More than 200 shearers and wool-handlers from across the country are preparing to go head-to-head at the 2021 New Zealand Shears championships in Te Kūiti.
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East Coast sheep shearing gang keeping tradition alive
In the region with the highest unemployment rates in NZ, Sheep shearing and wooldhandling traditions on the East Coast are being kept alive by Tui Hyde, who is providing jobs for the next generation.
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Leaving a legacy in wool handling
World champion wool handler Joel Henare of Ngāti Porou is preparing for his NZ swansong before leaving the world of wool handling.
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Karauria wins open woolhandling title
Pagan Karauria has started the shearing sports season off on a high by taking out the Open Woolhandling title for the third time in four years with the opposition, Nathan Stratford, winning the Open Shearing Final for a fourth time.
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Karauria wins Master Woolhandler award
Alexandra sheep shearer and woolhandler Pagan Karauria has won the Master Woolhandler award and will be presented with the award during the New Zealand Merino Shearing and woolhandling championship in Otago this week.
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Wool-handling, a first in 175 years
Over 100,000 people spend time at the Royal Easter Show held in Auckland every year. This year the 175 year old show made Wool-handling an official competition and people from across the country have come to leave a mark.
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NewsWorld-champion wool-handler secures national titles
World champion wool-handler Joel Henare successfully secured the national longwool title at the Northern Southland Community Shears on Saturday 20 January.
