Helensville A&P Show

31/01/2025

RUSTY RURAL ART is a new class this year, described as "any rural artwork, made from things like wire, metal, wood or a combination" (see page. 18 of the Indoor Schedule, class 794). Really any materials can be used, but they should give you a rural and partially rusty look.

Now we all have rusty old junk at home that's past its best but you don't want to turf out. And we know just how clever many of you are at seeing something beautiful/functional/decorative from a mishmash of materials. Here's your chance to let your imagination roam free and have some fun creating that rural artwork from the old bits and bobs. You don't have to be a welder, but you can enter welded things and there is no size limit. Its all about the imagination and creativity and how you see them.

We challenge you to get into that workshop or garage or under the house, find those treasures and have a crack!

Schedules available at https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/
You can either enter by:-
- using the entry form at the back of the indoor schedule and email it to [email protected]
- or bring it in to the Show office with the entry, after 3rd February.

30/01/2025

Hey Helensville, don't forget this Saturday 1st Feb, we have the Northern regional Young Farmer of the Year competition running at the Showgrounds, from 8am to 4pm. Entry and parking are free, make sure you come in at GATE 1 please, one of our team will be on the gate directing you to the parking.

To our knowledge, there has never been a regional final in the Helensville area and we at the Showgrounds are thrilled to be hosting this event. Shout out to Zarnie Fergusson of Kaukapakapa and her YFY team for all the hard work, organising the day.

And it's not only the big boys and girls you'll see in action, come down and support the Agri kids and Junior Farmers too.

The activities include all day modules with fencing, machinery, woodchopping, water works, plus the farmlets and culminating in the dinner, quiz and presentation that night in the Showgrounds Hall.

The dinner/quiz is a ticketed event, hosted by Te Radar and capped at 100 guests.
For dinner tickets go to https://www.youngfarmers.co.nz/contest/northern-evening-show
Or for all other info at https://www.youngfarmers.co.nz/regional-finals/northern

There will be coffee, ice cream and the Helensville Lions trucks there with all the essentials of life! See you there.

29/01/2025

The Hack Ring welcomes entries from both small hacks (148cm & not exceeding 158cm) and large hacks (over 158cm). Hacks are judged on 60% confirmation and 40% paces and manners and are always a picture to see. They are elegant and handsome. The team at Vets North sponsor our Hack Ring, thanks guys.

This year we introduce the NZTR Thoroughbred A&P Show class, for a Ridden Thoroughbred over 148cm, showing true Thoroughbred qualities. These entries must be registered in any recognised Thoroughbred Stud Book, here in NZ or overseas.

Enter online at https://showday.online/show/helensville
Schedules and full information at
https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/
Entries close 12th February 2025

29/01/2025

OOOOH, LOOK AT OUR GORGEOUS GARLANDS!!

If you win the Helensville Show Supreme Hack, Pony or Welsh Pony, you will go home with one of these fabulous garlands, so hop to it folks and get those entries in!
And Best Riders also win the matching Armbands.

Helensville Show, Saturday 22nd February
enter online at https://showday.online/show/helensville
Schedules at https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/
Entries close 12th February.

Thanks Lap of Honour Garlands for your quick and helpful service.

28/01/2025

THERE IS A SHEEP CATERGORY FOR ALMOST EVERYONE AT HELENSVILLE SHOW:
You can enter if your sheep are:-
- Purebred (Registered Wool classes & Registered Meat classes)
- Non registered (Flock Sheep)
- Black & Coloured (Black & Coloured,of course!)
- Milking herd (Dairy Sheep)
- Pet Lambs

You can even enter a FLEECE this year - either white or black/coloured.

We'd love to see your Sheep or fleece at our Show.
The Champion Dairy Ewe is eligible to enter the BEST OF SHOW DAIRY EXHIBIT, which is judged from all female Champion Dairy Cattle, Dairy Sheep and Dairy Goats.

Enter online at https://showday.online/show/helensville
Schedules and full information at
https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/
Entries close 12th Febr

Thanks to our friends at PGG Wrightson Retail and Water for supporting our sheep farmers and sponsoring this category.

27/01/2025

DAIRY GOATS & PET GOATS
Entries for both Dairy & Pet Goats are now open at the Helensville Show, so bring along your beautiful dairy goats.

All champion dairy does go through to the Best of Show Dairy Exhibit, along with the Champion Cows and Champion Dairy Ewe.

Enter online at https://showday.online/show/helensville
Schedules and full information at
https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/
Entries close 12th February 2025

Thanks Vets North for your support of the Dairy Goat ring.

26/01/2025

Oooh, look at these lovely books from HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand!! They will be prizes across our Baking, Preserves, Children's, Young Farmer, Horticulture and some Equestrian classes.

