20 Nov 2025

Maegen Blom: Winning with mussels

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 20 November 2025
Maegan Blom, operations manager of Mills Bay Mussels

Photo: K INGRAM

From Southland to Marlborough with a few other places in between, Maegen Blom has grown into one of New Zealand's young leaders of industry. A winner of this year's Zanda McDonald Award, which recognises outstanding leadership in the Australasian primary sector, Maegen is the Operations Manager for her family business, Mills Bay Mussels. At just 25 years old, she is the first winner to be acknowledged for her work in aquaculture.