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Rural bachelor

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Rural bachelor

Patrick Bellerby, a contestant in the Rural Bachelor competition at the 2008 National Fieldays, demonstrates his cheerleading skills. Fieldays, which has been held at Hamilton since 1969, includes fun events such as this, alongside serious demonstrations of agricultural equipment and innovations.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – Farm services, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27123/rural-bachelor (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.