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600 competitors, 6000 sheep: Golden Shears world champs return to Masterton
The championships will be held on March 4-7 at the town’s War Memorial Stadium.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Kiwis pip Wales in first shearing test match
The Waitangi Day showdown drew 122 competitors to the small King Country town of Aria.
NZ world shears champs team complete
The six-strong New Zealand team will compete in Masterton on March 4-7.
New manager for NZ team at world shearing champs
Bart Hadfield steps in after original manager Lance Waddell withdrew.
Kirkpatrick claims Dannevirke open shearing title
It was the second win of the season for John Kirkpatrick.
Shearers smash world record with 2073 lambs in epic West Otago effort
Leon Samuels, Paerata Abraham and Shane Ratima beat the old mark by 97.
Shearing record-breaker and top UK farmer back in the Bay
Matt Smith is from Hawke's Bay, but represents England in the world shearing championship.
Joel Henare makes New Zealand shearing team again
The woolhandler is guaranteed a place back in the New Zealand shearing sports team.
Welsh gun Gethin Lewis wins on big day for Taihape Shears
The Taihape Shears drew 219 competitors after a last-minute venue change.
Rain forces Taihape Shears venue change
Heavy rain has made it almost impossible to get sheep trucks in and out of Memorial Park.
'The whole place lit up': Kiwi women set new shearing world record
Rose Lewis, Missy Te Whata, Te Atakura Crawford, and Pagan Rimene set a new world record.
Braddick shines in big shearing weekend
Eketahuna shearer Hemi Braddick is closer to world champs after his first national win.
Whanganui shearer breaks nine-hour world record with 732 ewes
Simon Goss broke the record with less than 50 seconds to spare.
Shear determination: Whanganui shearer to attempt world record
The previous record was set by Kiwi shearer Matt Smith in 2016.
From shearer to doctor: A remarkable career change pays off
The former shearer began medical retraining at age 27.
Golden Shears World Champs attracts 26 countries
The Friday and Saturday night finals at Masterton's War Memorial Stadium are sold out.
Jack Fagan makes it three in a row at record Stratford shears
The 33-year-old reckoned it was the first time he was the oldest in the open final.
Kirkpatrick wins CHB Shears title for 15th time
The 55-year-old edged out 2012 World Champion Gavin Mutch by 2.165 points in Waipukurau.
Wool revival adds extra buzz to Canterbury’s biggest A&P event
A new Wool Zone marquee will feature fashion shows and interactive exhibits.
Laura Bradley's historic moment at Wairarapa Spring Shears
Southern Hawke’s Bay shearer impresses in only her second competition in the top grade.
NZ blade shearers beat Aussies in transtasman test
Kiwis took out bladeshearing, but machine shearing and woolhandling went to the Aussies.
Fagan and Henare win big at Gisborne Show — and work the mic too
When they weren't winning, Fagan and Henare were commentators or prizegiving MCs.
Shear Kiwi grit and ingenuity locks in new shearing stand for Hawke’s Bay Show
The show must go on - despite just eight weeks to build the Great Raihania Shears stand.
Aussie claims NZ Merino Shears open title
New Zealand Merino Shears Shearing and Woolhandling Championships results.
The Country: Jack Fagan on shearing competition season
Jack Fagan, Greg Gent, Scott Graham and Rebecca Greaves.
A big season of shearing sports ahead
The New Zealand Merino Shears will attract over 100 competitors.
Tricky sheep with shearer Toa Henderson on The Country
Chris Russell, Toa Henderson, Ray Smith, and David Geary.
Northland shearer Toa Henderson wins big at Royal Welsh Show
Toa Henderson scores a big win, but the Kiwis lose the test in the unkindest cut of all.
Jack Fagan wins Welsh Speed Shear
Fagan also placed third in the novice bladeshearing at the Royal Welsh Show.
The fastest guns but NZ shearers still beaten in Wales
Gethin Lewis and Llyr Jones beat Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan by 6.1pts.