After a tumultuous year of extreme weather and increased costs of living, we hope current farming conditions and livestock values are cause for some stability and quiet celebration.
Farming is critical to NZ's future and farmers need to be backed "like we back the All Blacks", National leader Christopher Luxon said during his first visit to the Wānaka A&P Show.
Wānaka Show has gone to the dogs, as pooches pulled their best poses, raced about until they got lost in the crowd and eyeballed sheep into a standstill.