1. ISNZ Presentation
Queenstown 2015

2. St Paul’s Collegiate School Centre of Excellence for Agricultural Science and Business ™
Background
Independent schools and educational leadership
Private-public partnership
Where did we start?

3. The current Advisory Group
Glen Beal Campbell Tyson
Peter Nation Gallagher Group
Dean Bell Waikato Milking Systems
Malcolm Nitschke AGMARDT
Jon Calder NZ National Fieldays Society
William Oliver Farmer and current parent
Alan Cottington AGrowQuip
James Ormsby Waitomo Petroleum
Jason Cowan BNZ Business Partners
Dr Tom Richardson AgResearch (Chair)
Tony Egan Greenlea Premier Meats
John Reeves Farmer, St Paul’s Board member
Peter Hampton Deputy Headmaster, St Paul’s Collegiate
Prof Jacqueline Rowarth University of Waikato
Jennifer Seed Zoetis
David Hemara Dairy Goat Co-operative NZ
Michael Spaans Board of director at DairyNZ, Board of director at Fonterra and current parent
Blair Hoad LIC
John Jackson Farmer, St Paul’s Board member and current parent
Susan Stokes DairyNZ
Grant Lander Headmaster, St Pauls Collegiate
David Walker Spark
Doug Macredie Beef + Lamb New Zealand
Terry Youngman Anexa Animal Health & Cognosco
Tony Moffat Lincoln University

4. Video clip
What the sector was saying

5. Market Research Agriculture is how NZ earns a living
The brightest and the best
Skill shortages
Government targets
Agricultural and Horticultural Science numbers at senior secondary school are in decline
Public perception
Graduate requirements for sector

6. Conclusions from Research
There is currently no senior New Zealand secondary school course that looks to interest and engage academic tertiary capable students into careers in the agribusiness sector beyond the farm gate.
There is a national need for a new subject, Agribusiness, designed to be attractive to academic students strong in Sciences at Years 12 and 13 and to those students strong in Commerce at Years 12 and 13
Secondary - tertiary - sector links

7. Our Solution St Paul’s Board decisions
Work towards establishing Agribusiness as a new NCEA achievement standards subject for NZ schools
Build a dedicated virtual classroom seminar room
St Paul’s role
Government role
Tertiary role
Establishing partnerships with key businesses / organisations from the agribusiness sector

8. The Partnership Model
St Paul’s put together a three tier partnership structure
Three principal partners (DairyNZ, Beef + LambNZ, St Paul’s)
Up to 10 business partners (we felt we had the ability to service and maintain no more than 10)
Scholarship partners

9. Forming Partnerships Principal partners
DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, St Paul’s Collegiate School
Business partners
Potential specific partnership leverage opportunities
The co-investment
The relationship type
Nationally distributed business or regional business
One business partner from each key agribusiness sector
Business synergies
Scholarships
Naming Rights partner

11. Partner benefits to St Paul’s Collegiate School
Roll growth
Moral high ground
Leading a curriculum development of national significance
Meeting the needs of our parents and students
Raising our profile as a leader in this sector
Key profiling opportunities
Cottage evenings and networks
Tertiary scholarship and employment opportunities

12. Video clips of Launch and Dairy NZ

13. Benefits to Principal Partners
Industry good criteria met
Direct involvement in programme development
Input into first Centre of Excellence for Agricultural Science and BusinessTM lead schools
Quality control
Longitudinal research
Ongoing input
Taking leadership in the sector and being aligned with a project of national significance
Involvement in a quality brand
Functions/seminars
Advertising / branding opportunities
Recognition / profiling opportunities

14. Benefits to Business Partners
Taking leadership in the sector and being aligned with a project of national significance
Involvement in a quality brand
Functions/seminars
Advertising / branding opportunities
Recognition / profiling opportunities
Access to our students and their families
Advisory group representation – input into new Agribusiness subject

15. The Journey Continues Curriculum Writers Lead schools
Longitudinal Study
Schools of Education
MPI and MOE
Fieldays
National Conference
Advisory Group Role going forward