{"id":340511,"date":"2026-03-21T09:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340511\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:05:14","slug":"farming-like-grandad-country-fair-returns-to-te-teko-racecourse-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/340511\/","title":{"rendered":"Farming Like Grandad country fair returns to Te Teko Racecourse in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

After successful events from 2017-2020, a 2021 Covid cancellation and a January 2022 flood cancellation, the event was moved to the Easter school holidays at the racecourse on Grieve Rd, Te Teko.<\/p>\n

It will be held again at the racecourse on Saturday, April 18, from 10am to 4pm.<\/p>\n

Visitors will be treated to an extensive display of vintage tractors, cars and machinery and their enthusiastic owners who have lovingly restored them to working order. <\/p>\n

Modern machinery will be on hand for comparison.<\/p>\n

To showcase the skills of the past, there will be craft stalls and demonstrations with hands-on activities.<\/p>\n

The axemen and women competition highlights how fit our forebears were to achieve what we take for granted, manually cutting wood for building and fires. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe vintage machinery is always fascinating to young and old. Photo \/ Waverley Klein Ovink<\/p>\n

The sheep shearers demonstrate their skills using a 100-year-old shearing plant.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the children, we have pumpkin lanterns, potato figure and sand art competitions, an animal petting area, a gymkhana and old-style kids\u2019 games and races,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

The Clydesdales, the gentle giants that worked tirelessly in the fields during the early settler days, are always popular and give rides in the vintage wagons from the Waterwheel Historic Trust\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n

\" The vintage wagon rides with Bruce Fowler and his Clydesdales are always popular. Photo \/ Waverley Klein Ovink<\/p>\n

\u201cWe aim to have something to interest everyone,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a produce competition, Best Dressed Scarecrow competition, Steam Punk displays, line dancing, live music and food trucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

In true country fair style, the Whakat\u0101ne Scottish Pipe Band will lead the Grand Parade. <\/p>\n

\"AA line-up of vintage tractors. Photo \/ Waverley Klein Ovink<\/p>\n

\u201cWe rely heavily on volunteers to make Farming Like Grandad happen,\u201d Johnson said. <\/p>\n

\u201cVolunteers man the gates, direct parking and traffic management.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big effort bringing this event together, but it\u2019s worth it to see the enjoyment and interest it offers. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt also raises much-needed funds for the Waterwheel Historic Trust so we can continue saving and restoring vintage machinery and objects to preserve our rural history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After successful events from 2017-2020, a 2021 Covid cancellation and a January 2022 flood cancellation, the event was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2246,9526,28246,14645,2841,11585,6963,14934,91003,181994,78,13840,111,43,139,69,73807,9849,6443,8690,181995,61,31785,379],"class_list":["post-340511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-2246","tag-another","tag-begin","tag-beloved","tag-country","tag-eastern","tag-fair","tag-farming","tag-gearing","tag-grandad","tag-in","tag-like","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-preparations","tag-racecourse","tag-returns","tag-te","tag-teko","tag-to","tag-tradition","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}