q-egg_throwing-feb7_Medium.JPG : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games

Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy tests a cow pat for weight before competing in the cow pat-toss event. : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games

Andy Mafeo, from France, races with a wine barrel. : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games

Dan Devine catches his kilt as he lifts a stone during the ‘‘Heavies’’ competition. : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games

Sporting newspaper hats are (from left) Anna Pasco, from England, Laura Anderson, Australia, Oliver Levy, Canada, Jack Stevens, Canada, Connor Hamill, Scotland and Brodie Duncan, Scotland. : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games

Kyle Lemon (New Zealand) leads David McIntosh (right) in the woodchopping tree-felling event. : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games

Sarah Reid, of Feilding, competes in the gumboot throw. : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games

Eva Lamercerie (5), from Arrowtown, enjoys a sack race. : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games

Many international visitors to Queenstown were in the crowd watching the ‘‘Running of the Wools’’. : 2016 New Zealand Rural Games