Pagan Karauria shears her way to the first New Zealand championships women's shearing title in Te Kuiti. The Alexandra-based woolhandler and shearer has gone from one success to another, the most recent being a win in the historic first New Zealand Shearing Championships' women's shearing final in Te Kuiti late last week. Earlier this year, she was selected to represent New Zealand in woolhandling at the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Le Dorat, France, in July, and she was named New Zealand Rural Sportswoman of the Year. On Friday night, she beat world women's nine-hours lamb shearing record-holder Emily Welch, of Waikaretu, a fellow She Shears star, to claim the national shearing title. The New Zealand shearing and woolhandling team for the world championships has now been confirmed, following the New Zealand championships.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 01, 2019 15:22 UTC