New Zealand Merino Stud Breeders 
Producing Genetics for Tomorrow's Finest Garments

• Malvern Downs: One of the oldest and biggest fine wool merino studs in New Zealand
• Nine Mile: Aiming to breed superfine/ ultra fine merinos with a faster maturing carcass
• Awapiri: Aims to breed medium wool merinos suitable for their environment
• Muller: New stud at the top of the Awatere Valley aims to produce dual purpose productive sheep
• Earnscleugh: Sells semen around the world thanks to 10 years of using Estimated Breeding Values
• Blairich: A successful dedicated fine wool stud at the bottom of the Awatere Valley in Marlborough
• Lauder: Rated as "one of the best" for superfine quality Italian high end suiting fabric
• Flaxton: Aims to reduce the cost of farming sheep while maintaining high productivity
• Lochar Downs: The farm changes land use but the merino stud remains

Visit our stud directory for contact details for all registereed NZ Merino Studs

• Bog Roy Station: Winner of the fine wool section of the 2010 NZ Ewe Hogget competition
• Tara Hills Station: Winner  of a wool quality and production award at the 2010 NZ Ewe Hogget competition
• Buscot Station: Winner of the 2009 NZ Ewe Hogget competition
• The Wolds: Runs big framed productive ewes and looks for sheep with free growing fairly lengthly wool
• Omamara Station: Focuses on keeping the ewes at 19.5 micron for Icebreaker contracts
• Lake Heron Station: Every spring, merino wethers are mustered out of the headwaters of the Rakaia River

• Blade Shearing: The Mackenzie Shearing gang has been blade shearing Glentanner merinos since 1957
• Colin Wallace: No matter where he classes wool around the world, Colin always uses the same principles
• Nicola Kelland: 2010 Monaro Scholar and Graduate Woolclasser of the Year, 2010 Sydney show
• Dick McArthur: Plans to keep classing from his wheelchair if he can

• Fine Men's Suiting: Loro Piana, Reda and Marzotto
• Women's Fashion:  Hugo Boss, John Smedley, Untouched World, Karen Cole and Perino.  
• Outdoorwear:   IBEX,SmartWool, Icebreaker.
• Children's Clothing: Isolation Merino, Mokopuna,Nutured by Nature.
• Bedding: Maxwell Rodgers Fabrics' bedthrows, Nest-to-go swags and Lola & Ben baby sleeping bags.
• Carpet: Godfrey Hurst
• Fabric: AgResearch has developed four world-first merino fabrics

• Kate Calder: Merino artist and North Canterbury farmer
• Bruce Paterson: Looking back over a lifetime on the land, Bruce cherishes the companionship
• Bill Gibson: A love of merinos was ingrained in Bill from his earliest days. 
• Grant Calder: A champion of the New Zealand working dog as well as the merino.
• Colin Clark: The high country and the animals that live there have been this shepherd’s life. 

• Early Days: George Rich was the first man to establish a merino stud in New Zealand. 
• Arthur Urquhart: This pioneering high country man was "a sheep farmer before anything else."
• Freda Urquhart: Moved to Erewhon Station as a young bride in the spring of 1943.