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,...
Working for a sustainable future
On a road between Hinuera and Matamata there is an example of sustainable farming. A windbreak, as high as a...
Women in agriculture
If you think women see Fieldays as an opportunity just to wear their annual colourful pair of gumboots and check...
Garments from Nepal go on sale despite quake
Two Waikato sisters at Fieldays selling woollen garments from Nepal left that country just a day before the April earthquake....
Eye Sight sculpture wins No 8 Wire award
Auckland-based sculptor Rebecca Rose battled with wire for more than a month to take home the top prize for Fielday's sponsored annual NO 8 Wire Competition. Artists...
Maxi-Trak Quatro is ready to hit the market
An Otorohanga farmer's invention is about to hit the market - five years after it won first prize at Fieldays....
Who cares if it is wet?
If it’s June and it’s raining it’s because the Fieldays are on. It’s a hoary old adage, for sure, but it has...