Mr Peter Nation, of Hamilton, ONZM for services to the agricultural industry and governance
Peter Nation was Chief Executive of the New Zealand National Fieldays Society and served on the Board of associated committees. He oversaw the Society’s annual organisation of the National Fieldays event at Mystery Creek, the biggest agricultural event in Australasia, and steered the event business through the COVID-19 pandemic. He is Chair of the Waikato Chamber of Commerce. He was a community representative member for Waikato Regional Council’s Waikato Plan Leadership Committee. He was a Council member of Agritech New Zealand. He managed the New Zealand Animal Management business unit as National Sales Manager of the Gallagher Group. He was Trustee, Treasurer and Chair of the New Zealand Farm Environment Award Trust, which he helped establish. Mr Nation served on the St Pauls Agribusiness in Schools programme advisory board.