New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays

Date: 1979

From: Watt, James Norwood, 1928-2018: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10577-4

Description: Photographs of Fieldays at Mystery Creek, Ohinemuri River in flood, and a beached boat, taken by James (Jim) Watt, 1979. Fieldays photographs feature trade displays for Igloo dog kennels (with an unidentified dog) and tractors and diggers and other farm machinery (Iseki, Tracgrip, John Deere, Kubota). Images of Ohinemuri River in flood in July 1979 show rapids as well as water levels by the road and a railway bridge. Also includes beached boat ‘Santam I’ on Whangamata Beach. Annotations on original folder holding prints reading "510 [Pulling?] Butchers Boat". Quantity: 15 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler prints Transfers: Negatives have been separated from this item due to storage requirements. See 35mm-103819 to 35mm-103825..

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-EXHIBITION-1970s

Description: Includes: 1970s: NZBC. I have been to Expo 7 [Sticker. 1970s?] 1970: Contributors. New Zealand Pavilion at the World Exposition Osaka 1970, issued by the New Zealand Commission for Expo 70 [1970] Expo '70. New Zealand Pavilion guide [1970] 1972: Inventors Association of New Zealand Inc. Auckland Branch. Exhibition of N.Z. Inventions. Auckland Building and Display Centre, 17-24 October 1972. Catalogue 1973: Am-Tech '73. United States Exhibition, United States Departrment of Commerce. Wellington Show Buildings, Wellington New Zealand, 15-19 October 1973. Catalog 1976: All Saints' Church, Hadfield Hall, Otaki. "Those were the days - 1776-1976"; antiques, floral display, photographs, vintage cars, teas. 4-6 March 1976. [Catalogue] (2 copies) Fieldays 1976. Plan to be there. Mystery Creek, 11-13 March; 17-19 June; 5-6 November [1976]. Flyer 1977: Fieldays 1977. Plan to be there. Mystery Creek, 23-26 February; 16-18 June; 3-5 November [1977]. Flyer 1978: New Zealand Industries Exhibition catalogue [1978] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: One item donated by M Baptist in 2006; one by Dr Margaret Bailey in 2009.

Date: 1974-1984

Reference: Eph-A-SHOW-Hamilton

Description: Includes: 1974: New Zealand Agricultural Week. 10-15 June 1974. Tentative programme [Pamphlet] (2 copies) 1976: New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 14-19 June 1976. Pamphlet 1979: 11th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 14-16 June 1979. Tentative programme [Pamphlet] (2 copies) 1980: 12th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 12-14 June 1980. Programme catalogue 1981: 13th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 11-13 June 1981. Programme catalogue 13th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 11-13 June 1981. Pamphlet 1982: 14th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 17-19 June 1982. Tentative programme [Pamphlet] (2 copies) 14th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 17-19 June 1982. Programme catalogue June '81 [ie 1982] in Hamilton, Fountain City. 14th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays, Mysterty Creek Hamilton, 17-18-19 June. Pamphlet 1983: 15th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 16-18 June 1983. Tentative programme [Pamphlet] 15th New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 16-18 June 1983. Programme catalogue 1984: Sixteenth Zealand Agricultural Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 14-16 June 1984. Programme catalogue New Zealand Wire Industries Limited. Golden Pliers Singles Fencing championships, at the 16th NZ Agricultural Fieldays, Mystery Creek, Hamilton, 13 and 15 June 1984. Pamphlet New Zealand Wire Industries Limited. Doubles Deer Fence Competition. At the 16th NZ Agricultural Fieldays, Mystery Creek, 13 and 16 June 1984. Pamphlet Australia at the Fieldays. Australian Manufacturers' Court. New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays, Hamilton 14-16 June 1984. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025197

Description: A couple living on a pocket-sized suburban section explain to their neighbour why they bought the immense tractor occupying most of their garden. The New Zealand National Fieldays held in June and which featured a hard sell of daunting agricultural machinery occupied much attention, especially for those living in the Waikato. Many farmers, let alone suburbanites, may have felt subsequent doubts about their purchases made in the heat of the publicity. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025195

Description: At the entrance to the Fieldays at Mystery Creek, a very small person has asked if hobbits 'pay a full price'. The New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays exhibition is held at Mystery Creek near Hamilton every June and attracts large numbers of farming visitors, especially from the Waikato region. 'Hobbiton', the outdoor screen set for Peter Jackson's Tolkein films, is in the Waikato, near Matamata, and is so much of a tourist attraction that many associate the Waikato region with fictional hobbits. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0014578

Description: The cartoon shows a farmer standing outside his tractor shed very early in the morning telling his dog that he will be in sole charge while he (the farmer) is at the Fieldays Agricultural Show. He doesn't want his dog to make any decisions while he is gone. The 2010 National Agricultural Fieldays was held 16-19 June at Mystery Creek Events Centre. The New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays is the largest agribusiness exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021873

Description: A group of animals decide to put an invitation to a Fieldays party on Facebook. Context: 13-16 June 2012 was the 44th New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0021872

Description: Shows a farmer off to Fieldays with a huge credit card in the back of his truck. Context: 13-16 June 2012 was the 44th New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

By: Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018093

Description: A farmer sits on a hillside beside a single windmill on his 'windfarm'. He tells a friend that 'It might be embarrassing at Fieldays. I feel like a dairy farmer with only one cow'. Context - Does a single windmill make a windfarm? Fieldays is an annual agricultural show. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: New Zealand farmers' weekly (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0028898

Description: Shows a group of farmers at the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek. They are surrounding the 'Canoes' stand while the 'Tractors' stand attracts no potential customers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).