A woman has been barred from the Lake Hayes A&P Show's beer-brewing contest, because she's not a man.
Rachel Beer tried to enter the home-brewing competition in the show this weekend.
However, she was told if she entered a beer it would not be judged because the contest was for "blokes only".
"There's no point entering a beer if it's not going to be judged whether it's gold or mud," Beer told the Mountain Scene newspaper.
"At the end of the day a home brew is a home brew."
Sex discrimination is illegal in New Zealand, but the government agency administering the laws said it would need a complaint before it could act.
Beer, whose tipple goes by the name of Beer's Beer, said she would not make a formal complaint but press the organisers to change the rules or have a competition for women.
"I'm sure the show can make room for it in the next round," said Mike Smith, president of the show's organising committee.
