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Ele Ludemann’s journey has been a challenging one, but her incredible resilience, coupled with her dedication to helping others in similar situations, has been nothing short of inspiring.

Ele speaks of the importance of naming and taming feelings as part of the grief cycle, strategies for everyone to help deal with grief, and shares her interesting farming journey with her husband Grant, from the “ag sag” of the eighties through to today.

Ele has experienced great tragedy within her life so far, and has graciously and candidly shared her story with our listeners today.

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Today we’re speaking to Emily Welch, a trailblazer in women’s shearing here in New Zealand, who lives in northern Waikato with her four children and husband Sam.

Emily is a super competitive, inspiring lady who has a proven track record for success, winning the innagural women’s final at the Golden Shears and also claiming second place in the open category, the first woman to do so.

Since then, she’s built up a successful shearing business and farming operation with her family and in this episode, we delve into mental resilience, drive, and just getting things started!

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Sharron Davie-Martin is one of our board members here at Rural Women New Zealand, a community champion and along with her husband Allen, has won several excellence in farming awards over a long farming career.

 Her journey over the past 20 years is one of twists and turns, and in typical Sharron fashion, her infectious laughter and ability to tell a fantastic story, shines through amidst some very challenging times.

 As a result, Sharron has embraced several leadership roles, particularly within Rural Women organisation, and has just gone from strength to strength.

Today’s conversation with Sharron is full of inspiration, a few laughs amongst the twists and turns of life.

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Today we’re talking to Abbe Hoare, a woman of many talents, who is farming and snapping pics in the Manawatu.

With a lifelong passion for photography, Abbe has spent some time supporting rural women in the health space, before making the journey to farming life with her Good Keen Man.

In this podcast, we delve into the importance of backing yourself, how to create and establish an identity in a changing environment, and her amazing ambitious ideas that she’s kickstarting soon!

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Today on the podcast we are speaking to Kristy McGregor, co-founder and editor of Shepherdess Magazine, and 2021 Finalist in the Women of Influence Awards.

Kristy generously talks about the challenges of isolated wife-life, as she brings up her two young kids with her husband Mike, a 5th generation farmer in the Horowhenua. 

Kristy showed tremendous tenacity from a young age, writing to cattle stations in her homeland of Australia, to fulfill a curiosity. This took her on a journey to the outback and beyond where she was geographically isolated. But that didn’t stop her from being an integral part of the now well-known, Channel Country Ladies Day in Western Queensland.

Ever the entrepreneur, this has now spread to the founding of Shepherdess in New Zealand during lockdown in 2020. Today, she spends her time curating beautiful content to showcase our stories of rural women. 

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Today we have our wrap-up episode of season one of the Black Heels and Tractor Wheels podcast. Claire and Emma talk about their favourite bits from the podcast and reflect on how far Black Heels and Tractor Wheels have come. 

A massive thank you to Laura, Chelsea, Emma, Chanelle, Gill, Rowena, Keri, Claire, Julia, Jen and Sarah for taking time out to share their incredible journeys with us! 

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We can’t wait to come back and share more amazing stories from rural women around New Zealand.

You can listen to the podcast below. Stay tuned for Season 2 coming in the next few weeks! 
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Today we are speaking with Sarah Perriam, creative director at Perriam Media, well known rural media personality, and self-proclaimed ‘truthfluencer’. 

Sarah is based in Canterbury with her fiance Will, and after many years moving around New Zealand telling rural stories, she's got some really exciting new location plans for the next chapter in her life. 

Sarah has a very frank conversation with us today about her non-traditional pathway into journalism, her rural-urban observations, and her reflections on how the industry can better collaborate as a whole. 


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Today, we are speaking to one half of the Black Heels and Tractor Wheels duo, Claire Williamson

Claire is based in the Waikato and wears many different hats. Not only is she a Mortgage Advisor, Director & Shareholder at My Mortgage, but she is also the Founder and Chief Creator Of Velma & Beverley (and a RWNZ Board member). 

We are going to delve into her journey from farm kid to entrepreneur, business owner, and ideas generator. 

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Today we’re privileged to be chatting with Jen Corkran, Agronomist and Area Manager for Barenbrug Agriseeds.

She’s based in the Waikato, after making the move up from Christchurch several years ago.

Jen’s experience in the agri sector is wide-ranging, from on farm management, to overseas farming roles, and as a self-described grass nerd, now spends her days helping farmers grow the best grass they can.

Today, Jen shares her tips for younger women coming into the agronomy space, and the importance of personal growth.

Just a disclaimer, some parts of this episode have some background noise! Bare with us- it's worth it!

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Today we are speaking to Julia Jones, Head of Insights at NZX.

Julia spent almost 15 years in the rural banking sector before moving to KPMG in consulting and then to NZX.

We are super excited that Julia has taken some time out of her busy schedule to join us on the podcast. 

Today we talk about the winding career path, inspiring mentors, and the importance of looking after oneself and taking time out. 

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