Two of Taihape's landmark events are among the latest to be cancelled due to ongoing Covid-19 concerns.
The 111th Taihape A&P Show and the town's famous Gumboot Day are the latest Covid casualties.
Historically held around Easter each year, the Gumboot Day became part of the A&P Show weekend for the first time in 2020.
It is supposed to be held on January 29 and is one of at least nine A&P shows to be cancelled throughout New Zealand in early 2022.
Taihape Community Development Trust projects and events co-ordinator Pania Winiata says the loss of the show and the internationally-known gumboot throwing championship is devastating for the small town.