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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.
Watch NZH Local Focus: 'Shear-a-thon' raises funds for Lifeline
Shearers raise funds for cause close to their hearts - Made with funding from NZ On Air
Watch NZH Local Focus: Taranaki shears competition features poignant moment
Taranaki's shearing competition featured world champions. Made with funds from NZ On Air.
From Dannevirke to Hall of Fame
Mavis Mullins has risen to prominence from early roots in Paewai shearing firm.
World shearing record broken in Southland
Southland shearer Leon Samuels today set a new world solo eight-hours strongwool ewe-shearing record after a tally of 605 in a woolshed north of Gore.
Watch: Bill English beats shearing legend
Prime Minister Bill English earned the first major victory of election year today.
Watch NZH Local Focus: Taihape man shears one million sheep
Kopere Downs has been a shearer for 20 years, and now he's reached a major milestone. He has shorn his millionth sheep. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Click go the shears ... 1 million times
His father Desi sheared 2.25 million sheep over 50 years, and son Kopere Downs reached his first million on a farm near Taihape.
Fun and rodeo draw crowds at Wairoa show
A record number of entrants were hanging on for dear life as horses kicked and bulls bucked at the Wairoa A&P Show rodeo. The rodeo
WATCH NZH Local Focus: World shearing record smashed
Three shearers from different corners of the country have smashed a world shearing record - 1611 strongwool ewes between them in just eight hours. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
World shearing record smashed
Kiwi Matt Smith raised the benchmark shearing 731 ewes in nine hours.