Battle of the sexes speed tree climbing championship at the New Zealand Rural Games
18/12/2020

A new competition is set to launch at next year’s Ford Ranger Rural Games, the first ever Battle of the Sexes New Zealand Tree Climbing Championship – brought to you by Guardian Tree Services, Husqvarna and NZARB. The competition, which […]

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Rural Games Golf Cup will kick off New Zealand’s greatest rural sporting weekend
16/11/2020
RG Golf Banner

The 2021 Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games has a new sporting event on the agenda, with the announcement of the inaugural Rural Golf Challenge. The golfing championship, run by VSL Golf, will be held before the Games on Thursday […]

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Leading wood chopping championship coming to Palmerston North
29/10/2020
Man Chopping Wood

The buzz on chain saws and wood chopping will echo across Palmerston North’s Square for two days in March 2021 during the Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games.  STIHL Timbersports® New Zealand has announced it is joining the New Zealand […]

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Weekend of Rural Games Championships
17/03/2020
Rural Games Aerial View

Tens of thousands of people joined the fun, as town met country in the heart of Palmerston North at the Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games. Rural Games Founder Steve Hollander said the sixth annual rural games was blessed with beautiful […]

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Massive Weekend of Rural Sports Set to Descend on Palmerston North
10/03/2020
Wood Chopping Event - Aerial View

The largest rural sporting weekend in Australasia, the Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games, is set to take place this weekend. The Square in Palmerston North is preparing to be transformed into an extravaganza of the Kiwi sports that helped […]

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Mike King’s Message of Hope Arrives in Town for the Rural Games Weekend
09/03/2020
Live in Hope

Mental health advocate and 2019 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year, Mike King is on a nationwide tour to promote positive, societal and attitudinal change towards mental health in New Zealand. In the lead up to Gumboot Friday April 3, […]

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Sheep dog trial renamed to remember the late Sam Strahan
02/03/2020

Ngati the hunterway and a sheep

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The Great Rural Games Free Bus Weekend
02/03/2020

Free buses in Palmerston North 14 – 15 March

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Inaugural Southern Hemisphere Highlander Championship to be held in Palmerston North
24/02/2020
2020 Heavies

The Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games is proud to announce a new championship for the heaviest athletes in rural sports. Rural Games founder Steve Hollander said Highland Heavies have been part of the Rural Games since it began over […]

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Clash of the Colleges Competition
12/02/2020
Clash of the Colleges

Budding young farmers prepare to clash in annual agricultural competition. Aspiring farmers from around the Lower North Island are preparing to showcase their skills at the inaugural Allflex Clash of the Colleges in The Square in Palmerston North on the […]

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