The 2016 National Horticultural Field Day to be hold on Jul 8 in Hastings is flourishing year on year to be one of New Zealand’s largest horticulture events.
There are few dedicated horticulture events in New Zealand notwithstanding it being one of a many poignant trade industries, so it’s no warn a horticulture attention is pulling for this to be a eventuality for education, networking and information sharing.
The singular business-to-business eventuality is flourishing to accommodate a industry’s direct with creation during a forefront, either it is showcasing new record and investigate or information send as partial of a BNZ Seminar Series hold during a Field Day.
One Hawke’s Bay-based association that has benefited from a event’s concentration on innovation, by a Ravensdown Innovation Award, is Scionon. Ian Adams of Scionon is a long-time believer of a margin day and his grafting apparatus won a 2016 Innovation Award, and on dual prior occasions placed second, impressing judges with his skill and augmenting general profile.
With some-more than 50 trade exhibitors requisitioned in already for this year’s event, organisers are awaiting a final series to be about 80, bigger than 2015, definition there will be an endless list of technology, machine and new products for visitors to see during a margin day.
The National Horticultural Field Day will be hold during Showgrounds Hawke’s Bay in Hastings.
Awards dinner
The awards cooking for a 2016 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming Award for Dairy will this year be hold during a Claudelands Arena, Hamilton on Friday, May 20. The prize is a many prestigious endowment for Maori cultivation and was inaugurated in 1933 by a idealist Maori personality Sir Apirana Ngata and a governor-general during a time Lord Bledisloe.
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United voice
Rural health issues are being discussed during a Beehive this week during a Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand’s’ (RHANZ) RuralFest conference.
RHANZ, that comprises 42 membership organisations, are entertainment in Wellington for a initial RuralFest – to plead and establish a tip health and contentment issues confronting farming communities.
Rural GP Dr Jo Scott-Jones says RuralFest is a flagship eventuality for RHANZ, that represents a joined voice from opposite mixed farming zone organisations.
“We’re aiming to brand a pivotal ‘common ground’ issues that all member organisations consider are critical for a health and contentment of farming New Zealand,” he said.