Wanaka-based global exporter awarded for business excellence
Wanaka-based global exporter Aquasystems Australasia has collected a business excellence award in recognition of the company’s innovation and growth.
Some of the events at the March 13-14 show include Kiwi agricultural entertainer Greg Clark, from the North Island, who is coming to Wanaka to perform his comedy act, Sheep-N-Show. The New Zealand Wool Board endorses the act, which blends sheep shearing and hilarity.
Elsewhere the Southland Otago Axemen will compete in the Wanaka Show's first wood-chopping competition.
The show will again play host to the prestigious Beef + Lamb NZ Golden Lamb Awards (aka The Glammies), where farmers compete for the coveted title of Golden Lamb. This year's celebrity judges are Olympic medallists Lisa Carrington and Sarah Walker, plus NZ Listener food columnist Lauraine Jacobs, chief judge and chef Graham Hawkes, and ambassador chef Reon Hobson. Judging begins at 1.30pm on the Friday.
Dunedin band Idol Frets will play at the food court on Pembroke Park on both days and local band Cemetery Road play at the village green on Pembroke Park on Saturday. The Alexandra Pipe Band will lead the Grand Parade on Saturday.
The show will also have plenty of activities for children with NZ entertainer Shad Rutherford, roving the showgrounds, plus big bubbles, stilt walkers and hula-hoops.
On Saturday, the Jack Russell race returns.
The Wanaka Show also presents equestrian and livestock competition, with hundreds of competitors from around the country travelling to Wanaka.
The Wanaka Show will be held on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14. Speaker of the House and former Minister for Primary Industries David Carter will open the event at 12.45pm on Saturday, just before the Grand Parade.
