Ms Bremner and Australian Mitch Highett were presented with the award at a function in Brisbane this week.
Newly married, Ms Bremner farms with her husband Ed Pinckney at Jericho Station, a 1400ha sheep, beef and grazing property at Manapouri.
She is a health, safety and wellbeing advocate for agriculture — particularly around keeping children safe on farms - and has written children’s books, including her most recent edition Wool’s the Word.
Ms Bremner received the Rural Women New Zealand: Rural Champion award in 2021. Mr Highett, of Orange, New South Wales, is the founder and managing director of Bullseye Ag. His farm management company works alongside farms across NSW and Queensland with an area totalling more than 202,000ha.
He also has a cattle enterprise consisting of about 250 breeders, and assists farmers through the Rural Assistance Authority and as chairman of NSW Young Farmers.
In a statement, Zanda McDonald Award chairman Richard Rains said Ms Bremner and Mr Highett were very deserving winners and the judges were impressed with the impacts they were making in their careers.
"Whilst they’re carving out quite different paths, they both possess many of the same qualities, including a strong sense of leadership, determination and spirit," Mr Rains said.
Both would receive a prize package which included a tailored mentoring trip in both countries and $10,000 worth of education or training of their choice.
