Putting Gumbi-Putt towards a good cause
Skellerup has put a Fieldays spin on the well-loved game of mini-golf. The company has replaced the average golf club...
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The Great Indoors 2
There were hundreds of them, and they stood at the high wire gates peering through with the patient resignation...
DOC and Dulux partnership to repaint huts and lodges
Repainting sheds all over New Zealand is the main theme of this year’s Department of Conservation exhibition at Fieldays. DOC...
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Be in quick for free shoe shine
BUSY BEE: Mitchell Davis goes about his work with enthusiasm. Photo: Rebecca Watson “Free shoe shine!” booms 18-year-old Mitchell Davis...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
Aussie blokes run scared
It would appear Aussie rural bachelors aren’t all they’re cracked up to be – truth be told, they’re as...
We’ve got Fieldays whipped
At least the reporting was good. Check out what happens when Fieldays Exhibitor staff take on the sideshows. Starring and...
Relaxing escape for women
Need an escape from the wind and rain or the manly farming stands? All females need to visit What A...