T E S T I N G
PETE MORRISON
(WESTLAND MILK BOARD CHAIRMAN)
Morrison was elected chairman in March 2017, having been elected to
the board as a director in 2015 following more than 15 years supplying
Westland Milk Products from farms in both Canterbury and the West
Coast. He is passionate about the co-operative model and believes
it allows shareholders to have a sense of ownership, in having the
ability to communicate directly with anyone in the company and voice
their opinions and concerns. Morrison has experience in owning and
operating a number of businesses, mainly agricultural, and including
gold mining, manufacturing, forestry, aviation and a mechanical
workshop. www.westland.co.nz
RICHARD
PAINTER
(TE AWA)
Te Awa winemaker Richard Painter
was named ‘winemaker of the year’
at the 2018 Royal Easter Show
Wine Awards, with his Single Estate
Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2016
winning champion chardonnay
and champion wine of show
trophies. The Lincoln University
alumni, who completed a Diploma
in Winemaking and Viticulture,
worked in vineyards in Central
Otago, Canterbury and Nelson,
then Oregon to work for Owen
Roe Winery, before his love of
red wine brought him to Hawke’s
Bay’s Gimblett Gravels sub-region.
Located on top of what used to be
Te Awa o te Atua river (a branch of
the Ngaruroro River), Te Awa Single
Estate is seated in a prime place for
winegrowing.
www.teawacollection.com
Ask Sue Arthur why she started turning
premium cow, sheep and goat milk into
specialty cheese, and she’d say it was
simply a retirement project that grew big.
Surrounded by perfect dairying conditions
for more than 20 years, Arthur decided
New Zealand was ready for her dream
to excite the cheese-tasting public. So
she traversed the nation and globe to
experience, make and sample cheese and,
in 2007, brought her inspiration back to
the Waikato to set up Over the Moon and
its affiliate New Zealand Cheese School.
The next year she won gold and two
silvers – just a tiny selection of more than
120 medals and trophies at national and
world championships that Over the Moon
has collected. This includes Best New
Zealand cheese in the 2017 International
Cheese Awards for its Black Truffle Brie.
www.overthemoondairy.co.nz
SUE ARTHUR
(OVER THE MOON
DAIRY IN PUTARURU)
SARAH AND OTIS
FRIZZELL
(THE LUCKY TACO)
Visiting the States in 2011, the
Frizzells were seriously impressed
with the amount of good food
available from “super sexy” food
trucks and decided to give it a try.
After plenty of hiccups, set-backs
and delays, the couple finally got on
the road in 2013, after finishing a
taco and food course in Mexico City.
The most unusual taco the two have
eaten is a machito – sheep scrotum
– which they say New Zealand isn’t
generally ready for yet. Pop in, they
ask, and say hola. Adelante y hacia
arriba! www.theluckytaco.co.nz
46 ANNUAL DIRECTORY 2019
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