ISSN 1179-7592 (Online)
Contact details:
Editor
Alumni and Development Office
Lincoln University
PO Box 85084, Lincoln 7647
Christchurch, New Zealand
[email protected]
Contents
Front cover: Looking towards Lake Hawea from the Mount Grand
property farmed by Lincoln University
Contents
Back cover: Prime Minister Keith Holyoake arrives at Lincoln College
in style for the opening of Colombo Hall of Residence, 1970
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Vice-Chancellor
Alumni Association
President
Celebrating success 2014
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Lincoln’s engagement
with Euroleague
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Graduation 2014
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Bledisloe and
Alumni International
medallists
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Contents
On campus activity
Ivey’s birthday
celebration
Students’ Association’s
amazing year
Telford’s equine course
Capital funding for
rebuild announced
Portrait gallery of
Chancellors and
governance leaders
Alumni office and events
Top teaching award for
Lincoln academic
Academic journal
originated at Lincoln
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LA Brooks rugby
‘Fifty Years On’
reunion
Sporting Roundup
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Alumni and
Development
Office’s year
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Lincoln UniversityNZ Cricket start
annual match
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New sheep technology
research farm opened
Off campus
‘Final Field Test’
Reunion
News from LU Alumni
Association
Faculty news and research
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Leaf miner research
helps vegie growers
Research and
Innovation
Viticulture
and Oenology
anniversaries
Ecosystem
revitalisation
On-line buying
research
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Red meat research
stays active
Schools join University
in Anzac service
Craft beer brewer an
epic alumnus
WW100
commemoration
Devendra, scientist
of distinction
Westoe Farm
‘incredible generosity’
Vice-Chancellor
Focus
Vice-Chancellor
Our fundamental role as a University is to cultivate
skills and impart knowledge, achieved with a
strong tradition of pastoral care for students and
collaboration with land-based industries.
Looking forward to ensure we continue this practice,
2015 will see us strengthening our vision, as stated
in our Strategic Plan 2014 – 2018: A specialist
land-based university that’s a great place to learn,
discover and share.
Our focus will be on implementing our farms strategy,
strengthening our LincolnFirst Telford integration,
continuing to work with Iwi, expanding our
international markets through our affiliations and
accreditation, and gaining momentum on the globally
significant Lincoln Hub and the University campus
master plan.
We are also focused on the student experience and
ensuring our facilities are befitting a world-class
University and we will be developing these at both the
Te Waihora and Telford campuses.
These are exciting times ahead and I look forward
to sharing with you how we are progressing,
throughout 2015.
Stay connected.
Dr Andrew West
Vice-Chancellor
[email protected]
Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West
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Alumni Association President
Alumni Association President
Alumni Association
President’s Message
Welcome to this edition of Lincoln University’s
Landforms magazine, in which you can read about the
activities and achievements of alumni, staff, students
and community associates in 2014.
What a marvellous year 2014 was for the University
and its alumni, one of progress and advancement in
many directions.
Highlights for the University, which you can read
about in this Landforms, included the Government’s
capital funding announcement by Tertiary Education
Minister Steven Joyce, the opening of Te Kete Ika and
the new food, dining and hospitality facilities, the
new farming partnerships in the North Island, North
Canterbury and elsewhere, and further firming of
the Hub concept. For alumni in particular, highlights
included three major reunions, ’50 Years On’ in
March, the ‘Final Field Test’ in April, and ‘25 Years
of V & O’ in August, plus a first time reunion in
Canberra, Australia, and a first reunion for many
years in Adelaide.
At the ’50 Years On’ reunion in March, one of the
guest speakers, alumnus Rory O’Malley, summed up
his Lincoln experience as ‘transformative’. A comment
echoed by many speakers at the two big reunions.
Lincoln changed their lives.
Picking up on that thought, I believe Lincoln University
itself is going through a ‘transformative’ stage in its life
at the moment. The new Government capital funding,
the concept of the Hub, the new farming alliances,
the need to replace some of the major buildings as a
result of the earthquakes and other considerations, the
recently completed qualifications review and changes,
as well as the enhancement of our New Zealand and
international alumni connections and the joining
together with Telford – all of these and many other
developments are ‘transforming’ Lincoln University.
And it’s happening at a timely juncture because this
year we mark 135 years since Lincoln opened its doors
to students.
Another speaker at the ’50 Years On’ reunion,
alumnus and former Mayor of Queenstown Clive
Geddes, said something equally perceptive when
recalling the main memory from his Lincoln
experience - he said it was the sense of ‘freedom’ he
felt the moment he stepped on to the campus.
Yes, education and student life can be very liberating.
As we move forward into another year there’s a lot we
can learn from listening to the past experiences of our
alumni. Rory and Clive made good points and I pass
them on to you for personal reflection when you think
about your time at Lincoln.
Best wishes for 2015 and I hope you enjoy what you
read in the following pages.
Jo Spencer-Bower
President
Lincoln University Alumni Association
[email protected]
Jo Spencer-Bower
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Vine disease
study gets David
Jackson prize
Back when Lincoln University was established in 1878
as a School of Agriculture associated with Canterbury
University College, it wasn’t hard to be the among the
best in the world. There were then less than a handful
of institutions of higher teaching in agriculture, and
Lincoln was the third in the world to be established
and the first in the Southern Hemisphere.
Postgraduate viticulture student Jackie Sammonds
was awarded the David Jackson Prize at the Wines
of Canterbury David Jackson Dinner held on 20 June
2014. Her study into the behaviour of Botryosphaeria
fungal spores (prior to infection of vines) has the
potential to inform disease-control strategies in
New Zealand’s $1.2B wine export industry.
Today with around 7500 universities worldwide
(some estimates say 10,000) Lincoln still rates
internationally and in the latest the Quacquarelli
Symonds World University Rankings the University
has jumped 70 places from 2013 (when it was
positioned in the 481-490 band).
The $2000 David Jackson Award recognises wine
industry research that displays both academic rigour
and innovative thinking, but must also show how
the findings could lead to a beneficial change within
the industry.
In the 2014 rankings, Lincoln University has been
elevated to the 411-420 bracket and is one of only
two New Zealand universities to have risen in
ranking last year. With only 3000 universities eligible
for ranking under the QS system, this new position
puts Lincoln University in the top five percent of the
world’s QS ranked universities.
The fungi studied are a growing issue for New
Zealand’s wine industry, causing a fall in production
or even death in vines. Botryosphaeria spores infect
directly through wounds or natural openings in the
plant, so the research focused on the spores’ adhesion
properties – studying how they bond to the plant long
enough to infect the healthy vine.
The QS scale compares institutions in terms of six
criteria – academic reputation (40%), employer
reputation (10%), staff-student ratio (20%), citations
per staff member (20%), international students (5%)
and international staff members (5%).
Jackie’s research also indicated the spores are
travelling only a relatively short distance, so
infection is likely to be coming from within the
vineyards themselves.
Jackie was inspired to follow the course of research
during her early education at Lincoln, having
encountered her supervisor, Associate Professor
Marlene Jaspers, while an undergraduate student.
“The big win for the University was in the Academic
Reputation category,” Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
Academic Programmes and Student Experience,
Professor Sheelagh Matear said.
Photo: Pam Carmichael Photography
Lincoln University Associate Professor in Oenology Roland Harrison,
and David Jackson Prize winner, Jackie Sammonds, at the Wines of
Canterbury David Jackson Dinner.
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Lincoln University
rises further in
world rankings
“This is perhaps recognition of initiatives such as the
University’s qualifications reform, the work positioning
Lincoln as New Zealand’s specialist land-based
university, and successes such as Lincoln University’s
inclusion in the Euroleague of Life Sciences network
(see page 6).
“All this has translated into an increase in the
International Students category as well; which
reflects growing global awareness of Lincoln
University as an attractive, reputable and highly
relevant academic destination.”
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Participants in the first ELLS summer school outside of Europe take a break while studying in New Zealand’s Mackenzie country. The group
also includes Lincoln University landscape students, an international student from Otago University.
Lincoln University and the
Euroleague for Life Sciences
The Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) is a network of
leading universities cooperating in the fields of:
• Natural Resource Management
• Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
• Animal Sciences
• Environmental Sciences.
The network consists of seven European universities
as members, and four international partner
universities – of which Lincoln is one, alongside
Cornell in the USA, China Agricultural University
and Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Since being invited into the ELLS network last year,
Lincoln has taught the first ELLS summer school
outside of Europe (July/August 2014) with
WATR 604 (Water Resource Governance) led by
Professor Ken Hughey, attended by five students
from ELLS universities.
In exchange, six Lincoln graduates received travel
support from the LU Foundation to attend European
ELLS summer school programmes. They attended
courses such as ‘Designing the Nature of the Green
Belt’ and ‘Plant Molecular Breeding to Meet the
Challenge of Climate Change’ at BOKU (Vienna) and
‘Economics, Management and Social Sciences: Their
Application in Rural Development’ at CULS (Prague).
Lincoln has also engaged in a number of projects in
landscape architecture and landscape ecology, and
an academic staff member has now been appointed
to lead each of the ten ELLS Specialist Subject Groups
at Lincoln.
PhD student Travis Ryan-Salter, from the
Agricultural Sciences department, was awarded a
Lincoln University scholarship to attend the 2014 ELLS
Student Conference in Warsaw, following Shannon
Coghlan’s attendance at the 2013 conference.
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The national stature and professional contributions
of Lincoln University alumni and associates has
once again been confirmed with awards made in the
Royal Honours Lists.
In the 2014 New Year’s List, the University’s
Chancellor Tom Lambie (BAgrCom 1981) was
made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
(ONZM) for services to agriculture. Mr Lambie is a
former national president of Federated Farmers and
has had a long association with that organisation at
provincial level. Other roles include Vice-President
of the International Federation of Agricultural
Producers and Chair of Landcare Trust. He had a long
and close involvement with the Opuha water storage
dam in South Canterbury and chairs the Opuha
Water Partnership. He is an Environment Canterbury
Commissioner and has been Chancellor of Lincoln
University since 2005.
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Honours and awards
Also made an ONZM in the New Year’s list was
Professor Stephen Goldson (PhD 1979) of the
Bio-Protection Research Centre based at Lincoln
University. His award was for services to science. Later
in 2014 Professor Goldson was also awarded Lincoln
University’s Bledisloe Medal for distinguished services
advancing New Zealand’s land-based interests.
Linda Tame, former principal of Lincoln High
School and a member of Lincoln University Council
was awarded a Queen’s Service Medal for services
to education.
In the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, two
alumni received ONZMs for services to landscape
architecture. They were Frank Boffa (DipHort 1962,
Doctor of Natural Resources honoris causa 2005),
who was a foundation staff member in Landscape
Architecture at Lincoln 1968-71, and Don Miskell
(DipLA 1978). The pair collaborated in the landscape
architecture practice Boffa Miskell Ltd.
As reported elsewhere in Landforms other Lincoln
University awards made in 2014 were the Bledisloe
Medal to Professor Stephen Goldson, Alumni
International Medal to Dr Michael Nelson, while
Peter Townsend received an honorary doctorate
(Doctor of Commerce honoris causa). Mr Townsend
is Chief Executive of the Canterbury Employers’
Chamber of Commerce, the largest business support
agency in the South Island. He is a high profile
lobbyist, advocate and champion for business in
Canterbury and in the 2014 New Year’s Honours
List he was made a Companion of the New Zealand
Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to business and
the community.
Lincoln University Medals awarded in 2014 for
outstanding voluntary and other contributions to
the fabric and life of Lincoln University, went to
Dr Warwick Scott, whose services include many
years of association with the national Young Farmer
Contest, culminating in his appointment as inaugural
Patron of the event, and Dr Rowan Emberson whose
contributions in entomology include establishing, with
Professor Roy Harrison, a Lincoln University insect
collection in the late 1960s which became the basis
of Lincoln University’s nationally and internationally
important Entomology Research Museum.
Professor Stephen Goldson
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Lincoln’s ‘sound teaching’
acknowledged at Graduation
VIPs shared the day with 700 proud graduates at
Lincoln University’s 2014 Graduation Ceremony held
in the Lincoln Event Centre over two ceremonies on
Friday 2 May.
Dr Stephen Goldson (PhD 1979) received the Bledisloe
Medal while Dr Michael Nelson (MAgrSc (Hons) 1953)
was the recipient of the Alumni International Medal.
Almost 700 certificates, diplomas and degrees were
awarded and an honorary Doctor of Commerce
degree was conferred on prominent Canterbury
advocate and Chief Executive of the Canterbury
Employers’ Chamber of Commerce, Peter Townsend.
Both ceremonies were preceded by processions
of graduands from the Te Waihora campus to the
Event Centre.
For Dr Nelson the ceremony was an opportunity to
thank the University for the gift of ‘sound teaching’ in
increasing agricultural productivity that it gave him
as an undergraduate and postgraduate student back
in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
After graduation from Lincoln and further study in
the United States of America, he pursued his career
overseas, mainly in Latin America, working in rural
development and natural resources management
with large international agencies.
“During my 55 years overseas I have had little
contact with Lincoln,” he said, but he recalled
that the teaching and research he was exposed to
“stressed not only what to do but also how to do it”.
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Ra Whakamana
The annual celebration of Ma¯ori student
achievement, Ra Whakamana, was held on
the University’s Te Waihora campus, in the
C1 Lecture Theatre, on the afternoon before
Graduation Day.
Peter Townsend
Dr Michael Nelson
He noted that “this focus was particularly relevant to
the areas I became involved with from 1960 onwards,
mainly in Latin America, which was policy on
rural development, the settlement of tropical forest
lands, agricultural research and environmental
management. The issue was not the definition of
policy but rather its implementation.”
After a working life overseas, Dr Nelson now resides
in Wanaka and he said in the six years he had been
back in New Zealand “I have been most impressed
by the role of Lincoln University in analysing and
taking positions on highly controversial issues such
as environment, agricultural research, high country
tenure review, foreign investment and trade”.
The achievement of some 30 graduands was
acknowledged and celebrated with speeches
and ceremony in the presence of whanau,
friends and representatives of Te Taumutu
Runanga (the local iwi organisation), Te
Awhioraki (the Ma¯ori students’ organisation)
and Lincoln University, led by Chancellor
Tom Lambie.
Speakers included kaumatua of Ngai Te
Ruahikihiki, the Vice-Chancellor of Lincoln
University Dr Andrew West and the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor, Communities, Professor
Hirini Matunga.
Dr Goldson, appointed a Professorial Fellow at
Lincoln University in 2002 and former Deputy
Director of the Bio-Protection Research Centre, is
a familiar figure around the University as he has
pursued his career as a scientist, science manager
and science strategist with AgResearch.
Sam Gammie BCom(Ag) Sports Scholar
Morgan Pourau BSc
Future Leader Scholar
Scott Moore BEMP
Papua New Guinea graduate and supporters
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Association’s
scholars
Lincoln University Alumni Association (LUAA) funds
two student scholarships, one each for diploma and
degree candidates in their final year of study.
The University’s 2014 Graduation Ceremony saw
the capping of LUAA’s 2013 degree scholar Megan
Outram, who was awarded a BSc with First Class
Honours in Biochemistry. Megan, from Christchurch
and a past pupil of Hillmorton High School, also
held a Future Leaders Scholarship. She is now back at
Lincoln University as a tutor in plant pathology.
No LUAA diploma scholarship was awarded in 2013.
The 2014 LUAA diploma scholar was Matthew
Walker of South Canterbury who has now completed
DipAg and DipFM qualifications. Matt is working as
an experienced shepherd on a property near Waiau
in North Canterbury and hopes to follow a career
path into stock management and ultimately farm
ownership or farm management.
The LUAA degree scholarship winner in 2014
was Anna Reddish, originally from the Waikato
and a past pupil of Waikato Diocesan School,
who is studying for a Bachelor of Environmental
Management and Planning and will complete
an Honours year in 2015. During 2014 Anna
also received the Southern Environmental Trust
Scholarship. She is pictured here with trustees for
this award Athol McCully (left), a Lincoln alumnus,
and Bob Blyth. Most recently Anna has been
on a Summer Scholarship in Hamilton with the
Department of Conservation. She is looking towards
a career as a professional planner.
Dr Rainer Hofmann at the awards
Top teaching
acknowledged
with national
excellence
award
Lincoln University’s reputation for outstanding
teaching was endorsed in 2014 with the winning of
a National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award by
plant biologist Dr Rainer Hofmann of the Faculty of
Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Dr Hofmann, a Senior Lecturer, who has been on
the staff at Lincoln University since 2005, was one
of 12 national award recipients, chosen from a field
of 37 nominations.
The judging panel noted that Dr Hofmann “exudes
an admiration for the natural world that is matched
by his appreciation of the diversity of learners”. The
award carries with it a prize of $20,000.
L-R: Athol McCully, Anna Reddish, Bob Blyth
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The National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards
were introduced by the Government in 2001 and
they are administered by Ako Aotearoa, the National
Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. Lincoln
University academic staff have won national awards
on at least four occasions since the start of the scheme.
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Lincoln’s nomination of Dr Hofmann for the award
came after he won the University’s own Principal Award
for Teaching Excellence, and it was accompanied by
a glowing portfolio of student and peer endorsements
and coverage of his teaching philosophy, techniques,
achievements and accomplishments.
His basic philosophy is “Teaching is reaching –
reaching my students and helping them reach
their potential”. His ‘Spiral Learning Cycle’, based
on the vine as a metaphor for learning, is a novel
and innovative depiction of the teaching/learning
process which has attracted considerable interest in
educational circles.
All Black Sam Whitelock (BSc 2014) was among
Dr Hofmann’s students who provided endorsements
in the nomination portfolio. “I will never forget
photosynthesis again after learning it in
Dr Hofmann’s flipped classroom approach to the
teaching-learning process,” he said.
Kellogg programme
places in high demand
Lincoln University’s renowned Kellogg Rural Leadership
Programme is expanding to two intakes for 2015 January and June - and the format has been revised to
involve the completion of four phases over six months.
Demand for places is now exceeding availability.
shepherding on a sheep and beef property, store
person for PGG Wrightson, service technician and
Australasian sales representative for WETiT Teat
Sprayers, and key account manager with Rissington
Breedline. April has Telford and AgITO certificates and
now takes satisfaction in adding completion of the
Kellogg course to her credentials.
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Dr Hofmann and the other winners received their
awards at a parliamentary dinner in Wellington on
4 July hosted by the Minister for Tertiary Education
Hon Steven Joyce and MP Dr Cam Calder, Chair
of Parliament’s Education and Science Committee
Select Committee.
She said her motivation for undertaking the
programme was to give some “direction” to her
accumulated agricultural experience.
April’s research project for the course was ‘The Kellogg
Journey’. It was based around her need to develop
skills and confidence rather than simply ask and try to
answer an industry-based question.
“It is hard to put into words the difference the Kellogg
programme has made to me. As I grow and step out
further in the wider industry my Kellogg programme
experience and learning will come into play. For me
the programme was a personal journey as well as
professional development.
“I will definitely not stay settled in a comfort zone.
Maybe I was always supposed to stretch myself to
reach the Kellogg programme, because you have to
be a motivated person to get on it. It has helped me
realise my potential.”
She said anyone who values their career, values
themselves and believes they are motivated should
consider doing the Kellogg programme.
“As a result of the course I personally have a new
appreciation of who I am and what I can achieve.
“At work I am now putting my hand up to learn
more about the marketing side of the business. I can’t
wait for 2015 to get under way so that I can put my
potential into action!”
The profile and reputation of the programme has
continued to rise thanks to an ever increasing number
of graduates spreading awareness of its career and
professional benefits.
Among the most recent cohort of Kellogg graduates
was April Mainland (pictured right), a key account
representative with Silver Fern Farms. April describes
the value of the programme to the primary industry
as ‘‘huge, priceless even!’’
Brought up in Invercargill, she has a wide background
of agricultural experience which includes general
To find out more about Kellogg: www.lincoln.ac.nz
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Landscape Review – sharing the knowledge
As one of the few international landscape
architecture journals, Landscape Review, which has
its origins at Lincoln University, offers a valuable
source of knowledge for anyone interested in, or
working in, the discipline.
Landscape architecture encompasses a diverse range
of interests, from the scientific focus on ecology and
water systems, through to the social, cultural and
artistic dimensions of designing the environment.
This diversity is reflected in the articles published
in Landscape Review, and the wide readership the
journal enjoys.
First established as a print-only journal by founding
editor Professor of Landscape Architecture Simon
Swaffield in 1995, the journal migrated to an open
access platform in 2011 under current editor Professor
Jacky Bowring, former Head of Lincoln University’s
School of Landscape Architecture. At that time
Landscape Review also refreshed its focus to become
‘A Southern Hemisphere Journal of Landscape
Architecture.’ With this move several things were
achieved, including anyone, anywhere being able to
find and access the material in Landscape Review.
