SHEARER STATUE (TE KUITI)


Every year Te Kuiti hosts the New Zealand Shearing Champs, which isn’t surprising since it is known as the ‘shearing capital of the world!’  Te Kuiti is only 78 kms south of Hamilton and 19 kms north-east of Waitomo. Pictured above is the town’s famous seven metre sculpture of a shearer removing the fleece of a cast sheep.