Waikato trio takes out AgriKidsNZ 2022
The RD Sixer’s, a team of Waikato primary school students, took out the AgriKidsNZ Grand Champions title in Whangārei last week.
It was a family affair in the FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year competition, with siblings Lottie and Grady Collis from Mahurangi College taking out the win.
Coming in second place were Tessa Berger and Mary Innes, also from Mahurangi College.
Meanwhile, The KIS Cows, made up Emmy Dickson, Olivia Henwood and Wyatt Parry from Kamo Intermediate school took out the crown of 2022 Northern AgriKidsNZ winners.
Team supervisor Jo Grant says the kids were over the moon to have taken out the title, saying they enjoyed the whole experience, especially the Race-Off challenge.
Classmates, the Udder Disappointments, made up of Mason Lash, Dylan Pascoe, and Harrison Clover took out the runner-up AgriKidsNZ spot.
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Northern AgriKids winners The KIS Cows, Wyatt Parry, Emmy Dickson and Olivia Henwood. |
Both Kamo Intermediate School teams will be making their way to the Grand Final in July, with Grant explaining that they will be working together to get prepared.
“We will continue to meet once a week, and we will get different experts in to do some more detailed training with the teams,” she explains.
In third place for the Northern AgriKidsNZ competition was the Whangarei Waiotira Wombles made up of Louise Neumann, Liam Copper, and Paige Rewa.
Both the Northern AgriKidsNZ and FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year contests were held alongside the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Contest on Saturday at the Mount Albert Grammar School Farm in Auckland.
The top two FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year teams and the top three AgriKidsNZ teams have been invited to the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final in Whangarei this July.