Fraser Gunn’s photograph Comet McNaught at Mount John, 2007, from
an article ‘Night Landscapes: a challenge to World Heritage protocols’
in a recent issue of Landscape Review
While the journal publishes material from anywhere
in the world, the Southern Hemisphere emphasis
signals a balance to the Northern Hemisphere’s
dominance in publishing, and is a special
encouragement for those from our half of the world
to publish their work.
The shift to open access has not required any
compromise in terms of the quality of material,
which is still double-blind reviewed, and copy edited
to a high standard. The journal has an A ranking in
the Excellence for Research in Australia (ERA) listing.
New journal: Issue number one of Landscape Review 1995
There are no subscription costs, following the ethos of
a more democratic approach to knowledge sharing.
All of the back issues have been scanned and are also
available online.
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Special editions on Commemoration and Public
Space, Landscape and Heritage, and The Garden as
an Urban Laboratory, are currently being worked on.
To read more, go to
journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/index
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Lincoln University continued to assert itself strongly
in sport throughout 2014.
Basketball
Lincoln University Basketball Club had an exceptional
season with the highlight being the championship
final in the Christchurch competition in September.
The Longhorns had a good match against third
seeded Pioneer Pacers in the elimination play-offs
eventually going down 108 – 86. There was some
good scoring from Nick Symon 26, Stu Erskine 25
and Ben Bowie 22 as they fought to stay competitive
against strong opposition.
The Premier Men’s side played against 2013
champions Atami in the quarter final knockout round.
They trailed at halftime 41 – 47 but fought back well
and came within four points with minutes remaining.
Unfortunately for Lincoln, Atami’s experience took
them to an unassailable lead and the match finished
97 – 91. A great effort, however, from the Lincoln side
to finish fifth after only two years in the top grade.
Lincoln University’s Premier Women’s side also had
a good season after winning the first round and the
Patron’s Trophy. They faced University of Canterbury
in the grand final, a side they had beaten in three
previous meetings. The Lincoln women were strong
from the start and able to sink buckets at ease,
which included some nice three pointers to take the
first quarter lead 24 – 13. They held their resolve
throughout the next quarter to head into the break
35 – 24.
Good team work and pressure on the opposition had
Lincoln in control throughout the match. The final
score was an emphatic victory 66 – 51. The leading
point scorers were Shea Crotty, Tessa Morrison,
Bridgette Lawn and Hannah Turton. Shea Crotty
was the Most Valuable Player in the final.
The Men’s U23 Bulls had gone through the season
unbeaten and they were hoping to remain this way
when they took on the Pioneer Pacers in their grand
final, having beaten them 82 – 69 in the round robin.
They extended the lead at the third quarter to 78 – 49
and continued to dominate the Pacers in the final
quarter to eventually win by 28 points, 100 – 72. Top
points scorers were James Cawthorn, Xavier Shaw,
Sam Smith and Nick Erwood. Xavier Shaw was Most
Valuable Player for the match.
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Sports
Roundup
Accurate shooting and strong defence had them
ahead 49 – 30 at halftime.
Overall for the season the team played 18 matches,
won 18, lost 0, scored 1637 points for and had only
1084 points scored against them.
Outstanding statistics!
Special thanks to all coaches, S & C coaches and
managers: Terry Brunel, James Lissaman, Chad Blair,
Pat Turton, Bernice Lough, Matty Risi, Kris Miler and
Sharron and Anna Erwood for their statistics-keeping.
Also thanks to Richard James and Lincoln High School
for the ongoing development of basketball locally and
the use of facilities.
Awards
Midweek Men
Most Improved Player: Tony Johnston
Most Valuable Player: David Crooymans
Manager: Matty Risi
Women’s U20
Most Improved Player: Erica Taylor
Most Valuable Player: Paige Cook
Coach: Bernice Lough
Men’s U23 Longhorns
Most Improved Player: Karesse Lavery
Most Valuable Player: Ben Bowie
Coach: Chad Blair
Men’s Premier
Most Improved Player: Sam Smith
Most Valuable Player: James Cawthorn
Coach: Terry Brunel
Men’s U23 Bulls
Most Improved Player: Sam Smith
Most Valuable Player: James Levings
Coach: James Lissaman
Women’s Premier
Most Improved Player: Bridgette Lawn
Most Valuable Player: Shea Crotty
Coach: Pat Turton
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Netball
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For the sixth season in a row Lincoln University’s A
netball team made the grand final of Christchurch
Netball Centre’s championship competition. The
challenge this time was against Kereru A and it
produced an exciting match at Pioneer Stadium on
26 August. Tight defence from both sides kept the
scores close and at halftime Lincoln were ahead
21 – 19. Going into the final quarter Lincoln were
ahead by one point, but Kereru were able to dominate
the final part of the match and score freely, halting
Lincoln’s momentum with fantastic intercepts and
turnovers. The victory and the championship title
went to Kereru A, 47 – 43.
Photo: Michael Rist/MRNPA Photowire
Thanks to Bev Gordon and Tania Hoffman for their
coaching expertise, Aileen Taylor who managed the
team, Callum Brown who was the trainer and Hayley
Saunders for her technical knowledge and support.
The Lincoln University C team played in a semi-final
against Technical D with both sides evenly matched
throughout the first three quarters. In the final quarter
Technical were able to make critical turnovers to build
a five point lead and win 29 – 24.
Lincoln’s Hayley Saunders (left)
The Selwyn Social side played in their last round
robin match and enjoyed exciting netball against an
experienced Halswell line-up. The team were able to
find space throughout the court and with accurate
shooting they won 31 – 27 to finish in third place.
Due to University holidays they are unable to contend
the semi-final.
Photo: Michael Rist/MRNPA Photowire
During the year the B netball side gained promotion
into the Premier 2 grade by beating Halswell B 64 – 38
in the promotion match. This had been a long-term
goal and it is the first time since Lincoln University
Netball Club’s formation that the University has had
two teams in the Premier Grade.
Lincoln A Team Captain Jessica Drummond in action
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Awards
Social 1 Team
Most Improved Player: Paige Cook
Player of the Year: Ellish Norrie
Coach: Molly Lyders
E Team
Most Improved Player: Katherine Hampton
Player of the Year: Daisy Slade
Celebrating success 2014
C Team
Most Improved Player: Tegan Martin
Player of the Year: Jess Munroe
Coach: Alannah Taylor
Manager: Sarah Taylor
B Team
Most Improved Player: Courtney Miller
Player of the Year: Anna McIlraith
Coach: Bernie Taylor
Manager: Alannah Dawson
A Team
Most Improved Player: Hayley Lee
Player of the Year: Sarah Hayman
Coach: Bev Gordon
Coach: Tania Hoffman
Manager: Aileen Taylor
Trainer: Callum Brown
Special Awards
Club Personality of the Year: Bernie Taylor
Club Player of the Year: Lucy Gunn
Rowing
Lincoln University Rowing Club (LURC) crews
participated in the 2014 Aon New Zealand University
Rowing Championships at Lake Waihola, near
Dunedin, in April. With around 335 athletes and 33
events it was a tough weekend of racing with eight
universities competing from all over New Zealand.
The main races were the 3.2km men’s and women’s
championship eights. The Hebberley Shield is the prize
for the top men’s crew and is one of the oldest rowing
trophies in New Zealand. Conditions for the race
were almost perfect with the LURC crew of Matt Cole,
James Moody, Dom Bolton, Tom Brand, Dan Lee,
Josh Morrison, Liam Smith, James Sandston and cox
Gabby Marris finishing a solid fifth.
The Lincoln team entered 13 events some of which
had up to 12 entries per race. Out of the 13 crews
in the regatta, seven came away with medals, a
commendable percentage.
Results
Men’s Intermediate 4+: Matt Cole, Tom Brand, Liam
Smith, James Sandston, Gabby Marris: Bronze
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D Team
Most Improved Player: Danielle Rose
Player of the Year: Erica Taylor
Coach: Jess Linwood
Manager: Leila Nisbett
Women’s Intermediate 4+: Hannah Duncum, Ella
Vink, Ella Cvitanovich, Geraldine Fish, Harry Wylie
Carrick: Bronze
Men’s Champ 1X: James Moody: Bronze
Men’s LW 2-: Matt Cole and James Moody: Bronze
Women’s Champ 4X+: Christy Chapman, Erica Taylor,
Aoife Platts, Hannah Duncum, Gabby Marris: Bronze
Women’s Intermediate 4X+: Ella Cvitanovich, Hannah
Duncum, Ella Vink, Geraldine Fish, Harry Wylie
Carrick: Silver
Men’s Champ 2X: James Moody, James Sandston: Gold
The LURC squad exceeded all expectations this season,
and numerous competitors and officials commented
on the increased standard of rowing and calibre of
athletes involved with the sport.
Congratulations to one of the newest Lincoln University
Rowing Club members, James Moody. Not only did
James pick up two bronze medals in the LW 2- and
Champ 1X and a gold in the Champ 2X, but he was
named in the New Zealand Universities Lightweight
Double Scull crew with Otago University’s Bryce
Abernethy. The two raced in France in September.
Awards
Women
Most Improved Rower: Ella Vink
Most Valuable Rower: Christy Chapman
Men
Most Improved Rower: James Sandston
Most Valuable Rower: Matt Cole
Rower of the Year: James Moody
Rugby
Lincoln University Rugby Club had another
exceptional season in 2014, winning the Hawkins
Cup for Division 1 Round 1, the Division 2 Hawkins
Cup Championship, the Premier Colts Hawkins Cup
Championship and, for the second year in a row, the
Wilson’s 45 South Cup, with the top total aggregate of
Open Grade team points.
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Celebrating success 2014
Senior Division One
Lincoln University First XV had another sensational
year, even surpassing last year’s great season. They
were the team to be beat throughout the round robin
and in the section one play-offs. Unfortunately, as
was the case in 2013, they missed out on reaching the
championship final after going down in the semi-final
against High School Old Boys 26 – 11.
Summary of the season –
• Hawkins Cup Winner (second year in a row)
• DCL Shield winner
• Hart/O’Reilly Trophy v Canterbury University
• Kevin London Trophy v Otago University
• Most total competition points combined from both
competitions (Top 4 – LU 66, New Brighton 63,
HSOB 55 and Sydenham 53)
• Highest points differential of any club +267
Colts Reserve
It was a tough season for this team with disruption
due to University holidays and the stop-start nature
of developing consistency. Some results could have
gone either way but unfortunately they were on the
wrong side of the ledger too many times to make the
championship round and the team had to settle for
the Plate finals against CBHS Second XV going down
38 – 27 in a highly entertaining and skilful match.
The game provided an exciting end to the season. The
teams were tied at the break 12 – 12 and in the second
half, the lead changed throughout. With 20 minutes
to go Lincoln were ahead 22 – 19 then Boys’ High
came back with three tries in quick succession. Lincoln
scored once more but eventually went down 27 – 38.
• Broc Hooper competitions highest individual
points scorer with 199 points
Awards
• Seven players selected in NZU – Scott Barrett,
Ben Crawford, Jack Stratton, Jake Wood, Nick
Werahiko, James Schrader and Broc Hooper
Colts Reserve
Forward of the Year: Cameron Hucker
Back of the Year: Tom Maxwell
• Scott Barrett (Crusader), Tom Sanders (NZ U20),
Jack Goodhue NZ 7s training squad
Colts Premier Team
Forward of the Year; James Northcote
Back of the Year: Harrison Groundwater
• Eight players selected in the Canterbury wider
training group – Scott Barrett, Tom Sanders,
Jack Goodhue, Jack Stratton, Jake Wood, Nick
Werahiko, James Schrader and Broc Hooper
Senior Division Two
After a tough round robin round the Division 2
Wethers sneaked through to the semi-finals after two
good wins in the Section 1 play-offs, and had a close
25 – 24 victory over Burnside to reach the final.
In the decider against Christchurch, Lincoln
defended valiantly and attacked whenever possible
for an 11 – 3 win to become Hawkins Trophy Senior
Division Two Champions.
Premier Colts
An amazing year for this team, going through the
season losing only one match, to HSOB in May, 20 – 22.
They played 20, won 19, lost 1, scored 791 points for
and only 219 against. They won the Charles Rhodes
Cup for the winners of the double round robin as well
as holding on to the Challenge Shield for the season.
In the Hawkins Cup Premier Colts championship final
against New Brighton, Lincoln stuck to their task,
defended exceptionally well, and In the second half,
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pack tiring, scored four tries to take the score to
34 – 14 and with it the championship victory.
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Division 2 Team
Forward of the Year: Cam Wood
Back of the Year: Graeme Peter
Division 1 Team
Forward of the Year: Brad Lake
Back of the Year: Broc Hooper
Premier Colts
Most Improved Player: Tom Fraser
Most Improved Player: Myles Thoroughgood
Premier Colts Most Valuable Player: Hugo Nankivell
Excellence in Strengthening and Conditioning: Tom
Saunders
U19 Player of the Year: Jack Goodhue
U20 Player of the Year: Tom Sanders
Massey Ag Exchange Player of the Day: George Collin
Division 2 Player of Integrity and Honesty: Ben Miller
Club Player of the Year: Scott Barrett
Club Member of the Year: James Schrader.
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Ivey Lawn – but not as Ivey would ever have seen it
Ivey’s birthday celebrated
in carnival atmosphere
Following the revival of celebrations in 2012, the
birthday of Lincoln University’s founding Director
William Edward Ivey (1838-1892) has been marked
with an annual event.
Because Ivey’s actual birthday, 26 August, falls in
break time when the majority of students are away
from the campus, festivities are held when classes
resume and students are back.
In 2014 Ivey’s birthday was celebrated on 23
September. The University’s Events Coordinator, Luke
Speerin, and the Students’ Association’s Executive
Director, Jo Meyer, and their teams put together
a fun-filled programme that brought a carnival
atmosphere to the lawn between the Forbes Building
and Ivey Hall.
Activities included bubble soccer between staff and
students, Sumo suit wrestling, and horizontal bungee,
and there were food stalls and of course a birthday
cake! An estimated 700-plus students and staff flowed
through the event during its course.
Students waiting to try the vertical bungy
A student tries to out run the strength of the vertical bungy cord
Alumni are welcome to attend the 2015 Ivey Birthday on Tuesday 22 September.
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Lincoln alumni
shine again in Young
Farmer Contest
Congratulations to Lincoln University alumni Reuben
Carter and Dean Rabbidge who were placed second
and third in the Grand Final of the 2014 ANZ Young
Farmer Contest, both improving on their placings the
year before. Carter was also the winner of the Agri-Skills
Challenge. First place went to Northland’s David Kidd.
The Grand Final was held in Canterbury with the
official opening at Lincoln University on 3 July and the
Practical Day also held at the University. The dinner
and speeches function was at the Wigram Air Force
Museum and the televised final round was at the CBS
Arena, followed by a ball at the Addington Raceway.
Four of the seven grand finalists were Lincoln
alumni – Reuben Carter, representing Tasman;
James Davidson representing Aorangi; Brad Lewis,
Taranaki/Manawatu; and Dean Rabbidge, Otago/
Southland.
Lincoln University alumni have a good record of wins
and placings in the event, now coming into its 47th
year. Over half of the winners since the start have
been Lincoln University alumni.
Reuben is an agronomist and member of Christchurch
City Young Farmers Club. He was fourth in the 2013
Grand Final.
Dean is a member of the Wyndham Young Farmers Club
and works on a sheep, beef and dairy farm in eastern
Southland. He was fifth in the 2013 Grand Final.
Brad of the Opiki Young Farmers Club is a manager
on his family’s dairy farm in Levin and was third in
the 2012 Grand Final.
James, aged 25, was the youngest Grand Finalist
in 2014. He is second in charge on a dairy farm
in Darfield.
At the official opening on Lincoln University’s Te
Waihora campus, on the lawn outside Ivey Hall, the
Grand Finalists had their first head-to-head challenge.
This involved public speaking and sales skills with
each allocated three minutes to auction a bull or a
heifer to prospective bidders.
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‘Land the Trip’ students at Lincoln with staff
Aussie students
enjoy their
Lincoln ‘landing’
Lincoln University’s trans-Tasman student recruitment
initiative in Australian schools ‘Land the Trip’
continues to gain momentum and contribute to
‘Lincoln awareness’ among our nearest neighbours.
‘Land the Trip’ gives students in selected Australian
secondary schools the opportunity to win a weeklong expenses paid trip to New Zealand to experience
student life and opportunities at Lincoln University.
The scheme is administered by Lincoln University’s
Liaison Office, with Student Liaison Officer Sophie
Prangnell principally involved, but the schools
themselves run the selection process – it can be based
on writing an essay, making a video, or some other
equivalent activity.
In 2014 ten students, five boys and five girls, came to
Lincoln University from 13-17 July.
They were welcomed by Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Business Development Jeremy Baker.
Agricultural Science, Landscape Architecture and
Agribusiness were the main qualification areas the
students came to investigate. They stayed in the halls
of residence and were chaperoned by Future Leader
Scholars. Their programme for the week included
mini lectures and interactive sessions showcasing
Lincoln University qualifications, and they also
toured Christchurch and had a dinner in the city.
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Sophie said feedback from the students was
“outstanding”. They loved the experience and
on their return home they become Lincoln
‘ambassadors’ and are required to give a
presentation in their schools about Lincoln University
and their New Zealand visit.
“Already we are fielding enquiries about ‘Land the
Trip’ for 2015,” Sophie said.
Many LUSA
‘student
experience’
projects came to
fruition in 2014
In March LUSA celebrated the long-awaited reopening
of Mrs O’s with music by local band Shakabrah.
Students were happy to have the space available
again and it became the main location for all of
2014’s events.
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For some it was their first time out of Australia, but
others had been to New Zealand previously.
“One of the most successful events in 2014 was the
introduction of a Lincoln Ball. Over 500 tickets were
available and it was a sell out with days to spare. As a
result of this popularity we negotiated more space. It
was a great night and a Ball will be a certainty on the
2015 calendar,” Jo said.
“For Garden Party in October we had an outstanding
music line-up including Sunshine Sound System,
Che Fu, PleasePlease and Assembly Required. There
was also a silent disco, Jimmy the Dwarf as MC and
a dunk tank! We even managed to get some staff to
volunteer to get dunked, which was very good of them.
“LUSA’s Executive continues to represent students
on many committees and boards internally and
externally, such as the University Council, Academic
Board and Lincoln Community Committee. LUSA
is instrumental in making sure the student voice
is factored in to the University’s decision-making
process,” she said.
Lincoln University Students’ Association (LUSA) had
an “amazing” year in 2014, Executive Director Jo
Meyer said.
“We had been working on a number of projects for
some time and they all started to come together
to produce an amazing experience for Lincoln
University’s students.
“LUSA kick-started the year with a massive line-up of
Orientation entertainment including performances by
Homebrew, P-Money, Dick Johnson, PNC, Boh Runga,
and Ben Hurley.
“Torrential rain plagued most of the week but that
didn’t stop the party. Clubs and Market Day was a
huge success, with a real growth in clubs activity.
There are now more than 32 clubs on campus.”
The University’s Alumni and Development Office
participated in the Clubs Day in the Stewart Foyer
with a range of handouts and a display of old Lincoln
College memorabilia. New students were invited
to fill out a ‘Lincoln family-tree form’ if parents,
grandparents or other family members had attended
Lincoln in the past.
Happy group all masked-up for the ball
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Telford equine course matches students’
passion for horses and industry needs
A small but select group of students with varying
levels of ability started study and practical work
in 2014 for the Telford Certificate in Equine (Levels
3 and 4). The students all shared a “real thirst for
knowledge and a huge passion for horses”, Head
Equine Tutor Jennifer Ward says.
The students came from throughout New Zealand to
join the programme and there was also an enrolment
from Japan. Students ranged in age from 16 to 22,
some had just left school while others had been
working fulltime to assist with their fees.
Students spent the first few weeks of the programme
becoming familiar with the 13 horses living at Telford
(in 2014 Telford took ownership of three new horses).
Two students brought their own horses. A healthy
rivalry was soon established between the riders and
breeders, as each group strived for perfection.
A highlight of the year was a trek across rugged,
mountainous country, sleeping overnight in a woolshed.
Students also competed in one and two day events at
Invercargill and Cromwell, with places being achieved
at both events. They also entered cross country and
indoor show jumping events, the latter hosted at Telford
this year. They spent a day on racetracks at Invercargill
and Gore, which increased their knowledge of both
on-track and behind-the-scenes aspects of the industry.
A new stallion, Charley, was purchased and although
he is miniature in stature, hopes are he will make up
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for this in performance. An equine dentistry day was
held on campus during the year and students also
travelled to Ranfurly to attend a breeding seminar.
