"You just end up doing things which just gives you a sense of belonging and it’s a sense of contributing to your community — and it’s just what you do."
Alliance Group’s board will reduce from nine to to five — three from Dawn Meats and two from Alliance — if shareholders vote to sell a 65% stake to the Irish company.
Talley's Group-owned Open Country — New Zealand’s second-largest milk processor — has entered into a conditional agreement with the shareholders of Mataura Valley Milk to buy the business.