South Island shearers get ready for NZ Cup and Show Week
Angus Moore and Nathan Stratford win big at Marlborough and Pleasant Point Shears.
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Main street shearing returns to Pleasant Point this year
Get to the Point Shears is back on the main street this Saturday.
Bay boys gear up for world shearing challenge
It's a three-stand merinos record, last set almost 20 years ago - in South Africa.
Marlborough A and P Show Shears hoping for more entries this year
Shears only had 16 entries last year after sticking it out through Covid restrictions.
Shearing: Nathan Stratford steps up the pace at Ashburton A and P Show
Nathan Stratford won the Ashburton A and P Show’s open shearing final on Saturday.
Gizzy crew catches the shearing bug at Wairarapa Shears
Almost 70 shearers and woolhandlers competed at the Wairarapa A and P Show on Saturday.
Woolhandler follows dad's transtasman footsteps
John Kirkpatrick has shorn 14 transtasman tests, Now his daughter is in the team
Great Raihania Shears win for Rowland Smith
Rowland Smith won the Great Raihania Shears open final at the Hawke’s Bay Show on Friday.
Allan Oldfield wins blade shearing open final at Rangiora
Eventful trip from Hutt Valley to North Canterbury worth it for blade shearing champ.
Shearing success for Hemi Braddick at Gisborne Champs
Results from Poverty Bay A and P Show’s Gisborne Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.
Transtasman shearing and woolhandling tests postponed due to Victoria floods
First transtasman shearing and woolhandling test matches in more than two years postponed.
Another big weekend for shearing sports
Gisborne Shearing and Woolhandling Champs and Selwyn Show Shearing Champs this weekend.
Woolhandling double for Joel Henare at Waimate Spring Shears
Henare won the open final merino fleeces on Friday and the crossbred event on Saturday.
Nathan Stratford off to a flying start at National Shearing Circuit
Stratford claims maximum points from the first round of the 2022-2023 series.
NZ Merino Shears: Cushla Abraham claims woolhandling title
New Zealand Merino Championships kicked off the shearing sports season on Friday.
Merino Shears kicks off season with impressive numbers
2022-2023 Shearing Sports NZ season in full swing after Covid-19 disruption.
Transtasman teamwork to tackle shearing shortage
NZ and Australia combine to tackle global shortage of shearers and skilled woolhandlers.
Samson Te Whata heads First Nations Australia team at NZ Merino Champs
Australia-based Kiwi shearing legend Samson Te Whata will head the team.
New Zealand woolhandling team places on the line at Merino Shears
Joel Henare has confirmed he is unavailable for the 2022-2023 series.
Transtasman shears tests bounce back from pandemic hiatus
Transtasman shearing competition that dates back 48 years will resume this October.
The race is on for the black singlets at world shears champs
Mixture of title and selection series winners will make up the six NZ team members.
Nine hours at 35.9 seconds a lamb - new record set
New record holder Welsh shearer Lloyd Rees managed an average of 35.9 seconds a lamb.
Englishman with NZ experience sets new shearing record
New record-holder shore 763 of Tarawera Station's toughest pumiced sheep in 2020.
Retiring stalwart holds hope for wool industry
Stuart Catto is closing his Oamaru business Catto Wool, after a lifetime in the industry.
Shearing Association raises pay rates to retain workforce
Pay rates for key roles in the shearing industry are set to rise.
Double whammy for lamb shearing world record
Jack Fagan and Reuben Alabaster will separately attempt the 8 hr lamb record in December.
Shearing sports competitions bounce back after pandemic
The 2022-2023 season promises to be a big one for Shearing Sports New Zealand.
Shearing gang notches up personal bests
Personal best for shearing lambs attempted by four members of the same gang.
Shearing helped Tom Adkins be a cut above the competition
Aorangi FMG Young Farmer of the Year Tom Adkins. Photo / Supplied
Shearing: Favourite Stratford wins Circuit
Invercargill's Nathan Stratford had the No 1 ranking among 12 shearers.
Nathan Stratford wins National Shearing Circuit final
Circuit final went ahead at Armidale Merino Stud, in Gimmerburn, under Covid restrictions.