The hosting of various school groups was another
activity undertaken during the year.
Students undertook paid work during the holidays to
ensure that all of the horses were well fed and exercised.
Work experience placements went well, with
Sporthorse students having a five-week opportunity
and the breeding strand students six weeks. A visit
during the year from Philip Jeffreys of Cloughmore
Pedigrees, who is also a teacher at Feilding High
School, resulted in a glowing reference for the Telford
equine programme. He said Telford “could well be the
best kept secret in the country, with equine training
facilities to die for!”
Jennifer Ward and Equine Tutor Rebecca Sefonte
described 2014 as a great year for the equine
programme at Telford and they are proud of the
students who had “displayed enthusiasm and positivity
and supported one another throughout the year.
“The students have blossomed into knowledgeable
and valuable assets for the equine industry and some
have already been offered full-time work from their
placements,” Jennifer said. “Others were returning
for a second year at Telford to undertake the Rural
Animal Technician programme.”
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Broadband
connection enhances
education reach
Optimism for the contribution of fibre optic
broadband to the work of rural-based education
providers was expressed by Deputy Prime Minister
Bill English when he visited Telford in July, ahead of
its broadband roll-out.
He said broadband ended the “tyranny of distance
learning”, opened up opportunities and would
“revolutionise” rural institutions such as Telford.
Guests for Mr English’s visit included Lincoln
University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic
Programmes and Student Experience, Professor
Sheelagh Matear.
Broadband was installed at Telford later in 2014
and Vodafone Account Manager Glenn Collyer
said the connection was “part of one of the biggest
telecommunications construction projects in the
South Island.
“It has been a real shot in the arm for the local
economy and now supports the University’s modern
learning environment and national reach.”
Professor Matear said the connection “not only
delivers enhanced learning experiences to our Telford
students but allows Telford to extend the success of its
outreach and school engagement programmes.”
LincolnFirst Telford reaches out to more than 160
schools throughout New Zealand, and works with
Northland College, Kaikohe, to deliver courses to
students in the Far North.
L-R: Chancellor Tom Lambie, Hon Steven Joyce, Hon Amy Adams,
Catering Manager Heather Watson
Minister Joyce
opens new
dining facility
From Government Ministers to former halls
cleaner/tea attendant/mother figure, they all came to
Lincoln University’s new food and function centre,
Te Kete Ika, for its official opening on 26 June.
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce was there
to formally launch the new facility, and Mrs Joan
O’Laughlin (aka Mrs O), a revered staff member for
over three decades, was present representing the era
when most of Lincoln’s students lived on campus.
The name Te Kete Ika was gifted to Lincoln University
by Te Taumutu Runanga and means the ‘food/fish
basket’. The longer title is Te Kete Ika o Rakaihautu,
literally the food/fish basket of legendary local
ancestor Rakaihautu.
The new building is significant as the first major
permanent building project completed on campus
since the disruptions of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Its construction and opening mark the beginning
of considerable construction work planned for the
campus as the Lincoln Hub project unfolds.
L-R: Hon Bill English, Tutor Ken Payne, Hostel Manager Daniel Maze,
Mayor of Balclutha Bryan Codogan
Te Kete Ika has dining capacity for 575 and replaces
the old Refectory. Mrs O’s café is part of the overall
complex. The Refectory, well remembered by
generations of students, was opened in 1954 by then
Governor-General Sir Willoughby Norrie.
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Conference Assistance
Programme a helping
hand for organising
large conventions
Help is at hand for Lincoln University alumni
wishing to organise and hold large international
conferences or conventions, in the form of Tourism
New Zealand’s Conference Assistance Programme
and Lincoln’s own Conference Organising Team.
Have you ever attended an international convention?
Have you ever wanted to bring that convention to
New Zealand? Have you thought about the value you
could derive from doing so?
Holding a convention in New Zealand not only taps
into trade and investment prospects, but also builds
relationships with thought leaders and provides
ongoing education opportunities. Tourism New
Zealand’s Business Events team works to promote
sectors where New Zealand has particular leadership
and expertise to the rest of the world.
The Conference Assistance Programme is available
to national and international associations and
organisations that are able to bid to host an
international conference in New Zealand. Any
organisation’s bid must include a minimum of 200
international delegates to be eligible for
this programme.
The Conference Assistance Programme provides
expertise and support to craft the perfect
international conference bid, as well as ongoing
support once the bid is won. Support includes –
• Funding and co-ordination of site visits including
venues, hotels, social activities and attractions
• Funding a New Zealand Professional Conference
Organiser* to prepare a financial feasibility study,
based on your city and venue of choice
• Professional documents and presentations to set
your bid apart
• The costs of presenting your bid, including
international travel
• Funding for delegate marketing materials,
including destination brochures, fact sheets, pre
and post itineraries, imagery and moving footage
to attract delegates.
To access this support and the Conference Assistance
Programme, contact Tourism New Zealand’s Business
Events team at [email protected], or head
to businessevents.newzealand.com and complete the
online CAP application form.
* Lincoln University’s own conference team is an
NZPCO and can assist with functions and speakers on
or off-campus.
Contact Faye McGill on 03 423 0535,
email [email protected].
Minister announces
capital investment
in Lincoln
University’s future
The rebuild of Lincoln University’s science facilities,
which were damaged and compromised in the
Canterbury earthquakes, received a Government
funding green light on 17 July when Tertiary
Education Minister Steven Joyce visited the campus.
The Minister came to the University to make a
much-awaited announcement that the Government
had approved in principle the provision of $107.5
million in capital funding for the rebuilding of
science facilities.
Lincoln University’s Te Kete Ika venue
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Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West described the
announcement as one of the most important
moments in the whole history of Lincoln and a
“ringing endorsement” of the contribution the
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He said with 70 percent of New Zealand’s
merchandise exports made up of food and fibre
products, the announced investment was not only
good for Lincoln University, it also meant the
University could contribute to the Government’s own
Business Growth Agenda.
In addition it meant that the University, along with its
Crown Research Institute and industry partners could
move forward with plans to establish the Lincoln Hub.
The announcement was the culmination of an
immense amount of energy and effort by the
University in preparing a ‘Better Business Case’ and
presenting it to the Government.
Since the earthquakes, a tremendous amount of
planning and preparatory work has taken place.
There was the release of a full preliminary campus
master plan, a business case presented to Government
resulting in $107.5m of in-principle support pledged
for the rebuild of science facilities post-earthquake
(see opposite); the University’s involvement in the
Lincoln Hub alongside its Crown Research Institute
neighbours, a temporary yet state-of-the-art science
facility built behind the Orchard car park which
now houses labs, offices and sensory food testing
facilities, as well as Anzco’s science function, a new
Food and Function Centre (Te Kete Ika), home to the
students’ dining hall, café and conference facilities,
a new home for the Students’ Association, and a new
location for the Alumni and Development Office in
House 61 on campus.
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University makes and will continue to make to
New Zealand’s land-based industries.
It has been a challenging few years but the University
is now in an excellent position to commence
reinvestment in the campus.
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce
makes the funding announcement
Memorial Hall
update
Many alumni will know that the Memorial Hall and
the West Wing of Ivey Hall have been closed since the
September 2010 earthquakes. Some may also recall
several years before this a fundraising appeal was
held to raise money to refurbish both Memorial Hall
and Ivey Hall – in fact alumni were very generous
in their support of that appeal. The appeal did not
raise sufficient funds at the time to undertake the full
refurbishment so the funds are still held in trust by
the University until the future of the buildings postearthquakes is determined.
Post-earthquake protection around Memorial Hall
The future of Ivey Hall’s West Wing and Memorial
Hall is still under discussion. Both are officially
earthquake prone structures and both are Category
1 listed buildings. This means any decision as to
their fate is not straight forward. An engineer’s repair
strategy has been obtained with a few different build
scenarios which are being worked through (which
includes their funding).
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The 2013 proposed Campus Master Plan identified
the West Wing as a future location for the ViceChancellor’s office and associated services (at the
heart of the University). This would start a phased
reshuffle of the occupants within the Forbes building.
These matters need further analysis and consideration
by the University Council before any discussion can
take place with other stakeholders.
In short, progress has been made but the University
may still be some way away from finalising plans for
these two iconic buildings. However, the University’s
passion for these beautiful buildings, central to life on
the Lincoln University campus, remains strong.
Photographic
portraits honour
University’s
leaders
Current Chancellor Tom Lambie officiated and
thanked Sir Allan for suggesting the idea of a
portrait gallery. He said it was an important part
of the University’s heritage to have a photographic
record of its leaders. The Chancellor and Sir Allan
did the unveiling.
The portraits start in 1896, the year Canterbury
Agricultural College was separated from Canterbury
University College and became a College in its
own right. Prior to that Lincoln had been a School
of Agriculture and administered by the board
of Canterbury University College. The School of
Agriculture was founded in 1878.
Of the 20 leaders whose portraits make up the
gallery, 10 were farmers and six were MPs or former
MPs and Cabinet Ministers.
Lincoln University now has a gallery of portraits of
all its Chancellors and former Council and Board
Chairmen, to complement the portrait collection of
past Vice-Chancellors, Principals and Directors.
The gallery, in the corridor leading to the University
Council Room on the first floor of the Forbes
Building, was unveiled on 9 December following the
final University Council meeting for 2014.
It was a unique occasion with two former Chancellors
and a former Council Chairman in attendance. The
trio were Hon. Margaret Austin, Sir Allan Wright
and Mr Sidney Hurst.
There are 20 framed and named photographic
portraits in the collection, starting with the first
Chairman of the Board of Governors, Henry Overton
(1896-1899) and continuing through to Tom Lambie,
appointed at the end of 2004.
L-R: Former Lincoln College Council Chairman Sidney Hurst, first
Chancellor Sir Allan Wright, current Chancellor Tom Lambie, former
Chancellor Hon Margaret Austin
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Alumni office and events
Alumni office and events
The trophy, in the form of a carved wooden rugby
ball, commemorates coaches Joe Hart of Lincoln and
Laurie O’Reilly of Canterbury, and Lincoln had been
the holders for the past two seasons, winning 50-22 in
2013. The match is played as part of the Christchurch
Metro Competition when the top teams from the two
universities meet.
The venue in 2014 was Lincoln University’s No. 1
ground and the match was the high point of a day of
rugby on the campus which began in the morning and
saw the Premier Colts, Colts Reserves, and Division 2
Seniors all in action.
Chancellor Tom Lambie (centre) in the frame at the A&P Show
Christchurch
A&P Show
In contrast to 2013, the match was a tightly fought
encounter with strong defensive play by both teams
limiting the try scoring. Lincoln eventually won 19-13
and retained the trophy.
An after-match function was held in the new Mrs O’s in
the Te Kete Ika complex. The date for the 2015 match
has not yet been set, but alumni will be notified in due
course through the AlumniLinc newsletter.
Lincoln University had a wonderfully situated and set
up site at the show, held on 12-14 November, 2014.
The theme for the site was ‘picnic on Ivey lawn’. It
was a great three days as many alumni visited and
enjoyed coffee and a chat, and there was also interest
from prospective students.
Successful reunions
in Tasmania
The special ‘framed’ photo opportunity for visitors
with Ivey Hall in the background proved very
popular, and a heritage photo montage board of
Ivey Hall through the years attracted interest too.
Chancellor Tom Lambie, who joined staff on the site,
was popular with visitors who wanted him in their
Ivey Hall photo.
Students from Australia have been coming to Lincoln
University since the year the then School of Agriculture,
opened its doors to students (1880). The first student
from Tasmania, John Hamilton Wise from Hobart,
arrived in 1884 and since then there has been a steady
stream of students from Australia’s island state.
Congratulations to alumnus Tom Jarvis who won the
hamper of goodies that was up for grabs in the draw
related to the history of Ivey Hall.
Hart O’Reilly match
a close encounter
A feast of rugby was enjoyed by alumni at Lincoln
University on Saturday 17 May when the Hart O’Reilly
Trophy went on the line again in the traditional annual
match between Lincoln and Canterbury universities’
first XVs.
The Tasmanians are loyal Lincoln alumni and many
reunions, gatherings and social engagements have
been held down the years. The latest get-togethers
were in Hobart on 8 September and Launceston
on 9 September, hosted by Anisha Thomas of the
University’s Alumni and Development Office.
The reunions were held in association with
school visits to the areas by Student Liaison Officer
Sophie Prangnell, and in both Hobart and Launceston
a number of prospective students attended the
alumni reunions. This was a feature of the reunions
appreciated by the alumni.
Bringing together the older generation of alumni with
possible members of the future generation of students
was felt to be a good experience for all.
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Anisha says there was a high level of enthusiasm
and engagement among the alumni attending
both reunions. Many good Lincoln stories were told
- particularly at the Launceston gathering where
raconteurs kept everyone well entertained.
Alumnus Frank Archer, prominent in the Australian
beef industry, was among those attending the
Launceston reunion, and he is particularly enthusiastic
about the maintenance of Lincoln University’s links
with its Tasmanian alumni.
“We look forward to continuing to work closely with
our alumni in Tasmania as elsewhere in Australia,”
says Anisha. “They are all valued members of the
Lincoln University family.”
Getting the
alumni ball
rolling in
South Australia
Lincoln University’s first ever alumni gathering in
South Australia organised from the University end
drew a congenial group of old students from the 1950s
through to the 2000s.
Held on 15 September as a Spring Gathering, the
reunion was in central Adelaide at the Hotel Grand
Chancellor on Hindley. The last recorded South
Australian alumni gathering was in November 2001,
organised in Adelaide as an ‘inaugural reunion’
by resident Hugh Wynter (DipAg 1962, DipVFM
1965). It is believed there was one meeting after that,
again organised by alumni. The plan is to develop
the alumni network in South Australia to match
equivalent networks in New South Wales, Victoria
and Tasmania, where reunions are held annually.
Lincoln University has a long history of Australian
enrolments, dating from the first year it opened, 1880,
when student number 20 on the roll was a lad from
Sydney. The first student from South Australia arrived
in 1907 – RM Hall from Semaphore, Adelaide – and
today there are Lincoln University alumni (Aussies and
Kiwis) spread throughout the state, working mostly in
agriculture, agribusiness and the wine industry.
David and Wendy Botting from Millicent were
among those at the 2014 Spring Gathering. David
started his BAgrSc srtudies at Lincoln in 1957 and
Wendy (nee Meyers), started at Lincoln in 1960. Also
present from Millicent were John and Sandy André.
John started his BAgrSc in 1959 and in 2003 was the
inaugural recipient of the Lincoln University Alumni
International Medal. Associate Professor Kevin
Williams, BHortSc 1984, Dr Paul Petrie, BHortSc
(Hons) 1994-97 and PhD 2002, Sandra Yee BCom
1989, and Gavin Clements GradDip V&O 2009 also
attended.
Hugh Wynter supported the latest reunion effort, but at
the last moment illness prevented him from attending.
For more information about Australian reunions
please contact the Alumni and Development Office
[email protected].
South Australian alumnus Gavin Clements and Senior Liaison Officer
Sophie Prangnell at the Adelaide reunion
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Alumni connection
in LA Brooks rugby
The LA Brooks Cup was first played for between
Lincoln and Massey in 1952. Since 2005 Lincoln has
held it every year except three. The northern Ag XV’s
victory in 2014 came as Massey was celebrating 50
years as a university.
The year’s other big traditional inter-university
rugby fixture, the Lincoln University – Canterbury
University contest for the Hart O’Reilly Trophy, was
played at Lincoln University on 17 May as the feature
match of a ‘rugby day’ on the campus. See page 25
for more information.
Lincoln University Ag XV’s 2014 rugby match
against Massey University for the LA Brooks Cup
and MOG Shield provided an interesting alumni
family connection.
The captain of the Lincoln Ag XV, George Collin
(pictured above, ball at foot), is the grandson of a
Lincoln alumnus, the late Frank Collin (DipAg
1931-32) who played rugby for the 2nd XV in his day
and was also a hurdles and cross-country champion.
Furthermore, George, who is from Dannevirke and
studying BCom(Ag), is the nephew of Lincoln Kellogg
alumnus, Ru Collin (Kellogg course 2003).
Lincoln lost the LA Brooks Cup and MOG Shield to
Massey, 11-6. The game was played in Palmerston
North on 20 September and the teams battled
atrocious weather conditions.
George, who kicked the two penalties making up
Lincoln’s six points, was named Player of the Day
and winner of the Neil Gow Trophy. Interestingly he
says that he has seen a couple of his grandfather’s
hurdles trophies from his Lincoln days still in the
family’s possession.
Alumni Association Executive member and rugby
stalwart Neil Gow who attended the match, described
the weather conditions as almost hypothermic! Neil
was in Palmerston North visiting his son Hamish
Gow, who is also a Lincoln alumnus (BCom(Ag) 1992)
and is Professor of Agribusiness at Massey University.
Lively interest
in Chancellor’s
address at Sydney
alumni dinner
Another successful annual alumni dinner was held
in Sydney, in the lead-up week to the start of the
Bledisloe Cup rugby tournament.
The 14 August dinner was again held at the historic
‘Hero of Waterloo’ pub with alumnus Alan Boddy
the convenor. This year the guest speaker was Lincoln
University’s Chancellor, Tom Lambie, and Alan
reported interest in the Chancellor’s address was “very
lively” as he covered topics such as developments at
the University and in Canterbury, as well as water and
evolving markets.
The talks were interactive with plenty of contributions
from the alumni. Alan said overall the night was
regarded as an outstanding success.
There were two new attendees, both of whom had
come after seeing the function advertised and
registering on the website. They are keen to be
involved in future events and want to involve other
colleagues as well.
Gifts sent over from the Alumni and Development
Office were well received and Lincoln cuff-links were
given to Peter Graham, to mark his birthday.
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‘Fifty Years On’ Reunion – baby boomer
generation of students returns to campus
They were student trailblazers, the Lincoln College
students of 1963, 1964, 1965, and over 100 of
them returned to the campus in March to celebrate
their experiences and friendships in the first of the
University’s two big alumni reunions of 2014. The
other was the VFM reunion in April.
The ’50 Years On’ Reunion, from 7-9 March, was
organised by a committee of Ralph Lattimore
(chair), Errol Costello, Bob Engelbrecht, Maurice
Kennedy, Don Lawson (Australia), Rory O’Malley,
Neil Taylor, Keith ‘Limbo’ Thompson, and
Warwick Scott, working with staff of the Alumni and
Development Office.
The students of half-a-century ago were trailblazers
in several respects. By Act of Parliament the name
‘Lincoln College’ became official on 1 January 1962,
replacing Canterbury Agricultural College, so those
enrolling immediately after that date were the first
genuine ‘Lincoln College’ students. Use of the name
‘Lincoln College’ had only been customary up until
then, not official.
Secondly, those born in 1945-46 were New Zealand’s
first generation of ‘baby boomers’ to reach university
age and were part of a flood of enrolments at
universities under a largely free and open entry system.
They were also participants in a period of intense
social evolution/revolution in New Zealand, a point
not lost on committee member and social historian
Rory O’Malley, who was one of the reunion dinner
speakers. Rory pointed out his cohort were students at
a time of wide-ranging ‘social turmoil’.
“It was, for example, the age of feminism,” he said,
“and we at Lincoln weren’t well placed to understand
what this was all about. It was, after all, the era when
women were still ‘bussed’ en masse from the nurses’
hostel in Christchurch to the all-male campus for
social functions.”
The ’50 Years On’ programme included campus tours,
farm tours, an off-campus visit to old student haunts
such as notable ‘College pubs’, an opening night
dinner in the Stewart Building, a formal Saturday
night dinner at Christchurch’s Chateau on the Park
Hotel, and Sunday brunches and a barbecue.
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At the Friday night opening, Chancellor Tom Lambie
gave an update on progress in making Lincoln
a specialised land-based university, while ViceChancellor Dr Andrew West assured the alumni that
Lincoln was going “back to its roots”.
This was greeted with strong approval, and the ViceChancellor said it was “enormously motivating to
hear your commitment and feel your passion
for Lincoln”.
The Saturday night dinner featured four principal
speakers – Jon Newson, who represented the diploma
students of 1964-1966, John Tavendale, the 1963
degree students, Rory O’Malley, the 1964 degree
students, and Clive Geddes who was also Master of
Ceremonies.
Mr Newson described his group as the “bow wave
of the baby boomers”. He said they were “right into
student politics and up with international events such
as the Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa”.
“The lecturers we had were great,” he said, “George
Lindsay in engineering with his references to
‘pedestrian operated excavators’ - shovels! And Monty
Cooke with his annual opening prediction to new
classes – “Look at the person on each side of you. One
will marry a nurse, and one will fail this course.” And
he was right!”
John Tavendale said the College had “totally
dedicated staff”. “Many were very astute teachers.
