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Manawatu-Standard
Former Black Fern captain Farah Palmer was the first woman to reach the New Zealand Rugby Board.
A second woman has been appointed to the New Zealand rugby council, with Jennifer Kerr joining Dr. Farah Palmer.
On Thursday, at the NZ Rugby AGM, it was announced that Kerr along with executive director of sports agency Left Field Live, Bart Campbell, were confirmed and Pango Productions founder Bailey Mackey was elected to the Board.
Former All Blacks captain Ian Kirkpatrick was also chosen as Patron during the first NZR AGM to be held online.
Kerr’s arrival on the NZR board brings the organization closer to the government’s goal of having a minimum of 40 percent of each gender on the boards of the National Sports Organization.
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Kerr, who is a current board member of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Manukau Rugby Union of Counties, was appointed to the position that Mark Robinson vacated when he became CEO of NZR in January.
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Bart Campbell recently resigned as president of the Melbourne storm.
Impey said the quality and diversity of the nominations were testament to the commitment of stakeholders to push the game forward.
“It is nice to see our provincial unions answer the call and introduce the people who made and inject a wide range of background and ideas into the game,” said NZR President Brent Impey.
“At NZR we see diversity in a broader sense than just gender, but we are also committed to creating opportunities for women at all levels of our game, including governance.”
NZR also named Nicola O’Rourke, President of the New Zealand Food Basket coalition, as aspiring director.
Impey thanked outgoing Board members Peter Kean and Andrew Golightly for their service, passion and “valuable contributions” to NZR. Both had been NZR directors since 2014.
Hauraki-Herald Former All Blacks Frank Bunce and Ian Kirkpatrick.
The new Board will also have a new sponsor with Kirkpatrick taking office after Sir Brian Lochore’s death in August last year.
Kirkpatrick was a loose forward who represented Poverty Bay and Canterbury and played 39 tests for the All Blacks from 1967-1977.
He was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 1980 and inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2003.
Former NZR President Mike Eagle was elected to life. Eagle served on the NZR Board for 12 years until 2014.
