New pics

 A couple of overview pics of the Field Days...hard to get it all in one pic.

 This (above) is a robot for pushing up feed, it even charges itself..where was this when I had cows?

 Fence building...one of the many contests held at the field days.

 And tractor pulls of many kinds

 some of the sights on the way home from day 1 of the field days

 Some of the field days "farm"work...or art work if you prefer

 80 teat, 110 liter calf feeder wagon--fill with milk drag to paddock, calves self feed--6500$ (NZ$)

 just a little wool

 one of the farms I have been on

 These are deer being raised on a farm--to be shipped to restuarants in Europe

 One of my many friendly hosts

 11.5 hectacres (roughly 25 acres) hydroponic farm all under glass

 Maori (native people)--known for thier carvings

 Glass etching in a church near lake rotorua.  The water under his feet is the actual lake.

 lake rotorua

 some of the landscape near there

 It looks a lot steeper in person

 Do I need to explain?

 Massey University--Home to the only vet school in NZ.

 Lucky buggers...LOL!

 cows on one of the Massey herds

Just the landscape near Massey in Palmerston North