42 | DAIRY INDUSTRY Oceania Dairy Fostering community connection from page 40 Logan Hanifin and Oceania Dairy Scholarship student, Marcus Herrera. “Every year we award a scholarship to a high school student, mainly from the local area, who is heading off to University. We give them some funding for their studies and provide an opportunity for paid work during their breaks in any area they choose. If there’s an Ag. Science or a Finance student we can tailor their work experience to what they are looking for. “That has been hugely successful. Two of our scholarship students have decided to stay with us and done very well after graduating.” Processing some of the best quality milk in the district into some of the highest value dairy products for customers in China and other parts of the world, Oceania works closely with the 78 farmer suppliers that provide the raw milk on a daily basis. And of course the plant is supported by a myriad of local contractors, businesses, trades, agencies, and transport and logistics companies. A sponsorship budget also enables Oceania to support many local sports teams, not for profit events and environmental causes such as a salmon hatchery. “We always make our staff aware of local community events that call for volunteers and we know our staff often volunteer. “Recently we’ve made quite a significant contribution to the CPlay Playground in Timaru, which will be like the Margaret Mahy Playground in Christchurch. “We were proud to give back to the community in that way and help Timaru become a destination area. It is becoming such a vibrant place for tourism and we want to support that as much as we can.” Logan says helping the community with things like CPlay provides the opportunity to develop the region so that if staff are brought in from other areas, the region is even more desirable to move to. “We want to stay as connected as we can to the local schools and events that are going on to make the region a fantastic place to relocate to.” Oj i Fibre Solut ions Packaging 0800 220 500 | oj i fs.com Providing Oceania Dairy with quality corrugate packaging, made from renewable, sustainably harvested forestry and recycled wood fibre. Proud to be supporting Oceania Dairy Proud to be associated with Oceania Dairy Telfer Electrical Timaru Ltd, 10 Barnard St, Timaru | www.telfer.co.nz Industrial Controls are proud to support Oceania Dairy
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