The Central Hawke's Bay Show is more than a century old, but one of its events precedes it by another half century.
It is 150 years since shearing competitions were first held in Waipukurau, the earliest recorded shearing competition in New Zealand.
An exhibition competition was held at this year's show to mark the 150th anniversary, which included two of the country's top blade-shearing exponents.
Allan Oldfield and Tony Dobbs flew from the South Island for the event and will likely be part of the New Zealand team for the 2019 World Blade Shearing championships.