‘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...
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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...
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...
All set for Fieldays
For the eighth year running Wintec journalists, photographers and graphic designers will be providing a daily record of the goings...