Best have a look at the Indoor schedule at https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/ and plan what you'd like to enter.

Entry forms are at the back of the schedule and can be emailed to the office on [email protected]. Or drop them in with your entry fees. Children's indoor classes are all free to enter.

So if Shortbread is your secret power, or you've got a prodigious chook laying lovely oeufs, or the hydrangea is showing off, there's a class for you. There are heaps of different categories across all the indoor classes. Come and have some fun and enter and win some prize money or a gorgeous prize like these Harper Collins books.

Call 021 529 689 if you have any queries, or email [email protected].

Thanks Harper Collins and the wonderful Sandra Noakes!

25/01/2025

WE WANT YOUR DAIRY EXHIBITS!

The 2025 Helensville Show is all about Dairy, with:-
- boosted rings for Dairy Cattle - a ring each for Jersey, Ayrshire, Holstein Friesian and All Breeds.
- $500 prize for the 2025 'Best of Show' Dairy Exhibit (judged from all female Champion Dairy Cattle, Goats & Sheep)
- extra prize money in the Calf Club classes
- South Island judge for Dairy cattle.

Don't miss the Dairy tent with butter churning, cheese tasting, dairy displays, history of the Kaipara Dairy Company, children's' activities and competitions. Fonterra tanker onsite, plus meet some of our local dairying legends.

Enter online at https://showday.online/show/helensville
Schedules and full information at
https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/
Entries close 12th February 2025
Any queries, contact the office, [email protected] or 021 529 689.

Thanks to our Dairy sponsors Vets North , Farm Source Ltd Helensville, PGG Wrightson Retail and Water.

24/01/2025

Artists, did you know there is an Art section at the Helensville Show each year?

There are Painting and Drawing classes and also some other craft classes which might be of interest. All Youth classes (16 and under) are free to enter, Adults $5 (or $3 if you are a Helensville Show member).

Classes & prize money are:
#630 Oil Painting - $50 1st, $30 2nd
# 631 Acrylic Painting - $50 1st, $30 2nd
# 632 Watercolour Painting - $50 1st, $30 2nd
# 633 Painting Any Media, Differently Abled Adult - $50 1st, $30 2nd
# 634 Any Media, 10 years and under - $30 1st, $5 2nd
# 635 Any Media, 11-16 years - $30 1st, $5 2nd
# 636 Original drawing, Adult - $30 1st, $5 2nd
# 637 Original drawing, 10 years and under - $30 1st, $5 2nd
# 638 Original drawing, 11-16 years - $30 1st, $5 2nd

Our thanks to FIGG and the Helensville Arts Centre for sponsoring the Art sector.

Schedules are available on https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/ click on the INDOOR Schedule and the Art is on p. 8. You can either enter online at www.showday.online/show/helensville or fill in the entry at the back of the schedule and email to [email protected]. Entries may be dropped in to the Showgrounds office Mon-Thurs 10.30am-4pm, along with entry forms and fees. Please note all artwork entries close on 12th February, as these are judged earlier. All entries will be displayed on Show day.

You may also be interested in the Māori Arts & Crafts on p. 9 and some of the other craft classes on p. 18. Children 16 and under have their own section with loads of classes from p. 24.

Bring it on Artists - let's see your work!

23/01/2025

Calling all Standardbred owners....

We look forward to seeing some lovely examples of Standardbreds at our Helensville Show Standardbred ring on Saturday 22nd February. There are both Inhand and Ridden classes and entries are now open (closing 12th February).

Entries and schedule are online via Showday.online/show/Helensville
Or check out the full Schedule at https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/ (click on the Equestrian Schedule link)
Or email the entries to us at [email protected].

Thanks to the wonderful people at Laser Plumbing Silverdale, NZ Standardbred Breeders Association, North Island Standardbred Association for sponsoring the Standardbred ring.

20/01/2025

CALLING ALL LEGO FANS...

If you're an adult Lego enthusiast, you might like to enter our new Adult Lego class, at the Helensville Show. We have always had lego classes for the youth, in all age goups. And now we have added class 790 ADULT ORIGINAL LEGO CREATION, any subject. The only rule is it must not exceed 50cm overall (it becomes a space issue otherwise - we can't fit them all on display!).

So come on all you modelers and get creating. See p. 17 of the Indoor schedule (T&C at the front of schedule). And kids, your classes start on p. 24, by age.

The excellent Helensville Paper Plus Select have a great range of Lego, if you're short a piece or two. April and the Paper Plus team are a sponsor for the Show, so do check out their Lego selection.

Schedules are on the website at
https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/

Remember indoor entries are judged the day BEFORE the Show, so you need to enter and deliver them by 10am on Friday 21st February. They are then displayed for everyone to see on Show day.

