Central Hawke's Bay has provided three of the finalists in this year's 2018 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
The East Coast includes the geographic area covered by the Hawke's Bay Regional Council and the Gisborne District Council. The awards are run by the NZ Farm Environment Trust.
Of the three finalists two are from Ashley Clinton and one is from Waipukurau.
The remaining two finalists two are from Raupunga and Mahia in northern Hawke's Bay. There were no entrants from the Gisborne region this year.
![Andrea Barry and Craig Pennell](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6DHY5DTTQL62MLLSL2VREO7JDQ.jpg?auth=72b0880230a67a26a63080c5f7720f9b7253a8812ed834c6ab2750c7b61a2bf7&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
The finalists are Robert and Alison Barry — Barry Farms, BEL Group (Ashley Clinton), dairy; Andrea Barry and Craig Pennell — Longrow Dairies, BEL Group (Ashley Clinton), dairy; Steve Treseder — Nisbett Taumata Estate Ltd (Waipukurau), sheep and beef; Graeme Watts for Ngati Pahauwera Commercial Development Ltd (Raupunga), beef; and Richard and Hannah Coop — Okepuha Station (Mahia), sheep and beef.