A towering statue of a shearer presides over Te Kūiti, which bills itself as the world's shearing capital. The town hosts a yearly carnival, including a 'running of the sheep' down the main street, and a shearing competition where champion shearers -- skilled athletes who can process more than 700 animals a day -- are put through their paces.
Shearing,
Country town icons,
King Country rugby,
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Te Kuiti Meadsville 19 June 2017
Waitomo District Council footage taken from the Shearer Statue in Te Kuiti, down the main street as the Legendary Te Kuiti group prepare for the presentation of the Sir Colin Meads statue and the Meads Gallery.
Te Kuiti the Shearing Capital of the World - Part 1.avi
Te Kuiti is a small rural town on the junction of highway 3 and 30. It services a large rural area in a New Zealand province known as the King Country. It is the home of 2 well known former rugby All Blacks Stan and Colin Meads and it is also the capital of the sheep shearing world. This video shows clippings of the town including the historic railway station, a 1929 railway house,.historic All Black rugby photographs, a shearing statue, a Japanese garden and Maori history kiosk
A Drive to Te Kuiti, NZ
I filmed this back in 08 when I was there for a holiday, only just found the footage :)