Of course shearing is a sport
The championships invariably spark debate over whether sheep shearing is a sport.
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Could shearing be an Olympic sport?
Shearing Sports NZ team manager reckons it would be "difficult but not impossible”.
Shearing: Success for Rowland Smith at Royal Three Counties Show
It's the Hawke's Bay gun's second win in the UK in a week.
Kiwi shearing guns on show before World Champs
Rowland Smith and Leon Samuels came first and third in Royal Cornwall Show open final.
Two World Record shearing attempts confirmed for December
Men's & women’s world eight-hour strong wool lamb shearing records to be challenged in NZ.
Shear triumph in World champs build-up
Two brothers from Hawke's Bay rule ahead of this month's Shearing World Championships
Hawke’s Bay’s big share of NZ shears
Hawke's Bay won three of the major titles at the New Zealand Shears.
Golden Shears back on the road again
Rowland Smith is the favourite to win the Open shearing title.
Woodville shearer sets new world record
The eight-hour tally of 601 lambs was 91 better than the previous record.
The best of youth sheep shearing
The best of youth shearing in New Zealand. Video / Supplied
Stratford wins shearing final
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
Armidale all set to host National Shearing Circuit finals
Allan Paterson saved the event from being cancelled by hosting it on his farm.
24-hour Shear-a-thon to raise money for Southland Charity Hospital
The rural sector is uniting again to help those battling cancer in the South.
Golden Shears cancelled for a second time
The championships were to have been held on March 3-5, 2022.
Pandemic devastates North Island shearing competitions
All pre-Christmas North Island A&P show shearing sports competitions cancelled.
Two for 2: Big shearing events to go ahead under Covid restrictions
NZ Merino Shears and NZ Spring Shears will take place in October.
Local Focus: Desperately seeking sheep dags
Lack of dags is actually a problem. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Relief in Australia as welcome mat goes out for Kiwi shearers
NZ shearers can now travel over for Australian farmers' busy spring season.
Former MP Colin King to shear again
King reckons politics could do with some of the passion and camaraderie of shearing.
Waimarino Shears goes bilingual
The Waimarino shears have incorporated te reo Māori as part of their event.
Gore shearer breaks world record in all-day marathon
The 24-year-old Gore shearer began her attempt early Thursday morning.
'Our new home': Aussie bushfires force Hawke's Bay shearers to hole up on sports oval
Future of shearing business which has employed dozens of Hawke's Bay people under threat.
'We may have all just lost our homes': Kiwi shearers flee Kangaroo Island fires
Second fire evacuation for former Golden Shears and world champ.
Scours deal reveals Cavalier left millions on the table
Cavalier sold business for half of book value.
Women in Wool take on shearing challenge
Women's goal is to raise money and nearness fro Farmstrong
Blade shearing still cutting a swathe 150 years on
A shearing milestone has been marked in Waipukurau. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Sheep's All Blacks-inspired mullet goes viral
Boofy the sheep's magnificent mullet is making waves on social media.
Local Focus: Visits to help encourage farming careers
Benneydale kids learn about animal genetics on the farm. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Golden Shears collapse: 'I felt dizzy, that's all I remember'
Former Golden Shears champ can't remember collapsing.
Women making records in Hawke's Bay woolshed
Four women shearers, from three different countries, and 821 lambs, in one woolshed.
Woman shearer chases record
Te Kuiti shearer Kerri-Jo Te Huia has made an assured start to her record bid.
Shearing legend Colin Bosher dies
Legendary New Zealand shearer Colin Bosher has died in hospital in Australia