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JUNE 7, 2019
Five days to Fieldays
Nicky Garland is preparing for the Waikato’s biggest week of the year. Nicky is the events manager at Fieldays, and on Wednesday – on what we hope will be a gloriously fine morning, the gates will open on the latest edition of the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest agrcultural expo. Today on Page 7 Sophie Iremonger talks to Nicky about her role - and meets a competitor in the popular Rural Catch competition.
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