Recycled tyre furniture, it’s a thing
Recycled black tyres are being made into chairs and tables to provide comfort to Fieldays goers. Retyred Furniture exhibitor Janice...
Month: June 2015
Police tractor draws the curious
The police tractor at Fieldays is a good tool for police officers to start conversations about crime prevention. The bright...
Highland Cattle
To attract visitors to their tent, L J Hooker have brought in Scottish highland cattle. Sat to the side of...
Heritage Village appeals to all ages at Fieldays
Vintage tractors, hands-on activities and a haunted building are drawing visitors to the Heritage Village at Fieldays. The village consists...
Get your face painted at Bunnings
Face painters at the Bunnings Fieldays site at F Street are used to dealing with butterflies and flower designs, but...
Bachelors knock on wood
The Rural Bachelors are enjoying the competition and drinking lots of apple juice. Yesterday the country men began the second...
Making gate hanging easy
The Year 10 Matamata College student Patrick Roskam is back for the third time at Fieldays, ready to sell his...
Winners for the Innovation Den announced
The Winners of the Fieldays Innovation Den were announced. Multiple participants emerged victorious in various categories with the winner for...
Show and sell for exhibitors
The six o’clock alarm blares through your ears. You jolt into an upright position. After half an hour of fumbling...
Stitching together a farmyard frock
Sandy Bromwich sits in her Leamington house weaving glossy black ribbons together with delicate strands of white fabric. The two...
Kiwi’s Best change eases pressure on volunteers
This year Classic Events have taken over running Kiwi’s Best Kitchen, meaning volunteers have less pressure on them. Olwyn Downing...
Tractors hit the throttle hard
At this year's Fieldays the tractors are pulling above their weight in the new area set up for them near...
Injury leads to innovation for Auckland man
A workplace accident ending in plastic surgery gave one man an idea to revolutionise the safety industry. Auckland man Pieter...
Rural bachelor begins
Rural bachelors want a woman with personality over looks – that’s according to their opening pitches to the Fieldays crowd...
Prime Minister John Key opens Fieldays 2015
The Village Green was bustling with very important people; businessmen, farmers, politicians and diplomats from all around the world, including...
Newbies Bushbuck take on Fieldays
Bushbuck, a two-year-old clothing and gear company based in Christchurch, are first timers to Fieldays. Owned and operated by Timothy...
Aeronavics unveil next generation of drones
A Raglan based drone company's new products could help farmers reduce costs and discover crop diseases earlier. Aeronavics is showcasing...
Golden Pliers on the line for top New Zealand fencers
New Zealand’s top fencers will fight through mud and sweat in the hope of taking home the Wiremark Golden Pliers....
Fieldays bus makes travel easy
Free buses to Fieldays were packed early on Wednesday morning as visitors took the chance to avoid traffic queues. To...
For the love of cooking with Karena and Kasey
MasterChef NZ 2014 winners Karena and Kasey Bird will be attending Fieldays for the first time this week. They will...
Liefting, 60, set for one last Golden Pliers competition
After 40 years of competing, Nick Liefting is preparing to lace up his boots one last time for this year’s...
Building a town
Exhibitors. Check. Event design. Check. Endless proofing. Check. Two weeks before Fieldays begins, Mystery Creek’s Fieldays event manager Lee Picken...
Rural, yes. Bachelor, no.
While this year’s Rural Bachelor finalists are announced in the leadup to Fieldays, last year’s winner packs up his things...
St Paul’s students set for farming challenge
Two dozen farming enthusiasts are gathered in a room. Some are gazing at their computer screens, highlighting in their notebooks,...