NZI Rural Women NZ Business Award Winners 2024 | Dansy Coppell
We are delighted to share that Dansy Coppell has won the Innovation Award in the NZI Rural Women NZ 2024 Business Awards!
“Innovation
Dansy Coppell married her Kiwi-born husband, Greg, in 2016 after they had moved to Nelson. A few years later they bought a sheep and beef farm at St Arnaud. There was much to do on the farm but fencing was the biggest priority but their tight budget made new fenceposts unaffordable. Fortunately, Greg’s dad had a solution – they would go to Marlborough and pick up some used vineyard posts. Dansy and Greg immediately realised that there would be many others in their position and there could be a market for this affordable and environmentally friendly option. Repost was born.
Making this innovative and exciting new business successful has required a blend of kiwi ingenuity and some big sky thinking. Dansy has been able to use her university education, and marketing and communications experience to tell the story behind the business and take the agricultural community along with them. Each customer’s order is tailored to their specific requirements and the relationships that the Repost team have with their customers and suppliers is key to their success.
Dansy and Greg have big plans for the future. Dansy’s goal is to make Repost a household name which is recognised nationwide. She is incredibly passionate about the business and believes it is an incredible exciting time to be working in the rural sector. To be able to transform one of the viticulture industries biggest waste issues into an affordable and environmentally friendly solution for farmers, just like her and Greg, is a fantastic achievement. ”