During his second voisit to New Zealand in 1773, James Cook released a ewe and a ram in Queen Charlotte Sound. They survived only a few days – an inauspicious start to this country’s long association with sheep.
Wool
Events In History
Women Together
Creative Fibre
The New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society (now Creative Fibre) was formed to foster and speak for all aspects of the handcrafts concerned. Read the full Women Together Essay
Main image: Wool industry cartoon
This 1969 cartoon by Eric Heath comments on the effect of the sudden drop in wool prices in
the latter 1960s