They knew us by name and they knew all about
us. We were actually taught. We were very lucky.
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He described Professor of Agricultural Economics
Bryan Philpott as a “man of national stature” and
said soil scientist Professor Tom Walker was “so good I
would sit in the front row in his classes”.
Mr Tavendale told of playing rugby every Saturday
and of pranks, such as ‘stealing’ a police car which
was parked on campus and hiding it while its
occupant consulted with the Principal.
“In the era we were at the College, Lincoln had a
huge effect on agriculture and we should not run
away from that.”
Mr O’Malley recalled the first person he spoke to at
Lincoln, after arriving from Otago, was Warwick Scott.
“My name is Warwick Scott and welcome to Lincoln
College,” was his greeting.
He said what impressed him about Lincoln College
was its “surprising level of sophistication!” This was
particularly evident in male-female relations.
“There was a shortage of women so the Lincoln guys
would send a bus into Christchurch to the nurses
hostel and it would return full of females.”
The “bacchanalian” gravel pit Orientation rituals
at Springston were another example of Lincoln’s
“sophistication,” he said.
Mr O’Malley, who later switched careers from
macro-economics to social history, summed up his
Lincoln experience as ‘transformative’ and said it was
a privilege to be involved in the organisation of the
reunion. He paid tribute to two deceased classmates,
Tony Hannah and Peter Burnett – “‘personally
grievous losses”.
Clive Geddes said the prime Lincoln College
experience for him was the “freedom” he felt he had
from the moment he stepped on to the campus.
He was the first member of his family to attend
university and said he came to Lincoln at a “golden
time” in the College’s history. He said, however, that
eventually senior staff started to disperse, community
attitudes towards agriculture changed, and there
followed a belief that farming was a ‘sunset industry’.
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We got tremendous training. We were taught in a
totally different manner to the way others at other
universities were taught.”
His second big memory was of the “relationship we had
with staff. It was like being in a club. Being in a class
taught by the likes of Jim Stewart was a privilege”.
His third big memory is of the camaraderie.
“I’m bloody proud that we were the way we were,”
he said, and he congratulated those present on their
contributions to New Zealand’s economy.
Squaring
old debt
For alumnus Jim Christie of Feilding, attending
the 50 Years On Reunion was a golden
opportunity to square an old debt from student
days and ease his conscience after many years.
When he was an agricultural science student
at Lincoln College he decided to augment his
personal pocket money by fattening a few
sheep on the grass at the back of his student
flat on Springs Road.
Some stock was purchased at the Addington
Saleyards and all worked well until he needed
to provide them with a little supplementary
feed. Bales of Lucerne ‘acquired’ from the
College farm solved the problem, but seemingly,
over time, the escapade nagged his conscience.
As soon as he arrived on campus for the 50
Years On Reunion, Jim made a beeline for the
University’s Finance Section and ‘fessed up. He
explained he wanted to pay for some bales of
hay he had come by back in the 1960s.
Rather surprised, the Finance staff accepted
payment and the long-standing debt was
settled. Jim even has a receipt, testifying that
his conscience is now clear.
Past Students’ Association Executive members included, Alec Smith, Dave
Edwards, Donn Armstrong, John Tavendale, Jon Newson, Maurice Kennedy
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Technology’s role in
agriculture celebrated
at Agritech jubilee
Lincoln Agritech celebrated its golden jubilee on 2-3
October, starting with an official opening function at
the Lincoln Event Centre.
The opening was attended by former staff members,
directors, the Vice-Chancellor, former Chancellor and
Lincoln Ventures board chairman Sir Allan Wright,
and MP for Selwyn the Hon. Amy Adams. Former
directors Dr Terry Heiler (New Zealand Agricultural
Engineering Institute) and Dr Peter John (Lincoln
Ventures) were present, along with current director
Peter Barrowclough.
Lincoln Agritech Ltd, like its predecessor Lincoln
Ventures, is an independent research and development
organisation wholly owned by Lincoln University, with
an independent board of directors. It has a staff of
over 40, which includes scientists, research engineers
and software developers, and has offices at Lincoln
University’s Te Waihora campus and at the Ruakura
Research Campus in Hamilton.
Former director Dr Terry Heiler outlined the history
of the early organisation at the jubilee opening,
describing the labyrinth-like politics and funding
issues involved.
Technology’s role in food production is as ancient as
man’s discovery of fire and primitive “slash and burn”
practices, said Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West, and
as modern as the areas Lincoln Agritech is working
in today because “farming doesn’t succeed by biology
alone”. He predicted that in 25 years, on the flat lands
of Europe, robots will be used in farming.
The Chairman of Lincoln Agritech’s board,
Ted Rogers, said a “close and sympathetic”
relationship existed between the company and the
University. “It’s mutually beneficial,” he said.
It has had three names in 50 years of service to
New Zealand agriculture – the New Zealand
Agricultural Engineering Institute, Lincoln Ventures
and Lincoln Agritech.
He said Lincoln Agritech’s profits were used in three
areas – reinvestment in the company, building up
financial reserves within the company, and if any
profits are left over, making grants to the University.
The NZ Agricultural Engineering Institute was founded
in 1964 following Cabinet approval the previous
year. The inaugural meeting of the Management
Committee was on 12 October 1964 and from that
meeting the first staff member, Graham Garden, was
offered appointment as a research officer.
He said while Lincoln Agritech was a small company
and Lincoln University a small university, with
the advent of the Lincoln Hub and the progressive
globalisation of agriculture, “we can deliver a huge
amount in feeding the world”.
Initial financing was primarily from Ministry of
Agriculture grants and the institute was officially
launched on 28 May 1965 in a ceremony attended by
over 200. Professor Burton was appointed director
on 5 March 1965. Early research concentrated on
tractor frame safety testing, fencing, carcass disposal,
farm water supply and agricultural aviation. Lincoln
Ventures Ltd was created in 1994 through a merger
of NZAEI, the Kellogg Farm Management Unit and
the Centre for Resource Management. The company
changed its name to Lincoln Agritech in 2012 to better
reflect its area of activities.
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Over the years well-known developments have
included a mechanical blackcurrant harvester,
manufactured commercially from 1973 and sold
across New Zealand and internationally; IRRICAD,
a world renowned software package to design
pressurised irrigation systems sold in more than
60 countries; and Aquaflex, a soil moisture sensor
sold worldwide since 1991. Today Lincoln Agritech’s
focus is centred on groundwater processes, sensing
technologies, microwave sensors, precision agriculture,
agrichemical application, and software consulting.
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NZAEI’s first staff member, Graham Garden, attended
the jubilee and recalled that his offer of appointment
came from George Lindsay while he was sitting in the
chair of Alec Riddolls, HOD Agricultural Engineering,
who had died not long before. “It was a neat
completion of the circle because I had worked closely
with both George and Alec.”
The organising committee for the jubilee was Peter
Barrowclough, Yvonne de Vries, Joanne Hay, Kevin
Hurran, and Melissa Wong. They produced a history
of Lincoln Agritech and its predecessors called 50 Years
of Lincoln Agritech 1964–2014, a celebration of New
Zealand agricultural engineering and innovation.
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Lincoln University’s Alumni and Development Office
welcomed three new faces in 2014, Patrick Yeung,
Erin Eyles and Jo Brady.
Patrick started in January as temporary cover
for Penny Curran’s maternity leave year. With a
commerce degree and postgraduate diploma in
marketing, he came to the job from a position in
Christchurch city. He fitted quickly into the office
team and was immediately involved with two major
reunions, 50 Years On and The Final Field Test,
and was lead organiser for the latter. In addition to
reunions, his tasks included staffing the alumni stand
at the Mystery Creek Fieldays and attending Tuesday
Lunch Club gatherings.
Around mid-year Patrick won a permanent appointment
at Lincoln University with the International team, so
transferred to that group.
In September the Alumni and Development Office
moved out of Hudson Hall into House 61 on the
corner of Calder Drive and Ellesmere Junction Road,
and soon after the shift Jo Brady was appointed
to the newly created position of Alumni and
Development Manager. Her role is to help develop
and implement strategies for engagement with
alumni and revenue generation.
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Busy year within
Alumni and
Development Office
Jo has experience in the education sector and a
skill set covering business development, marketing,
communications, events and project management.
Her previous roles have been at the Open
Polytechnic of New Zealand, the Tertiary Education
Commission (TEC) and, most recently, Director of
Development/Community Relations for St Margaret’s
College, Christchurch.
Overall leadership of the University’s Alumni and
Development operation remains with the Director,
Communications and Development, Tafflyn BradfordJames. The senior management team responsibility
for LincolnConnect, the University group within
which Alumni and Development is located, rests with
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, International and Business
Development, Jeremy Baker.
PhD Dinner
an appreciated
innovation
The 2014 Graduation Week innovation of a
celebration dinner for Lincoln’s PhD graduates and
their families received top marks as a worthy addition
to the University’s calendar.
Erin Eyles
Jo Brady
Cover for Penny was then picked up with the
appointment of Erin Eyles, a Lincoln University alumna
(PG Dip Parks & Rec). Erin quickly became part of the
team and was thrust into busy projects as she joined
Tafflyn Bradford-James and Anisha Thomas in
organising the launch and conduct of the campaign
to reconnect with alumni (see page 39). Many alumni
will also have had contact with Erin through the
Tuesday Lunch Clubs, the University’s stand at the
Canterbury A&P Show, and other activities.
Held in the Te Kete Ika dining hall on the evening
of 1 May after the pre-Graduation visitors day on
campus, the Vice-Chancellor’s Invitational PhD Dinner
was attended by around 60 guests which included
graduands, family members, and academic supervisors.
The convenor of postgraduate studies, Professor Ken
Hughey, was the MC and Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew
West was guest speaker.
“The evening is about celebrating the outstanding
achievements of our graduands as valuable members
of Lincoln University and as a ‘thank you’ for lending
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Lincoln University’s Director, Communications and
Development, Tafflyn Bradford-James, said the
PhD Dinner was the evolution of an idea from the
Alumni & Development Office about connecting with
postgraduates as they moved from being students to
alumni, and to acknowledge the high level of their
academic achievement so they were happy to engage
immediately as alumni.
New PhDs Catherine Lizamore and Darrell Lizamore
us your minds through your dedicated contributions to
research,” Dr West said.
“The graduating PhD students have achieved their
goals through difficult times – the earthquakes, closed
buildings, and staffing changes. They have been
part of Lincoln University as we have had to make
some difficult decisions to preserve the future of the
institution. They have been here as the University sets
itself on a more focused path for the future,” he added.
The President of the Lincoln University Alumni
Association, Jo Spencer-Bower, proposed a toast to
the PhD graduands, “as they leave the ranks of
Lincoln University students and become Lincoln
University alumni”.
Among family members who travelled from overseas
for the Graduation Ceremony and attended the PhD
Dinner were Gordon and Greta Maxwell from Hong
Kong. Their son Thomas Maxwell was graduating
PhD in Pasture Ecology the following day and in
a letter of appreciation to the University for its
hospitality they described the PhD Dinner as a “great
idea generating much enjoyment and positive energy”.
They said it was “wonderful” to be with their son
and meet his PhD friends “who represented many
countries and who had been doing such relevant and
economically useful research”.
Agri-Business
winner
Two Lincoln University alumni have brought
distinction to the University with a ‘Sensational
Selwyn’ Award for involvement in the organisation of
the South Island Agricultural Field Days.
Nicola Burgess (BTM, Parks & Outdoor & Event
Management, 2010), who is a staff member in the
University’s Conference and Events group, and
Michaela Soper (BAgrSc (Hons) 2004), were on the
organising committee of the South Island Agricultural
Field Days, with Nicola working additionally as Field
Days Secretary.
The Faringdon Sensational Selwyn Awards are run
biennially by Selwyn District Council and acknowledge
outstanding achievements in Selwyn over nine
categories. Nicola, Michaela and the Conference and
Events group received the Agri-Business category
award sponsored by Izone. A trophy and certificates
were presented to Nicola and Michaela at the awards
ceremony in Lincoln Event Centre on 26 July.
“To blend academic staff, new PhDs and their
immediate families was an excellent idea,” they said.
PhDs Innocent Rugoho (left) and Kenneth Msiska (right)
with Innocent Kaba PGDipCom
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New event marks NZ Cricket –
Lincoln University relationship
the day were former international umpire, Rodger
McHarg, and the legendary Sir Richard Hadlee.
The Chancellor’s Invitational XI batted first and scored
146 for 7. Top run-getters were Sports Scholarship
students Angus Harman (40 runs off 23 balls) and
Kyle Jamieson (35 not out off 25 balls). The best
bowling figures came from New Zealand Cricket’s
groundsman, Jayden Tohill, who bagged two wickets
from his two overs, while conceding just three runs.
The University XI with Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West (left rear) and
Peter Magson(right rear)
Lincoln University’s Lincoln Green ground was the
setting for the inaugural T20 match between New
Zealand Cricket and a Lincoln University Chancellor’s
Invitational XI, played on 11 March.
The match, planned as an annual fixture,
acknowledges the special relationship between
Lincoln University and New Zealand Cricket. The
campus is home to two of the finest provincial cricket
grounds in the country, and includes the Bert Sutcliffe
Oval which regularly hosts both international and
first-class matches. The New Zealand Cricket High
Performance Centre is also located on campus, and
the University has a close relationship with New
Zealand Cricket through the Lincoln University
Sports Scholarship programme.
Making up the Chancellor’s Invitational XI was
Lincoln University Chancellor Tom Lambie, as well as
former Black Cap, and current New Zealand Cricket
Board Director, and Lincoln University alumnus
Geoff Allott (BCM 1994) who was captain. Current
Sports Scholarship students, including national U19
representative Kyle Jamieson, also turned out, as
well as International High Performance Manager at
the Canterbury Crusaders, John Haggart, General
Manager of Canterbury Rugby League, Craig Kerr,
and Associate Professor in Soil Science, Peter Almond.
New Zealand Cricket fielded such players as the great
Lance Cairns as captain, recently retired Black Cap
and now commentator, Craig McMillan, General
Manager for Grounds and Facilities, Ian Mckendry
and Canterbury Country Cricket Association
Development Manager, Blair Franklin. Umpires for
While New Zealand Cricket’s run chase may have
stalled early on, the arrival of Craig McMillan at the
crease saw the 146 target begin to be rapidly chased
down. However, after blazing 72 runs off just 29
deliveries, he was instructed by Master of Ceremonies
for the day, Christchurch City Councillor Sue Wells,
to retire, which he did willingly in the spirit of the
gentleman’s game. In the end, however, the target was
overhauled after 17 overs and with four wickets to spare.
Best bowling for the Chancellor’s XI was Peter Almond
(two overs, no maidens, four runs for one wicket).
The objective to celebrate the Lincoln University/
New Zealand Cricket relationship, and in an upbeat
way capping off a highly successful cricket season,
was achieved.
“It’s a tremendous way of fostering the team spirit
between our two organisations and emphasising
this part of the country as a focal point for high
performance cricket and player development,”
Chancellor Lambie said.
“This was a fun way to recognise the Lincoln
University/New Zealand Cricket partnership, and we
are certainly looking to make it an annual celebratory
event,” Head of Cricket Operations at New Zealand
Cricket, Lindsay Crocker added.
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‘Final Field Test’ Reunion
marks role of influential Lincoln
qualification and its graduates
Lincoln University’s Final Field Test Reunion, which
took place over 11–13 April, celebrated the influence
of a qualification as much as the friendships the
course engendered among its students and their later
career contributions nationally and internationally.
The Diploma of Valuation and Farm Management
(VFM), introduced at Canterbury Agricultural
College in 1938, ran for 37 years and over 1000
students completed the qualification. Holders of the
diploma have played significant roles in agriculture,
agribusiness, land-based industries and related
professions throughout New Zealand and around
the world.
The reunion, attended by 140 VFMers, was organised
by a committee of Allan Bilbrough, Bob Engelbrecht,
Roy Evans, Neil Gow, Chris Jones, Tom Marks and
Bruce Ryde, working with staff of the Alumni and
Development Office which included Anisha Thomas
and Patrick Yeung.
At the opening night gathering Lincoln University
Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West reiterated what
he told alumni at the earlier 50 Years On Reunion:
“Lincoln has returned to its roots”.
He said, just as the College of the late 1930s worked
with the Government of the day to develop the Rural
Field Cadet programme and the DipVFM qualification
to lift capacity and provide qualified personnel for
government land-based services of the time, so today
the country needed a specialised land-based university
of Lincoln’s type.
It’s “back to the future”, the Vice-Chancellor said.
Chancellor Tom Lambie officially opened the reunion
in the Stewart 1 lecture theatre on the Saturday
morning, after an introduction by MC Jon Newson.
“Reunions are about mixing, chatting and just having
a good old time,” Mr Newsom said who added he felt
blessed to be a VFMer. He welcomed, in particular,
popular former VFM teacher Bruce Ryde.
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He said in his days at Lincoln there were only three
options – serious rugby, socialising or study - and
“the only person who could handle all three was
Wilson Whineray”.
Chancellor Lambie said in 2014 the same issue existed
as when the VFM was established – the need to make
sure New Zealand has the human capital to make the
best of its resources.
“Because we are in the Pacific Rim surrounded
by fast-growing economies New Zealand is a great
place to be.
“It was easier in 1938 with an assured market in
Britain, but in 1973 and Common Market entry the
relationship changed. However, this has been a good
thing because it has made New Zealand more global,”
he said.
The Chancellor said VFMers represented a wealth
of talent and “that is what we are trying to develop
again for the future”.
Welcoming VFMers on behalf of the Alumni
Association, executive member Roy Evans said
personally the VFM course had been “life changing”.
It was about integrated thinking and it was pragmatic
– “we called a spade a spade”. On a lighter note, Roy
confessed to having some “conscience money” to pay
for past misdemeanours, such as a “midnight raid
from our flat on the College hay barn. And I still feel a
trifle guilty about ‘borrowing’ some tomatoes”.
Among highlights of the reunion was the Colloquium
after the official opening. Five presenters – Barry
Brook (DipAg 1966, DipVFM 1970), Neal Ibbotson
(DipAg 1966, Dip VFM 1976), Hon. Tony Friedlander
(DipAg 1969, DipVFM 1968), John Clendon (DipAg
1971, DipVFM 1972), Pita Alexander (DipAg 1963,
DipVFM 1964) – spoke about their VFM experiences
and subsequent careers.
Barry Brook said an important impact of the VFM
course was that it gave students confidence.
In his case his confidence was soon put to the test as
after graduation he went straight into the workplace
as a farm adviser, aged 21, with most of his clients
“old enough to be my father”.
“Grapes will grow in New Zealand from North Cape
to central Otago, but as VFMers know, it is not about
whether they will grow, but whether the business can
be profitable,” Mr Ibbotson said.
After a return to Lincoln for a Master’s Degree,
Mr Brook’s career took him to Tonga as an agricultural
planning adviser, to the Meat and Wool Board’s
Economic Service,the Prime Minister’s Advisory
Group (working with Rob Muldoon and then David
Lange and observing the “ground-breaking policy
changes ushered in by Roger Douglas when subsidies
were abolished and free market forces unleashed”);
Wrightson, South America and Uruguay for the
establishment of a demonstration farm, advocacy
of “whole farm management approaches”, and the
launch of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay.
He established and owns, with his family, Saint Clair
Wine Estate, one of New Zealand’s leading wine
companies with an exceptional quality record.
Neal Ibbotson praised the VFM “whole farm business
approach”, of starting at the grassroots, as a great
model for a wine business based on quality production
from the soils, to the vines, to the wines, to the market.
“We are indebted to Monty Cooke and Bruce Ryde
our lecturers in valuation and farm management for
instilling in us the ‘whole farm’ approach,’’ he said.
“My VFM background and subsequent employment
as a farm consultant/rural valuer in the Marlborough
district could not have been better training for
building a wine company as part of the growing
Marlborough wine industry.
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Tony Friedlander said the VFM course was “absolutely
tailor-made for the various roles I became involved
with”. Those roles included; “brash young civil
servant” with the State Advances Corporation (later
Rural Banking and Finance Corporation) straight out
of Lincoln, seven years as a farm appraiser, Member of
Parliament for New Plymouth (“not planned ... passing
through New Plymouth and ended up an MP ... went
in at 30 and out at 42”); Cabinet Minister (Works,
Housing, Rural Banking, Transport), NZ Lending
Manager for Wrightson Finance, CEO of NZ Road
Transport Association, and CEO Road Transport Forum.
Mr Friedlander confessed he was part of a National
Government Cabinet that “failed to adjust and let
the market take its course. It continued trying to
encourage farm production and protect the industry
through Supplementary Minimum Prices, concessional
loans and a fixed exchange rate.
“We did however make some rational policy decisions.
For example, I stopped the Maniototo Irrigation
Scheme.” he said.
