The Pat Farry Rural Health Education Trust will be represented at the New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays event, at the Mystery Creek Events Centre, near Hamilton.
About 130,000 visitors from New Zealand and 38 other countries are expected to view more than 1000 exhibitions on 40ha to keep up with the developments in the farming industry, from June 15 to 18.
Sue Farry, Dr Farry's Queenstown-based widow and trustee, and operations manager and trustee Sarah Swale, also of Queenstown, this year will seek fundraising support from the rural sector, as well as from medical and healthcare companies.
Ms Swale said the pair were bound for Fieldays, to immerse themselves "in the heart of rural life to promote the trust, increase awareness and widen the network of potential rural sponsors".
"The trust is appreciative of the support given by Mobile Surgical Services, who have allocated space within their marquee for the trust to have a presence at New Zealand's biggest rural event.
"The unit, with its prime location at Fieldays, will act as a point of interest to draw in farmers and their families."
The trust was established in March 2010 to continue Dr Farry's advocacy of sustainable and high-quality health services for New Zealand's rural communities and small towns through education.
Three young Wakatipu-based medical students from the University of Otago, who were the first to be awarded a new scholarship by the trust and funded by the Queenstown Medical Centre, were confirmed to depart for Australia next month, Ms Swale said.
Dunedin School of Medicine rural medical immersion students Thomas Kuperus, of Timaru, University of Otago Christchurch campus student Matt Restieaux, of Clinton, and University of Otago Wellington campus student James Heaton, of Waihi Beach, will attend Monash University for two weeks of rural studies.
They will write a blog on their experiences for the trust's website, then bring back to the Wakatipu the skills they learned.
The students will continue working in the Wakatipu Medical Centre and Lakes District Hospital, in Frankton, as part of the rural medical immersion programme developed by Dr Farry.
The annual scholarship programme will run again next year.
