Robin Krause off to a good start at World Shearing Champs
South Island-based German shearer Robin Krause gets finals placing in junior championship.
South Island-based German shearer Robin Krause gets finals placing in junior championship.
Shearing and woolhandling action kicks off at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh soon.
The event is expected to be held over four days on March 4-7, 2026.
Kiwi team in Scotland for the Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.
The championships invariably spark debate over whether sheep shearing is a sport.
Shearing Sports NZ team manager reckons it would be "difficult but not impossible”.
It's the Hawke's Bay gun's second win in the UK in a week.
Rowland Smith and Leon Samuels came first and third in Royal Cornwall Show open final.
Men's & women’s world eight-hour strong wool lamb shearing records to be challenged in NZ.
Rowland Smith is the favourite to win the Open shearing title.
The eight-hour tally of 601 lambs was 91 better than the previous record.
The best of youth shearing in New Zealand. Video / Supplied
Nathan Stratford, of Invercargill, competes in the heats of the NZ Shearing Circuit Final at Armidale Merino Stud in Gimmerburn on Saturday. He went on to win the competition. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Jared Morgan / ODT
Allan Paterson saved the event from being cancelled by hosting it on his farm.
The rural sector is uniting again to help those battling cancer in the South.
The championships were to have been held on March 3-5, 2022.
All pre-Christmas North Island A&P show shearing sports competitions cancelled.
NZ Merino Shears and NZ Spring Shears will take place in October.
King reckons politics could do with some of the passion and camaraderie of shearing.
The Waimarino shears have incorporated te reo Māori as part of their event.
The 24-year-old Gore shearer began her attempt early Thursday morning.
Future of shearing business which has employed dozens of Hawke's Bay people under threat.
Second fire evacuation for former Golden Shears and world champ.
Cavalier sold business for half of book value.
Women's goal is to raise money and nearness fro Farmstrong
A shearing milestone has been marked in Waipukurau. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Boofy the sheep's magnificent mullet is making waves on social media.
Benneydale kids learn about animal genetics on the farm. Made with funding from NZ On Air.