Relaxing escape for women
Need an escape from the wind and rain or the manly farming stands? All females need to visit What A...
Year: 2012
Promo girl has a revelation (or three)
Revelation Number One: Fieldays people are nice – really nice. As a writer I deal with words – usually formulated...
A weaver and his wire
When Rob Kear pulled a sicky from work to be a parent helper at Raglan Kindergarten, little did he know...
Day in the life of Fieldays
From sheep dog trials to the tractor pull, here's Friday at Fieldays.
The sights and sounds
Watch this video of what the punters are getting up to at Fieldays 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVXOBsxXqQQ&feature=em-share_video_user
Freestyle motocross pumps up the adrenaline
New Zealand’s Freestyle Motocross riders (FMX) were wowing crowds at the Suzuki Extreme Air demonstration. Mitch ‘Maddog’ McHardy shows his...
Sheza Spinner cuts it up
Cutting Association president Graeme McInnes, 53, who is from northeast of Whangarei, has been cutting horses for about eight years....
Full deck from Best Bars
Best Bars has taken out the Best Medium Site award at this year's Fieldays. The company is based in Manurewa...
Fieldays police: The boys in red
A red police car parked outside the police stand at Fieldays has attracted a lot of attention. “Hundreds of people...
Fonterra’s giant fridge is a winner
For some reason visitors are choosing to jump in a fridge to escape the wet weather at Fieldays’ merit winner...
St John paramedics on duty at Fieldays
St John ambulance staff are getting into the farming spirit and patrolling the Fieldays on horseback. St John paramedic Lisa...
Dairy Automation best indoor site
Dairy Automation Ltd (DAL) has won the Best Indoor Site award this year. DAL showcased smart farming ideas and cost-effective...
Mizzoni wood-fired pizza, a hit at Fieldays
Mizzoni Wood Fired Pizza is looking for a place to put their letterbox. The Hamilton pizza company, which operates out...
Best Rural Living: Healthy Life Media
Healthy Life Media have taken out Best Rural Living Area in their first year at the Fieldays. Displaying their range...
Agresearch win best premier feature
With an interactive exhibit show casing the last 20 years of its research, AgResearch has been awarded best premier feature...
Fieldays crowd treated to sounds of South America
The rural audience was serenaded with Ecuadorian music while shopping for hand-crafted goods this year. Pan flute player Alberto Tuquerrze...
American company, Boumatics, wins best international site
A company from The United States has won the 2012 best international exhibitors’ award for its dairy products. “Six people...
GEA are winners with a little help from “The Stig”
“The Stig” has graced Fieldays with his presence at the GEA Farm Technology site –winner of Best Mystery Creek Pavilion...
Outside In
Friday and Saturday were scheduled to be fine and frosty, but Friday didn’t quite turn out that way. As the...
3D Printer “like a hot glue gun on steroids”
Forget about the old way of printing, 3D printing is the way of the future. This is 3D Printing Systems’...
Inside Out
A slight drizzle and a light southerly greeted us for day three (Friday) of National Fieldays but it certainly didn’t...
Clark equipment wins best small stand
Ten years of Fieldays has finally paid off for the staff of the Clark Equipment NZ stand, who won the...
Honda stand comes out on top
Honda has taken out the top spot at the Fieldays, winning both the best large site and the overall Jubilee...
Horsing around at Fieldays
Karina Yanez and Zoe Hunter explore the events on offer at Fieldays.