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National ploughing championships

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The fourth national ploughing championships were held at Hastings in 1959. Stuart Allison from Milton, Otago, won the silver plough trophy, and went on to represent New Zealand at the world championships in Northern Ireland.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 91. National Film Unit, 1959

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Jock Phillips, Rural recreation – Work as play – rural competitions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/17695/national-ploughing-championships (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.