"Haere Mai" To N.Z.

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31365, 10 May 1967, Page 24

"Haere Mai" To N.Z.

On the eve of the 14th World Ploughing Contest the president of the New Zealand Ploughing Association and chairman of the organising committee for the contest, Mr E. A. E. Fairhall of Blenheim, who is also New Zealand’s representative on the governing board of the World Ploughing Organisation, has issued the following statement:—

“We of the New Zealand Ploughing Association deem it a great privilege to have been selected by the World Ploughing Organisation to organise the 14th World Ploughing Contest, and it is with the greatest of pleasure we say ‘Haere Mai’ (‘Welcome’) to all our guests. “For the first time in the Southern Hemisphere, nearly 30 competitors from 16 countries will compete in friendly rivalry for that coveted title champion ploughman of the world. “Since 1956, New Zealand has each year sent ploughmen to the other side of

the world to compete in the World Ploughing Contest, and during that period many lasting friendships have been formed amongst that great brotherhood of ploughmen, in which creed and colour does not exist “With so much strife In the world today, it is refreshing to have folk from so many different nations joining together as one happy family. May the motto of the World Ploughing Organisation “Pax Arva Colat”—or—“Let Peace Cultivate the Fields"—be an inspiration to mankind the world over.”