Tauranga man Richard Rennie is the supreme award winner for agricultural journalists at the New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards.

Freelance journalist Richard Rennie is pleased he won the top award for agricultural journalists on Friday night.

Richard is also a regular contributor to Sun Media's publications, the Weekend Sun's bi-monthly Bay Driver insert and has written for Coast and Country.
He won the supreme award, the BNZ Partners' Rongo Award which recognises excellence in agricultural journalism, for articles written relating to the possible sale of the Crafar farms to overseas interests.

They were published in NZ Farmers Weekly and NZ Dairy Exporter.
Eight awards were presented, seven for journalism and one for photography.
The key objectives of the awards are the encouragement and recognition of excellence in agricultural journalism.