South Canterbury blade shearers Tony Dobbs and Phil Oldfield triumph in Bendigo.

Smith and Henare dominate shearing and woolhandling finals at Manawatu A&P Show

Aussies bounce back from defeat at the Golden Shears in Masterton in March

Team of seven, stacked with world champs, crosses Tasman for Bendigo tests.

Federated Farmers frustrated by actors who'd "rather go naked than wear wool".

Te Kuiti sheep get a Ponsonby makeover for Moa's Station IPA beer launch.

Mathew Smith's trailblazing the UK in the UK recognised by shearing peers

Kiwis face prospect of series whitewash if they can't get on top in final test.

Shearing four two-hour runs, Rowland Smith is attempting a record of 605 sheep

It's the opening day of the three-day New Zealand Shearing Championships in Te Kuiti

Sir David Fagan gives us the lowdown on the New Zealand Shearing Championships.

Shearers raise funds for cause close to their hearts - Made with funding from NZ On Air

Rowland Smith is the favourite for a rare treble of the three Open titles at the nationals

Taranaki's shearing competition featured world champions. Made with funds from NZ On Air.

Northland-raised Hawke's Bay shearer Rowland Smith has tonight completed an amazing reply to his omission from the New Zealand World

Invercargill shearer Nathan Stratford has loomed as a big Golden Shears hope

Shearing champ Mark Baxter only took it up competitively to follow his fiance

Gisborne woolhandler Aromia Ngarangione only wanted to pay off the student loan

Southland shearer Leon Samuels today set a new world solo eight-hours strongwool ewe-shearing record after a tally of 605 in a woolshed north of Gore.

Another World shearing record attempt has been given the all-clear to go ahead in Southland today.

Rowland Smith became possibly only the fourth person to win 100 Open-class shearing titles with three victories about 24hours and 1700km apart during the weekend.

It'll be as if nothing's missed a beat for many top shearers and woolhandlers, judges and officials as the 52nd two-day Southern Shears

Prime Minister Bill English earned the first major victory of election year today.

New Zealand blade shearer Tony Dobbs has taken the first jump on his opposition ahead of the World blade shearing championships with

His father Desi sheared 2.25 million sheep over 50 years, and son Kopere Downs reached his first million on a farm near Taihape.

You can rightfully accuse Donald Trump of many things but you couldn't accuse the most powerful man in the world of sitting on his hands.

The build-up to the 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships begins in earnest this week.

A record number of entrants were hanging on for dear life as horses kicked and bulls bucked at the Wairoa A&P Show rodeo. The rodeo

Three shearers from different corners of the country have smashed a world shearing record - 1611 strongwool ewes between them in just eight hours. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Selection of Northland competitors for the 2017 Hilux Rural Games at Palmerston North will be held for the first time at the Whangarei