No spills for Tai Poutini students
If you ever need someone to pour you a glass of beer, the students of Tai Poutini digger school will...
The Rosie Show teaches kids about dairy farming
FARMTASTIC: Rosie and the cast get the kids involved at Fieldays. PHOTO: Le Li Bringing music, dancing and entertainment, The...
Dobby looks for a ‘nice loving family’ this Fieldays
Dobby is a six-month-old Scottish Highland Calf looking to find a home this Fieldays. HOME WANTED: Catherine Atkinson poses with...
Kiwis and Irish a great combination
The Irish are here, and they’re ready for some good craic with Kiwi farmers. Six years ago, government body Enterprise...
Doug the Digger encourages children to read and write
DIGGING EDUCATION: Alex Munroe shows off his digging skills to Alistair McIntyre. PHOTO: Lauren Bovaird Kids are being encouraged to...
Brighter future available for farmers with cheaper solar power
The future is looking bright for farmers with cheaper solar power on display at Fieldays this year. SUNNY SIDE: Paul...
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...
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...
Gordonton School kids ready for Fieldays
Fused between clear plastic laminate, A to Z letters drawn on white cards sit above wall-length windows. Twenty-one orange, brown,...
Garment years in the making will finally be seen at Ag Art Wear show
First time Ag Art entrant, Mallonae Garton lives on a beef and dairy farm in Doubtless Bay and is happy...
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....