Skip to main content

Story: Shearing

Shearing gang, 2007

Image
Shearing gang, 2007

This shearing gang are at work on a property in Pātearoa, in the Maniototo, in September 2007. The group shore 5,300 animals.

Using this item

Private collection

Reference: Shearing 23, no. 3 (November 2007): 9

by Barbara Newton

This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Des Williams, Shearing – Modern shearing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18270/shearing-gang-2007 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Des Williams, published 1 March 2009.