Waimate

Lindis and Hazel Courtney describe themselves as "an ordinary couple" and joke that their marriage of 60 years was due to "just plain luck".

Chequered shirts, cowboy hats and denim were in vogue as the sun beat down on the 56th annual Waimate rodeo yesterday.

A week of fine weather meant there were plenty of strawberries for the Waimate Strawberry Fare on Saturday, which attracted one of its biggest crowds in recent years.

The New Zealand Army's Southern Reaper exercise concludes today with open days at the Oamaru Marist Rugby Football Club and Seddon Square in Waimate. Ben Guild toured Waimate with the army on Thursday to observe the exercise.