

A mock press conference with the Young Farmer of the Year competitors

A mock press conference with the Young Farmer of the Year competitors

A mock press conference with the Young Farmer of the Year competitors

Exam time with the Young Farmer of the Year competitors

AGMARDT breakfast at the Mission Estate Winery

AGMARDT breakfast at the Mission Estate Winery

AGMARDT breakfast at the Mission Estate Winery

Exam time for the Junior Young Farmer of the Year competitors

Exam time for the Junior Young Farmer of the Year competitors

Exam time for the Junior Young Farmer of the Year competitors

Exam time for the Junior Young Farmer of the Year competitors

Exam time for the Junior Young Farmer of the Year competitors

Exam time for the Junior Young Farmer of the Year competitors

Exam time for the Junior Young Farmer of the Year competitors

A meet and greet with sponsors and families of the Junior Young Farmer of the Year teams

A meet and greet with sponsors and families of the Junior Young Farmer of the Year teams

A meet and greet with sponsors and families of the Junior Young Farmer of the Year teams

Practical Day at the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition. The fencing component

Practical Day at the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition.

Butchery skills

Practical Day at the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition.

Simulator

Support crew

Practical Day at the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition.

Concentration


Spectators and supporters at the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition.


Practical Day

Te Radar MC'd the entire competition - interviewing the competitors

Public speaking, another necessary skill to be judged on.

Supporters

Making sausages

Supporters came out on the wet and cold Practical Day.

Supporters came out on the wet and cold Practical Day.

Te Radar interviewing a competitor

Junior competitors undertaking activities

Junior competitors undertaking activities

Junior competitors undertaking activities

Junior competitors undertaking activities

Smiling for the camera

Smiling for the camera

Assistance needed in the mud.

Staking the fruit trees

Dad's youngest supporter

Irrigation

Business aptitude

Getting ready to showcase butchery skills

A truly physical day for the Young Farmer of the Year competitors. Running to the next activity.

Selling produce - the honey

Planting trees with spectators watching on.

General maintenance.


Laying irrigation

Brownie was offered to the supporters to warm their bellies.

The sponsor's brownie went down a treat.

Wife offering support to competitor Alan

Gumboots were the footwear of choice on the day

The final competition on Practical Day

The final competition on Practical Day

The final competition on Practical Day

The final competition on Practical Day - Pruning

The final competition on Practical Day - Pruning

The final competition on Practical Day - chopping firework with determination

The final competition on Practical Day - awesome woodchopping skills

Harvesting paua in freezing cold water

Pruning during the final time-trial competition on the Practical Day

Leaping into frigid water

Warming up after the final competition on Practical Day

Warming up after the final competition on Practical Day

Napier's Municipal Theatre

Te Radar MC'ing the speech competitions

Families, spectators and supporters watching on.

The junior competitors

The quick fire quiz for the junior competitors

Warming up after the final competition on Practical Day

Warming up after the final competition on Practical Day

Warming up after the final competition on Practical Day

The quiz judges

Warming up after the final competition on Practical Day

The crowds gather ahead of the speech competition

The speech judges under spotlight

Matt

Emma

Alex

Joseph

Emma

Joseph

James

The Awards evening

Grand winner James Robertson

Guests

Te Radar presenting at the Awards night

Welcoming the contestants to the stage

The FMG Young Farmer Contestants on the stage and under the spotlight for the final time


Guests enjoying the atmosphere

Orton Catering plating up dinner

