Volume XLII | No. 08 | 26th February 2020
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WINNERS OF RANZ ROOFING EXCELLENCE AWARD
Acres of Ingenuity campaign winners (L-R): Byron Clarke from Taylor Pass Honey, Heidi Hall from NZ Cherry Partnership, Jess Nuttridge from Hook, Bronwyn McCarthy from the Wanaka A&P Show, Rik Deaton from LandEscape Wanaka and Steve Wooton from Taylor Pass Honey.
Written by: Celia Crosbie The Wanaka A&P Show is promoting positive discussion around the urban-rural divide by focusing on local landowners who are thinking outside the square with land diversification. ‘Acres of Ingenuity’ is the campaign for the 2020 Show, to be held on March 13 and 14, and celebrates rural enterprise in the Upper Clutha. The campaign features four local businesses who are doing something unique with their land, or the land they operate on, as an example of some of the many diverse agricultural and pastoral enterprises that exist in the area. Salmon farm and restaurant Hook, e-bike and hot pool attraction LandEscape Wanaka, cherry growers and exporters New Zealand Cherry Corp, and honey production company Taylor Pass Honey Co were chosen to feature in the campaign for the 83rd annual Show after a competition to search for winning businesses last year. Wanaka Show event manager Jane Stalker says all four enterprises are utilising their land in unique and varied ways in an effort to create a viable and sustainable business.
“While this was not intentional during the selection process, all four winning businesses have a common focus on sustainability and they have thought outside the square on how best to use their land,” she says. “Most farmers are passionate about the environment and here are some great examples of agricultural-based businesses contributing to the Upper Clutha ecosystem.” Also featuring at the 2020 Wanaka A&P Show is the World Hereford Conference and the International Merino Excellence Conference. The Wanaka A&P Show is renowned for a jam-packed entertainment schedule and this year is no different, with Kiwi kids’ entertainer Suzy Cato, Magic Guy Wayne McEwan, the New Zealand Army Band and Wanaka country-rock band Cemetery Road are some of the acts confirmed to take the stage. And for the first time in recent history, the Show will also play host to a live petting display with Laura Douglas from Real Country, bringing her menagerie farm animals to pet and hear their stories – making access to farmyard animals accessible for those who don’t normally get to experience them. Tickets to the Show are available online at: www.wanakashow.co.nz
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