The Country
Agri-kids off to compete in national final
South School Shearers are ready to compete in the Young Farmer Agri-Kids New Zealand final
Latest from Shearing and woolhandling
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Shearing, pie-eating and drinking to win
The annual "shear a sheep, eat a pie, drink a drink" competition has taken place.
Impressed by Carrfields Primary Wool carpet launch
Carrfields Primary Wool's Just Shorn range of wool carpets and rugs has launched.
Armidale stud fleece strikes gold
Armidale merino stud win almost all fine wool titles in National Golden Fleece competition
Neighbours vie for sheep industry award
Who will be the winner? Innovation runs strong in Hawke's Bay sheep farming.
Kiwis take titles at British Golden Shears
Northlander Matthew Smith and Geraldine's Allan Oldfield win at British Golden Shears.
Shearing legend Colin Bosher dies
Legendary New Zealand shearer Colin Bosher has died in hospital in Australia
Veteran shearer takes supreme award
Kirkpatrick hopes to compete at a fifth world championship in 2019
Napier shearer toast of Bay awards
Soon after John Kirkpatrick won the HB supreme award, he declared his 2019 world ambition
Shearing: Rowland Smith scores 19th win
Rowland Smith claims the national lamb shearing championship Open title
Shearing champ to retire
A top Canterbury shearer is planning to bow out of top competition this Easter.
Awards: Shearer up against Olympians
Record number of nominations have been received for Bay awards.
Joel Henare retains New Zealand Open woolhandling title
It has been a stellar few weeks for Dunedin-based woolhandler Joel Henare.
Listen: Rowland Smith - head and shoulders above the competition
It was a triple clean sweep at the New Zealand Shearing Championships for Rowland Smith
NZ Shearing and Woolhandling Champs: Final results
Hot favourites keep their places at the top of New Zealand shearing sports
NZ Shearing Champs: Rowland Smith lines up treble
Hawke's Bay shearer Rowland Smith is on the way to a rare treble at the NZ Championships
National titles double for Gisborne woolhandler
Two in a row for Brittany Tibble in the NZ Senior woolhandling final in Te Kuiti
Joel Henare a hot favourite for national woolhandling title
It's the opening day of the three-day New Zealand Shearing Championships in Te Kuiti
Listen: Sir David Fagan - Can anyone beat Rowland Smith?
Sir David Fagan gives us the lowdown on the New Zealand Shearing Championships.
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'Shear-a-thon' raises funds for Lifeline
Shearers raise funds for cause close to their hearts - Made with funding from NZ On Air
Pahiatua Shears champs win titles
Two Pahiatua Shears winners claimed titles at the 57th Golden Shears six days later.
Shearing: Rowland Smith eyes rare treble in Te Kuiti
Rowland Smith is the favourite for a rare treble of the three Open titles at the nationals
Watch NZH Local Focus: Taranaki shears competition features poignant moment
Taranaki's shearing competition featured world champions. Made with funds from NZ On Air.
Bay pair set to take on Australia again
Two Hawke's Bay shearers could be lining up together to fight for the honour of their country in a shearing test in Australia later this year.
Golden Shears: 43yo farmer a Junior champ
Kahuranaki farmer Mark Ferguson, 43, claimed NZ's biggest Junior shearing title.
Bay shearer Smith's big hit at Golden Shears
Hawke's Bay shearer Rowland Smith on Saturday completed an amazing triple-banger cleansweep at the Golden Shears, while in training
Golden Shears: Final results
Northland-raised Hawke's Bay shearer Rowland Smith has tonight completed an amazing reply to his omission from the New Zealand World
Stratford's Golden Shears hopes
Invercargill shearer Nathan Stratford has loomed as a big Golden Shears hope
Shear family effort
A Napier couple is looking towards a unique double at the Golden Shears in Masterton today, although not the one they were after. Married
Kiwis win woolhandling test
Two crack Kiwi woolhandlers have drawn first blood in the Masterton leg of the twin Transtasman shearing and woolhandling series'