NZ Shears underway in Te Kūiti as Rowland Smith and Joel Henare step aside
Their absence has left two clear TAB futures betting favourites in the defending champions, Northland shearer and 2025…
Listen to The Country online: NZ Shears preview with Sir David Fagan
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: One of our leading primary sector academics comments on world fertiliser prices. Plus, the demise…
Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships 2026: NZ wins five of six titles in Masterton
He trailed veteran New Zealand-based Scotland international and 2012 winner Gavin Mutch mid-race, taking control on the long…
Golden Shears 2026: All six NZ team members qualify for world semi-finals
In machine shearing, qualifying was headed by New Zealand‑based Scotsman and 2012 world champion Gavin Mutch, ahead of…
Listen to The Country online with Jamie Mackay at the 2026 Golden Shears
Shane McManaway: Wairarapa farmer and the man behind the Greytown Health Centre. He comments on the Wairarapa season,…
Shear delight in Hawke’s Bay as world champs loom
Mutch, from Huntly, Aberdeenshire, was based in Taranaki when he won the 2012 title in Masterton, but now…
Golden Shears World Championships: NZ shearing and woolhandling team named
Blades shearers Allan Oldfield, from Geraldine, and Tony Dobbs, of Fairlie, claimed their places in November, at the…
Taihape Shears: Welshman Gethin Lewis claims open shearing title
Henderson blasted the 20 out in 14m 43.07s, beating Lewis to the final cord by 9.84s. Smith was…
John Kirkpatrick claims 15th Central Hawke’s Bay Shears open title
Mutch, who will again represent Scotland at the Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Masterton in…
Australian shearer Jamie Boothman claims Merino Shears crown in Central Otago
It is Roberts’ first time in the Kiwi team. Defending champion Chris Vickers, of Palmerston, North Otago was…