Sir Don McKinnon (centre), Vice-President of the Students’ Association Executive in his time at Lincoln, with contemporaries from the 1960s
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He said the VFM principles “drummed into us
around optimum use of land, labour and capital
are fundamental to all business. So is the fact that
something is worth only what someone will pay for it.
And that is usually based on what it will produce.
“I had the good fortune to be able to rely on the
training the VFM course provided in the range of
opportunities I had in rural finance, politics and
transport.”
Pita Alexander had particular praise for his
VFM teachers.
“Harry Garrett, Monty Cooke, and Bruce Ryde, all
had quite an effect on me. I don’t remember any poor
lecturers. Harry, Monty and Bruce were good mentors.
This helped me as I came to train others in the course
of my professional career.
“The ‘whole farm’ approach was worth its weight in
gold. I call it the helicopter view. Many people never
grasp this approach.
“Living-in on campus for the three years was the right
move. I loved the after dinner coffee/tea in Hudson
Hall and the discussions that took place about all
sorts of farming issues that occurred during the day.
Those evening discussions were often debates but
never developed into arguments – logic and reason
carried the day. The forced justification of your views
in having to stand up in front of a number of difficult
young men, all of whom would or could cut you down
if you spoke rubbish, has proved useful in later life.”
He said the VFM experience taught him to listen and
ask key questions and not to proceed if he didn’t
understand something.”
Mr Alexander’s enjoyment of the VFM course
motivated him to go on and complete a BCom
degree and laid the foundation for his career in
farm accounting.
John Clendon said that about half of his Lincoln class
in 1971 were “townies”, and if it was not for Lincoln
and VFM “we would have found it very difficult to get
into a career in practical agriculture”.
His Hutt Valley High School careers adviser
recommended he should try for the Rural Field Cadet
scheme, which he did, but he failed the interview and
suspects that it had something to do with his lack of
rugby credentials.
“Back in the 1960s, if you were a townie with an
ambition to make a career in farming, it was not
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such an easy ambition to fulfil. But Lincoln College,
through the DipAg and Dip VFM programme opened
a door for us, something for which many of us will be
forever grateful.
“The pre-entry practical requirement for VFM was one
of its most valuable features. I admire the foresight
of whoever designed the educational package of
practical pre-entry. I was lucky and got a pre-entry
job in the Wairarapa with an outstanding farmer, Jim
Pottinger, himself a former townie,’’ Mr Clendon said
“At Lincoln we were privileged to encounter some
truly outstanding teachers whose lessons on the
fundamentals of life and business have stood us all in
good stead throughout our careers.
Thank you Bruce Ryde, Neil Gow, Ralph Frizzell,
Tom Marks and the many others who drummed the
VFM disciplines into us. They are still very useful to me
today.”
He made his career internationally in the palm oil
industry and runs a major production company in
Thailand.
The formal reunion dinner was held in the University’s
new Te Kete Ika complex with John Ryan (DipAg
1970, DipVFM 1972) as MC. The toast to Lincoln
University and absent friends was proposed by Sir
Don McKinnon (Intensive Course and Students’
Association Vice-President 1960).
“In the postwar era there was a need to get people
back on the land quickly and the VFM course played
its role in this process,” Sir Don said, and he recalled
the impact of teachers such as Harry Garrett and
Monty Cooke.
“I have bumped into VFMers all over the world. They
have always succeeded because the course they did
at Lincoln combined the practical with the academic.
They became ‘operational executives’, prepared to get
their hands dirty,’’ he said
He said in the years he said spent in international
relations he had visited many countries that
needed the type of people Lincoln produces – the
aforementioned operational executives. “There is lots
of fertile land out there, but too often a lack of middle
management to help handle its development.
“My message to Lincoln University is that there is a
huge opportunity to keep on doing what it does well.
As long as the University continues to do that, we will
be in great heart.”
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Alumni appreciated
Fieldays contact
Cupcakes, coffee, conversation and good cheer were
the appealing mix in the Alumni & Development
Office’s section of the Lincoln University stand at the
2014 National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek.
Liz Turnbull (nee Giesen)
Among stories and legends recounted at the dinner,
Bernard Davidson (VFM 1974) told the tale, (and
it would make today’s diplomatic protection staff
shudder) of the Duke Edinburgh’s visit to Lincoln
College in 1973 when he agreed to be intercepted by a
student delegation and delivered to the campus sitting
on a hay bale on a trailer towed by a tractor.
Also speaking at the dinner was Liz Turnbull (nee
Giesen), one of only two women who did the VFM
course. The other was Diane Brookill. Mrs Turnbull,
who was in one of the last intakes and graduated in
1976, proposed a toast to the programme’s field trip
farmer hosts.
She recalled her father telling her when she left school
that she must do something respectable in life. So she
enrolled at Lincoln University.
“The VFM course was a wonderful finishing school,”
she said, “helped by the farmers who hosted us on
field trips.”
Held over 11-14 June, the Fieldays drew strong daily
attendances and, as always, many alumni called
into the Lincoln University pavilion, where student
recruitment and liaison staff from the University and
its Telford Division also had their stands, along with a
Nuffield Kellogg presence.
VIPs who called by the Lincoln stand included Primary
Industries Minister Nathan Guy, Tertiary Education
Minister Steven Joyce, and Assistant Speaker of the
House of Representatives Lindsay Tisch (Lincoln
DipAg 1970). Alumni and Liaison staff at the Fieldays
also met Prime Minister John Key, Speaker of the
House David Carter (Lincoln BAgrSc 1974) and
Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew.
Among the many alumni who called at the site
were Daniel Menefy 2014, Steven Pratt 2013, Ian
Pepperell 2012, Maree Calder 2011, Mark Gibb
1990, Fraser Hall 1989, Paul Tarbotton 1983-84, Mac
O’Brien 1984, Peter Hodges 1971-74, Brian Petersen,
a member of the Students’ Association Executive in
1972, Lee Whiley 1972, John and Lyn (nee Forbes)
Pauling, 1970-73, and John Dickson 1956-58.
Alumni and Development Office staff at the Fieldays
site were Patrick Yeung and Ian Collins and the
stand featured the ‘Retro Flat’ décor with a view of
Ivey Hall out of the ‘window’.
She said her male fellow students were “all pretty good
to me”. She later married a VFMer, Ian Turnbull.
Committee member Chris Jones proposed a toast to
the VFM teachers. He recalled the final lecture on his
course was ontrout fishing. “It was the best lecture I
ever had,” he said.
He praised inspirational teachers such as Graham
Tate who encouraged them to “put a spring in your
step” and convinced them that “positive attitudes
would always be reciprocated”.
“Our teachers filled us with skill sets and ambition,”
he said.
Alumnus and Member of Parliament Lindsay Tisch with
Lincoln University’s Jaime Thomson at Mystery Creek
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Lincoln University
Alumni Association
The Lincoln University Alumni Association (LUAA)
is the organisation that looks after the interests of
alumni, alongside the Alumni and Development
Office of the University. A volunteer Executive
Committee meets on a regular basis to provide
direction to the University on alumni matters, and an
MOU exists between the two organisations to outline
the relationship. The rules (constitution) of the LUAA
and the MOU can be found on the AlumniLinc website
alumnilinc.lincoln.ac.nz (also accessible off the top
of the home page of www.lincoln.ac.nz).
Since the merger of Lincoln University and
Telford Rural Polytechnic, effective from
1 January 2011, the operations of the two
institutions have been integrated. The Telford
campus (Balclutha) is home to around 120
students and delivers hands-on land-based
qualifications. The qualification offering is
known as LincolnFirst Telford and includes
delivery off the Telford campus as well as the
Telford-based residential qualifications. Since
2011, all graduates of the LincolnFirst Telford
division are of course graduates of Lincoln
University, and the LUAA has co-opted Telford
alumnus, Simon Lee, as a member of the
Executive. Simon is manager of Mendip Hills
Station in North Canterbury.
The LUAA holds an annual general meeting each year
and all alumni are very welcome to attend. At the
AGM the Executive members are appointed according
to the rules of the association.
The 2014/15 Executive members are:
President – Jo Spencer-Bower
Vice President/Treasurer – James Nell
Immediate Past President – Craig Williamson
Executive Committee –
• Roy Evans
• Neil Gow
• Andrew Lingard
• Derrick Moot
• Andrew O’Regan
Co-opted Member – Simon Lee (Telford)
To contact any of the Executive or to find out more
about the association, please contact
[email protected] or call the Alumni and
Development Office on 03 325 2811.
In one of his last public addresses, Monty Monteath describes the
Rural Field Cadet history project to an alumni luncheon at the
Famous Grouse Hotel, Lincoln, on 6 June 2014
At the 2014 Annual General Meeting, Hamish
Ramsden stood down as a member of the
Executive after many years of service to the
LUAA and the alumni body. A sincere thank
you to Hamish for his contribution.
LUAA President Jo Spencer-Bower addresses the 2014 AGM
in the Lincoln Event Centre
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The spirit of giving and supporting projects and people
at Lincoln University has a strong foundation. We
have a generous and connected community.
Today, alumni and businesses continue to provide
financial and active support to the University. This
support is essential to enable the University to
continue to provide the best educational experience
possible and to compete on the world stage as a
leading land-based institution.
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Supporting Lincoln University
Students also told alumni about our fundraising for
the University’s flagship scholarships: Future Leaders,
Sports and Global Challenges. These programmes
have a significant impact on the lives of current
students and help shape their future careers. During
the four-week calling period 1200 alumni were
reached. Over $100,000 was raised by the student
callers for future students. These gifts of support
from our generous alumni will make a financial
and personal difference to the recipients of these
scholarships. Thank you to all those who took the time
to chat to the students and who gave to the appeal.
Ivey Hall Trust update: The Chancellor, Tom Lambie,
recently contacted all donors to keep them informed
on progress regarding the future of the west wing
of Ivey Hall and Memorial Hall. The University
sincerely thanks all donors to the Ivey Hall and
Memorial Hall Appeal for your gifts and your
patience as the process is worked through. An update
can be found on page 23.
Members of the student caller team
Acts of generosity and philanthropic support
in 2014
Student hardship: Steve Buck – an alumnus from
1999 – has been supporting students in need through
LUSA. Students who are low on funds are able to apply
to LUSA for a ‘few bucks’ to help them buy food and
other essentials. Steve set up a fundraising portal for
those who wished to support his efforts. Please visit
Steve Buck Rescue Fund (http://goo.gl/ayuTB4) for
more information.
Our alumni community is a very important part of
the University’s future. Your support and ideas are
valued and very much appreciated.
To discuss how you can support Lincoln University
please contact:
Jo Brady, Alumni and Development Manager
P.O Box 85084, Lincoln University
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +64 3 423 0016
Scholarships: During September the University ran its
first ever telephone campaign. Student callers were
tasked with contacting New Zealand-based alumni and
updating them on life at Lincoln today and finding out
what they have done with their Lincoln qualification/s
and life since University, as well as updating contact
details and asking for ways they may wish to become
more involved with the University.
Alumni reminiscences were recorded on a whiteboard during the
telephone campaign
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New Qualifications
at Lincoln
Lincoln University has undertaken a two-year
qualifications reform unlike any other, looking
at all qualifications across the portfolio offered
on the Selwyn campus. The following is the list
of qualifications being offered in 2015 for your
information. A full Course Information Guide is also
available (on request or to download from
www.lincoln.ac.nz) showing all the individual
courses on offer that make up the qualifications.
• Tourism Management
• Valuation
• Viticulture and Oenology
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Applied Science
Commerce
Farm Management
Horticultural Management
Horticulture
Natural Resources
University Studies
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Academic English
Applied Science
Business & Sustainability
Commerce
Landscape Studies
Recreation Management
Resource Studies
Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Social Science
Software and Information Technology
Tourism Management
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Business & Sustainability
Commerce
Landscape Studies
Organic Agriculture
Property Management
Recreation Management
Resource Studies
Social Science
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Agriculture
Agricultural Science
Agribusiness & Food Marketing
Commerce (with majors in)
• Accounting & Finance
• Food & Resource Economics
• Information Technology
• Marketing
• Supply Chain Management and Global Business
• Individual
Commerce (Agriculture)
Land and Property Management (with
specialisations in)
• Urban
• Rural
Environment and Society (with majors in)
• Land and Society
• GIS & Environmental Informatics
• Ma¯ori & Indigenous Environmental
Management
• Water Management
Environmental Management and Planning
Landscape Architecture (+ Honours)
Science (with majors in)
• Agritech
• Biosecurity and Bioprotection
• Conservation and Ecology
• Food Science
• Land, Water, Environment
Sport and Recreation Management
Tourism Management
Viticulture and Oenology
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Bachelor of Agricultural Science
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Environmental Management
Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Planning
Bachelor of Sport and Recreation Management
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Social Science
Bachelor of Software and Information Technology
Bachelor of Tourism Management
Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology
Master’s
• Applied Science (with specialisations in)
• Environmental Management
• Informatics
• International Rural Development
• Land and Society
• Parks, Recreation and Tourism
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Agricultural Science
Business in Accounting and Finance
Business in Global Management and Marketing
Commerce (Agricultural)
Commerce & Management
Design
Environmental Policy & Management
Horticultural Science
International Nature Conservation (joint with
Gottingen, Germany)
International Rural Development (with
specialisations in)
• Agribusiness
• Economics
• Finance
• Tourism
Landscape Architecture
Management in Agribusiness
Management in Agricultural Systems
Natural Resources Management and Ecological
Engineering (joint with BOKU, Vienna)
Planning
Science in Plant Breeding
Science in Food Innovation
Sport and Recreation Management
Tourism Management
Water Resource Management
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Commerce
Environmental Management
Informatics
International Rural Development
Landscape Studies
Land and Society
Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Tourism Management
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Agricultural Science
Applied Science
Commerce
Environmental Management
Horticultural Science
Informatics
International Rural Development
Landscape Studies
Land and Society
Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Tourism Management
Water Resource Management
PROFILE:
Bachelor of
Agribusiness and
Food Marketing
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Lincoln’s new Bachelor of Agribusiness
and Food Marketing (BAFM) degree was
introduced in 2014 as part of the review of all
qualifications to ensure Lincoln continued to
provide graduates, and industry, with the skills
needed to meet future demands.
A rapidly growing global population and the
constraints of finite resources mean we need
to take a more savvy approach to the business
of food production and food marketing.
Likewise, the increasing sophistication and
purchasing power of consumers throughout
the world means a corresponding increase in
the demand for a diverse range of high quality
products. Luckily this is something that New
Zealand – and Lincoln – is very good at.
The new BAFM degree equips students
with core general business concepts coupled
with the unique commercial considerations
of the multi-billion dollar primary
production industry.
Students are required to complete 18
weeks practical work in aspects of the food
industry, which includes production systems
(horticultural and agricultural), adding value
to primary products or marketing.
PhD
To find out more about any of the current
qualifications on offer, visit www.lincoln.ac.nz and
look under Study.
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Departments
of the future
The last few years have been a time of unprecedented
change at Lincoln University, as the organisation
prepares for a different future – taking the best from
the past and ensuring it is well placed to provide for
the future. One of the changes has been to re-form
the departments within each of the three faculties,
as follows:
The small, specialised team is tasked with enabling
Lincoln’s researchers to achieve success throughout
their research careers and will facilitate connections
between researchers and external parties, assist
with converting research outputs into outcomes,
and ensure the research expertise within Lincoln is
accessible and utilised.
LRI plays a key role in research capability
development, helping to foster a culture of research
excellence at Lincoln University. To find out more visit
www.lincoln.ac.nz.
Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce
• Department of Financial and Business Systems
• Department of Agribusiness and Markets
• Department of Global Value Chains and Trade
• Department of Land Management and Systems
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Department of Wine, Food and Molecular
Biosciences
• Department of Soil and Physical Sciences
• Department of Agricultural Sciences
• Department of Ecology
Faculty of Environment, Society and Design
• Department of Informatics and Enabling
Technologies
• Department of Environmental Management
• Department of Tourism, Sport and Society
• School of Landscape Architecture
For more information about what these departments
can offer in undergraduate and postgraduate
teaching, as well as research and innovation,
please check out www.lincoln.ac.nz.
Lincoln Research
and Innovation
Research at Lincoln is changing to serve the needs of
the land-based sectors.
A new unit has replaced the Research and
Commercialisation Office at Lincoln University:
Lincoln Research and Innovation (LRI).
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Elizabeth Hopkins is Director of the
newly-formed LRI unit. Elizabeth joined
Lincoln University in November 2013, bringing
extensive experience to the role, including
public good funding, R&D contracting,
business development and commercialisation.
Elizabeth has 25 years’ experience across
a range of roles, including CEO and
Directorships, in the United Kingdom and
New Zealand. She has worked for large
companies (Pfizer), led start-ups (Encoate)
and, prior to joining the Lincoln team, was a
Senior Advisor to MBIE and other government
agencies in relation to the National Science
Challenges, Callaghan Innovation and the
2012 Science Strategy and Investment process.
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Alumna Claire Grose, former staff member Dr Mike Trought and alumnus Dr Paul Petrie at the anniversaries gathering
Toast to V&O
anniversaries
Lincoln University celebrated silver and crystal
anniversaries in August with a gathering in Blenheim
of viticulture and oenology alumni, as well as current
staff members and students.
It was 25 years ago (1989) that Lincoln graduated the
first students in what is now known as the Graduate
Diploma in Viticulture and Oenology, and it was 15
years ago (1999) that the first students with Bachelor
of Viticulture and Oenology degrees graduated.
The gathering to mark the anniversaries was held
alongside the New Zealand Winegrowers’ Romeo
Bragato National Conference over 27-29 August, and
it drew together some 40 Lincoln-connected people
who had their start in the wine industry through
gaining Lincoln qualifications.
Dr Glen Creasy, Senior Lecturer in Viticulture at
Lincoln University, organised the event at Blenheim’s
Scenic Hotel, where participants reminisced over a
glass of New Zealand wine and perused old class
photos and memorabilia.
Among those present were former staff members
Graeme Steans, Dr David Heatherbell, Dr Michael
Trought, as well as PhD graduate Dr Paul Petrie.
Mr Steans, a Senior Tutor in Wine Science, worked
with cool climate grape-growing pioneer, the late Dr
David Jackson, to establish the first trials into wine
growing at Lincoln University, and planted one of
the pioneer vineyard blocks in the region at Kaituna.
Dr Heatherbell was a Lecturer in Wine Science and
a researcher at Lincoln University from 1991 until
retirement in 2007, while Dr Trought, now with Plant
and Food Research, was a Lecturer in Viticulture at
Lincoln from 1992 to 2000.
Dr Petrie (BHortSc (Hons) 1998 and PhD 2003)
probably travelled the furthest to attend the reunion,
coming from Adelaide, Australia, where he is National
Viticulturist with Treasury Wine Estates. He is also
President of the Australian Society of Viticulture and
Oenology.
Dr Creasy, who was a forum participant at the
national conference, said it was “gratifying to see how
many Lincoln University V&O graduates are out there
making a positive impact on the wine industry in New
Zealand and abroad”. He hopes to organise similar
events in the future and the next one is planned for
Portland, Oregon, in June this year.
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Ecosystem revitalisation around
Te Waihora ‘exciting and rewarding’
Environmental and eco-system restoration around
Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) is benefitting from the
energy, expertise and team leadership of Lincoln
University alumnus Andrew Spanton (PG Dip
Resource Studies, 2010).
Andy is a Senior Environmental Advisor for Te
Runanga o Ngai Tahu, with the bulk of his time
allocated to the role of Biodiversity Workstream leader
in the Whakaroa Te Waihora (WTW) programme,
in which he is project managing riparian and
wetland planting. For the balance of his time he is a
coordinator and environmental project manager for
Te Waihora Management Board.
Andy grew up on a high country farm in the
Mackenzie country and is an old boy of Timaru
Boys’ High School. He came into Lincoln University’s
Postgraduate Diploma of Resource Studies programme
after earlier careers which included working in
sustainable management and the organics industry
in the United Kingdom. On returning to Christchurch
in 2000 he ran an organics shop in Opawa and
Beckenham for a number of years until he decided
to take up postgraduate study in environmental
management at Lincoln University (he holds his first
degree from Canterbury University).
Under the WTW programme Andy has overseen
the planting of more than 200,000 native plants in
riparian and wetland areas around Te Waihora. In
his work for Ngai Tahu and Te Waihora Management
Board he manages on-going restoration and
enhancement activities at such sites as Waikirikiri
Selwyn Delta, Kaituna and Waikekewai.
He said the knowledge and skills he acquired and
developed during his time at Lincoln University had
been invaluable in his current work practice.
“In many ways we are re-establishing plant species
and seed stock into certain areas and those species
should, ideally, now continue to reproduce for
multiple generations to come. That’s a huge gain for
waterways management practices within the WTW
focus catchments.”
