In 1969, the first New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays was held at Hamilton’s Te Rapa Racecourse. The Town and Country Fair, as it was known then, aimed to bring rural and urban audiences together to celebrate New Zealand’s farming industry and lifestyle and the contribution it makes to the economy. Fast forward 50 years, and Fieldays …
Fixing fences and driving tractors is men’s work Not a chance says New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays as this year they are opening the entry criteria for Fieldays Rural Bachelor, allowing both male and female contestants to enter the competition. Fieldays Rural Bachelor has been a popular fixture on the Fieldays calendar for 13 years, …
You can forget Fieldays week, 2018 will be known as Fieldays year with celebrations for the 50th anniversary set to begin next month. The calendar is action packed with anniversary books, functions, artworks and more announcements still to come. The first of these celebrations will take place this February with a cocktail style function held …
Entries are now open for the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award, with revised entry criteria to encourage more artists to take on the unique challenge the award offers. The annual award, managed by Waikato Museum and partnered by Farmlands Co-operative, invokes the classic Kiwi DIY attitude in the creation of sculptural artworks made from …
The Fieldays 2017 Economic Impact Report was released this morning at a function held at Fieldays home site, Mystery Creek. Prepared by independent economist Dr Warren Hughes and Professor Frank Scrimgeour of the University of Waikato Management School’s Institute of Business Research, the report highlighted a significant increase in Fieldays’ contribution to the New Zealand …
Results from a recent visitor and exhibitor survey has New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays celebrating another successful year as preparations begin for their 50th anniversary event in 2018. In the survey, 96 per cent of visitors rated their experience of Fieldays 2017 as “good” to “excellent” and 92 per cent of exhibitors said they would exhibit …