Shearing
Shear Warmth
Lyn Neeson and her daughter-in-law Monique Neeson were looking at the wool cheque from the family's remote King Country farm and thought there must be a way to earn more from wool. They now make…
AudioTough as boots
At the recent Rural Games in Palmerston North events including olive-stone spitting and egg throwing and catching, along with speed tree climbing, speed shearing and gumboot throwing. Audio, Gallery
Tough as boots
At the recent Rural Games in Palmerston North events including olive-stone spitting and egg throwing and catching, along with speed tree climbing, speed shearing and gumboot throwing.
AudioWatching the fleece fly
Country Life was there when the handpiece buzzed at the 17th World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill. Audio, Gallery
Watching the fleece fly
Country Life was there when the handpiece buzzed at the 17th World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill.
AudioShear Brilliance
Des Williams is editor of Shearing magazine, a free publication that promotes the people and sport associated with the industry. Audio
Shear Brilliance
Des Williams is editor of Shearing magazine, a free publication that promotes the people and sport associated with the industry.
AudioNew Zealand cleans up at shearing champs
John Kirkpatrick from Napier has claimed the individual world title for machine shearing for the first time.
Napier's John Kirkpatrick crowned World Shearing Champ
The World Shearing Champion, John Kirkpatrick explains how he beat Scotsman Gavin Mutch to take out the title he's aimed for all his life. Audio
1000s flock to World Shearing & Wool handling Championships
Alexa Cook is in Invercargill for the World Shearing & Wool handling Championships.The local sports stadium, which typically holds events such as basketball and netball, has been transformed into a… Audio
Accuracy wins out in world shearing champs
The son of champion shearer Sir David Fagan has taken out the world speed shearing title despite his rival pipping him by one second.
May I take your coat?
Keenan Scott is one of just a few professional alpaca shearers in New Zealand. Each year he shears about 8,000 animals across the North Island. Audio, Gallery
May I take your coat?
Keenan Scott is one of just a few professional alpaca shearers in New Zealand. Each year he shears about 8,000 animals across the North Island.
AudioA Tripp Down Memory Lane
Tony Tripp has created a museum dedicated to rural memorabilia on Snowdon Station where he has been farming since 1961. In one of the sheds is a 1929 Bentley with a tow bar that Lucy Wills, the… Audio, Gallery
A Tripp Down Memory Lane
Tony Tripp has created a museum dedicated to rural memorabilia on Snowdon Station where he has been farming since 1961. In one of the sheds is a 1929 Bentley with a tow bar that Lucy Wills, the…
AudioClear the board
Dave Te Kapa's shearing gang is pre-lamb shearing 1000 ewes a day at Snowdon Station in the Canterbury high country. Snowdon's owners, Roy Veronese and Annabel Tripp operate a Perendale stud alongside… Audio, Gallery
Clear the board
Dave Te Kapa's shearing gang is pre-lamb shearing 1000 ewes a day at Snowdon Station in the Canterbury high country. Snowdon's owners, Roy Veronese and Annabel Tripp operate a Perendale stud alongside…
AudioNZer Matt Smith breaks world shearing record
New Zealander Matt Smith has broken one of the biggest world records in shearing sports in England overnight. Video
Regional Wrap with Young Farmers
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Dairy farmers are enjoying the lull before calving begins next month. Winter shearing is underway in the north. Audio, Gallery
Regional Wrap with Young Farmers
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Dairy farmers are enjoying the lull before calving begins next month. Winter shearing is underway in the north.
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