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The 2013 Fieldays theme, “Getting down to Business in the Global Economy” has been chosen as New Zealand strives to become internationally recognised as having a role in helping to feed the world.The theme delves into New Zealand’s industries that are prominent in the export chain and looks at the growth of the agricultural sector and challenges that affect it.The Mystery Creek pavilion’s Premier Feature area has been redesigned and segregated from the general pavilion sites to offer an exclusive and unique exhibition area. Exhibitors are encouraged to showcase the best of their agribusiness products and services with engaging, interactive and appealing displays. The Premier Feature area is the prime location to promote innovative initiatives that clients can apply to enhance their agribusiness and provide solutions to global economy challenges. The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) will have a hub in the main pavilion at the Mystery Creek event, as well as running a series of seminars that will be open to all visitors.The ministry’s director-general, Wayne McNee, says the National Agricultural Fieldays will be a showcase for New Zealand’s primary industries and an excellent venue for talking about how to ensure future growth.Mr McNee says the ministry relates strongly to the theme, and invites visitors to see them on-site or

2013 Fieldays goes global at Mystery Creek

attend their seminars where they will tease out what the theme means in practice.“We’d like visitors to leave with a better sense of

Facts about Fieldays y Fieldays was first conceptualised in 1968 by a group of Waikato men

y Fieldays was first held at Te Rapa Racecourse in 1969 with a budget of $10,500

y The first Fieldays event attracted an estimated 15,000 people

y The event was moved to the land known as Mystery Creek in 1971

y The Mystery Creek Pavilion and Mystery Creek Events Centre were created in 1995

y Today Fieldays attracts visitors from an average of 38 countries

y The 40th Fieldays in 2008 attracted a record 131,000 people over four days

what MPI does and why it matters to them.”Jon Calder, NZ National Agricultural Fieldays CEO says Fieldays’ focus has always been on the advancement of New Zealand agriculture on the domestic — and now global — stage.“New Zealand’s export growth is critical to our success as a nation, and MPI plays a vital role in working with and supporting the primary sector to deliver and realise its potential.”Mr Calder says Fieldays’ partnership with MPI creates new opportunities to work together and explore fresh ways to take New Zealand’s agriculture and primary sector to the world.

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If you know a good single Kiwi bloke who can drive a digger, reverse a trailer, chainsaw a tree and then rustle up a roast dinner, then he’s perfect for Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the Year.After a two-year break, entries for the competition are now open and Fieldays is on the lookout for hard-working rural blokes to represent the farming community. This year Fieldays is going transtasman. As well as six good Kiwi blokes they’ll be searching for two Australians to join the competition.In an Amazing Race - style twist to the competition, entrants will be flown to a secret location on June 10 and need to make their way to Fieldays by 5pm the following day, stopping in specific towns along the way to complete various tasks. Bachelors must be prepared to roll their sleeves up and do whatever is required.Once at Fieldays, the bachelors will take part in four days of events, testing their farming skills, innovative attitude and good all-round charisma in a number of competitive heats.The competition is a serious challenge but involves a huge amount of fun and laughter. Fans of Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the Year will be able to

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read up about the selected finalists and follow their exploits on social media prior to and during the event.Competitors can expect to gain many female fans during the event but the most important thing on everyone’s mind will be the battle between teammates for the coveted “Golden Gumboot” trophy and the title Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the Year.If you know of a suitable rural bachelor, get them to head over to the Fieldays website where they can apply online. Eligible contestants must be over 18, work in the rural industry, ooze Kiwi and Aussie bloke charm and most importantly, be single.

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Northland businesses are planning a broad range of specials at New Zealand’s annual rural sales extravaganza, Fieldays.Warkworth company Game Gear sells outdoor clothing, ammunition and fish tackles and has been at the event for 11 years. Owner Joel Dickson says the large number of people is what keeps him coming back. Game Gear clothing is designed in Warkworth and made overseas. The company plans to display a new wet weather clothing range. There’ll also be a 50 percent discount on most items.The owner of Warkworth firm Stronghold, Maarten Bubbert, usually rates the Mystery Creek Fieldays as the best event of the year, but says this year’s Dargaville Field Days was even better. He started the business two years ago with gates as “a try-out”. “It’s grown into 14 different gates, hay feeders, portable cattle yards and sliding gates – the range is still growing.”He plans to exhibit a new lifestyle gate and a gate made out of 32mm pipe instead of bars.“We’ll try and keep prices as low as possible, take a normal margin and sell heaps.”Mr Bubbert, who also operates a salesyard at Tirau, says business was a bit quiet over the drought, “but now we’ve had some rain we can see a jump in turnover”.Mangawhai company Airbarn is selling inflatable barns and Piggystak electrical fence standard holders. Piggystaks don’t tangle and hold up to 20 standards. “They can be put on the back of a ute or quad bike and they’re ready to go,” owner Geoff Pearson says.

