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...
Features
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...
From boy racers to car enthusiasts
Opinion The Friday night scene on Hamilton’s Te Rapa Straight has become a lot different compared to how it was...
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...
A weaver and his wire
When Rob Kear pulled a sicky from work to be a parent helper at Raglan Kindergarten, little did he know...
Day in the life of Fieldays
From sheep dog trials to the tractor pull, here's Friday at Fieldays.
The sights and sounds
Watch this video of what the punters are getting up to at Fieldays 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVXOBsxXqQQ&feature=em-share_video_user
Freestyle motocross pumps up the adrenaline
New Zealand’s Freestyle Motocross riders (FMX) were wowing crowds at the Suzuki Extreme Air demonstration. Mitch ‘Maddog’ McHardy shows his...
Sheza Spinner cuts it up
Cutting Association president Graeme McInnes, 53, who is from northeast of Whangarei, has been cutting horses for about eight years....