Fieldays Sustainability Hub
Easy access to a range of useful information about sustainability.
Location: Site E38
The Hub aims to provide easy access to information about sustainability, with engaging activities and sessions to stimulate conversations for better environmental outcomes.
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The Fieldays Sustainability Hub and Trail are back this June!
We’re pleased to confirm that Fieldays will be hosting the second Fieldays Sustainability Hub in 2024.
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A collaboration of exhibitors
The Fieldays Sustainability Hub is a collaboration between Fieldays and exhibitors from the sustainability eco-system aiming to provide accurate information and facilitate conversations between visitors, exhibitors, and sector research agencies.
The Hub features a select number of sustainability-focused organisations, including Our Land & Water and more.
Full details of the exhibitors can be found on the Fieldays App.
“We want to support farmers, growers, and the consumer on their sustainability journey. By showcasing some of the initiatives underway in Aotearoa New Zealand, we can help everyone see that together we can overcome the enormity of the challenges, with innovation and collaboration.”
"We've made a strategic decision to help educate both visitors and exhibitors so that future generations will benefit from improved sustainability practices."
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Fieldays Sustainability Trail
Alongside the hub, the Fieldays Sustainability Trail, accessed via the official Fieldays App, will lead visitors to other Fieldays exhibitors who are demonstrating sustainability practices, products, and initiatives.
Download the Fieldays App from Google Play | App Store
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This one's for the kids!
Get your adult to download this colouring-in sheet, then splash some colour on it, and bring it with you to Fieldays. Pop it in the letterbox in the Sustainability Hub for your chance to win a T-Rex Pest Trap and a $100 Prezzy Card!
Talk to experts about everything sustainability
The Fieldays Sustainability Hub is pleased to offer an opportunity to Talk to an Expert to allow Fieldays visitors access to experts on a variety of sustainability subject matters.
A number of experts will be available each day for you to approach, and ask about their area of knowledge. The scope of subject matter covered will be diverse, but connected to research and experience in sustainability-related subjects.
Talk to an Expert sessions will run at the following times:
Time | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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10.00 - 10.15am | A Fresh look at Freshwater plans (Justin Moss, QCONZ) | Climate Adaptation/Resilience (Erica van Reenen, Ag First) | Prioritising Biodiversity in Land Management (Finn Ross, Future Farmers) |
10:30 - 10:45am | How does the nitrate get into my stream? (Roland Stenger, Lincoln Agritech) | Talking soil health (Amy Taylor, Waikato Regional Council) | Cleaning up our rivers (Deep Dive Division) |
11:00 - 11:15am | The role of assurance in sustainability (Simon Love, AssureQuality Ltd) | Fine tuning your predator control (Cam Speedy, Predator Free New Zealand Trust) | Restoration projects within the Ngāti Hauā rohe (Ngāti Hauā Mahi Trust) |
11:30 - 11:45am | Biosecurity starts at the farm gate: what it means and how to do it well (Chris Hale, Waikato Regional Council) | (A career that makes a difference (Naomi Crawford, Waikato Regional Council) | Distributed Generation in Future Grids (Shaheer Azizi, Rural Energy) |
12:00 - 12:15pm | Using science & research to support sustainable land use (Bill Kaye-Blake, Our Land our water) | Turning tyre waste into opportunity (Kiri Speirs, Tyrewise) | A Fresh look at Freshwater plans (Justin Moss, QCONZ) |
1:00 - 1:15pm | Fine tuning your predator control (Cam Speedy, Predator Free New Zealand Trust) | A Fresh look at Freshwater plans (Justin Moss, QCONZ) | Hot topics: new tools & tech in predator control (Dan Tompkins, PF2050) |
1:30 - 1:45pm | Nitrate in groundwater - lags and pulses (Helen Rutter, Lincoln Agritech) | What in the world is eDNA? Come and hear about this cool new tool for monitoring habitat. (Ric Balfour, Our Land our Water) | Biodiversity on farm: why it matters (Andrew Thomas, Waikato Regional Council) |
2:00 - 2:15pm | Ag Recovery Scheme (Scott Brown/Tony Wilson, Farmlands/Agrecovery) | Off-grid living from a sustainable utilities perspective (Bill Currie, Powerhouse Wind) | Sustainable land management issues (Jeremy Hunt, Ag First) |
2:30 - 2:45pm | Dairy Farm Power Usage (Shaheer Azizi, Rural Energy) | Sustainability's Impact on Agri-Finance (Blake Holgate, Rabobank) | The ecological and social effects of Carbon Farming and the ETS (James Robbie, Future Farmers) |
Activities in the Hub will run at the following times:
Time | Wed, Thurs, Fri |
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10.00 - 2.00pm | Check out the wonders of kauri trees and forests with Waikato Regional Council’s virtual reality experience, Kauri Pou Kaitiaki (Waikato Regional Council) |
Time | Saturday |
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10.00am | The use of Harakeke as a culturally sustainable resource. Learn from local weavers about the art and cultural uses of Harakeke *flax |
10.30 - 11.15am | Healthy bugs in our waterways - an interactive activity for 3–11 year olds (Ngaire Scartozzi from eClean) |
11:30 - 12:30pm | Show us your wildest ideas for a predator free Aotearoa. What crazy ideas do you have that can help New Zealand protect our taonga species? Take part in this colouring competition for a chance to win a poster from the Predator Free New Zealand Trust. |
Launching the Fieldays Sustainability Hub
After four years in the making, the Fieldays Sustainability Hub was opened in 2023 by a karakia, followed by words from speakers including Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, Associate Minister for the Environment Hon Peeni Henare, and CEO of the New Zealand National Fieldays Society Peter Nation.
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