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New Zealand sheep farmers are being urged to take care as pens fill up in wool-sheds across the country.

Young design and architecture students who spent a weekend in a woolshed in the central North Island have gone away ecstatic about wool.

The wool market in both the North and South Island continues to show resilience.

The Government's investment of $260,000 for the Golden Shears World Shearing and Wool Handling Championships in 2017 is a vote of confidence in the Southland region.

A significant lift in strong wool prices is the main aim of a newly announced industry and Government-backed research project.

An iconic agricultural figure – shearer David Fagan – is now Sir David.

New Zealand Wool Services International marketing executive, Malcolm Ching reports that the 15,000 bales on offer from both centres this week saw a slight easing for most types.

A combination of factors have given wool cheques a lift and helped to balance sheep farmers' incomes, says Kaikoura wool producer and industry representative Derrick Millton.

'New Uses for Wool' will be the focus of a seven-year wool research consortium

A versatile and stylish South Island selection on offer this week saw most types well supported, despite a slightly firmer NZ dollar, says NZ Wool Services International's chief executive John Dawson.