Taranaki farmers Peter and Nicola Carver are pleased to be back on their farm after a trip to Wellington as the national ambassadors for sustainable farming.
"It was great to get a better understanding of how Wellington works. But it's also good to get home and get stuck into improving our farming operation," Peter says.
The Carvers combine dairy and dry stock farming on their 515ha family property at Ohangai, east of Hawera.
The couple won the Taranaki Ballance Farm Environment Awards in April then joined the supreme winners from the other 10 regions at a national event in May where they won the national ambassador role.
The Carvers made the trip to Wellington to meet with agribusiness and government leaders as part of their new duties.