Nature gets in the way of technology
Wintec tutors had to think outside the boundary yesterday – quite literally, as tall pine trees blocked the satellite internet...
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Sweet-talking Bachelors hit the Fieldays
Clad in Swanndri, khaki pants and work boots, the eight Rural Bachelor Best of the Best competitors sweet-talked their way...
ANZ trials container ATM in Rugby World Cup lead-up
Fieldays is getting a taste of what ANZ has lined up for the Rugby World Cup. The bank has formed...
Sculptor creates cows’ heads from paua pieces
It took a major health scare for 67-year-old sculptor Dave Howe to discover his passion, but he's been bringing sculptures...
Top 50 from Ag Art Wear
Photo Gallery of Ag Art Wear by Geoff Ridder and Jenna Jamieson
Rosie the talking cow smiles at Fieldays
Naive, enthusiastic and ready to take on the world. Sounds like an eager child ready for their first day of...
Auckland company lists digger on Trademe for $1
An Auckland compact equipment company has pulled a risky move by listing a digger worth $38,985 for one dollar, no...
Field on Fieldays – Day One
There were five of them, all clad in the proper safety gear – hard hats, hi-viz jackets, steel-cap boots, and...
Unsolved wire sculpture gets judge’s vote
High art and agricultural products are not things which are normally associated with one another but that is the beauty...
‘Dangerous’ hedgehog wins sculpture prize
A dangerous-looking hedgehog sculpture made entirely of wire may have missed out on a big prize at the Fieldays No...
Volunteers work for the love of it
A sixteen-year-old schoolboy steps off a bus outside Hamilton’s St Johns College, turns, and heads off in the opposite direction. ...
Last year’s winning Fieldays invention goes global
In rural Otorohanga sits a shed like any other, housing just what you would expect to see in such a...
Bachelors return for one last showdown
Twenty-eight year old Te Aroha sharemilker, Nick Torrens, was crowned the eighth Fieldays New Zealand Rural Bachelor of the Year...
Waikato inventor matures wine in 3 minutes
A wine glass stands in place of a beaker. Professors pause to smell the aroma as a measure of results....
New snack sensation promises to be “sweet as”
Bill Neal is bringing his new snack sensation, kettle corn, to the masses at Fieldays this week and is pretty...
Fieldays to track farmers using GPS
At the New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays, Vodafone is providing GPS trackers to 200 farmers visiting over the event. This...
Wintec House wins two coveted awards
The recently redeveloped Wintec House has won excellence in two categories at a major property awards event in Auckland. At...
Podcast with Bomber Bradbury June 13
James Ireland talks to Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury about Skycity's proposed convention centre, the National Party leaking confidential Labour Party documents...
Memories abound as the 43rd Fieldays kicks off
The first exhibitors have arrived and are not long opened for business. The queue for coffee extends some 20 metres....
AgResearch constructs grass jungle
An AgResearch exhibition aims to make Fieldays visitors feel the size of bugs. AgResearch’s exhibition, Partnerships for Better Pastures, features...
Avalanche City sign international deal
After winning over New Zealand with his fresh brand of folk music Wintec music graduate Dave Baxter is going global....
Ambitious plan for Waharoa aviation museum
A proposed aviation museum and cafe at the Waharoa Airfield would bring the “stagnated” area to life, says Te Aroha...
Waikato Regional Council hesitates on Home of Cycling velodrome funding decision
Extra seating had to be brought in to accommodate the public when Waikato Regional Council met to discuss the proposed...