Fortuna Group

At Fortuna, keeping everyone safe on farm is a daily priority. This extends to family members and visitors, and we recently ran a Safety Superhero Competition to encourage positive safety habits and get every residential child on farm to wear their new high-viz vest.

This is because we know growing up on farm is an incredible experience, but it has to be a safe one. The new vests help with that. Also, Mum and Dad have to wear high-viz too.

Congratulations to Leiyannah, who won with this snap of her wearing her new vest.

Well done, Leiyannah.

Following the takeover of Mt Prospect Station, we invited Brian from the QEII Trust to take a look. Brian's an experienced Ecologist and we're very grateful for his advice and guidance.

He spent over 2 days recording all the species on the land, helping identify special interest areas, and making recommendations to support our aim of being good custodians of the land.

We want Mt Prospect to look as good for future generations (of humans and wildlife), so this is an important step.

Everyone in the Fortuna Family is excited to shout out Scott & Stacey Mackereth and Lan Bariuad for their wins at the 2026 Southland/Otago Dairy Industry Awards 🏆

Scott & Stacey claimed the Share Farmers of the Year Award, and Lan was victorious in the Dairy Manager of the Year Award.

That wasn’t all though. Lan also won:

The CowManager Livestock Management Award 🥇
The DeLaval Pasture & Feed Management Award 🥇

Scott & Stacey also claimed:

The Trelleborg Sustainable Pasture Award 🥇
The Landpro Environmental Sustainability Award 🥇
The Honda Farm Safety, Health & Biosecurity Award 🥇
The DairyNZ - People & Culture Award 🥇

It was a good night and the whole Fortuna family is incredibly proud of Scott, Stacey, and Lan. Also, a shout-out to everyone who was nominated and won awards. The future of dairy farming in New Zealand looks bright!