Our Vision

 

Become a vendor, volunteer or supporting sponsor.

Our vision is to bring our community together, especially this year, to stop working so hard, reconnect with each other and have a laugh, a hug or both, and let our rural community know how much we appreciate all their hard work.


The event features equestrian events, world-class wood-chopping events and an amazing produce shed. There are FREE rides for the kids plus loads of other free games and competitions for the kids and young farmers. There are also stalls for you to stock up on some homemade goodies.  So come down and join us as we celebrate rural New Zealand!

Fantastic aerial shot of the Waimarino A & P Show 50th Jubilee • 21st February 1961

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History of one of the longest-standing shows in New Zealand.

Home to one of New Zealand’s oldest grandstands and with Mt Ruapehu as a stunning backdrop, the historic town of Raetihi hosts the annual Waimarino Agricultural & Pastoral show in February. The very first show was held in February 1911 and has only been cancelled twice in its history. Once as a result of flooding and then in 2022 due to the global Covid pandemic.