In his role as Environmental Advisor for Ngai Tahu,
Andy has been in the news recently supervising and
project leading the planting of indigenous species in
the Ahuriri Lagoon area. The Ahuriri Reserves near
Motukarara (about 16kms from Lincoln University)
cover the area that was once Ahuriri Lagoon, between
Tai Tapu and Motukarara. The culturally important
reserves contain wetlands of regional significance
that are an integral part of the wider Te Waihora/
Lake Ellesmere ecosystem and are an internationally
important wildlife habitat.
Andy described his work for Ngai Tahu as complex
and challenging, but he loves it and said it was
exciting and rewarding working with the land and
a large variety of stakeholders. He “greatly enjoys”
spending time in the Te Waihora area, getting to know
the lake and its catchments, and making a positive
eco-cultural contribution towards mitigation of
various environmental issues.
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Andrew Spanton on a planting day at Ahuriri Reserve in the Huritini
Halswell catchment
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China’s citizens are estimated
to spend around one billion
hours on the internet every
day, making it the world’s
largest internet market.
Surprisingly, however,
relatively little is known
about consumer behaviour in
the online shopping sphere.
Lincoln University Senior Lecturer in Marketing
Mike Clemes (pictured), and colleagues Helen
Zhang and Professor Chris Gan, have now gone
some way to bridging this knowledge gap with the
recent publication of an empirical analysis of online
shopping in China in the Journal of Retailing and
Consumer Services.
Using a questionnaire informed from existing research
literature (albeit sparse) and focus groups, the aim
was to develop a theoretical framework to identify and
analyse the ‘decision factors’ shaping a customer’s
willingness to shop online, and ascertain the relative
importance of these factors. Mike also aimed to
examine the role of demographics in the uptake of
online shopping among Chinese consumers.
“Understanding the decision process and behaviours
associated with online shopping is tremendously
important in the ever growing virtual marketplace.
What’s particularly interesting about China, however,
is not only how little is known about e-shopping
behaviours, but how few Chinese consumers relative
to the country’s population actually use the internet
for their purchases,” Mike said.
“With the right kind of research, the e-shopping
experience can be dramatically improved, thereby
going some way to retaining current customers and
sourcing new ones. The findings of the research are
every bit as important to New Zealand businesses
looking to attract Chinese consumers as it is to
Chinese businesses themselves,” he said.
The findings showed Chinese consumers viewed
factors such as perceived risk (which had the strongest
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Chinese on-line
buying experience
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influence) and service quality as key factors influencing
their decision to shop online. This showed businesses
selling online to Chinese consumers may need to invest
in risk-reducing strategies such as high-end encryption
technology to mitigate any consumer concerns.
Of particular interest, however, is the seemingly
high influence a consumer’s resources play when it
comes to online shopping. For instance, well-educated
employees appeared more inclined to shop online,
with the suggestion being that this may be due to
greater literacy, computer competency, and ready
access to internet technology.
To expand usage the researchers suggested businessto-consumer marketers could consider providing
computer training courses, or increase the provision
of public computers. Businesses with retails outlets
could provide in-store educational opportunities in
online purchasing.
Social and demographic findings included the fact
that online shopping behaviour of friends and family
appears to be a major influencer in e-shopping
uptake. This is especially the case with female
e-shoppers. The research found in China female
consumers are overall more likely to shop online than
males. E-retailers may therefore want to consider
providing online forums and chat rooms for female
consumers to share their experiences.
The research also suggested to enhance brand
loyalty e-retailers could consider personalising the
online shopping environment to align it more with
individual preferences.
The researchers found high-income Chinese
consumers have a much lower inclination to shop
online. This may be tied to a preference for more
up-market products, with the consumers preferring to
physically examine the product and take advantage
of support services offered in an instore environment.
E-retailers wanting to attract high-income customers
may want to consider putting extra emphasis on aftersale service, the researchers said.
Although the research has gone some way to highlight
the key decision-making factors for online shopping
among Chinese consumers, Mike emphasised more
research was required.
“Future research should probably focus on such
aspects as the frequency of online shopping, the
types of products being purchased, and the spend
quantities,” he said.
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Alyssum plants to provide nectar and pollen for biocontrol insects in a lettuce crop
Beating leaf miner pest the floral way
To promote biodiversity and reduce pesticide use
award-winning food company Snap Fresh Foods,
New Zealand’s market leader in pre-packaged fresh
cut salads, sweet baby carrots and sprouts, has teamed
up with Lincoln University to harness the pest-killing
attributes of flowers.
Put simply, the flowers are being used to attract the
right kind of killer insects.
The company grows Asian baby leaf brassicas such as
mizuna, tatsoi and mustards, as well as wild rocket, at
Rangiriri just north of Huntly. A major issue for anyone
growing these types of plants is leaf miner, the larva
from a number of fly species which live between the
upper and lower leaf surfaces. The leaf miner eats the
leaf tissue in such a way as to leave distinctive trails.
Notoriously difficult to control, the leaf miner pest,
while not affecting the yield, does undermine the
cosmetic attributes of the leaf, resulting in a notable
blemish which is undesirable to some consumers.
To combat this, Lincoln University’s Professor of
Ecology, Steve Wratten has teamed up with PhD
candidate Ryan Rayl (sponsored through Callaghan
Innovation), to explore ways in which particular
flowering plants can be used to attract insects which
feed off leaf miner, such as ladybirds and parasitic
wasps.
“The goal of the project is to create strategically placed
strips of various flower species among the cropped
areas to provide pollen and nectar for insect predators
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with a taste for leaf miner, not to mention encourage
the presence of particular parasites which live off the
larva as well,” Professor Wratten said.
“From these flowers the leaf miner’s insect enemies
get the protein from pollen to help produce their
eggs, as well as nectar for energy. The aim is to build
up a ‘bank’ of predatory insects prior to growing the
commercial crop,” he said.
Flowering plants currently being evaluated for the
project include the common garden flower alyssum,
buckwheat and phacelia, all of which have a proven
track record in vineyards.
Snap Fresh Foods approached Lincoln University after
hearing of its expertise in pest management through
biodiversity. Company director, Ashley Berrysmith,
said as well as the cost-saving benefits from such
an approach, the company’s ultimate goal is to
move towards a sustainable horticultural enterprise,
producing residue-free foods.
“It’s important to try to move towards sustainable,
chemical free production if possible. Our vision for the
company is to roll out a biodiversity model for pest
control across the entire business,” he said. “This can
only happen by taking a sound, scientific approach.
“Beyond the cost and environmentally friendly
benefits of the project, however, having flowering
plants throughout our plantations will add visual
appeal and go some way to tell the story of what our
company has always strived to be,” he said.
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New facility aims to boost sheep profits
‘’The true opportunity cost of an irrigated lamb
finishing block is not what you might get from
running a dairy farm, it is what you get on your
dryland breeding farm if you don’t have one,‘’ he said.
Lincoln University Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West, left, Selwyn MP
Hon Amy Adams, and Professor Tony Bywater, at the opening of the
LincolnSheep Sheep Technology Farm
A new Lincoln University education and research
facility is aiming to show the future of the Canterbury
landscape may not be as black and white as it seems.
Justice Minister and Selwyn MP Hon. Amy Adams
officially opened the LincolnSheep Sheep Technology
Farm on 7 November. It is sited on the grounds
previously used for the South Island Agricultural
Field Days.
The 21 hectare facility will be used for student and
farmer training, and field days and demonstrations,
as well as research.
Professor Tony Bywater, of the Lincoln University
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said in the
last five to ten years sheep and beef farming had
been on the back-foot, and it was an exciting time for
research in the area as there were ‘’a whole series of
questions’’ about it.
‘’The central question is how do they farm profitably,’’
he said. ‘’But done right sheep farms can compete
with dairying.’’
A major research focus at LincolnSheep was on
maximising profitability and consistency on summer
safe and summer dry production systems. This
involved increasing stock numbers to maintain
pasture quality on non-irrigated land and moving
sale stock to a smaller irrigated finishing block before
the dry period. This would mean higher numbers and
returns on the breeding unit but less water use.
Professor Bywater said irrigating a finishing block to
intensify numbers would not be capital free but would
be about one third the cost of a dairy conversion,
which, with nitrate levels coming under scrutiny, may
not seem as attractive as it once did.
Research would also look at ewe ‘elasticity’ by using a
CT scanner to measure body composition over a full
production season. This could give some guidelines on
how the fat or protein content is changing by looking
at body weight changes as they occur.
A unit at the facility was also double breeding old cull
ewes after hormone treatment to test the potential of
gaining more lambs in a season.
There would be work done too on identifying more
efficient ewes in terms of weight of lamb weaned
which could mean big differences in productivity.
This would be coupled with the increased use of
technology to monitor individual animals through
electronic tagging to gain a level of management
similar to that which many dairy farmers have
now with their animals. They needed to become
more attuned to what feed quality did to their
stock, Professor Bywater said, and hoped this would
encourage sheep farmers to use available technology
to a greater extent.
There would also be research done on the effects
on selective drenching, or not treating animals
which showed no evidence of parasitic infestation.
This would lessen the chances of breeding resistant
parasites and prolong the life of the drench.
“It might shake a few long held-attitudes,’’ he said of
the research.
Lincoln University Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West
said LincolnSheep provided easy access for the
University’s academics and students to many of
the fundamental elements of farming sheep and of
producing red-meat and wool, and complemented
similar ease-of-access to dairy farming at the
Te Waihora campus.
He said Lincoln University intended to scale up
findings at LincolnSheep at the Lincoln-Westoe Trust’s
drystock training and demonstration farm, Westoe, in
the Rangitikei.
Ms Adams wished the University good luck with its
new facility.
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Off campus
Red meat research
at Lincoln University
Off campus
Lincoln University is committed to land-based
teaching and research along the entire food chain,
‘from paddock to plate’.
The ‘paddock’ end of beef cattle research at Lincoln
University took off in the mid-1970s, coinciding with
the large expansion of beef cattle numbers nationally.
The total number reached the highest ever figure, over
six million, in 1975.
Initial work, sponsored by the Combined Beef
Breeders’ Research Committee, was on Lincoln
University’s Ashley Dene Farm, under Dr Alastair
Nicol, examining the utilisation of by-products from
the cropping industry (the use of barley straw for the
wintering of beef cows). The work at Ashley Dene
continued until the economic tide turned away from
beef cattle back to sheep in the late 1970s.
Beef cattle research then shifted to Lincoln University’s
Research Farm where a Beef Teaching Unit for
students was established. Students’ work included
feed planning and stock husbandry right through the
production cycle.
In the early 1990s the research moved again, to the
University’s Henley Block on Shands Road, where Dr
Nicol carried out a significant study on once-bred
heifers. From the Henley Block work then came back
to the Research Farm and included an examination
of grazing competition between beef cattle, sheep and
goats and involved a number of postgraduate students.
Dr Nicol retired in 2011 and recently the work
in ruminant nutrition by Lincoln University’s Dr
Jim Gibbs has had relevance in intensifying beef
production systems.
Research at the ‘plate’ end of the red meat production
chain put Lincoln University on the world map in the
1990s through the work of its Meat Quality Research
Group, established under Dr Roy Bickerstaffe with
funding from the Foundatioin for Research, Science
and Technology and other sources. Dr Bickerstaffe is
now Emeritus Professor of Food Biochemistry.
The Meat Quality Research Group’s initial focus
was on the enzymic processes involved in meat
tenderisation, an area about which, back in the early
1990s, little was known. Staff associated with this
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Prime Minister John Key barbequing steaks at a NZ Beef and Lamb
Glammies Competition in Wanaka attended by Professor Roy
Bickerstaffe. The PM was a tasting judge
group in its early days included Dr Jim Morton, who
investigated the enzymology of the meat tenderisation
process; and Dr Jonathan Hickford, Dr Barry
Palmer, Dr Gert Geesink and Dr Mohammad Ilian,
who examined the molecular biology of the system.
The importance of a group of protein-degrading
enzymes or proteases called calpains, and their
inhibitor calpastatin, in meat tenderisation was
established and very significant advancements in
meat research were made and published.
Through collaboration with the industry and meat
retailers, Lincoln University started analysing meat for
supermarkets. A major retailer, Foodstuffs, adopted a
set of specifications based on eating qualities related
to tenderness, after Lincoln University scientists
became the first to relate machine shear force figures
of tenderness to the consumers’ perception of the
eating quality of the meat. This relationship is still
used today. Lincoln University subsequently set
up tenderness specifications for Foodstuffs and its
supermarkets from 1996 – 2008, starting with beef
and lamb.
Tenderness was related back to a Lincoln University
‘guarantee’ and for some years meat in the
supermarkets which conformed to the standard was
advertised and carried a ‘Lincoln University’ sticker
affirming this. A world first for meat.
From 2002 – 2008 Lincoln University was involved in
determining the tenderness of steaks entered in the
national ‘Steak of Origin’ competition and identifying
the semi-finalists prior to the main tasting event,
when celebrity judges identified the finalists.
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“The answer is that all breeds can produce tender
meat if the animal is raised, selected and processed
correctly. However, juiciness, flavour and taste are
breed dependent. Outstanding steaks require all the
eating characteristics,” says Professor Bickerstaffe, “but
only certain breeds can provide the correct balance of
these eating quality characteristics.”
Today, in the new Sensory Evaluation Suite at Lincoln
University, Professor Bickerstaffe, in association with
Dr Sue Mason, provides sensory evaluation of meat
products, and in association with Karl Gately, he
provides tenderness values for meat products, which
are often used to identify animals in the supply chain
that command a premium price.
To find out more about Lincoln University’s red meat
research from paddock to plate, contact Professor
Bickerstaffe on [email protected]
To the big apple
In 2014 final year degree student Kieran Bligh
was put in touch with alumnus Michael Aldwell.
This connection resulted in him being offered a
role at Keuhne & Nagel in New York, which he has
now started. This highlighted the power of staying
connected with the global Lincoln alumnus network.
From the primary school, Grace Flanagan, Laura
Larkin and Miki Tiltman, joined Lincoln High School’s
Head Boy Troy Scott and Head Girl Madeleine Walker,
as members of the new generation remembering those
of earlier ones who served and died in war.
The primary pupils shared the reading of names from
the Lincoln War Memorial, while Troy and Madeleine
did scripture readings.
Off campus
In 2015 the top question is: Is breed important
in tenderness?
Over 300 attended the service, conducted by the
Vicar of St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Lincoln, Rev.
Mark Barlow. The Master of Ceremonies was retired
Squadron Leader Gordon Habgood JP of Lincoln, and
the guest speaker was Major Paula Munro of the New
Zealand Army’s Nursing Corps.
Lincoln University was represented by Professor Bruce
McKenzie, the Alumni Association Executive by
Neil Gow, the Lincoln Community Committee by
Chairperson Ivy Harper, also a Lincoln University
alumna and current PhD student, and Selwyn District
Council by Mayor Kelvin Coe, a Lincoln University
alumnus, DipVFM 1966, BAgrCom 1977. Neil and
current University staff member Dr Mark Wilson, also
an alumnus, shared the reading of the names of the
University’s fallen.
The service is a combined Lincoln University/Lincoln
Community/Selwyn District Council event.
Lincoln primary school
pupils join University
alumni at community
Anzac service
Lincoln University alumni and staff were well
represented at the 2014 Lincoln Community Anzac
Day Service held at Lincoln Event Centre and adjacent
Lincoln War Memorial.
In a new feature, three Lincoln Primary School
pupils joined the official party so now all three local
educational institutions – primary school, secondary
school, and University – are represented in the service.
Alumnus and Mayor of Selwyn District Kelvin Coe with Lincoln Primary
School pupils (L-R) Laura Larkin, Grace Flanagan and Miki Tiltman at
the Anzac service
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Off campus
Lincoln Hub —
the way forward
Off campus
Lincoln University and its environs are about to be
transformed conceptually and physically as plans for
the development of the Lincoln Hub take shape.
The Hub, publicly launched as a concept with
Ministerial endorsement in April 2013, has five
founding partners —AgResearch, DairyNZ,
Landcare Research, Lincoln University and
Plant and Food Research.
Informality at the Gumboot Golf
Future Leaders
‘Lend a Hand’
to paediatric
neurology
A golf tournament was the activity chosen in 2014 by
Lincoln University’s Future Leader Scholars for their
annual ‘Lend a Hand’ charity fund-raising project.
Entitled ‘Birdies for Brydie – Gumboot Golf’, the
Ambrose format tournament raised money for
paediatric neurology and specifically the Brydie Lauder
Charitable Trust established in 2012, it supports teams
working with children with neurological disorders and
associated problems.
The tournament was played on a make-shift, ninehole novelty course at the Vintage Car Club’s McLeans
Island property and money was raised through
sponsorship of teams and holes, donations, and the
giving of goods and services.
The principal Future Leader organisers were Kate
Downie-Melrose, Angus McKenzie, Nicole Mesman
and Brigitte Ravena. They were assisted by other
scholars, and $7500 was raised for the Trust. The
Trust is named for Brydie Lauder, a four-year-old who
lost her life to intractable epilepsy. Brydie’s mother
attended the ceremony when the students presented
the cheque for the funds raised.
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Based in Lincoln, it will have national capability
as its aim is to enhance New Zealand’s land-based
industries and create greater wealth from innovation
in the land-based sectors.
In essence the Hub is a collaboration between
research, education and industry that will enhance
the performance of New Zealand’s primary
sector by increasing productivity and decreasing
environmental impacts.
At the 2013 launch, Science and Innovation Minister
Steven Joyce said the Lincoln Hub has the potential
to transform New Zealand’s farming productivity by
providing a one-stop-shop allowing information and
ideas to be shared more easily.
Internationally, science and innovation parks that
collect together public and private organisations
in one place drive a lot of education, science and
innovation, he said. “The Lincoln Hub can achieve
this for New Zealand farming.”
Development of the Hub is timely. The Government
has set a goal of doubling exports from the landbased sector from $30 billion to $60 billion by 2025
while also committing $107.5 million of funding
to the University to invest in new assets, largely to
rebuild science facilities damaged in the earthquakes.
The Government’s investment is conditional on the
facilities being integrated with other Hub members.
In September a consortium of architects was appointed
to develop a master plan for the Hub’s infrastructure.
The master plan will take a long-term view with
recommendations around siting, staging and phasing.
Options were considered by the board in NovemberDecember. From here conceptual planning from the
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When fully operational the Hub will provide
New Zealand with a new national capability of
international significance. It will attract overseas
investment and other resources, leading to the creation
of new business that will export New Zealand’s
products, services, knowledge and technologies.
Farming, music
and family his
devotions
Malcolm (‘Monty’) Alexander
Monteath (1937 – 2014)
The words of Roman orator Cicero inscribed on
Lincoln University’s front gate ‘There is nothing better
than farming; nothing more rewarding, congenial,
or benefiting a free man’ resonated throughout the
memorial service eulogies for alumnus ‘Monty’
Monteath, who died in Christchurch on 22 October
2014, aged 76.
The service was held in Lincoln Event Centre on 29
October, with an attendance of over 200.
For Monty, who came to Lincoln College in 1958 and
graduated Bachelor of Agricultural Science in 1962,
there was indeed ‘nothing better than farming’ …
other than perhaps music! And of course his family,
described in his own words, as the “crowning glory”
of the life he shared with wife Allison.
Monty’s association with music predated both
Lincoln and marriage. According to one tale told at
the memorial service, it found early expression in a
Presbyterian sunday school concert item presented
in his childhood town of Oamaru. The vehicle was a
song-and-dance collaboration with another youngster,
Alan Nordmeyer, son of the MP for Oamaru, Arnold
Nordmeyer, later a prominent Minister in Labour
Governments. The item was meant to be a song or a
dance, but that was too conventional for the ingenious
mind (even then) of young Monty. To the surprise
of the somewhat conservative audience, he and
Nordmeyer delivered a song and dance routine.
In years to come, Monty and Alan were both pupils
at Waitaki Boys’ High School, where Monty won the
music prize two years in the row and was permitted
to play the school’s hallowed pipe organ in the Hall
of Memories. They became contemporaries at
Lincoln College.
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master plan will take place and in March-April 2015
the conceptual plan will be considered by the Lincoln
Hub Board and the boards/council of the foundation
partners. Consultation on the conceptual design and
operating model will carry on through 2015.
Monty was born in Oamaru and the musical talent
probably originated in genes from his mother,
an accomplished pianist. It found expression in
various ways throughout his life, from directing and
performing in musicals in the rural areas where
his career took him, to longtime membership of
the committee of the Friends of Christchurch Town
Hall’s Rieger Organ. Then, in a remarkable late-life
achievement after retirement from his 45-year career
in agriculture, Monty completed a Bachelor of Music
degree at Canterbury University at the age of 72.