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The storage and handling tools were invented in 2006 and spent three years being developed at Fieldays Innovation Centre. They include a hook which allows them to be hung for storage or use and can only be purchased at Fieldays. Since 2010, Airbarn has sold 7500 throughout New Zealand. The company is offering a bundle of three for $99 – a 10 percent discount. Mr Pearson’s children Kortne, Kristina and Jacob will help on the stand.Whangarei-based firm Lastrite Footwear has been in business since 1952 and sells farm, tramping and forestry boots. Owner Neville Brunker says he’ll get around 30,000 people coming past his Fieldays stall. “People going to Fieldays can expect cheaper offers on everything.” Mr Brunker says he’ll be making boots onsite.Shona Garven, owner of Kamo-based company Palomino Rocking Horses, is offering Fieldays punters $100 off large rocking horses and $50 off smaller ones.

Stronghold of Warkworth is selling hay feeders.

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By taking a simple soil sample, landowners can save money and help the environment.If you are just putting on the fertiliser that you think you need, you could be putting on too much and wasting money.From a soil sample, a lab will tell you exactly what elements of fertiliser you need. Buying only the elements you need will save you money. At the same time you are helping the environment because a plant will only take the elements that it needs. All the fertiliser that is left behind causes problems, starting with run-off and leaching. Runoff occurs when you have too much fertiliser on your vegetation and all the remains get washed into the drains and waterways.So while fertiliser is beneficial to the plants, it is not always healthy for the environment. It can lead to an excess of algae and a resulting loss of oxygen in the water. This can have a very bad effect on the water purity and the life that lives there.

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09 423 8871Celebrity chef Josh Emett will be returning to his Waikato roots next month with four days of cooking demonstrations at NZ National Fieldays.Josh, who is currently on television screens across the country in the fourth season of MasterChef New Zealand, will be providing several cooking demonstrations each day at Kiwi’s Best Kitchen.The specially designed venue occupies a prime location at Fieldays and provides visitors with a unique New Zealand food, beverage, cooking and kitchen experience. It showcases quality food, beverages and cookware from New Zealand and features a themed cooking demonstration area with grandstand seating, plus a cafe and bar.Emett appears at Fieldays as the 2013 Kiwi’s Best Kitchen Celebrity Chef and will also be exhibiting his own range of slow-cooked meats, Chef Series, in the Kiwi’s Best Kitchen marquee.“I’m very excited about taking the Chef Series range to Fieldays. I think Kiwi’s Best Kitchen is a great place for us to be showcasing the product,” says Josh.

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Josh Emett attended Fieldays as a young boy with his father who worked in a burger van. Photo , TVNZ

The acclaimed Michelin-star chef was brought up on a farm outside Hamilton and has fond memories of visiting the Fieldays event when he was a boy. “My father used to work in a burger van at Fieldays, with Ohaupo Lions Club, so I’d go every year when I was young and I absolutely adored it. It’s a hugely iconic New Zealand event that has gone from strength to strength. I’m very excited about coming to Fieldays and looking forward to meeting some good rural people; it’s going to be spectacular.”

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New Zealand outdoor workers are generally poorly protected from solar UV radiation, with only around one-third wearing sunscreen or a suitably protective hat, according to a University of Otago study published in the latest issue of the international Journal of Occupational Health.The study’s findings also indicate that collective workplace action may be the key to reducing harmful sun exposure and associated skin cancer risk.The research is the largest New Zealand study of its kind and surveyed the sun-protective practices, equipment provision and workplace culture of more than 1000 workers across nine outdoor occupational groups. Outdoor workers make up nearly 15 percent of the New Zealand workforce.The study’s lead author, associate professor Tony Reeder, says the findings showed that the average levels of personal sun protection were poor across all nine groups (forestry, roading, sawmilling, postal delivery, viticulture, landscaping, construction, horticulture, and farming).Personal protection was scored on

practices such as wearing hats, shirts, other protective clothing, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Hat-wearing was the most commonly reported protective practice, but only one-third of hats worn were types that shaded the face, neck and ears. The two least common practices were using moveable shade structures and limiting sun exposure between 10am and 4pm.The findings suggest that significant improvements are unlikely to be achieved by educational strategies alone, says Dr Reeder.“Our research suggests that workplaces need to lead the way by providing appropriate protective gear and promoting a collective culture in which sun protection is seen as a priority,” he says.He and colleague Bronwen McNoe have made a submission to the NZ Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety about the issue, asking for the development of a sun-smart culture in the workplace.“This is a basic health and safety issue for outdoor workers and New Zealand really needs to do better in this regard.”

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