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Kōrero: Wairarapa region

Champion shearer

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Champion shearer

The Golden Shears, an international shearing competition, is Masterton’s premier annual event. Competition categories include wool handling and processing. In 2006 the novice shearing section was won by Wairarapa College pupil Hereward Basher of Eketāhuna.

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Wairarapa Times-Age

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa region – A farming economy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12086/champion-shearer (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.