Of course shearing is a sport
The championships invariably spark debate over whether sheep shearing is a sport.
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Shearing: Success for Rowland Smith at Royal Three Counties Show
It's the Hawke's Bay gun's second win in the UK in a week.
Kiwi shearing guns on show before World Champs
Rowland Smith and Leon Samuels came first and third in Royal Cornwall Show open final.
Two World Record shearing attempts confirmed for December
Men's & women’s world eight-hour strong wool lamb shearing records to be challenged in NZ.
Shear triumph in World champs build-up
Two brothers from Hawke's Bay rule ahead of this month's Shearing World Championships
Hawke’s Bay’s big share of NZ shears
Hawke's Bay won three of the major titles at the New Zealand Shears.
Golden Shears back on the road again
Rowland Smith is the favourite to win the Open shearing title.
Kaiwaka shearer's major comeback 15 years in the making
Dane Phillips, 31, has revived his golden shearer heydays during an open final recently.
Woodville shearer sets new world record
The eight-hour tally of 601 lambs was 91 better than the previous record.
‘Conveyor-belt care’: Widow decries ‘horrifying’ patches of health system
Widow: Health system focused on efficiencies, prepared to forget about the people.
The best of youth sheep shearing
The best of youth shearing in New Zealand. Video / Supplied
Poison alcohol in the letterbox: Man's attempt to solve his own murder
Dave Davan died after drinking port spiked with weedkiller. Who wanted him dead?
Armidale all set to host National Shearing Circuit finals
Allan Paterson saved the event from being cancelled by hosting it on his farm.
24-hour Shear-a-thon to raise money for Southland Charity Hospital
The rural sector is uniting again to help those battling cancer in the South.
Golden Shears cancelled for a second time
The championships were to have been held on March 3-5, 2022.
Looming shearer shortage could clip farm profits
A shortage of shearers and shed hands could cost farmers this summer.
Relief in Australia as welcome mat goes out for Kiwi shearers
NZ shearers can now travel over for Australian farmers' busy spring season.
Former MP Colin King to shear again
King reckons politics could do with some of the passion and camaraderie of shearing.
Waimarino Shears goes bilingual
The Waimarino shears have incorporated te reo Māori as part of their event.
Gore shearer breaks world record in all-day marathon
The 24-year-old Gore shearer began her attempt early Thursday morning.
Shearer jailed for cruelty to lamb following fatal bashing
Christopher Tredinnick struck the lamb when shearing comb broke while he was shearing it.
Shear ambition: Sid, 6, has his future cut out
Six year old Sid Strachan has been interested in shearing from an even younger age.
French women's national sevens development squad go back to school in Marton
The French women's development squad are essentially ladies in waiting for the main team.
'We may have all just lost our homes': Kiwi shearers flee Kangaroo Island fires
Second fire evacuation for former Golden Shears and world champ.
Changes afoot at legendary Otiwhiti Station
Otiwhiti Station is an iconic Rangitikei farm steeped in history.
Blade shearing still cutting a swathe 150 years on
A shearing milestone has been marked in Waipukurau. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Girl asked Canberrra store to change gender exclusive ad
Girl told to "get lost" after calling store to change ad to be inclusive of both genders.
Agribusiness leader Traci Houpapa to speak in Whanganui
One of the 100 most influential women in farming will speak in Whanganui.
Welsh narrowly beat New Zealand pair at A & P Show
Fierce competition in shearing and woolhandling at the Taihape A & P Show
Naked anti-wool push mystifies NZ farmers
Federated Farmers frustrated by actors who'd "rather go naked than wear wool".
Pastel-coloured sheep goes awool in Ponsonby
Te Kuiti sheep get a Ponsonby makeover for Moa's Station IPA beer launch.