Shows
Further statement on the North Otago incident
Following the further media coverage of an incident at the North Otago A&P Show, the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand (RAS) reiterates our earlier comments that any abuse—whether it be towards an animal or another person—is totally unacceptable, says Vice President Nic Barkley. “The incident in question was egregious and goes against the values […]
Announcing the 2024 Royal Agricultural and Pastoral Show of New Zealand
The 2024 Royal Agricultural and Pastoral Show of New Zealand is coming to Horowhenua!! We’re pleased to announce that the Horowhenua AP&I Association will be hosting the Royal Agricultural and Pastoral Show of New Zealand in January 2024. To kick off our Centenary Year with a […]
Cleaning up after Cyclone Gabrielle
Cyclone Gabrielle took a toll on quite of our shows, no more so than the Wairoa A&P Society who were hit hard. Thankfully, local volunteers and community groups were on hand to help with the clean up. Check out some of the before and after photos below, and visit the Wairoa A&P Show’s Facebook page […]
Showcasing Excellence at Royal Event
Vice President, Nic Barkley, was honoured to have been invited as the Official Guest to the Horowhenua Agricultural, Pastoral and Industrial Show over Wellington's Anniversary weekend. Horowhenua was also hosting a Royal Event in the Dairy Cattle Section, which added to the prestige of this year's Show. "It was an absolute privilege to have attended [...]
Merry Christmas
The RAS team would like to thank you all for your involvement in the showing movement and your passion for showcasing rural excellence. Have a great holiday break and we will see you over the autumn season.
International Volunteer Day – Thank you
December 5th was International Volunteers Day, and it is a chance for us to say a huge thank you to all the wonderful people who volunteer their time to support the showing movement. Without all those incredible people who help our members run their event, in and in some cases, their organisation across the year, the […]
International Administrative Professionals Day 2022
Today on International Administrative Professionals Day, the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand (RAS) want to thank all those who support the showing movement by undertaking administrative tasks as their contribution to showcasing rural excellence locally, within districts and nationally. The RAS has 93 A&P association and 66 breed and kindred society members, all of whom cannot […]
Showcase: Rotorua A&P Association – 29 January 2022
As we have all been trying hard to follow all the rules the government have in place to make us all as safe as possible with the horrible Coronavirus a lot of A & P Associations had to cancel their shows which was very disappointing for them all. Our Executive committee talked with all sections […]
Showcase: North Otago A&P Association – 26-27 February 2022
If you were going to give one word to describe what the showing year for the 2021/22 season has been then I think you could easily call it “Disaster”. It was with that in mind that North Otago A&P decided that they wanted to run the equestrian and school sections even amidst the COVID numbers […]
Showcase: Otago-Taieri A&P Society – 21-23 January 2022
Our Annual A&P Show was a rather different event this year. Our committee decided to hold 3 sections and close the show to public or spectators due to the current COVID risk. The Paddock to Plate section convened by BJ Thomson was easily transferred off site and went ahead brilliantly, hosted by the West Otago Rugby Club […]
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