New Zealand's top rodeo riders were on show at the Mid Northern Rodeo over two days at the weekend. Some of the best bucking broncs and bulls in the business made sure competitors didn't get an easy ride. Photographer Michael Cunningham was there.
![Havelock North cowboy Ross Dowling hangs on in the open saddle bronc ride.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/SXG3PTLPLRH62MTDJM47CYFLNQ.jpg?auth=4d3649bf5aedd482483a06fd357d127a3bbcbc1950a5eb30b1b52006ca69ba88&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
![Kamo's Ken Massey is a committee member for the Mid Northern Rodeo.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NZLHNAR2ESNVPY422Z7NY4LX54.jpg?auth=ffa01b6c3b0c48db519bf735c7ffd848fb6f4193b15cdb303776005f5a57dd12&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
![National secretary Dianna Bradshaw keeps the show on the road.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5LSKNIZBZO2Q3CBMWHHAYS4SJM.jpg?auth=427d245a40cc0ebfc6265a7d74adff57aff79c12eb8a2461ef5ac626c1221e28&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
![Aaron Church Jnr, leaps off his mount to wrestle a steer.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/LJ2J7J3U466TU4GCLWHPZXWUUI.jpg?auth=f9ed0501c3ac3fc51ad903258a8eb02c5b1a7a798ed2c7f82f46cf84a616ef21&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Protesters outside the Mid Northern Rodeo in Whangārei.
New Zealand's top rodeo riders were on show at the Mid Northern Rodeo over two days at the weekend. Some of the best bucking broncs and bulls in the business made sure competitors didn't get an easy ride. Photographer Michael Cunningham was there.
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