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Top quality wool from sustainably farmed New Zealand sheep is helping create luxurious everyday essentials including overnight bags, totes, and wallets.

Wool could be the secret to keeping premature babies safe and warm, says Little Miracles Trust chief executive Rachel Friend.

A question many strong wool growers have heard is why, for all its strengths and the push for wool products, is wool considered almost worthless? There is one big flaw in that question: wool isn’t almost worthless, it is an active drain on farmers’ businesses. Leo Argent looks at how the strong wool industry came to be where it is today and whether it can make a comeback.

New Zealand strong wool could bring a bounce back into soft upholstery – and woolgrowers’ bank accounts – through a new project seeking an alternative to synthetic fillers.

OPINION: This old mutt still struggles to understand the absolute disaster that strong wool has become over the past 30 years or so.

With Government backing, a New Zealand company has successfully developed a fire resistant, acoustic wall panel for commercial interiors made entirely from strong wool.

Moves to promote the natural and sustainable features of wool versus synthetic fibres and its fossil fuel connections appears to be growing momentum around the world.

In a bid to meet growing demand for its three ingredient products, Allwool limited has recently purchased a wool plant at Te Poi, in the Waikato.

Perceptions of wool are changing, according to a recent study by carpet manufacturer Bremworth.

A US plastic surgeon’s research into wound repair is providing a boost for New Zealand’s struggling strong wool exports.