Tracey Perkins
Founder and Lead Facilitator
Tracey Perkins, our lead facilitator, lives in Darfield on a family-owned 1050 cow dairy farm with her partner Jonny and their three children, Manny, Emily and Jack. Her iwi are Nga Puhi and Raukawa. She was raised in the North Island and has farming experience in Australia and the South Island.
Tracey has worked as a rural professional in Canterbury for almost ten years, working in biosecurity and environmental sustainability for such businesses as AsureQuality and NZ Landcare Trust. Tracey has an impressive portfolio of work from leading high performing teams to successful catchment and community group creation. She enjoys giving back to the industry and has served on the Ballance Farm Environment of the Year Awards and the South Island Dairy Awards Committee. She and Jonny support the Canterbury DairyNZ Awards and their family farming group sponsors the Canterbury Region.
Tracey is a proud Kellog Rural Leadership Programme graduate of Cohort K43 and is an experienced and trained facilitator. She is the only Agricultural facilitator in New Zealand taking a trauma informed approach and with a farmer-to-farmer service. Tracey is passionate about solutions-focused discussions that lead to resilient communities and tangible actions.
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Tracey is proud to whakapapa Māori and welcomes curiosity and engagement in relation to being mana whenua.
Ko Tainui te Waka
Ko Waikato te Awa
Ko Wharepūhunga te Maunga
Ko Raukawa te Iwi
Ko Ngāti Huri te Hapū
Ko Pikitū te Marae
Ko Ngatokimatawhaorua te waka
Ko Nukutawhiti te tangata
Ko Puhanga Tohora te maunga
Ko Tahekeroa te awa
Ko Hokianga te moana
Ko Mahuri te whare tūpuna
Ko te Koopū o te wharekai
Ko Pukewheki te wāhitapu
Ko Ngāti Pakau te hapu
Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi
Ko Mahuri te Marae