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Messenger Volume XXXV | No 09 | 5th March 2014 The Messenger is published each Wednesday by Print It Wanaka Ltd
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4 Wanaka A &P Show 201 Country comes to town this weekend with the 77th annual Wanaka A&P Show.
each year in a showcase of agricultural excellence.
The Showgrounds will come alive with the best of rural life this Friday and Saturday with livestock and farm machinery, plus fashion stalls, theme park rides and live music.
Jam-packed with family entertainment, the Show’s beloved novelty events like the famous Jack Russell race and sheaf tossing return again this year.
Olympic medallists Sarah Walker and Lisa Carrington are the guest judges for the Beef and Lamb NZ Golden Lamb Awards, aka the Glammies, and television personality and radio host Marcus Lush opens the Show on Saturday.
The Wanaka A&P Show is one of Wanaka’s biggest events and if you’ve never been before, it’s worth the effort to attend.
Every year the Show attracts the country’s best breeders and riders for the many livestock and equestrian events and more than 400 trade exhibitors from around New Zealand attend
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Tickets cost $15 a day for an adult or $20 for a two-day pass. Entry is free for school children. Upper Clutha A&P Society members pay $30 for a family pass.
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