Taupo deer farmers build pirate ship out of junk
The last thing you might expect to see at Fieldays is a pirate ship. But thanks to deer farmers Murray...
Year: 2013
Josh Emett to cook up a storm at Fieldays
Ben Armstrong is wearing a black chef hat, a striped dirty apron that looks like he has had a bucket...
Such is life, for a farmer’s wife
It’s a cold and miserable autumn day in the Waikato, which is pleasant to observe from the warmth of a...
Life on the farm
Some are young, some old, some are experienced and some are still learning. You will find these kinds of farmers...
Down in the milking shed
“I don’t want to milk cows. I hate it.” At 22 years old James Young is a Paeroa dairy farmer....
Farmers talk health
Alex McMillan is up and ready to go at what most would call the crack of dawn, but what dairy...
The Great Indoors
By the middle of last week – a week before the event was due to open – the massive...
Scholarship recipient takes on Antarctica
Scientist Stephen Archer has taken his work to one of the most hostile environments on the planet. As the current...
Company finds way to turn blood into plastic
A Waikato University spin-off company aims to put New Zealand on the map with ground breaking technology. The company, Aduro...
Manawatu man finds his match
Mike Short was on the lookout for a wife. The Rural Bachelor of the Year competition seemed the perfect place to...
New Mystery Creek headquarters open in time for Fieldays
As part of its reworked image, Mystery Creek is showing off a new headquarters at this year’s Fieldays. Opened by...
Gordonton School kids ready for Fieldays
Fused between clear plastic laminate, A to Z letters drawn on white cards sit above wall-length windows. Twenty-one orange, brown,...
Garment years in the making will finally be seen at Ag Art Wear show
First time Ag Art entrant, Mallonae Garton lives on a beef and dairy farm in Doubtless Bay and is happy...
Wintec journalists celebrate 10 years of the Fieldays Exhibitor
When Wintec students and their tutors first started producing the Fieldays Exhibitor in 2004, it was only four pages long....
Chilean executive brings international flavour to Fieldays
Canada, or New Zealand? The toss of a coin decided the destination of a Chilean agronomist’s holiday break. On a...
Manawatu man finds his match
Mike Short was on the lookout for a wife.The Rural Bachelor of the Year competition seemed the perfect place to...
New technology to advance weather forecasts for farmers
There are light southerly winds, it is partly cloudy with a low chance of rainfall, and about 16ºC. The sun...
Hamilton North School sell Fieldays programmes for a great cause
It’s a cold, frosty morning in the Waikato. The early morning mist has yet to rise and the sun faces...
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Journalism at Wintec is taught as a project-based, career driven course. It is one of only four courses recognised...
Architectural work wins No 8 Wire competition
An “architectural” work has taken out the Number 8 Wire National Art Award for Auckland artist Louise Pervis. WIRED: Pervis...
Cheese artisans take pride in products
Miel Meyer’s favourite food is a grilled cheese sandwich and that’s how he does a product test. “I love food...
Labour leader pops in to Melville Intermediate
David Shearer got a taste of a Hamilton intermediate school yesterday, when he visited to find out how it is...
‘Blood, sweat, and tears’ to organise Fieldays
Most Waikato residents have experienced Fieldays, but how many have considered what goes into organising it? BRAINSTORM: Ideas flow at the...
More than one way to skin a cat
Cats do not always land on their feet and, in a notable case this week, one unfortunate feline landed itself...