Fieldays® Site Awards

Your place to strut your stuff

The Site Awards celebrate exhibitors who provide an exceptional experience for visitors at their site(s).

Enter the Fieldays Exhibitor Site Awards

The Awards are free to enter, and in addition to recognition among visitors and media, each category winner receives credit towards their 2026 Fieldays site fees, a framed certificate, and online collateral for social media and their websites to promote their success.

Award information

Site Awards entries have now closed for Fieldays 2025.

Award categories

Where an exhibitor has more than one site, the area of each site will be added together to determine the appropriate category.

Eligible Exhibitors can enter the Fieldays Site Awards under the following categories:

Best Indoor Site - Agribusiness
Includes: The Pavilion and the Fieldays® Innovation Hub
Best Indoor Site – Non-Agribusiness
Includes: Fieldays® Hauora Taiwhenua Health & Wellbeing Hub Indoor, Fieldays® The Pantry Indoor and the Rural Living Marquee
Best Outdoor Site: Small, less than 300m2 
Includes: Agribusiness Outdoor, Heavy Equipment, Motor Vehicle & Leisure Craft, Hauora Taiwhenua Health & Wellbeing Hub Outdoor, Rural Living Outdoor and The Pantry Outdoor
Best Outdoor Site: Large 300m2 and over
Includes: Agribusiness Outdoor, Heavy Equipment, Motor Vehicle & Leisure Craft, Hauora Taiwhenua Health & Wellbeing Hub Outdoor, Rural Living Outdoor and The Pantry Outdoor
Best Food Vendor Site

General

Sublet Exhibitors, as well as partners and sponsors of Fieldays and New Zealand National Fieldays Society, are not eligible to enter the Fieldays Site Awards.

After the public voting has ended, we will review the compliance of each Exhibitor before finalising the winners. This review includes, but is not limited to: adherence to exhibiting conditions, payment history, compliance with site boundaries, ensuring that no unauthorised vehicles are parked on, behind, or near the sites, and meeting health and safety regulations.

Best Site Award criteria (Indoor / Outdoor)

Visual display: Attractive, original, and innovative site  design.
Customer engagement: Interactive engagement and experience components that improve customer engagement and increase visitor education.
Outstanding feature: From a superstar salesperson to a standout installation on your site. Anything the judges think sets you apart from the crowd and brings to life the event's strategic pillars of Innovation, Education and Globalisation.

Best Food Vendor Award criteria

Visual display: Attractive, clean and safe.
Offering: Flavour, presentation, value for money
Customer engagement: Consistent service levels and customer interaction.

Site judging

For the first time, we are inviting Fieldays visitors to be a part of the judging process!

Including visitors in the judging of site awards offers a dynamic and engaging way to enhance attendee participation. It creates a sense of ownership and involvement, making the event more interactive and memorable. All Award entrants will receive access to social media templates to promote their entry and encourage public voting.

Visitors can lend their unique perspectives, which fosters a diverse range of opinions, ensuring that awards are reflective of a broader audience. Additionally, empowering guests to judge fosters a deeper connection to the event's purpose and encourages a more immersive experience.

Visitors will be able to vote until 5pm Friday 13 June, with the top 3 sites from each category being reviewed by our panel of Judges on the morning of Saturday 14 June.

Site Award prizes

Each category winner will receive a framed award certificate, online collateral for social media and their websites to promote their success, and a $500 credit (excluding GST) toward their site fees for Fieldays 2026*. These awards will be presented to the winners at their sites on Saturday afternoon.

*Credit is valid for Fieldays 2026 site fees only.

A lucky voter will be in to win a $500 Prezzy Card.