Editing Feilding (section)

{{short description|Settlement in Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand}}
{{For|other places with a similar name|Fielding (disambiguation){{!}}Fielding}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2023}}
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| subdivision_type1        = Region
| subdivision_name1        = [[Manawatū-Whanganui]]
| subdivision_type2        = District
| subdivision_name2        = [[Manawatū District]]
| subdivision_type3        = Ward
| subdivision_name3        = {{ubl|Feilding General Ward|Ngā Tapuae o Matangi Māori Ward}}
| seat_type                = [[New Zealand electorates|Electorates]]
| seat                     = {{ubl|[[Rangitīkei (New Zealand electorate)|Rangitīkei]]|[[Te Tai Hauāuru]] ([[Māori electorates|Māori]])}}
| leader_title             = Territorial Authority
| leader_name              = [[Manawatū District Council]]
| leader_title1            = Regional council
| leader_name1             = [[Horizons Regional Council]]
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| established_date         = 1871
| founder                  = 
| named_for                = Colonel [[William Henry Adelbert Feilding]]
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| elevation_m              = 70
| elevation_ft             = 230
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| postal_code_type         = Postcode
| postal_code              = 4702
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| area_code                = 06
| website                  = [http://www.feilding.co.nz/ www.feilding.co.nz]
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'''Feilding''' is a town in the [[Manawatū District]] of the [[North Island]] of New Zealand.  It is located on [[New Zealand State Highway 54|State Highway 54]], 20 kilometres north of [[Palmerston North]]. The town is the seat of the Manawatū District Council.

Feilding has won the annual New Zealand's Most Beautiful Town award 16 times.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feilding wins New Zealand's most beautiful town for the 16th time |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/97904436/feilding-wins-new-zealands-most-beautiful-town-for-the-16th-time#:~:text=Feilding%20has%20won%20the%20Most,representatives%20Adele%20and%20Russell%20Parker. |website=Stuff |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> It is an Edwardian-themed town, with the district plan encouraging buildings in the CBD to be built in that style. The town is currently extending its CBD beautification featuring paving and planter boxes on the footpaths on the main streets in the CBD, including the realignment and beautification of Fergusson Street to the South Street entrance of Manfeild Park.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

The town is a service town for the surrounding farming district. The Feilding Saleyards has been a vital part of the wider Manawatū community for over 125 years. As transport systems improved and farming practices changed, the need for small, local saleyards all but disappeared, leaving few major selling complexes in New Zealand. Manawatū is a diverse and fertile farming area with high production, high stock-carrying capacity, and a stable climate. These factors make Feilding Saleyards a popular medium for many farmers. A unique aspect of Feilding Saleyards is their location in the centre of town.<ref>"Feilding Saleyards 125 Years of Success 1880–2005" (June 2005) Adapted by Foreword authored by Ian McKelvie.</ref>

The [[Manawatū Plains]], on which the town is sited, are very fertile land, and as such it is a prosperous agricultural area. Being located on the [[floodplain]] of a major river has its problems, however, and in February 2004 the town suffered extensive flooding. In 2009 the [[Horizons Regional Council]] commissioned a new flood protection scheme to prevent extensive flooding in the future.<ref>{{cite news | title=Flood protection scheme opens | url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=48660 | work=infonews.co.nz | location=New Zealand | date=25 March 2000 | access-date=9 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628195238/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=48660 | archive-date=28 June 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>