Conditions of entry

 

• For the purposes of these awards a farm will be defined as a business enterprise based on the productive or amenity use of soils or other natural resources.
• The entrant’s property must be within the boundaries of the area of the Northland, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Hawkes Bay, Manawatu/Rangitikei, Greater Wellington, Canterbury, Otago and Southland Regional Councils and the Gisborne District Council.
• The NZFEA Trust reserves the right not to judge an entry if it is deems a farm does not fit the overall objectives of the Awards, and not allocate a prize in a category should entrants not meet the Award’s winning criteria.
• The property must be an economically viable farming enterprise.
• The entrant agrees to participate in and assist with publicity of any Regional and/or National event as deemed by the New Zealand Farm Environment Award Trust. Each finalist will be photographed and a DVD will be produced. The photographs and DVD are the property of the New Zealand Farm Environment Award Trust and will be used to promote the Ballance Farm Environment Awards programme and to promote sustainable profitable farming in general.
• Prizes are not transferable.