6 Dec 2022

Waikato Uni wins big in innovation at Fieldays

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 6 December 2022

The 2022 Fieldays were last week, and the Fieldays Innovation Awards were announced.

The University of Waikato came away with the prototype award and $10,000, for their Kiwifruit Human Assisted Harvesting e-BIN.

Nick Pickering, a lecturer at the University's School of Engineering talks to Jesse.

About 75,000 people attended Fieldays in 2022 - considerably down on the 130,000 visitors that organisers were hoping for.

About 75,000 people attended Fieldays in 2022 - considerably down on the 130,000 visitors that organisers were hoping for. Photo: Fieldays / Supplied