You are invited to the launch of an important new book about New Zealand shearing history by Timaru author Ruth Entwistle Low, at the South Canterbury Museum on Friday 9 August at 7pm.

The book is published by Penguin NZ and will be available on sale on the night. The Shearers is a colourful account of the men and women, past and present, who have committed their lives to shearing in New Zealand.  Their voices – in their own words, often brutally honest reflections on what it is to be a shearer – are at the heart of this book: their training, their tools, their camaraderie, and the gruelling, itinerant nature of the job.

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