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Welcome to the home of the Ford Ranger NZ Rural Games - held on the 2nd weekend of March in Palmy!

03/08/2026

From All Black shorts to an Olympian's singlet – the auction haul above was from the Ford New Zealand Rural Sports Awards earlier this year. Now, it's helping fund the next generation of rural NZ! 🏉🥇

Applications are OPEN for the 2026 NZ Rural Games & Agri Futures Scholarship programme!

Who's eligible?
🔹 Clash of the Colleges participants in their final year of school, heading into food & fibre training
🔹 Rural sports athletes under 20 who are studying or training

Know a young Kiwi from a rural background who fits the bill? Tag them or share this post!

📅 Apply by 31 Aug 2026
🔗 https://agrifutures.kiwi/scholarships/

Massive shout out to and for being absolute legends for donating the kit!!!

Save Future Post. Save NZ Recycling. 15/07/2026

The awesome team Future Post have been part of the Rural Games family for years supporting the NZ Speed Fencing Championships. Weeks before this year's Games, an arson attack left them with some massive bills to pay. If you're able, help the team that's turning kiwi plastic waste into fence posts:
https://ow.ly/uP8b50ZnEmV -

Save Future Post. Save NZ Recycling. Help Future Post recover from a devastating arson attack so we can continue turning NZ plastic waste into sustainable product not landfill.

14/07/2026

The man, the myth, the legend - want to know what makes world champion Jack Jordan tick? Catch Hyundai Country Calendar this Sunday...Jack and partner Amy Clancy show their King Country farm

Photos from STIHL Timbersports NZ's post 05/06/2026

Legendary effort Mathew!

02/05/2026

Catch all the action on + from the Clash of the Colleges thanks to Massey University - Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Gallagher Animal Management Danone Horizons Regional Council Sport Manawatū Inspire Net Limited AND catch our Have a Go and Kids 'n Country at the - thanks to Kelly Sports New Zealand Kelly Club New Zealand Copthorne Hotel Palmerston North

26/04/2026

This ANZAC weekend, the most sporting programme in TVNZ+ history lands. 🥝💪

Can the crossfit crews out-muscle the miners from the and

We’ve got a NEW women’s Gumboot Throwing champion – ending the NINE-year reign of the queen of - deer-farmer Kristin Churchward.👑🥾

AND Robbie Hollander – by day a fencer and on the weekends an catcher returns to take out the NZ Egg Throw & Catch champs after a hiatus.

Catch the action on +. Thanks to McIntosh Farm Machinery Skellerup Red Band CrossFit MANA and

25/04/2026

Catch all the action - the against the on TVNZ+ from the Sir Eion Edgar Trans Tasman Highlander Championship with TransAg Centre 2014 Ltd New Holland Agriculture New Zealand and Float Factory at the

19/04/2026

Join us on TVNZ+ and catch all the action as top trial couples compete in the NZ Sheep Dog Trial Association Inc. Sam Strahan Sheep Dog Trials with PTS Logistics - highlights from the

18/04/2026

Watch the fastest women's in the world compete alongside her colleagues in this regional clash to find out which region as the best tree climbing team in the country - thanks to NZARB - New Zealand Arboricultural Association Inc. Speed Tree Climbing in association with Husqvarna Silky Saws - New Zealand and Tree Hub- visit https://www.tvnz.co.nz/sport and search tree climbing

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