He claimed the qualification was “preparation for a
second career in music”. Monty started his MusB in
2006, the fiftieth anniversary of his first attendance
at Canterbury University, where he did his Science
intermediate year, then required before enrolment in
degree studies at Lincoln College.
Monty entered Lincoln College in March 1958 after
a year’s farming and took up residence in Hudson
Hall. He already had acquaintances there from his
old school, Waitaki Boys’ High, where he had been a
prefect and captain of the school’s hockey XI.
One of those acquaintances from school was Bill
Harrington, who spoke at Monty’s memorial service
and recalled the “feisty little fourth former” who
always argued the point and debated things.
“Prefects tended to give him a wide berth,” Bill
said, “it saved a lot of time answering Monty’s often
difficult questions.
“Eventually Monty went on to become a school prefect
himself. He was already starting to show the leadership
qualities that earned him so much respect in later
life. In his final year at Waitaki he was awarded
the prestigious Marshall Citizenship Prize, winners
of which have typically included future lawyers,
professors, military commanders and politicians.”
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Off campus
At Lincoln College Monty was a Rural Field Cadet
(RFC), an elite group of government-sponsored
students destined, after graduation, for research
and advisory positions in the various government
departments involved in farming. Bill was an RFC too,
and reflecting on Monty’s life and career he summed
up his friend as a “man of character, courage and
many talents. His great strength lay within a very
passionate heart”.
His work at Coringa Park so impressed an investment
partnership that he was subsequently invited to
manage an undeveloped 1000-acre block on Mitcham
Road near Winchmore. As a development project
he revelled in it and turned the virtually unfenced
browntop and fescue property into a high producing
sheep and beef farm, fully border-dyke-irrigated with
new homestead and employee houses. It was a typical
achievement.
At Lincoln College Monty was a member of the
Hockey First XI and outside of sport and study
something of a prankster. His piece de resistance,
recounted by Bill, centred on the long-standing
rivalry between the Agricultural Science and the
Valuation and Farm Management(VFM) students, and
particularly the seemingly unfair allocation of study
space in Hudson Hall. Using his ‘”ingenious mind”,
Monty rigged up and hid a set of loud bells and a
klaxon timed to go off intermittently in the VFMers’
area while they were studying late at night and in the
early hours of the morning, causing them to interrupt
their study and evacuate the building repeatedly.
Monty and the degree students relished the effect on
their rivals.
In summary, Monty was among the leaders of the
many Lincoln graduates (the ‘Lincoln mafia’) who left
their marks on New Zealand pastoral farming during
the latter half of the 20th century.
Monty was capped in 1962 in a graduating class
with many other subsequent luminaries which
included Karl Jagush, Dick Lucas, Jazz McKenzie,
Bruce Ross, Bruce Scoggins, John Troughton
and Tony Whatman.
His first job as a new graduate was with the
Department of Agriculture’s advisory service in
Southland. There his promotion of feed budgeting
and all-grass farming did much to help southern
farmers survive the economic turbulence of the 1960s
and 1970s. In the early 1970s Bill Harrington took
over supervision of Keppoch Estate in West Otago
and Monty, believing he could never get anywhere
advising farmers until he had got his hands dirty and
proved he could successfully manage a “whole farm”,
took a courageous leap from the safety of the advisory
service and joined him as farm manager.
Back then concepts such as ‘sustainable management’
‘carbon footprints’ and ‘nutrient conservation’ were
new and Monty successfully promoted and introduced
them in his farming practice.
Monty left Keppoch Estate in 1980 and moved on to
manage Tara Hills at Omarama and Coringa Park in
Mid Canterbury.
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Malaysian alumnus has
assured place in Lincoln
University’s history
Ani Arope (1937 – 2014)
Lincoln University lost one of its most prominent
international alumni with the death on 20 December
2014 of Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Ani bin Arope.
Ani Arope came to New Zealand from Malaysia
as a Colombo Plan student in 1956 and graduated
Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Lincoln
University in 1960. Returning home, he maintained
a loyal association with Lincoln throughout a
distinguished business career which spanned
agricultural extension, commodity research, banking
and plantation and corporate management. In 1994
he became Lincoln’s first international alumnus to be
awarded an honorary doctorate by the University Doctor of Commerce honoris causa.
Ani Arope’s place in the history of Lincoln University
and New Zealand tertiary education is assured. In
the mid-1990s, through a major company of which
he was CEO, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, a privatised
electricity provider, he was the driving force at the
Malaysian end when Lincoln University pioneered the
teaching overseas of a New Zealand university degree
programme. Subsequently, through the association,
Lincoln University also became the first New Zealand
university to hold a graduation ceremony off-shore.
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Off campus
The association between Lincoln University and
Tenaga lasted some seven years until Ani eventually
fulfilled the long held aim of establishing a private
university, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, one of the first
of an emerging cluster of private tertiary education
institutions in Malaysia. He was thus a pioneer in
tertiary education for both Malaysia and for Lincoln
University in its international role in South East Asia.
Ani retained the fondest memories of his time as a
student at Lincoln and was always a loyal alumnus.
At the height of the Tenaga association, it was said
that through Ani Lincoln University virtually had a
‘campus in Malaysia’.
In recent years Ani wrote his memoirs and recalled
his time at Canterbury University College (where
he did his Intermediate Science year) and Lincoln
College where he did his agricultural science degree.
“I vividly remember the excitement and wonder of
(those) undergraduate days,” he wrote. “I cherish the
memory of them … (and) … look back on them with
affection and nostalgia and with deep gratitude to all
those members of staff.” He mentioned in particular
Dr Malcolm Burns, Professor Ian Coop and Associate
Professor Lance McCaskill.
Commerce graduate
produces heady
brew of success
Lincoln University’s commerce graduates can do
anything, and the proof is in their career profiles.
From working in international logistics in New York
(Michael Aldwell), to teaching finance in China
(Dr Ji Wu), to founding and running a top craft beer
company in New Zealand and exporting product
around the world. Luke Nicholas is the craft beer
man, and Epic is his brand.
Schooled at Macleans College, Auckland, Luke came
to Lincoln University in 1989 and graduated Bachelor
of Commerce and Management (BCM) in 1993.
Luke’s career in beer brewing traces back to time spent
in Sacramento, California, where as a young man he
discovered very hoppy, flavoursome, local craft beers
that completely altered his perspective on the age-old
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beverage so loved by Kiwis. A subsequent year in Los
Angeles saw him become “obsessively” drawn to home
brewing and efforts to match and better the craft beer
styles he had discovered.
Back in New Zealand, and fired by a passion to
work in the world of brewing and craft beers, Luke
relinquished his job in exporting and sought a start in
the beer business.
The pathway led him to the position of Head Brewer
at Auckland’s Cock and Bull, when it was a brewpub,
and Head Brewer and General Manager for the Steam
Brewing Company, a microbrewery in Otahuhu, and
the brewing arm of the Cock and Bull.
In 2007 the company sold its Epic brand to Luke.
The Lincoln graduate was on his way to turning his
passion for brewing into a profession and career. The
rest is history.
Epic Beer sells in New Zealand and internationally
with a hugely dedicated and expanding market niche.
Luke was named Brewer of the Year in 2012 and
his Armageddon IPA was named Best Beer (NZ) in
Australian awards the same year. Epic Pale Ale has
won Bronze, Silver, Gold and Best in Class awards in
New Zealand and other Epic beers have won similar
accolades. Luke is the only brewer in New Zealand to
have his beer win the Supreme Champion Beer prize
in New Zealand three times (1999, 2001, 2006). He has
been an active international beer judge since 2006 and,
teaming up with a brewer from the UK’s Thornbridge
Brewery, produced New Zealand’s first international
collaboration beer – Epic Thornbridge Stout.
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Off campus
Vern Clark addresses the WW100 ceremony
Te Whariki access road
carries name of loyal
university-community
advocate
A major advance in the Lincoln University-Ngai
Tahu Property Joint Venture Te Whariki community
development, close to the University, took place in
2014 with the opening of the site’s principal access
road off Lincoln’s main thoroughfare, Gerald Street.
This entrance roadway, between Lincoln’s New World
Supermarket and Challenge Service Station, has
been named Vernon Drive, after well-known former
staff member, Bledisloe Medallist and local resident
Vernon Clark.
Vern has always been a strong advocate for close,
cordial and supportive relations between the University
and the adjacent community of Lincoln township.
The Te Whariki development, now with close to 300
sections developed, features a number of streets
carrying the names of well-known Lincoln University
identities. This has been a deliberate policy to
preserve connectedness between the University and
land it formerly owned and operated for many years
as a farm.
Among recent streets to be laid out and start having
houses built on it is Goh Street, named for the late
Emeritus Professor of Soil Science Kuan Goh, who died
suddenly in January 2014.
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Remembering
the student
servicemen of the
1914-1918 war
Lincoln University, like many other public institutions
and organisations throughout New Zealand, is
involved in commemoration activities marking the
centenary of the First World War (1914-1918).
The date of the declaration of hostilities in 1914,
4 August, was chosen for the launch of Lincoln
University’s activities. A ceremony in the Library was
organised by the Alumni and Development Office and
hosted on behalf of the University by the Deputy ViceChancellor, Communities, Professor Hirini Matunga.
Participants included Major Ian Barrett of the New
Zealand Defence Force, Burnham, and historian Bill
Barnes, a former army and air force officer.
Major Barrett and Library staff member Roger
Dawson unveiled a large framed heritage photo of
the first group of Canterbury Agricultural College
students and former students who enlisted for
military service in 1914.
Since the launch, a number of families have been
in touch with the Alumni and Development Office
and Heritage Writer Ian Collins with enquiries and
information about ancestors who were College
students and served in the First World War.
Off campus
The WW100 commemorations continue nationally
through to 2018 and this year, 2015, marks the
centenary of the Gallipoli landings and the origins
of Anzac. Historian Bill Barnes and wife Heather, a
former Lincoln University staff member, visited the
Gallipoli battlefields in 2014 and paid homage at the
memorials carrying the names of the eight former
students of Canterbury Agricultural College who were
killed in the fighting of 1915. Bill and Heather took a
Lincoln University plaque to the memorial sites and
placed it by the names of the Lincoln lads. Only one
ex-Canterbury Agricultural College soldier, Sergeant
Stanley Bowker, has an individual grave. The others
have no known graves and their names are recorded
solely on the memorials.
A Lincoln University PhD student has won a
Government balloted place in the Anzac centennial
ceremonies on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 2015. Lucy
Burrows, who attended the University’s WW100 launch
activities wearing her great-grandfather’s war service
medals, said she feels honoured to be able to represent
her family and her generation at the ceremonies.
Obituaries
The Alumni and Development Office respectfully notes
the passing of the following alumni. In Landforms
magazine we like to remember and celebrate the lives
and achievements of our alumni so please notify the
office as appropriate ([email protected]).
Off campus
Descendants of John (Jack) Lochhead, for example,
have loaned photographs and memorabilia which are
now in a WW100 display in the Library. Jack entered
Canterbury Agricultural College in 1915. He was a
member of the first XV in 1915, 1916 and 1917, and
after learning to fly he sailed for England in 1917
where he joined the Royal Flying Corps as a pilot.
Grandson Mark Lochhead of North Canterbury is a
Lincoln alumnus and his cousin, Margaret Morrish
of Lincoln, facilitated the display.
GRACE BLAIR
Cultured contributor to campus life
Grace Evelyn Blair who died in Christchurch on
28 September 2014, aged 97, was a lady of artistic
accomplishment who contributed much to the
cultural life of Lincoln College during her husband’s
tenure as a staff member from 1936-1974.
Grace was the wife of microbiologist Dr Ian Blair, who
rose to be HOD Agricultural Microbiology, and wrote
the college histories Life and Work at Canterbury
Agricultural College and The Seed They Sowed, plus a
centennial history of rugby football at Lincoln.
A Mackenzie by birth, Grace attended Canterbury
College School of Art (at the same time as Rita Angus)
and was an accomplished painter. She was also a
soprano of ability and often gave solo performances
at gatherings of Lincoln College staff members and
wives and also participated in choral presentations.
Grace was a noted floral arranger too, and shared
in doing the flowers for the monthly meetings of the
College’s Board of Governors.
Grace’s daughter, Philippa Blair, is an artist of
international standing and a graduate of her
mother’s alma mater, now Ilam School of Fine Arts,
University of Canterbury.
MARY FAIRMAID
Pioneered pathway for women
Roger Dawson (left) and Major Ian Barrett prepare to unveil
the heritage photo
Mary Elizabeth Fairmaid Johnson, Lincoln
University’s first woman Bachelor of Agricultural
Science graduate, died in Hastings on 29 March 2014,
aged 86. Mary was born in Greymouth and came to
Canterbury Agricultural College (as Lincoln University
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then was) in 1946 after completing the Intermediate
Science prerequisite at Canterbury University College
in 1945.
Off campus
Mary attended Greymouth Technical High School
from 1940-1944 and Lincoln enrolment notes record
she had spent “all school vacations on farms”.
Mary’s decision to enrol at all-male Lincoln followed
a visit to her school by a spokesman talking about
university education. She had planned to go to
university but her daughter Leigh Johnson believed
she was unsure what to study.
“When she found out that Lincoln was accepting
women, she went home at lunchtime and told her
parents that Lincoln was where she was wanted to go.
Ian. She became an inspirational supporter of Napier
city as a City Councillor, co-founder and President
of the Art Deco Trust, girl-guide, conservationist and
gardener. She was an advocate for many causes,
which included education, cultural heritage and
Te Reo Maori. For her services to local body and
community affairs Mary was awarded an MBE in the
Queen’s Birthday Honours list of 1993.
In her later years Mary travelled widely throughout
New Zealand with her rucksack, often staying at youth
hostels. In her mid-70s she visited family in Germany,
again travelling around with her rucksack. Definitely
a woman of energy and achievement!
“They arranged for her practical postings to be on
farms owned by friends of the family. One was a dairy
farm in the Waikato, I think,’’ Leigh said.
Because there was no provision for women students
to live on the Lincoln campus in those days, she had
to stay in Helen Connon Hall, one of Canterbury
University’s residential facilities.
She completed her studies at the end of 1948 and a
reference from the College’s Deputy Director Professor
Jack Calder said all her work was “painstaking
and thorough”. It went on to say that “as the sole
lady student among 60 men students taking the
degree course Mary has shown her ability to work
harmoniously with them.
“In addition to her academic work she is a keen
gardener, a member of Canterbury College Tramping
Club and Basketball Club and is secretary of the
Helen Connon Hall Students’ Association,” Professor
Calder added.
He confidently recommended her for a position “in the
agricultural profession”.
Mary was capped at Canterbury University College’s
Graduation Ceremony in Christchurch’s Civic Theatre
on 5 May 1949. Fellow Agricultural Science graduates
included Lloyd Evans, who went on to win a Rhodes
Scholarship to Oxford University.
Mary was always proud of being Lincoln’s first
women BAgrSc graduate. Coming from Greymouth,
it was a huge step in those days, geographically
and educationally.
Mary went on to marry consulting engineer Basil
Johnson and have three children, Leigh, Allan and
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Mary Farimaid Johnson in recent years and on graduation day (inset)
KUAN GOH
‘Extraordinary’ contributor to science and
the community
Emeritus Professor in Soil Science Kuan Meng Goh,
who died suddenly in Christchurch on 10 January
2014 aged 78, was a remarkable New Zealander,
loyal to his Malaysian origins and proud of his ethnic
Chinese descent.
His funeral filled the Silks Lounge at Christchurch’s
Addington Raceway to capacity and was attended by
public figures from the many facets of the community
Off campus
Christchurch’s Mayor Lianne Dalziel described him
as an “extraordinary man who served with quiet
dignity and integrity” and she drew attention to
his historic role initiating the process that led to the
Government’s apology to the New Zealand Chinese
community for the discriminatory poll tax imposed
on Chinese migrants between 1881 and 1944. He met
personally with Prime Minister Helen Clark on the
matter and delivered the apology acceptance speech
in Parliament.
Agriculture at Massey University in 1961 and
from there his pattern of academic dedication and
achievement was set. In his subsequent career as
a soil scientist and academic he went on to receive
numerous top honours and awards, but he was
always quiet, self-effacing and supportive of others.
He joined the staff at Lincoln College in 1971 and
in his career at Lincoln was appointed Professor
(Personal Chair) in Soil Science and, on retirement,
Emeritus Professor. In 1999 he was made an Officer
of the NZ Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to soil
science and the community. He was also a Fellow of
the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Off campus
with which he was involved; academics and
colleagues representing his university connections,
family members, friends, and anonymous citizens
and acquaintances whose lives he had touched.
Professor Goh retired from Lincoln University in
2008 but continued with international expert science
consultancies, such as for the United Nations in
Vienna, and academically in New Zealand as an
assessor for the Performance Based Research Fund
(PBRF). His work as a long-serving Justice of the
Peace, also continued. Whilst a man of outstanding
academic and public achievements, Kuan was also
a devoted and loving husband and father, faithful
colleague and loyal friend.
STEWART MEYER
Coopworth involvement among jobs
Emeritus Professor Kuan Goh
Weng Kei Chen of the Christchurch Multicultural
Council described him as a “champion of ethnic
issues in New Zealand”’ and said his vision was to
make New Zealand a “place everyone could be proud
to call home”.
Other high level tributes referred to Professor Goh as
a “very significant human being” and that “the world
was a better place for his life”.
Professor Goh was foundation President of the NZ
Federation of Ethnic Councils and a past President
and Vice-President of the NZ Chinese Association.
Professor Goh came to New Zealand as a Colombo
Plan Scholar in 1957. He was Senior Scholar in
George Stewart Meyer, who died in Christchurch on
20 June 2014, aged 77, was a staff member at Lincoln
College who assisted farming operations in a number
of capacities. He was also something of a character
noted for his active and imaginative mind, constant
stream of ideas, and above all the energy and drive to
give things a go. His life and career is well described
in an autobiography he wrote in 2005 The Bark That
Opened Many Doors.
Born in South Canterbury and brought up on a sheep
and cattle farm, Stewart attended Waimate High
School where he studied agriculture and topped New
Zealand in School Certificate Agriculture in his year.
From school he was in the Waimate Young Farmers
Club, the Waimate A&P Show Committee, the Rifle
Club, Drainage Board and other South Canterbury
rural organisations and activities.
After marriage and moving to Riccarton in
Christchurch he decided to go out to Lincoln College
to see if there was any chance of getting a job there.
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He describes his arrival in the book.
Off campus
“I just got out of the car near to a side door to Ivey
Hall and out walked a man who said “you look as
if you might be lost” to which I said “you might be
right”. He replied “Well what are you looking for?” I
answered “I am looking for a job”. When I explained
that I had grown up on a sheep and cattle farm in
South Canterbury and farmed mixed-farming on my
own account for several years, he said “By Jove, you
might be the man I am looking for”.
“That was my first meeting with Professor Ian Coop
and we became very close friends right through to his
retirement and death.”
Professor Coop’s colleague Vern Clark, tells the following
story which illustrates Stewart’s imaginative mind and
energy. Stewart was working as Vern’s technician.
“We were doing a research study on the udder size
of ewes to see if it was related to milk quantity and
bought some Poll Dorsets for our investigation. At
lambing and lactation the ewes’ udders were copious
and dragging on the ground. “We’ll fix this,” said
Stewart, and getting hold of some sacking, he cut and
sewed a range of brassieres which he fitted to the ewes
to support their udders, with holes cut for their teats
to protrude.”
The title of Stewart’s autobiography refers to another
of his innovative ideas – the commercial utilisation
of bark chips. It’s a great story. Read about it in his
book. It is in the Lincoln University library.
GLAMIS NIEDERER
Royal castle gave distinctive name
Alumnus Glamis Niederer, who died in Queensland,
Australia, on 25 November 2013, aged 87, lived with
distinctive names. The surname is of central European
origin and in an unpublished autobiography From
Gorge Road to Surfers Glamis (or Glam as he was
better known) explained his parents named him
after Glamis Castle in Scotland. It was the birthplace
of the Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth the
Queen Mother) who was touring New Zealand with
the Duke of York (later King George VI) at the time
of his birth. With six children already in the family,
suggestions for names were canvassed when the new
baby arrived.
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Glamis was born in Invercargill on 30 October 1926,
and his parents farmed at Gorge Road south-east
of the city. He attended Otago Boys’ High School in
Dunedin and entered Lincoln College as a Rural
Field Cadet in 1944, completing a DipAg and
DipVFM (1949).
After graduation he worked for the State Advances
Corporation (later Rural Bank) for 20 years and rose
to District Appraiser in Invercargill. He then moved
to Southland Farmers’ Co-Operative Association and
subsequently became General Manager of JE Watson
Ltd, later part of Yates Corporation. Positions held
during his career include President of the NZ Institute
of Valuers, foundation President of the NZ Society of
Farm Management in Southland, and President of the
Institute of Management in Southland.
