Greg Collins
Associate Director
Joined 1 June 2025 and is appointed for one year as an associate director.
Greg and wife Claire, own a dairy farm in Dargaville, Northland, milking 140 cows. He is involved in his local dairy community, with roles on the Fonterra Cooperative Council, Northland Agricultural Research Farm Committee, and Northland Dairy Development Trust.
The couple’s commitment to improving environmental outcomes was recognised with a Northland Ballance Farm Environment Award in 2024, along with an award nomination in this year's New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.
Greg is the fifteenth associate director on DairyNZ’s Board, since the initiative was introduced in 2013.
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Governance
The responsibility of the Board is to oversee DairyNZ’s strategic goals and make key decisions on how best to respond to the risks and opportunities impacting our farmers and sector.
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Our strategy
Dairy farming is becoming more complex, which means we need to prioritise what we do, and how we do it, to achieve positive progress and make a greater impact.
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Your levy
All farmers who supply milk to a dairy company pay a levy. Your levy is invested in a wide range of programmes that progress a positive future for New Zealand dairy farming.