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
Scenes from the 2016 New Zealand Rural Games.
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Photos by Stephen Jaquiery; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.