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🌱💚 An inspiring community event bringing rural communities together for an important conversation around resilience and wellbeing. 🤝

You don’t want to miss this one!!

Rural Support Trust are proud to bring you this free community event with Willie Apiata VC.

Carterton Events Centre | Wednesday, May 27 | Doors open 6.00pm

Willie Apiata has faced situations most of us could never imagine, but the lessons he shares around resilience, looking out for your mates and checking in on yourself are relevant to all. This will be a powerful night with plenty of relatable conversation.

We’re looking forward to bringing people together from rural communities right across the Wairarapa for what will be a fantastic night.

A huge thank you to the amazing sponsors and supporters helping make this event possible:

National Event Partners:
BDO New Zealand, Craigs Investment Partners, Fonterra, Greenlea Foundation Trust, Farmlands Co-operative, Property Brokers, Rural Industry Leaders, Pioneer Brand Products NZ, Power Farming New Zealand, Ravensdown

Community Partners:
NZ Young Farmers, Farmstrong

Local Partners:
Shoreside Building, Rabobank Masterton

Light food included, cash bar available.

REGISTRATIONS ESSENTIAL - https://events.humanitix.com/are-you-ok-with-willie-apiata-may-27-carterton

Farmers, this one’s worth a look 👀 👇

Farm Focus Farm Focus x Mobble Simplifying Livestock Management

🤓 A big thank you to Nick from Puzzle Solutions for coming into our office and delivering such valuable FYI training sessions this week 🙌 👏

The team really appreciated your time, knowledge, and practical tips - it’s going to make a huge difference to how we streamline our processes and stay on top of our work 📊

We’re looking forward to putting everything into practice! Thanks again, Nick 😊

💡Provisional Tax & GST Reminder – Due 7 May

🗓️ Just a heads up that provisional tax and GST are both due on Thursday 7 May for clients with a March balance date.

You should have received your tax reminder notice from us with the amounts and payment details if anything is due.

If you’re unsure or can’t find it, get in touch with our team - we’re here to help 👍😊

🌧️ Field Day Postponed 🌱

Due to the recent weather events across the region, Jen and Willie’s field day has been postponed until spring.

We’ll look forward to a drier day and seeing everyone there later in the year! 💚

We’re sharing this important message from Rural Women New Zealand 👇

Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the recent weather events across our rural communities. If you or someone you know has been affected, support is available through the Adverse Events Relief Fund.

If you’re in a position to help, donations are also greatly appreciated 💚

Our thoughts are with all those affected by the recent weather events across our rural communities. We have an Adverse Events Relief Fund available to support those impacted, or to donate to.

🔗 https://www.ruralwomennz.nz/adverse-events-relief-fund

🚨 Scam Alert - Fake Inland Revenue Email Doing the Rounds 🚨

We’ve seen a phishing email circulating that looks like it’s from Inland Revenue, asking you to “verify your account details” due to a supposed direct debit issue.

⚠️ Red flags in this email:

📍Urgent request to “log in” via a link
📍Mentions refunds being held or failed
📍Generic greeting like “Kia Ora”
📍Tries to create panic so you act quickly

👉 Important: Inland Revenue will not email you asking you to click a link and enter sensitive information like this.

✅ What you should do:

📍Do not click the link
📍Do not enter any details
📍Log in directly via the official myIR website (type it in yourself)
📍Delete the email

If you’re ever unsure, flick it through to us and we’ll take a look 👍

👇 See the Farm Focus post below 👇

Fonterra payments have come through, and there’s a good reminder on how to code the dividend and capital return correctly in your accounts.

As always, if you’re unsure or want us to check anything — just flick us a message 👍

Fonterra payments have landed! Here’s how to code them in Farm Focus

Shareholders received two separate payments:
📊 A dividend
💵 A capital return
They may look similar in your bank account, but they need to be treated differently

The dividend is taxable income so we recommend coding it to Other Farm Income : Dividend (OF:DIV), or similar.

The capital return is not taxable income so we recommend coding it to Assets : Shares & Investments (ASSET:SI) or similar.

Both codes should be exempt for GST. The dividend will show under Income in your reports and be included in your Operating Surplus, while the capital return will appear under Other and won't be included.

Top tip: add a clear description to each and attach the relevant documentation for your accountant.

Questions? Your accountant or our support team can help.

Want to go a step further? Read our article on how you might use this opportunity in your farm business:
https://www.farmfocus.co.nz/kiwi/the-focus-blog/what-will-you-do-with-your-fonterra-capital-return

📢 Payroll Changes from 1 April 2026

A few important updates to be aware of as we kick off the new financial year:

💰 Minimum wage
Increasing from $23.50 to $23.95 per hour

📈 KiwiSaver
Minimum contributions (employee & employer) rising from 3% to 3.5%
Plus, 16 & 17-year-olds are now eligible for employer contributions

🛠 ACC Earners’ Levy
Rate increasing to $1.75 per $100
Earnings threshold increasing to $156,641

These changes may have an impact on your payroll and overall employment costs.

👉 If we manage your payroll, don’t worry - everything will be updated automatically from your first pay run after 1 April.

If you have any questions or need a hand understanding how this affects your business, just reach out 😊

🐣 Hope you all had a lovely Easter! 🐣

Now that we’re back into it, it’s time to kick off the new financial year 📊

For our clients with a March balance date, this is your friendly reminder to start getting your information together and sent through to us. The sooner we have everything, the sooner we can get your accounts and tax sorted ✅

If you’re not sure what you need to send, or you need a hand getting organised, just reach out - we’re here to help 😊