18/01/2025

What a fantastic community we live in. Today we'd like to acknowledge these four local lads and thank them for their mahi at the Helensville Showgrounds recently.

Jamie Hellyer of (along with his Uncle Bill!) did a grand job of cleaning up the grass from our carpark, racetrack and equestrian areas this week. Thank you Team Hellyer.

You can see Jamie at the Helensville Show on his trade stand showcasing Ifor Williams Trailers and he'd love to discuss your trailer needs. Please give him a pat on the back for being a good bloke and helping us out.

Andy Holst Farm Services spent the day mowing for us and moving grass (as he does often during the year). You'll find Andy announcing all Show day and he's an essential part of our team setting up at Show time. As a Life Member, Andy has great knowledge of all things Show-related and will be on the grounds directing the set-up. Cheers Andy.

Johnny Hildreth is giving the equestrian area a final trim ready for the coming Auckland Mounted Games, Young Farmer of the Year Northern regional final AND of course our very own Helensville Show. Johnny will also be here on Show day, probably in the Shearing area or around the Livestock; and during the set-up where his experience, time and machinery are invaluable to us. Thanks Johnny H.

Finally we would be lost without our Richard Bradly - less of a lad, more of a Kaumatua for us at the Showgrounds, which has been part of his life for decades. Richard is our Vice Patron now, so these days he has to get flossed-up on Show day! But during the year he is on the grounds constantly, monitoring and fixing things, running the stock and on his tractor mowing, moving stuff, organising things. Richard is immortalised in our Show board (painted by the talented Retts van Dam), as pictured.

We'd be lost without the support of these local families. Heartfelt thanks from our Executive to them all (and all the other Show families, who step up to make the Show happen each year).

18/01/2025

Helensville Show trek, from Showgrounds. Next Sunday, 26th Jan.
Details in post below.

17/01/2025

Shout out to the wonderful Lindsay Rushton for repairing our tired old Dairy Unit. He not only fabricated new gates, but rewelded the old rails, made new catches for the chains and painted it all - the cows won't know themselves come Show day!

If you need a great engineer, welder or steel fabricator who does site works, give Lindsay a call on 0273164913. We're thrilled with the job he did for us.

Thanks Lindsay!

17/01/2025

NORTHERN REGIONAL YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION.
RIGHT HERE, AT HELENSVILLE SHOWGROUNDS!
Saturday 1st February.

This includes all day modules from 8am, culminating in the dinner, quiz and presentation that night in the Showgrounds Hall.
The day features Young Farmers, Junior Farmers and AgriKidsNZ, so all ages.

Come along and support our Young Farmers.
Entry is free to watch the competition on Saturday.
The dinner/quiz is a ticketed event, hosted by Te Radar and capped at 100 guests.
For dinner tickets go to https://www.youngfarmers.co.nz/contest/northern-evening-show
Or for all other info at https://www.youngfarmers.co.nz/regional-finals/northern

15/01/2025

Join us in thanking our sponsors Farm Source, Barfoot & Thompson Kumeu and Hellaby for their support of our Equestrian and Livestock rings.

Farm Source are in their element this year with our Dairy theme and we are thrilled to have Fonterra on the grounds on Show day, showcasing all things Dairy. They support not only our Calf Club and Youth Dairy & Beef, but also the Sport Horse ring in Equestrian.

Barfoot & Thompson spoil our Saddle Hunter & Riding Horse ring, with the beautiful Barfoot & Thompson Cup for the Champion Saddle Hunter and an elegant rug for the Champion Riding Horse. And back this year, the Puhoi Axemen Woodchoppers are also sponsored by Barfoot & Thompson, Kumeu, Waimauku & Helensville , pictured here with one of the young axemen in training.

The good folks at Wilson Hellaby are also loyal supporters of our farmers and competitors, providing sponsorship in the livestock area.

We salute and thank these valuable sponsors for your continued support - Farm Source, Barfoot & Thompson and Wilson Hellaby.

13/01/2025

This week at the Helensville Library, Anne and her team are helping children make a CREEPY CRITTER MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS, for the 11-15 year olds class 927 at the Helensville Show.

Other ages can join in - anyone can enter a class older than their age (but older kids cannot enter the younger age groups).

Thursday Kids' Crafternoons, Helensville Library, 3.30pm - 4.30pm.

Whip along and join the fun - then place your entries via Showday or email.
Catalogues in the Library or online at https://helensvilleshow.co.nz/helensville-show-information/schedules-entry-forms/

We can't wait to see all the creepy critters at Show time!

On this page you will find links to download schedules and entry forms for the upcoming Helensville Show, and information on entering online.