Shearing
A Tripp Down Memory Lane
Tony Tripp has created a museum dedicated to rural memorabilia on Snowdon Station where he has been farming since 1961. In one of the sheds is a 1929 Bentley with a tow bar that Lucy Wills, the… Audio, Gallery
Clear the board
Dave Te Kapa's shearing gang is pre-lamb shearing 1000 ewes a day at Snowdon Station in the Canterbury high country. Snowdon's owners, Roy Veronese and Annabel Tripp operate a Perendale stud alongside… Audio, Gallery
NZer Matt Smith breaks world shearing record
New Zealander Matt Smith has broken one of the biggest world records in shearing sports in England overnight. Video
Regional Wrap with Young Farmers
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Dairy farmers are enjoying the lull before calving begins next month. Winter shearing is underway in the north. Audio, Gallery
Philip Armstrong: sheep
Kim Hill talks to the Head of the Department of English at the University of Canterbury, and co-director of New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies about his new book, Sheep. Audio
Shear Pace
Gisborne businesswoman Storm Baynes-Ryan has developed Shear Pace, a new app that assists sheep shearers with setting shearing tally goals and achieving them. Audio
Kirkpatrick wins Easter Show shearing title
John Kirkpatrick has taken out the open shearing final at the Royal Easter Show in Auckland over the weekend.
World record shearing attempt near Masterton
Stacey Te Huia this morning began his third attempt to break the world record for shearing the most ewes in nine hours. Audio
Guest - SheepishSophie
Young English sheep farmer Sophie Barnes is spending two years visiting and helping out on farms around New Zealand. Currently she is mustering on a farm in Tiraumea… Audio
The Simpsons of Simpson's Beach
Peter Simpson moved onto his Coromandel farm as a three month old in 1927. Peter, his father and brother broke in much of their land with a horse and plough. In the ensuing decades it's been a dairy… Audio
Legendary shearer begins final competition before retirement
New Zealand's most enduringly successful shearer, David Fagan, begins his final competition today before retirement Audio
David Fagan Retires
The New Zealand shearing legend David Fagan, has confirmed this week he's retiring from competitive shearing. Audio
The road to glory is filled with pain and hard slog
Richard Welch was part of the team which set the five stand lamb shearing record at this time last year. The road to glory is filled with pain and hard slog. Audio
Shearing champ Te Atakura Crawford
In 2013 Te Atakura Crawford was the first the woman to win the senior shearing section at the New Zealand Merino Shearing and Woolhandling Championships. Te Atakura Crawford - who's lighter than the… Audio
The South African World Shearing Team
Prior to the 15th World Shearing Championships, held during the Golden Shears in early March, the South African team gathered in the backblocks of Wairarapa to practice. The machine shearers, all… Audio