A very warm welcome to the first national Agribusiness conference for secondary schools.  We are very excited to be hosting this event at St Paul's Collegiate School and promise you a programme that will be innovative, challenging and educational, as we look to promote Agribusiness in New Zealand schools.  

This three day conference is aimed at secondary school principals, senior curriculum managers, Board of Trustee members, HODs, and teachers of Science, Technology, Commerce, and Social Sciences. The purpose of the conference is to learn more about the new Achievement Standards developed in Agribusiness at NCEA Levels 2 and 3. These new standards are being trialled by NZQA in ten schools around the country in 2017 and are endorsed by leaders across the New Zealand Agribusiness sector including principal partners in this initiative, DairyNZ and Beef+Lamb NZ. Interest is already high in this innovative programme that targets bright academic, tertiary capable students with strengths in sciences and / or commerce subjects.

In 2018 all New Zealand schools will be able to offer Agribusiness in their senior curriculum. The Ministry of Primary Industries are forecasting for the need for 45,000 graduates across the Agribusiness sector by 2025, so if your school is looking for a subject that offers you a key point of difference in your region, and that will open up potentially exciting school / business links and partnerships, provide career opportunities and pathways for your students, then attend the conference and learn more about Agribusiness.

Grant Lander - Headmaster

Peter Hampton – Deputy Headmaster – Academic and Director of Agribusiness

Kerry Allen – Agribusiness Curriculum Project Director