New Zealand Rural Games
A uniquely New Zealand event comprising a large range of unusual sports and games. This annual event is held over two days, including "sports that built the nation". The inaugural Games took place over the Waitangi weekend in 2015.
Some of the events (from 2016) include:
- Speed shearing
- wood chopping
- Speed fencing
- Speed gold panning
- Wine Barrel Racing
- Coal shovelling
- Speed Tree Climbing
- Egg Throwing and Catching
- Cherry Stone Spitting
- Speed Hand Milking
- gumboot throwing
- Cowpat tossing
- Highland Games 'heavy' events
- sack races
- Tug-o-war
Related Pages
- Throwing Competitions
- Complete list of unusual sports
- sport in New Zealand
- Videos of unusual sports
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