agriculture

Events In History

22 August 1969

First 'Young Farmer of the Year' chosen

Held at the South Pacific Hotel in Auckland, this competition was open to all members of the Young Farmers' Club. The inaugural winner was Gary Fraser from Swannanoa, near Christchurch. The contest has since become an established part of the farming calendar. Read more...
3 November 1886

Birth of iconic Anchor butter brand

Henry Reynolds' new factory at Pukekura, Waikato, produced its first butter. The brand name was allegedly inspired by a tattoo on the arm of one of Reynolds' workers. Read more...
14 December 1843

First Auckland A and P Show

The Agricultural and Pastoral show demonstrated excellence in agriculture and animal husbandry. These shows became an annual event in communities throughout New Zealand. Read more...
25 September 1819

NZ's first grapevines planted?

The Anglican missionary Samuel Marsden noted in his journal that he had just planted 100 vines at Kerikeri and that 'New Zealand promises to be very favourable to the vine.' Read more...

For those New Zealanders old enough to have experienced it, the visit of the young Queen and her dashing husband, Prince Philip, to New Zealand in the summer of 1953-54 is a never-to-be forgotten event.
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Page 5 - A pastoral paradiseFollowing their stay in Auckland and visits to Waitangi, Hamilton and Rotorua, the Queen and Duke had a two-day break at Lake Rotoiti before flying to Gisborne and Napier. The

Who were the ancestors of Pākehā New Zealand? Where did they come from and what sort of people were they? These are some of the questions which this feature sets out to answer.

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Page 8 - Who were the immigrants?Graph of figures taken from the death certificates of British and Irish immigrants to New Zealand (which include information on the father's

Bowen, Walter Godfrey
Bowen helped establish sheep shearing as a legitimate sport and a form of entertainment. He was one of the inaugural inductees into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Gross, Richard Oliver
Richard Gross was a New Zealand sculptor, famous for his creation of war memorials, which typically depicted the nude male in precise detail.
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