Kerri-Jo Te Huia

Kerri-Jo Te Huia is a champion sheep shearer from Te Kuiti, New Zealand.[1]

Kerri-Jo Te Huia
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealander
Years active2009 -
Sport
SportSheep shearing
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)World Record for most strong-wool ewes shorn by a women

Te Huia is the youngest of five children, several of whom work in shearing. Her parents were also shearing contractors and trainers.[2]

In 2009, she competed in the New Zealand Shearing Championships in wool handling and intermediate-grade shearing.[3]

In 2012, in her fifth season of shearing, Te Huia broke the women's eight-hour solo lamb shearing world record by shearing 507 lambs; the previous record was 470.[4][5] She subsequently moved to South Australia, and has worked as a trainer at Women in Shearing workshops at the TAFE institute in Naracoorte.[6]

In 2018, Te Huia broke the women's world record for shearing the most strong-wool ewes in nine hours: 452 ewes. The shearing took place at Otapawa Station in Tiraumea.[7]

References
  1. "Kiwi breaks women's shearing record". Newshub. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. Miller, Catherine (3 November 2016). "Click go the shears girls". Stock Journal. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. Ltd, Dzina. "Shearing Sports NZ". shearingsports.co.nz. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. "Record bid challenge's shearing's Everest - Farming UK News". www.farminguk.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. "Call to make shearing an Olympic sport - National Rural - Sheep - Wool - The Australian Dairyfarmer". adf.farmonline.com.au. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. "Gun shearer Kerry-Jo is cut above the rest". NewsComAu. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  7. "King Country shearer breaks women's nine-hour record". Stuff. Retrieved 9 October 2018.


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