Canterbury A&P Show returns to volunteers and its farming roots
The Canterbury A&P Show runs on volunteers again, with a renewed focus on farmers and agriculture.
|November 12, 2026Listen to the full interview:
The Canterbury A&P Show is back in volunteer hands, with an unpaid board and committee.
Canterbury A&P Association president Lex Peddie says the association decided after last year’s show to return to its agricultural roots.
“In the process, we bring country to town and the urban people can see what we’re about,” he says.
“We hear a lot of rhetoric. But people don’t know how the farming community kicks over. And it’s a good place to show them.”
Lex says Ravensdown’s support secures another show next year, and Ballantynes has backed the show for more than 130 years.
He has competed and designed courses in the show’s equestrian events since 1978.
To learn more, visit theshow.co.nz
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