“Succession Starts with a Conversation”
Description
Thinking about the future of the farm? Hear from people who work with succession every day, learn what the process can look like, and ask questions in a relaxed setting. Whether you’re starting the conversation, part-way through, or just curious — come along.
Lineup
Sarah Barr
Sarah’s understanding of the everyday challenges, demands and opportunities of rural life comes from lived experience. Growing up in a farming family and spending her life living and working rurally means she understands the world her clients operate in.
Andrew Puklowski
Andrew is a Chartered Accountant with a strong rural focus and a background in rural banking. He works with family farms on everything from everyday tax and budgeting through to succession planning and trusts, bringing together the practical and financial sides of the business.
Alana Crampton
Alana is a long standing Partner at Tavendale + Partners with more than 20 years’ experience advising farming families across the Primary sector. She specialises in farm succession planning, farm property matters, and ownership structures designed to support continuity, fairness, and long term family relationships across generations. From a dairy farm background herself, and with family deeply involved in the primary sector, Alana brings both technical expertise and genuine empathy to succession conversations. She understands that succession conversations are rarely just about land or structures, but about identity, contribution, fairness, and the relationships people are trying to protect. Alana regularly works with families navigating succession, relationship property, and asset protection in emotionally complex environments, helping create pathways that allow individuals and businesses to move forward with clarity and respect. She is particularly experienced in supporting families to address difficult issues early, in ways that reduce conflict and preserve trust. She is an Associate Member of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ) and is widely regarded for her calm, pragmatic, and human centered approach to difficult conversations.
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