The town of Levin (pronounced so as to rhyme with “begin”) lies in the Manawatu-Wanganui region, and is the largest town in the Horowhenua (pronounced Hoh-roh-fen-u-ah) district. (the town is called Taitoko in Maori), about half an hour north of Waikanae, and that’s where we were headed on Saturday 18 January.
Why? Because the annual two-day Horowhenua A.P.& I. (Agricultural Pastoral & Industrial) Show took place on Saturday/Sunday at the spacious Levin show-grounds. With sheep, dogs and ponies and ponies (did I mention that there would be ponies?), you can hardly keep Brynn away – unless you cancel the show completely!
I certainly would not want to insult anyone’s intelligence by describing our tour around the grounds, so that’s the reason why I will keep the text to the minimum, and simply post the photographs.
The MC for the sheep-racing – at a distance, he was a typical “crocodile Dundee” Paul Hogan!
- Sheep dog trials
- Show-jumping ponies
- Dairy and beef cattle judging
- Alpaca judging
- Sheep and pig judging
- Indoor trade space and craft stalls
- Horowhenua Vintage Farm Machinery Club – 110 years of tractors in NZ
- Wood-chopping competitions
- Poultry
- Sheep racing
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