MPI held a one-day workshop for manufacturers of infant formula and formulated supplementary food for young children to support implementation of the new Animal Products Notice: Manufacture of dairy based infant formula products and formulated supplementary foods for young children.

Download the notice [PDF, 523 KB]

About the event

MPI hosted 2 events in May 2017 – one in Hamilton and one in Christchurch – to celebrate the achievements of the Sustainable Farming Fund’s projects. This was an opportunity for current and previous grant holders (and other stakeholders) to share lessons learnt from their projects.

Find out more about the Sustainable Farming Fund

The forum was held in Auckland in November 2016. The theme was 'protecting to grow New Zealand'.

Find out more

About the conference

This unique one-day conference looked 10 to 20 years into the future to consider how New Zealand's primary industries can prepare for the challenges and opportunities it will bring.

For example:

• Who might our customers be in 10 to 20 years' time?
• What products might they want?
• What emerging trends do we already know about?
• How might future drivers change the way we grow and process our food, beverage, fibre and forestry products?
• How might pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals create new products and markets for our primary industries?
• What research and development will we soon need to be able to meet our future needs? 
• Where do we need to invest now to improve our capability and resilience?
• Is NZ's innovation system able to respond to long-term opportunities and challenges?

Download a report about the conference workshops [PDF, 310 KB]

Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) Expo

An expo, showcasing our Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) programmes, was held after the conference.

The PGP is MPI's flagship investment programme that co-invests with industry in ambitious innovation to increase the market success of the primary sector. There are currently 19 PGP programmes, representing a current committed investment of over time of more than $720 million and involving more than 50 companies.

Programme

Download a copy of the conference programme [PDF, 141 KB]

Speakers

The conference included an inspiring range of speakers from New Zealand and overseas.

Read profiles of the speakers [PDF, 1.1 MB]

The following speaker presentations are available to download:

Session 1 – A focus on food

Natasha Telles D’Costa

• Associate Director, Visionary Science Practice: Chemicals, Materials and Food, APAC, Frost & Sullivan
• Presentation topic: The business of health: A focus on food [PDF, 11 MB]

Bill Kaye-Blake Director

• Finance and Economics, PwC
• Presentation topic: Exports of functional foods [PDF, 693 KB]

Martin Kussman

• Chief Scientist, High-Value Nutrition, National Science Challenge
• Presentation topic: Translational science for food and health [PDF, 3.3 MB]

Steve Maharey

• Vice-Chancellor, Massey University
• Presentation topic: A food nation: The New Zealand food story and how to make it real [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Will Goodwin

• Head of NZ Direct Investments, NZ Super Fund
• Presentation topic: An institutional investor's perspective on New Zealand agriculture [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Session 2 – A global perspective

Joe Mariani

• Series Editor, Deloitte’s research campaign on the Internet of Things (IoT)
• Presentation topic: Information per serving [PDF, 1.4 MB]

Ian Proudfoot

• Global Head of Agribusiness, KPMG
• Presentation topic: Global perspectives [PDF, 14 MB]

Jarred Mair

• Director Sector Policy, Ministry for Primary Industries
• Presentation topic: The future of food [PDF, 2.9 MB]

Justine Gilliland

• Director Investment Programmes, Ministry for Primary Industries
• Presentation topic: Shaping New Zealand's food and fibre future: A summary of industry workshops [PDF, 3.7 MB]

Graham Smith

• Chief Executive, Federated Farmers
• Presentation topic: Shaping New Zealand food and fibre future [PDF, 828 KB]

Tim Mackle

• Chief Executive, DairyNZ
• Presentation topic: Transforming the Dairy Value Chain PGP [PDF, 4.4 MB]

Find out more

Download the conference brochure [PDF, 2.1 MB]

Who to contact

If you have any questions about the conference, contact one of the conference managers: Arna Wahl Davies or Nerida Ramsay:

• Phone: +64 3 332 4537
• Email: arna@composition.co.nz

The Food Protection Forum was a one day conference held in October 2015 for leaders in the food industry to learn about the importance of a food safety culture and food defence in protecting New Zealand's economy, reputation and consumers globally.

Speaker presentations

The forum included presentations from international and New Zealand speakers about food defence, and our food safety culture. The presentations are available to download:

Food Safety Culture – Session 2

Frank Yiannas

• Author of Food Safety Culture and Vice President Food Safety, Wal-mart.
• Presentation topic: Developing a corporate food safety culture (Industry perspective) [PDF, 10 MB]

Watch Frank Yiannas's presentation – YouTube

Professor Alan Reilly

• Adjunct Professor, Institute of Food and Health, University College, Dublin; former Chief Exective, Food Safety Authority, Ireland.
• Presentation topic: Food crisis management - implications for regulators: Lessons learnt from the EU-wide horsemeat scandal [PDF, 7.6 MB]

Watch Alan Reilly's presentation – YouTube

Food Defence – Session 3

Dr John W Larkin

• Research Director, Food Protection and Defence Institute (A United States Homeland Security Centre of Excellence).
• Presentation topic: Assessing the bioweapons threat [PDF, 10 MB]

Watch John Larkin's presentation – YouTube

Dr John Spink

• Director and Assistant Professor, Food Fraud Initiative, Michigan State University.
• Presentation topic: Food fraud [PDF, 6.5 MB]

Watch John Spink's presentation – YouTube

Partnering to enhance our Food Safety Culture – Session 4

Jim Flannery

• Senior Executive Vice President, Operations and Industry Collaboration – Grocery Manufacturers Association.
• Presentation topic: Findings from Consumer Information Transparency Initiative [PDF, 4.6 MB]

Watch Jim Flannery's presentation – YouTube

Greg Gent

• Dairy Capability Working Group.
• Presentation topic: Driving food safety capability out of culture (Industry perspective) [PPT, 2.4 MB]

Watch Greg Gent's presentation – YouTube

Captain David Morgan

• Chief Flight Operations and Safety Officer / Chief Pilot – Air New Zealand.
• Safety management [PDF, 2.8 MB]

Watch David Morgan's presentation – YouTube

Keynote presentations and panel discussions on YouTube

• Martyn Dunne - welcome
• Hon Jo Goodhew - opening keynote speaker
• Panel discussion session 2 - Food Safety Culture
• Panel discussion session 3 - Food Defence
• Scott Gallacher - Government's approach
• Panel discussion session 4 - Partnering to enhance our Food Safety Culture
• Food Protection Forum 2015 programme

Food Forum full playlist

Find out more

Download the forum programme [PDF, 2.8 MB]

Who to contact

If you have questions about the forum, email info@mpi.govt.nz.