Kōrero: Shearing
Whārangi 5. Hononga, rauemi nō waho
Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki
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Godfrey
Bowen
This page on the New Zealand Edge website is a
biography of celebrated shearer Walter Godfrey
Bowen. -
Shearing technique
This 1958 short film, on the NZ On Screen website, demonstrates the legendary Bowen technique.
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The
Golden Shears
The website of the Golden Shears shearing and
wool-handling competition.
Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga
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Martin, John E. The forgotten worker: the
rural wage earner in nineteenth-century New
Zealand. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, Trade
Union History Project, 1990. -
McLauchlan, Gordon. The farming of New
Zealand: the people and the land. Auckland:
Penguin, 2006. -
Mills, A. R. Sheep-o!: the story of the
world’s fastest shearers. Wellington: Reed,
1960. -
Ogonowska-Coates, Halina. Boards, blades and
barebellies. Auckland: Benton Ross, 1987. -
Williams, Des. Top class wool cutters: the
world of shearers and shearing. Hamilton:
Shearing Heritage Publications, 1996.
Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang
Des Williams, Shearing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/1306/sources (accessed 13 June 2026).
He kōrero nā Des Williams, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.