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NZ Herald
10-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Fieldays 2025 Innovation Awards: 63 entrants to vie for accolades
The Prototype category comprises 23 entrants, the Early-Stage category has 32, the Growth and Scale Award has eight entrants, and five people are vying for the Young Innovator of the Year award. All participants are in the running for the People's Choice Award. Entries include autonomous feeding systems, methane-reduction technologies, innovations championing data-driven farming, like a soil test for earthworm DNA, robots, apps, and innovations turning waste into more valuable products like vegan leather made from kiwifruit waste and a protein ingredient made from sheepskin offcuts. The participants are vying for a share of a prize package worth more than $75,000 to help launch or accelerate their new product. Entrants will be judged by a panel of 18 sector experts, including new judges Emma Poole, Michelle Good, Justin White and Oliver McDermott. Five finalists in each category will be selected later this month. For the people's choice awards, Fieldays visitors are invited to cast their vote for their favourite innovation at the event. The innovator with the most votes will receive $2000, while one lucky voter will win a voucher for $500. Fieldays 2025 will be held from Wednesday, June 11 to Saturda,y June 14 at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton. The Innovation Awards ceremony is on June 12 and will be livestreamed on social media.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
WFXR honors lost coworker at Lynchburg Heart Walk
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Hundreds gathered in Lynchburg Saturday morning for the Lynchburg Heart Walk, which benefits the American Heart Association through fundraising and awareness. 'Heart disease and stroke affect all of us in different ways,' said cardiologist and Lynchburg Heart Walk co-chair Justin Klein. 'They're the number one killers of people in America today and around the world. The research is so important moving forward.' The walk serves as an opportunity for folks to honor loved ones they have lost to heart disease, and for survivors to take the stroll themselves. Friends Peggy Davis and Mary Ellen Bryant were two of the dozens of survivors at the event, and walked three miles together. 'We go to rehab together, so we are just teammates now,' said Davis. 'We are just happy to be alive.' Every age group was represented among the survivors, including six-month-old Emma Poole, who was born with a serious heart murmur. 'As second-time parents, we were freaking out,' said her father, Alex Poole. 'We had no clue what was going on.' Sights from Lynchburg Heart Walk After spending the first five days of life in the hospital, Emma Poole had surgery to operate on a heart valve that was not working properly about a month after she was born. Five months later, her family formed 'Emma's Team,' and walked in support of her battle. 'It means a lot to all of us,' said Alex Poole, pointing out that his father-in-law, Mark, is also a survivor. 'All of us can come out here and support Emma and Mark for the struggles they've gone through.' Serving as the media sponsor of the Heart Walk, the event is always significant for the WFXR team. However, WFXR formed a team of its own at this year's walk, moving in honor of our friend and colleague Gary Boyer, who passed away of heart complications last summer. 'Gary meant so much to us here at the station,' said WFXR sports director Jermaine Ferrell, one member of 'Boyer's Brigade,' who walked a mile Saturday morning in honor of Boyer. 'When we lost him, we lost a valued part of our team.' 'So, to be out here today supporting him, the survivors, the volunteers, everyone with this Lynchburg Heart Walk is so special. It is an honor and a privilege to be here. I'm glad to be a part of it and our station is as well.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
