Seventy-five-year-old Peter Allen still shears three days a week for much of the year He can shear 100 lambs in a day After shearing for nearly 60 years, prioritising his health is keeping him in the ...

Like many people learning to shear sheep, Mikayla Hall's first day on the job was tough. "She had blisters on every finger; they were big, thick blisters and she was in tears," recalls her mother, ...

The government and industry have announced a joint $75,000 fund to support welfare training for shearers, but advocates say ...

Shearers and small farmers Rowly and Ingrid Smith with their children Lincoln, eight months, Sia, 2, and Callie, 3, on their block at Maraekakaho. . Photo: Supplied / Not-For-Syndication What does a ...

A dedicated $75,000 fund has been established to support targeted training programmes that improve knowledge, skills, and ...

When you see one of your shrubs growing a little too wild, your first thought might be to grab those hedge shears and give it a trim. However, choosing what you think is the fastest or simplest ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

Didling Farm’s flock manager, Matt Blyth, has seen a marked improvement in lamb weights and survival since he started shearing ewes before lambing five years ago. The indoor lambing flock of 1,050 ...

Shearing was born in 1919 in the Battersea area of London. Congenitally blind, he was the youngest of nine children. His father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains at night after caring for ...