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Shear success! NZ's longest running speed shearing event returns
The annual Te Puna Speed Shear will take place this Saturday.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Jack Fagan wins second Corriedale shearing title
Fagan flew in from Western Australia in his successful bid to regain the title.
Kirkpatricks dominate at Wairarapa Spring Shears
A shearing dynasty from Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne moved in on the Wairarapa Show.
Flying Southlander wins Ashburton shearing final
The Ashburton show attracted 44 shearers, with 14 in the open class.
Kiwis fall short in transtasman shearing and woolhandling tests
Blades shearers hold up the Kiwis' end in transtasman tests but it's not enough.
Gavin Mutch holds it together for Great Raihania Shears win
Mutch nabs the big shearing win at the Hawke’s Bay A&P Show.
Familiar faces claim the red ribbons at Gisborne show shears
Gisborne Shearing and Woolhandling Championships held at Poverty Bay on Saturday.
Kiwis chase elusive shears clean sweep in Australia
NZ chasing transtasman machine shearing, blades shearing, and woolhandling tests.
Can a lamb be shorn every 37 seconds for nine hours?
The world solo 9hrs lambshearing record is 872 – now there's a challenger.
Cut above the rest: Women's advanced shearing course 100% success
World record-holder Mullooly rapt with all-female training course
Sir David Fagan talks shearing on The Country
Phil Duncan, Sir David Fagan, Hunter McGregor, Ruth Aickin.
Possible record entries for National Shearing Circuit
There are more North Island and international competitors than usual in this circuit.
Shearing: Chris Vickers wins NZ Merino Shears Open title
56-year-old Chris Vickers took out the Open shearing title on Saturday night.
The finest show on the finest wool starts tomorrow
150+ competitors to vie in NZ's biggest merino shearing champs in Alexandra this weekend.
A whole ewe world: Waikato shearer places 12th at Europe's largest agricultural show
Wellington placed 12th in ladies' shearing at Europe's biggest agricultural show.
A new chairman for Shearing Sports NZ
Warren Parker is a Raglan farmer and shearing contractor.
Scottish shearer shatters Sacha Bond's world record
Shearing at Trefranck Farm in Cornwall, 51-year-old Una Cameron set a new world record.
Jack Fagan's shearing world record smashed in England
English shearer Nick Greaves now holds eight-hour strong wool lamb shearing world record.
Kiwis end shearing test series in Wales
NZ comfortably beaten by Wales in test series, but good news for Te Kūiti's Jack Fagan.
Big wins for NZ shearers in Wales
New Zealand shearing has had its biggest success in Wales in five years.
Kiwi shearers beaten in first test in Wales
It wasn't all bad news for the Kiwis, as they both made the five-man Cothi Shears Open.
New Zealand beat France in rare continental shearing test
Jack Fagan and David Buick beat Frenchmen Pierre Grancher and Gilles Grancher.
Big double for Kiwi shearers at Great Yorkshire Show
Jack Fagan wins Great Yorkshire Open Final, while he and David Buick take out test match.
David Buick wins open final at Lochearnhead Shears
Buick wins the open final but Scotland takes the Joe Te Kapa Memorial Trophy.
Keeping it Smedley: Trees grown on farm transformed into education facilities by cadets
The cadets built an education hub. Now their attention is focused on a six-stand woolshed.
Canterbury Shears gets the go-ahead
Champs on November 14-15 — the Thursday and Friday of the traditional show week.
Sweating through school: Welcome to shearing class at Wairoa College
'It keeps the kids in school, and it’s definitely keeping the kids in tow.'
Secrets within Te Kūiti shearer statue to be revealed
The first of three mystery packages is due to be removed.
Shearer Jeanine Kimm sets world record and breaks stereotypes
Kimm established a ground-breaking eight-hour merino ewes world record.