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The Marlborough community is celebrating the “Woolly Wonders” initiative, a creative project showcasing the versatility and sustainable benefits of New Zealand wool. By uniting local artisans and farmers, the program demonstrates how high-quality wool transforms into both functional garments and innovative art, supporting the regional economy and promoting environmental stewardship. This initiative highlights wool’s enduring...
A new levying body, currently with the working title of NZWool, has been proposed to secure the future of New Zealand’s strong wool sector. A basic version of the new body is expected to be in placed by mid next year, and a fully operational version by 2027. The proposal has come from the Wool...
Our Chair, Ryan Cosgrove, was recently featured on RNZ’s “Monday expert” segment with Jesse Mulligan to discuss the current state and exciting future of New Zealand wool. The discussion covered wool’s critical 200-year role in the national economy and focused on the significant new unity driving the sector forward. Ryan highlighted the recent formation of...
Four leading wool sector organisations have aligned forces to safeguard New Zealand’s strong wool sector. The Wool Alliance, a formal agreement between Campaign for Wool NZ (CFWNZ), Wool Impact, the Wool Research Organisation of NZ (WRONZ) and Beef + Lamb NZ, is designed to enable wool’s economic stability and growth while safeguarding lasting capability for...
Federated Farmers meat & wool chair Richard Dawkins joins other farming and wool industry leaders at strong wool workshops in Otago and Southland next week. Richard writes there’s reason for hope the strong wool industry has turned a corner – but farmers need to get in behind the change-makers. Campaign for Wool is lifting wool’s...
Campaign for Wool NZ, Wool Impact and WRONZ are committed to delivering a new way of working for the sector, says Kara Biggs. Real collaboration is what I’m talking about. Not industry representatives debating what “should” be done “for” the sector. I mean people with boots on the ground, working as a team, building a...
Our curriculum-based resources teach our children the basics of wool production and wool processing, and they also learn about the attributes of wool and their many benefits.
Our wool resources teach the basics of wool, from on-farm growing to wool processing and on to innovative end products. These resources were developed by teachers, for New Zealand students and are based on core curriculum outcomes for primary and intermediate tamariki.
Our teacher guide will help you plan your two weeks with the container. Pick and choose what resources will inspire your class! Adapt our resources to suit you and your teaching staff. Most of all, have fun in the world of wool!