The contest for primary school-aged children is based on challenges from the food and fibre sector, where they compete in teams of three.Īt Grand Final, teams were tested on their knowledge of simple everyday ways to reduce the human impact on the environment, growing avocados and making guacamole, apiculture and wintering hives, native plants and where specific cuts of meat from. They say the team’s secret to success was all the help they had to get to Whangārei. “It’s just incredible to be given the honour to be able to be a part of this,” Leighton says.Īrchie and Leighton both want to be farmers in the future, while Liam has his sights set on being a freshwater ecologist or marine biologist. “At first we were pretty rough around the edges, but we got better over the day,” Leighton saysĪll three boys come from rural backgrounds and brought their own strengths.
Leighton and Liam from the RD Sixer’s were first introduced through the contest, meeting for the first time just weeks before competing in the Waikato Bay of Plenty AgriKids Regional Finals. The AgriKidsNZ Grand Champions say they were incredibly excited to have taken out the national title, after entering the competition on a whim for the first time.
The winners were announced at the awards ceremony at Semenoff Stadium on Friday night, alongside the FMG Junior Young Farmers of the Year. Longbeach Farmwise, made up of Edward Pottinger, Liam Lash and Edward White from Longbeach School, came in third place, winning the Agri Quiz.
Hamish Webb, PJ Mackintosh and Annabelle Bircher made up the Tasman Tykes from North Loburn School (Tasman) and were named runners up in the competition. The team, made up of 12-year-olds Liam Hodgson (Pirongia School), Archie Keelty (St Patrick’s School) and Leighton Barnett (St Columbus School), racked up the most points after a gruelling day of challenges.
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