Make sure you catch up with these two!
CONNECT: Broadcasters Rowena Duncum and Jamie Mackay are passionate about farming on the air. Meet them at the Fieldays!
IN ROWENA’S WORDS . . .
Ahhh Fieldays with jandals — how good! Like Jamie, I’m hissing for a summer Fieldays for a change. As the days are getting longer, we’re all getting a bit more of the big yellow in our lives, so it stands to reason moods will be high.
And to be honest, we need that. It’s been a challenging year, so getting to catch up with new and old friends will be just what the doctor ordered for so many of us.
I’m also looking forward to facilitating the panel discussion ‘Wa¯ hine toa o te Whenua’ – an introduction to the food and fibre sector for rural and urban young women at the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub.
The wider agricultural sector is crying out for bright young minds and what they see, experience, learn and feel at Fieldays may be the start of something really special for these young women.
I mean, it was for me, back in 2008, and I haven’t been able to stay away from the sector ever since!
So, book in those relief milkers, get the neighbour to feed the dogs and we’ll see you at Mystery Creek!
They say a change is as good as a holiday, and that’s how I feel about Fieldays 2022. After the best part of three decades attending in mid-June, it’s going to be so different rocking up to Mystery Creek in a polo shirt and shorts at the beginning of summer.
To be honest I won’t miss the fog delays at Hamilton airport or driving to and from Fieldays in the dark, so I’m looking forward to the longer daylight and the opportunities it affords to spend more time on site.
My days of being in the market for a new tractor are long gone, so for me Fieldays is all about networking and catching up with all the key players in agri-business on a face-to-face basis. Because they’re all there.
Rowena Duncum and I will be broadcasting The Country from Fieldays for three days and the big challenge when it comes to putting our show together, is who to leave out, rather than who to include. It’s a radio broadcasting feast!
And besides, there’s a very nice golf course, Tieke, that boundaries Mystery Creek so I’m looking forward to jumping the proverbial fence later in the day and taking full advantage of a ‘Tron twilight.