In the late 1980s Glam and his wife Lurline moved
to Australia, ostensibly in retirement, but he became
involved in managing properties in Queensland and
eventually took up Australian citizenship.
RUSSELL SHORT
Popular welding instructor
A long-serving staff member in the Agricultural
Engineering Department, Russell Short died in
retirement in Christchurch on 1 September 2014 aged
82. Russell was appointed to the Lincoln College staff
as an instructor in 1967. He held the professional
qualification MNZIW (Member of the New Zealand
Institute of Welding) and was an enthusiastic
and popular teacher who taught generations of
diploma and other students who passed through the
welding courses which were then part of the College
agricultural programmes.
PETER TIERNEY
Esteemed in valuation profession
Peter Edward Tierney who died in Tauranga on 18
May 2014, aged 84, entered the Rural Field cadet
programme at Canterbury Agricultural College in
1948 and was awarded the College’s Gold Medal
for topping his Diploma in Valuation and Farm
Management class (first equal) in 1952.
Off campus
From Lincoln, the former Wellington College pupil,
went on to an eminent career in the valuation
profession, and another medal – New Zealand’s 1990
Commemoration Medal awarded in recognition of his
contributions to New Zealand.
Off campus
At Wellington College Peter was an outstanding
pupil and played in both the first XV and first XI.
During school holiday visits to an uncle’s farm in
the Marlborough Sounds he developed an interest
in farming and subsequently applied for one of the
Government’s elite Rural Field Cadetships. He was
successful and it led to Lincoln.
At Lincoln he was a member of the first XV in 1951
and 1952, earned a rugby blazer, and was a member
of the Rugby Football Committee in 1952.
After graduation Peter was appointed to the New
Zealand Valuation Department and served from 1953
to 1976. Positions held included District Valuer for
Rotorua/Tauranga, Supervising Valuer Palmerston
North, and later in Hamilton where he was
responsible for all of the rural work in the northern
half of the North island.
In 1976 he became a public valuer in Tauranga and
joined the firm in which he became a senior partner,
Jones Tierney and Green. There he became nationally
prominent in the profession for his expertise in forestry
and rural matters, and he made a huge contribution to
improving the practice of valuation at that time.
Peter was elected President of the NZ Institute of Valuers
in 1979 – a reflection of the esteem in which he was
held by the profession. He was President through to
1981, led a New Zealand delegation to the Pan Pacific
Conference of Valuers in Japan and was deputy leader
for a delegation to a Valuers Congress in Melbourne.
Peter presented papers to valuation conferences
in New Zealand and overseas and served on the
Valuers’ Registration Board from 1984-1996, and did
outstanding work improving standards and ethics in the
property valuation profession throughout New Zealand.
Beyond his professional career, and dedication to his
wife Julia and children, Peter undertook a number of
successful orcharding enterprises.
The NZ Institute of Valuers honoured Peter with Life
Membership in 1996. The citation said he had been
recognised throughout his career as a leader with an
incisive min, and had been a guide and mentor to a
large number of valuers, as well as a very valuable
member of his profession.
Arthur Trotter
ARTHUR TROTTER
Served farming and community
Arthur Sinclair Trotter who died in Invercargill on
3 July 2014, aged 98, was a Diploma of Agriculture
student at Canterbury Agricultural College in 193839. Records show he left in the second term of 1939
because he was “required at home”. This is likely to
have been connected with the departure of his two
older brothers who went overseas at the outbreak of
the Second World War. One was killed in action in
North Africa.
Arthur spent his life in Southland, most of it on the
family farm ‘Roslin’ at Woodlands, north east of
Invercargill. He was an active Young Farmers Club
member in Dunedin and it was through a scholarship
from the club that he went to Canterbury Agricultural
College. He spent over 30 years with the YFC
organisation and was awarded life membership.
At the time of his death Arthur was New Zealand’s
longest serving Justice of the Peace. He was gazetted
on 27 July 1945 and had remained in office until
his death. He was awarded Life Membership of the
Southland JP Association in 2003.
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“Mum and dad celebrated their 50th Wedding
Anniversary at the University and Dad’s 90th
birthday in 2006 was marked with a special
celebration on the campus hosted by the Soil Science
Department and Mum was there to help celebrate
with him.
Off campus
“When our home in Cashmere Road was built, a team
of strong young men arrived to dig out a swimming
pool. The pool was never built but the cavity became
a sunken garden big enough to be the dining place
for a grand-daughter’s wedding.”
Edna, ‘The Prof’, the children and extended family
delighted in holidaying on Banks Peninsula, and
family members still do so today.
EDNA WALKER
Campus was her home
A link with the fabric of campus family life which
characterised Lincoln in its college days was parted
with the death of Edna Walker in Christchurch on 17
September 2014, aged 98.
Edna was the wife of Professor TW Walker, who held
the chair in soil science at Lincoln College. Along with
numerous other staff families she lived on campus
with her husband and children for many years.
The Walkers (pictured above) arrived in New Zealand
in 1952 and took up residence in a College house.
Edna and ‘The Prof’ threw themselves into campus
life. Daughter Jen describes the experience:
“The College environment was our home. And we
didn’t just live on campus, the campus came to our
home. Dad brought his work home in the people
who came to our house – No. 84 on Ellesmere
Junction Road. Students would help Mum and Dad
by being our babysitters when they had to go out to
engagements and some remained our friends for life,
such as Alan Nordmeyer who came and helped in the
garden right up to Dad’s death.
“We regularly had overseas students in our home
cooking their traditional meals, people like Buda
Thapa from Nepal. His gift of a Gurkha knife is a
treasured family heirloom,” she said.
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Two prominent kuia who gave long and loyal service
to Lincoln University died within three weeks of one
another in 2014. Marion Elaine Rereao Tickell and
Maria ‘Aunty Ake’ Johnson were both important
tangata whenua participants at Lincoln University
ceremonies over many years.
MARIA ‘AUNTY AKE’
JOHNSON
Passionate supporter of Lincoln University
Maria ‘Aunty Ake’ Johnson, who died on 8 May
2014 aged 90, was a kuia at Ngati Moki Marae, Te
Taumutu Runanga, and a member of the Kaunihera
Kaumatua of Ngai Te RuahikihikiKi Taumtutu.
She will be remembered by alumni for her role in
graduations, and at powhiri and other ceremonial
occasions. Aunty Ake was an extremely passionate
supporter of Lincoln University. She was born,and
grew up, in the district and was raised at Te Waihora
- ‘the lake’ (Ellesmere). She often reminisced about a
time when the lake was so crystal clear it was possible
to row out to the middle and see the lakebed.
In 2014 Te Taumutu Runanga gifted the tipuna
names Te Waihora as the name for Lincoln
University’s Selwyn campus, and the traditional
name for the lake - Te Kete Ika, as the name for the
University’s new dining hall/restaurant/function
centre. Aunty Ake had a great affinity with the
University and took every opportunity to represent
manawhenua/Taumutu at its many events.
Off campus
MARION ELAINE
REREAO TICKELL
Elaine Tickell, who died on 22 April was the
University’s Kaikaranga manuhiri at graduations
in Christchurch Town Hall and at the preceding
celebrations of Maori achievement Ra Whakamana
held on the campus. Alumni will remember her
important role at Graduations providing the karanga
(call) alongside the pounamu bearer, signifying the
start of ceremony. Lincoln University’s Deputy ViceChancellor Communities, Professor Hirini Matunga,
said he often joked with Elaine that she was an
‘essential service’, that Graduation could not start
without her. Elaine’s tangi was held at Te Rangimarie
Centre, Christchurch, and she was then returned to
her family cemetery at Mangamaunu, Kaikoura.
STAFF PROFILE:
Thirty seconds with ...
Peter Magson
Peter manages the Recreation
Centre, Sports Scholarship
Programme and the
competitive sports clubs on
campus, and has worked at
Lincoln University for 20 years.
Prior to Lincoln he was a
physical training instructor in
the South African Navy, then worked in London for
six years for the Holmes Place Barbican Health Club.
Peter says his vision for Lincoln University is to
embrace the “Live Well” strategy across the whole
campus and for Lincoln to be known as “the
university with the best sports and sports development
programmes in New Zealand.”
Peter said he is delighted new sports branding will
be released in 2015 and supporters gear will be sold
out the campus bookshop. A key project for 2015
and 2016 will be the redevelopment of the sports and
recreation facilities.
Off campus
Provided ‘essential service’ to graduations
Lincoln study a good
foundation for role
with ATS
Plant science programmes included by Sophie
Lilley in her agricultural commerce studies
at Lincoln University have had useful on-thejob application in her work with Ashburton
Trading Society (ASB).
“I started employment with ATS in November
2013 and my role within the business is in
retail sales, managing agrichemicals out of the
Methven store.
“A period working under the arable and
pastoral key account manager on the road
has been a stepping stone in the business,
providing me with exposure to crop
management and giving me an understanding
of where different chemicals fit within systems.
“A key part of my role has been understanding
the range of customer requirements
appropriate to different farming systems.
“It is so important for building business
relationships to gain an appreciation
of a client farmer’s day-to-day business.
The practical work component of Lincoln
University’s agricultural degrees helps well in
preparing you in this respect.
“Plant and crop papers were my focus at
Lincoln University and it has given me a lot
of valuable background in crop physiology,
husbandry and management practices.
“From a business perspective, the commerce
component of my studies has also been an
important link in bringing the cooperative
structure and management aspects together.”
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Lincoln finds new
partner in China
Off campus
Lincoln University has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Yili Industrial Group
in China to explore innovative technologies for
improving processing, manufacturing and quality
assurance in dairy across the whole value chain.
The MoU is the first step in a business relationship
considered to be of notable value to both parties, its
significance reflected in the document having been
witnessed by China’s President Xi Jinping at the
Agri-Tech Industry Showcase in Auckland, during
the President’s visit in November.
Yili is one of China’s largest processers and
manufacturers of dairy products. The company has
previously entered into a similar relationship with
Wageninigen University in the Netherlands, which
has since advanced to include the establishment of
a research and development centre on the Dutch
University’s campus. Of significance also is that
Wageninigen is part of the Euroleague of Life Sciences,
of which Lincoln is one of just four international
partners, alongside China Agricultural University.
working farmers to farm more productively and
profitably with environmental integrity and harmony.
The Waikato arrangement centres on a dairy farm
operated by St Peter’s School which, with Lincoln
University assistance, will now be developed into a
state-of-the art demonstration dairy farm combining
best on-farm practice with robust science.
“The St Peter’s School-Lincoln University
Demonstration Farm will represent the realities of
dairy farming in the region through on-site field days,
on-line research and education through the St Peter’s
and Lincoln University curricula,” Dr West said at the
launch of the partnership on 14 August.
“We anticipate a high level of interest from students
at St Peter’s and other schools, existing and potential
dairy farmers and the public in general.
“The farm will be a ‘best practice dairy farm in action’,
able to be observed and studied, not just physically but
the strategy, practice data and results achieved.”
Lincoln’s Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West, along with
Yili’s Chairman Mr Pan Gang, met with President Xi
and Prime Minster John Key during the witnessing of
the document signing.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy with St Peter’s students
Lincoln University and
St Peter’s School to
demonstrate best-practice
dairying in the Waikato
Lincoln University has grown its portfolio of farms
and farming partnerships by 25 percent in two years
and in August a dairying connection in the Waikato
was launched with the signing of an agreement with
St Peter’s School, Cambridge.
The University has grown its portfolio for one reason
only, Vice-Chancellor, Dr Andrew West said – to train
and educate young people in farming, and to help
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The farm will be governed by a committee made up
of leading Waikato dairy farmers, scientists from
Lincoln University and sponsors who make significant
contributions to the farm infrastructure.
The Demonstration Dairy Farm has set its sights
on being in the top three percent of farms in the
region for both profitability and environmental
performance. Its overall aim is to promote the
sustainable development of profitable dairying,
principally in the Waikato but also in the greater
North Island.
This will be achieved through the implementation
of proven scientific research, best practice farming
coupled with the scientific monitoring of impacts in a
collaborative environment with farmers.
Off campus
Minister Guy said that while the farm’s goals are
focused on the Waikato Region, benefits will extend
across New Zealand.
“The goal for agriculture in New Zealand is to double
current revenue to $65 billion by 2025. That can only
be achieved by demonstrating that it is possible to be
productive and profitable without compromising the
environment. This farm, bordering the Waikato River,
provides the perfect setting for such a demonstration.”
International
alumnus a
scientist of
distinction
internationally significant contribution to animalagriculture. Dr Canagasaby was the first Asian and
developing country recipient of this award.
Dr Canagasaby says that these awards and the
contributions they recognise ‘go back to my early
interest in animal science and the mentoring
influence of Professor Ian Coop at Lincoln College.’
Off campus
The Minister for Primary Industries, Hon. Nathan
Guy, attended the launch along with Fonterra
Chairman John Wilson, the Chair of the Waikato
Regional Council Paula Southgate, the Chair of St
Peter’s Trust Board David Heald, the Principal of St
Peter’s School Stephen Robb, and Lincoln University’s
Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West.
Dr Canagasaby, from Malaysia, graduated Bachelor
of Agriculture Science from Lincoln in 1961 and went
on to complete a master’s degree in Malaya and a
PhD in Britain. He holds many international awards
for his work in animal nutrition, animal production
and crop-livestock research.
During his time at Lincoln he was a member of the
1st Cricket XI.
Today Dr Canagasaby is a consulting tropical animal
production specialist based in Kuala Lumpur. His
most recent contribution to the literature in his fields
of interest is a paper ‘The search for efficiency in
the management of natural resources’ published
in Outlook on AGRICULTURE Vol 43, No 1, 2014.
The paper reviews issues and sets out options for
improving the management of natural resources to
support agricultural development. Dr Canagasaby
says that agriculture must continue to spearhead its
vital role in food systems. Agricultural systems are
dynamic and flexible, he says, but there must be
continuing innovation.
High honour from the Animal Nutrition Society
of India has been accorded to Lincoln University
alumnus Dr Canagasaby Devendra, with the
presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dr Canagasaby, who was Lincoln University’s Alumni
International Medal winner in 2004, received the
Lifetime Award in April 2014 at the Indian Animal
Nutrition Society’s international conference in
Bangalore on climate resilient livestock feeding
systems for global food security. Dr Canagasaby
presented a keynote address at the conference titled
‘Climate change and the challenges of sustainable
animal-agriculture in Asia’.
The Lifetime Achievement Award follows another
top international award made to Dr Canagasaby
in October 2013 at the 11th World Conference on
Animal Production in Beijing. There he received the
Third International Animal-Agriculture Award made
by the World Association of Animal production. This
was given in recognition of his outstanding and
Dr Canagasaby
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Off campus
Westoe generosity expands
University’s North Island presence
Off campus
Lincoln University’s impact on agricultural education
and training in New Zealand received exciting new
impetus on 26 August with the launch of the
Lincoln-Westoe Trust and the Westoe Training Farm
in Rangitikei, between Bulls and Marton.
Westoe Farm, a 418-hectare property on two terraces
bounded by State Highway One to the west and
the Rangitikei River to the east, and developed
on some of the best soils in the region, is and will
remain dedicated to the sheep and beef industries,
highlighting the importance of sheep and beef
farming in New Zealand, worth around $6.5 billion
annually to the New Zealand economy.
“The vitality of the sheep and beef industries is
tremendously important to New Zealand yet they are
under significant pressure from dairying and from
increasingly stringent environmental regulations,”
said Lincoln University’s Chancellor, Tom Lambie, at
the launch of the Trust and training farm.
The farm was gifted to the Trust, made up of
Chancellor Tom Lambie (chair), the Vice-Chancellor
Dr Andrew West, Lincoln University’s General
Manager of Corporate Services Murray Dickson,
benefactor Jim Howard, and notable Rangitikei
farmer David Marshall.
Westoe Farm is going to be a platform from which
to help sheep and beef farmers in New Zealand, said
Mr Lambie.
Westoe Farm will now form a permanent base in the
lower North Island upon which Lincoln University,
through LincolnFirst Telford, will be able to deliver
vocational training.
“By this we mean that Lincoln University will train
and qualify young people well-prepared to work on
sheep and beef farms. We will also train students in
arboriculture and horticulture at Westoe.”
Lincoln University will use Westoe as a demonstration
farm in the finishing of lambs and the raising and
finishing of beef cattle. The University will replicate its
highly successful Lincoln demonstration dairy farm
at Westoe except that at Westoe, for the first time, the
University will demonstrate dry stock finishing.
The creation of Westoe as a training and
demonstration base in sheep and beef farming sits
neatly with the Memorandum of Understanding the
University has with Ngati Apa iwi.
Every effort will be made to use Westoe Farm to train
the youth of Ngati Apa and hopefully other regional
iwi, said the Chancellor.
Westoe Farm has been gifted to the Lincoln Westoe
Trust by Jim and Diana Howard, well known local
farmers and philanthropists, who have given it to the
young people of Aotearoa for training in the crafts of
sheep and beef farming.
Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West described the
gift as an example of ‘incredible generosity and
philanthropy’ and said the Howard family’s donation
will make a ‘major contribution to the wellbeing of
youth and of farming in New Zealand’. Mr Howard,
whose uncle gave the land for Smedley Station and
Cadet Training Farm in Central Hawke’s Bay, said
he had been working for 10 years to establish such
a venture.
Westoe Farm will be managed by the Duncan Land
Company which also operates hill country stations
west of Hunterville.
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The last word
Services to agriculture acknowledged in Honours List
The last word
Prominent New Zealand plant scientist Dick Lucas, a
Lincoln University alumnus (BAgrSc 1962) and former
staff member (1974-2004) was appointed an Officer
of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to
agriculture in the 2015 New Year Honours List.
Dick will be known to generations of Lincoln alumni.
Indeed, in a farewell speech at the time of Dick’s
retirement in 2004 the then Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Roger Field, referred to him as “one of those people it
is good to know”.
Dick’s contributions to the University stretched far
beyond the lecture room, laboratory and farm fields
and this was recognised with the award in 2008 of
one of the inaugural Lincoln University Medals for
meritorious voluntary service supporting the fabric
and reputation of the University. Specifically this
related to his contributions to art and heritage.
Along with colleague and fellow medal recipient
Michael Smetham, Dick was acknowledged as the
doyen of the Lincoln University Art Collection,
which he helped found.
Through his teaching, research and advocacy, Dick
has had a lifetime of association with legumes, and
specifically lucerne and subterranean clover, in New
Zealand pastoral agriculture. Here he reflects on the
origins of his interest. It is part of a longer piece of
editorial available at alumnilinc.lincoln.ac.nz/news.
Lincoln alumni will have memories of important
influences from student years which have moulded our
subsequent career directions. In the late 1950s and
1960s Professor TW Walker’s enthusiasm for nitrogen
fixation by pasture legumes inspired a generation of
legume fundamentalists. Some of us haven’t evolved
from that obsessive state and will be unlikely to back
off even if the current drop in oil price results in a big
reduction in the price of nitrogen fertiliser.
My first vivid legume memory was in the August
school holidays in 1949 as an 11-year-old in uncle
Fred McCallum’s new sub clover paddock, running
bare footed in the frost wet, dark green clover. That
paddock is in Savignon Blanc grapes these days. Fred’s
“Brancott” was the first farm planted by Montana in
the early 1970s. Eight years later Chris Iversen (Senior
Lecturer in Field Husbandry) came with us on a 1958
Degree 3 Farm Management field trip. Eddie Topp at
Waipara was a pioneer in lucerne grazing.
About half of his farm was in lucerne with thriving
ewes and bonny lambs at foot. The idea of the
superiority of legume dominant pasture was getting
into my head! Another eight years on I was running
a grazing trial on Niue Island with cattle on legume
dominant tropical pastures. So the Lincoln pasture
legume message can be widely applied.
New Zealand is famous for its moist temperate climate
where ryegrass/white clover pastures thrive. However
there is a large area of pastoral land where neither
species is well adapted. Lucerne and subterranean
clover are superior on low rainfall country where
summer droughts are the norm.
It could be argued that the spiritual home of
‘Alternative Pasture Legumes’ is Lincoln University,
where over the past 60 years Plant Science staff
have supervised postgraduate studies on lucerne,
subterranean clover, Caucasian clover, Maku lotus,
red clover, tagasaste, gorse, perennial lupin, balansa
clover, striated clover - the list goes on, and there have
even been a few theses with a focus on white clover!
In New Zealand an alternative pasture legume is
anything other than white clover.
Today the work continues through the University’s
Dryland Pastures Research Group, led by Professor
Derrick Moot. www.lincoln.ac.nz/dryland.