A Marlborough farmer has won this year's supreme award for enterprising rural women.
Lisa Harper of Sherrington Grange supplies accommodation, food and educational experiences on her farm in the Marlborough Sounds.
She has built on family tradition and skills she learned as a child to produce some of the best cheeses in New Zealand, and many visitors take part in her cheese-making classes as part of their stay.
The North Island award was won by baby products business run by two Rotorua sisters.
Maria-Fe Rohrlach and her sister Bernadine Guilleux run Nestling Ltd which produces organic merino and cotton baby wraps and slings.