from left, John Sanders, Kate Hamilton, and Bruce Patton. Sanders, 71, has been involved on and off for about 50 years and latterly provides about half of the sheep on display every year. He says his life membership’s also a credit to his late wife Mary-Liz Ford-Sanders whose experience in A&P shows stretched back to her days in Australia where she was a life member in Ballarat. He also donated a trophy in the wool tent in memory of his wife this year. "Now we’ve got to find people to step into that sheep role, otherwise we’ll lose that and it will be a devastating situation."

Source: Otago Daily Times January 17, 2026 15:02 UTC