Shearing

Kiwi shearer Jack Fagan joined Jesse to discuss winning shearing's biggest cash prize. Audio

Annette O'Sullivan and Jane Ussher have captured the stories of the people and the history of 15 woolsheds in heartland Aotearoa.  Audio

Shearer Brya Harrison, aka "Bow" Peep, gives lifestyle-block owners a helping hand with their sheep. Audio

David Shaw has been on a 35-year goat fibre journey on his farm in South Otago. It began with 50 multi-coloured feral goats and now, through selective breeding, he runs 700 creamy white goats and… Video, Audio

Serena Lyders has found her calling as a traditional Māori healer, giving back to rural communities and working with shearers all around the motu. Audio

The Golden Shears is underway in Masterton, and from early Thursday the War Memorial Stadium has been buzzing to the sound of shears, woolhandlers' brooms and the cranking of wool presses. Video, Audio

Sheep farming and wool innovation took centre stage at the New Zealand Agricultural Show. The new Wool Zone section showcased the versatility of sheep and educated visitors on the myriad uses for… Audio

Agricademy doesn't have classrooms or a campus, instead students can dip in and out of on-line videos, filmed with experts in the dairy or wool shed. Audio

A three-month stint with New Zealand shearing gangs has brought life changing skills to four Mongolian herders. Audio

Evalyn McGregor is New Zealand's only full-time female blade shearer. With a pair of special scissors, the 23-year-old currently shears 100 sheep a day and aims to double that number in the future. Video, Audio

It's a big week for the sport of lamb shearing. On Tuesday 19 year old Reuben Alabaster, raised in Taihape, beat a decade-long world record of 744 lambs in eight hours by Irish shearer Ivan Scott at… Audio

Trying to break sheep shearing records has been likened to running an ultra-marathon. That sounds hard enough, but actually organising a World Record attempt has its own challenges.  Audio

How do you know where you're going, if you don't know where you've come from? It's a question that plagues Professional Sheep Shearer and entertainer Billy Black Woolman. Audio

Today on the pre-panel Wallace and panellists Lavina Good and Sam Johnson talk to shearing legend John Kirkpatrick who was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queens Birthday… Audio

Dozens of curly haired kids browse under the watchful eyes of their nannies at Joseph Burstons' Angora goat farm in North Canterbury. Video, Audio

A new training programme is being rolled out for shearers, pressers and wool handlers. Audio

Scotty Newman and his team clean out woolsheds - not inside - but underneath. They dig out decades worth of compacted sheep manure. Video, Audio

Fresh off the hills the merino wethers are being shorn at Lake Heron Station in Canterbury. The low micron wool is contracted to the Icebreker brand. The mountainous 19,600 hectare property is also… Video, Audio