NEW ZEALAND’S hopes for the major titles at the 20th Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships have soared with all six members all qualifying in the top four for their semi-finals early on the last day on Saturday…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, March 6, 2026
NEW Zealand shearers reclaimed trans-Tasman supremacy with a win by almost six points over pre-post TAB favourites Australia at the 60th anniversary Southern Shears shearing and wool handling championships in Gore..Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 23, 2026
GUNDAGAI Lamb will soon give producers the ability to match carcase eating quality and health feedback directly to electronically tagged lambs as part of the company’s unique feedback offering…Read More
Terry Sim, February 18, 2026
NEW Zealand’s shearing team is likely to start the outsider in a trans-Tasman test match being shorn at the two-day 60th anniversary Southern Shears Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Gore this week…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 18, 2026
WORLD record holding Western Australian shearer Ethan Harder became the first Aussie to win the $20,000 for first place in the Oberon Quickshear on the weekend, shearing a composite lamb in just 19.31 seconds…Read More
Terry Sim, February 16, 2026
At the trans-Tasman wool handling test match on Friday, from left, New Zealand team manager Gordon ‘Flash’ Duxfield, Dawn Ratana, wool handlers Ngaio Hanson and Joel Henare, and the Australian..Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 16, 2026
A UNITED Kingdom decision to deny overseas sheep shearers concessional visas this year will be a blow to the Australian industry, according to a shearing contractor sector leader…Read More
Sheep Central, February 13, 2026
GUNDAGAI Lamb will introduce a 10-week forward price grid to help secure sufficient lambs during autumn and winter this year, and give producers processing space surety…Read More
Sheep Central, February 10, 2026
TEST-MATCH sport with world champions came to one of New Zealand’s smallest communities when a Kiwi team beat Wales by just 1.25 points on Friday in the first of three..Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 9, 2026
OBERON will retain its title as the most lucrative and high profile quick shear event in the world in 2026, with a total prize pool of $48,000…Read More
Sheep Central, February 5, 2026
A GANG of New Zealand shearers has smashed a three-stand world record by almost 100 lambs in a remote West Otago wool shed…Read More
Guest Author, February 2, 2026
SHEEP industry workers attending the first wool classing course in Queensland for more than 25 years will be dodging a $13,000 cost for similar training interstate. A one-off opportunity for..Read More
