Story: Shows and field days

More links and websites

• Fieldays

  The New Zealand National Fieldays site offers an interactive map and photos from the Fieldays.

• Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand

  The Royal Agricultural Society is the umbrella organisation for A & P shows. The website gives locations and dates of all New Zealand shows.

• Royal New Zealand Show

  This site introduces the Royal Show, currently held in Canterbury each year.

• Showday on line

  This interactive website has schedules, results and photographs from about 30 New Zealand shows, and some Australian ones.

More suggestions and sources

• Bell, R. M. The history of the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Inc., 1863–1983. Hastings: Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society, 1984.
• Hunt, Christine. 1893 onwards: reminiscences of Golden Bay A. & P. shows. Tākaka: Golden Bay A & P Association, 1980?
• McCallum, Angus. A meeting of gentlemen on matters agricultural: the Masterton Show, 1871–1986. Masterton: Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association, 1986.
• Thompson, Linda. Having a Fielday: reminiscences of 25 years at Mystery Creek: New Zealand National Fieldays Society. Hamilton: New Zealand National Fieldays Society, 1993.