FMG Young Farmer of the Year: Info Portal

Please refresh yourself with the AgriKidsNZ Conditions of Entry.

Please refresh yourself with our Health and Safety Policy. All AgriKidsNZ Grand Final Contestants must complete this induction. 

All AgriKidsNZ contestants receive a Bushbuck t-shirt at Grand Final. Please complete the form below to submit your size (the size guides are included in the form).

Due 23rd April 2025

Friday Night Awards Evening - All contestants will receive complimentary tickets to this event. You will receive an access code to register those tickets and all other attendee tickets must be purchased. 

Tickets will become available 29th May 6:30pm. 

Saturday Night Evening Show - As part of the AgriKidsNZ Grand Final Winners prize packs, the 1st placegetters will receive the below number of tickets to this event:

• First Place - 10 tickets

Attendees of all age are welcome to this event. 

Tickets will become available 29th May 6:30pm.

At our Opening Ceremony event for Grand Final, AgriKids teams are encouraged to participate in a costume competition! 

You can choose to create your costumes based on your team names OR any sort of theme as long as it's fun!

We look forward to seeing them all!

Please refresh yourself with our FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year Conditions of Entry.

Please refresh yourself with our Health and Safety Policy. All FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final Contestants must complete this induction. 

All FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year Contestants receive a Bushbuck t-shirt at Grand Final. Please complete the form below to submit your size (the size guides are included in the form).

Due 23rd April 2025

Gear List - Coming 13th June 2025!

Module Tips and Tricks - Coming 13th June 2025!

Friday Night Awards Evening - All contestants will receive complimentary tickets to this event. You will receive an access code to register those tickets and all other attendee tickets must be purchased. 

Tickets will become available 29th May 6:30pm. 

Saturday Night Evening Show - As part of the FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final Winners prize packs, the placegetters will receive the below number of tickets to this event:

• First Place - 10 tickets
• Second Place - 4 tickets
• Third Place - 4 tickets 

Attendees of all age are welcome to this event. 

Tickets will become available 29th May 6:30pm. 

Please refresh yourself with our Contest Rules for Season 57. 

Please refresh yourself of our Health & Safety policy. 

MENTAL HEALTH:

Your mental health is just as important as your physical health. As the workload and pressure increase in the coming months, know that we’re here to support you.

Please inform us if you sustain any new injuries before the Grand Final.

Note: High viz is only for staff, contestants, committee members, and volunteers. Supporters wearing high viz will be asked to remove it.

RED FLAG RULES:

Make sure you are up to date with our Red Flag Judge Rules as this will be a critical part of health and safety on Practical Day.

Red Flag Rules - 2025

Due 3pm Wednesday 11th June 

To ensure suitability for representing the Contest and our Sponsors, all Grand Finalists must complete a background check. Please fill out the Police Vetting Form and return it with a copy of your driver's license (front and back) - Police Vetting Form

We will also conduct media checks, including all your social media accounts. As a representative of NZ Young Farmers, please be aware that anything you post impacts you, the organization, and our Sponsors.

Innovation Project Due 3pm 11th June 2025 - You'll receive information about the innovation project prior to the Workshop. You'll be required to send 4 copies of your report, bound and in report format. 

Sent to:

NZ Young Farmers

Unit 6, 185 Kirk Road, Templeton

Christchurch, 7678

Community Footprint Due 3pm 23nd June 2025 - You'' receive information about the community footprint challenge at the Workshop. Please use WeTransfer to send your video. 

Gear List - Coming soon

Tips & Tricks - Coming soon

Speech Topics - Coming Soon!

Please let Nick know what topic you have chosen - Due 3pm 25th June

Friday Night Awards and Speeches - You will receive two complimentary tickets to the event for you and your support person. 

Saturday Night Evening Show - You will receive two complimentary tickets for you and your support person. An additional 18 tickets have been set aside for each contestant to purchase. Please let us know if you would like extra tickets or if you do not require the full 18. You may change attendee details at a later date. 

Tickets can be accessed using the code emailed to you at a later date. 

Grand Final is a big step outside most people's comfort zones and adds to an already hectic workload. It's a lot to take on.

Rural Support Trust is offering their support over the coming months. Each of you has been assigned a facilitator to talk to, both before and after the Grand Final. They’ll reach out if they haven’t already.

Feel free to use this service however you need—your mental health is as important as your physical health, and we want to ensure you leave this experience in the same great shape you came in!

Rural Support Trust operates under its own privacy policy and will not share any information with NZ Young Farmers.

Please ensure any team members attending Grand Final complete the Health and Safety Induction. 

Due 23rd June 2025

FMG Young Farmer of the Year Module Guidelines - Coming soon!

FMG JR Young Farmer & AgriKids Module Host Guidelines

Let us know what your modules are, what equipment you might need, and how much space you require. If you are hosting a module for more than one age group, you'll need to submit separate forms.

Due 29th May 2025

Prizes

Our shipping containers will be leaving Christchurch, heading to Winton for Grand Final.

Please ensure all prizes and any equipment you'd like to travel with us, is brought to our office.

Due 18th June 2025

Please send through your promotional video that you’d like to play at the Friday and Saturday evening shows before Wednesday 18 June to josh.mangos@youngfarmers.co.nz

Preferred format: 16:9, 1080p, MP4, 60 seconds long 

Please ensure your video doesn’t feature any of our sponsor competitor brands 

If you would like us to reuse your Regional Final video, please let Josh know. 

Please reserve the number of your allocated tickets you wish to claim. You can also purchase further tickets along with your allocated quota. 

All allocated tickets will require your sponsor code to access - this will be emailed to you. 

Due 5th June - All unclaimed tickets will be released to General Admission. 

We'll have a Sponsor Hub at Grand Final in Winton. Please let us know if you'd like to be involved and how much space you'd require.

X-Site is our event hire contractor that manages this. Please note there are additional costs involved. 

Due 18th June

All sponsors have the option to submit quiz questions from their field of expertise. 

We must offer a variety of topics to assess the contestants' breadth of knowledge. Your questions will be reviewed by the Question Committee, but their selection is not guaranteed.

NZYF Events Manager  

Nick Kennedy  

021 198 8142 

nick.kennedy@youngfarmers.co.nz 

NZYF Event Coordinator 

Olivia Duplan  

027 654 8422 

olivia.duplan@youngfarmers.co.nz 

NZYF Event Coordinator - FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year 

Sophie Herriott

021 261 8021

sophie.herriott@youngfarmers.co.nz

NZYF Event Coordinator - AgriKidsNZ

Amy Middlemiss 

027 952 8436

amy.middlemiss@youngfarmers.co.nz 

NZYF Marketing and Communications Manager 

Josh Mangos

021 962 164 

Josh.Mangos@youngfarmers.co.nz 

NZYF Membership Manager 

Sara Luckman

020 4111 2092

sara.luckman@youngfarmers.co.nz 

NZYF Membership Coordinator

Rachel Pickworth

021 121 4769

rachel.pickworth@youngfarmers.co.nz