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NZ world shears champs team complete
The six-strong New Zealand team will compete in Masterton on March 4-7.
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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.
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.
A Kiwi shearer wins the race, but the Scots claim the prize
Toa Henderson faced his international test match shearing debut at Lochearnhead Shears.
NZ shearers prepare for Scotland's toughest sheep
Toa Henderson and Jack Fagan will tackle blackface sheep at the Lochearnhead Shears.
Herald NOW: A boost for the sheep and wool sector and NZ’s position on Israeli minister sanctions
NZ Herald Political Editor Thomas Coughlan discusses the latest political news with Herald NOW’s Ryan Bridge. Video / Herald NOW
School's shearing and woolhandling contest a hit
The school held its own version of the iconic Golden Shears championships.
Kiwi sets world shearing record in historic South Africa feat
Copp and Tienie du Plessis tallied 970 at Teebus Waters, near Steynsburg.
Jack Fagan joins NZ shearing tour team
Jack Fagan will compete, as Mark Grainger can't leave his drought-stricken farm.
On top of the world: Laura Bradley claims record number of wins by a female shearer
From Papatawa to the big time - Laura Bradley's remarkable 16 wins.
NZ Champs and Golden Shears double for Toa Henderson
Results from the 39th New Zealand Shearing Championships at Te Kūiti on March 27-29.