Shear History Trust

Purpose: 1. To record, preserve and make available the authentic history of the New Zealand shearing and wool harvesting industry. 2. To promote scholarship and understanding of the New Zealand shearing and wool harvesting industry and the role it has played in New Zealand society. 3. To record oral histories of past champions of the Golden Shears. 4. To identify and record oral histories of identities within the shearing and wool harvesting industry as determined by the Trustees. 5. To establish and maintain a register of collections, items and archives of historical value to the shearing and wool harvesting industry. 6. To establish a friends association of the Shear History Trust 7. To observe/adhere to the highest museological and ethical standards 8. To established at an appropriate time a museum incorporating Golden Shears Hall of Fame and an education centre in or near Masterton to professionally house and secure all items collected by the Trust. 9. To position and encourage

Helps

General public

Address

12 Dixon Street, Masterton 5810

Phone

(06)3788008

Email

admin@thewoolshednz.com

Website

thewoolshednz.com