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Home Industry Competitions

Showcase creativity, flavour, and flair

Home Industry competitions are a much-loved part of the Show, featuring handcrafted and homegrown entries from across the region, open to all ages and skill levels.

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Head Stewards:
Liz Buggs  022 026 0527
Toni Hyslop  027 739 5046
Email: homeindustry@wanakashow.co.nz

Step into the colourful world of Home Industry – an iconic part of the Show where creativity, tradition, and community pride come together. From embroidery and crafts to baking, photography and floral displays, every entry tells a story of skill, care, and individuality.

Whether you’re a seasoned competitor or giving it a go for the first time, there’s something for everyone, with classes spanning arts, vegetables, preserves, flowers, and more. Open to all ages and abilities across the region, Home Industry is your chance to share what you’ve made, grown, or baked – and maybe take home a ribbon (or just a whole lot of satisfaction).

Be part of one of the most loved and lively traditions of the Show.

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Junior Section

Convenor:
All Junior Classes – Jill Bruce  021 330 888

The Junior Section includes the following classes:

Arts & Crafts
Baking
Decorative
Photography
Vegetables
Paintings
School Art – Display of work (from local schools & home-schooled children)

Many thanks to our category sponsors:

Junior Section – Puzzling World
Junior Vegetables – Mitre 10 Mega Wanaka

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Family Section

In the Family section you can compete in the below classes:

Smoko Box
Decorated Cake

Many thanks to our category sponsors:

Family Section – Shepherdess Magazine

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Open Section

Convenors:
Rose, Blooms & Vegetables – Toni Foxton  027 442 3416
All Photography Classes – Jo Nimmo  027 240 6795
All Textile Classes – Shirley Allan  021 0222 6225

The Open Section has something for everyone.

Many thanks to our category sponsors:

Baking – Pembroke Patisserie
Craft – Shepherdess Magazine
Embroidery – Spotlight
Creative Fibre – Perriam
Flowers Blooms – Mitre 10 Mega Wanaka
Flowers Roses – Mitre 10 Mega Wanaka
Painting – Paper Plus Wanaka
Patchwork – Spotlight
Photography – Minaret Station
Preserves & Jams – Di Kenton & Barkers of Geraldine
Vegetables – Mitre 10 Mega Wanaka

Shepherdess HR

Thank You Shepherdess

Proud Gold sponsor of the Wānaka A&P Show

Visit the Shepherdess Home Industry Pavilion during your Show weekend, and meet the Shepherdess team on the verandah!

More competitions

The Wānaka A&P Show presents an array of events and competitions over the two-day schedule. 
Featuring more than 500 competitions spanning animal, agricultural and home industry skills, 
there is something for everyone — whether you call town or country home.