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Napier Wool Auctions to Cease After About 150 Years; Christchurch Last Centre Standing

PGG Wrightson and Wools of New Zealand consolidate auctions to Christchurch from May to improve sector resilience amid a 21% decline in sheep numbers, StatsNZ data shows.

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Wool auctions have been held in Napier since the 1800s, a legacy that is highly likely to come to an end in April. Napier boasts the last remaining wool...

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Napier wool auctions to cease after about 150 years; Christchurch last centre standing

Wool auctions have been held in Napier since the 1800s, a legacy that is highly likely to come to an end in April. Napier boasts the last remaining wool...

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PGG to end Napier's historic wool auctions marking end of an era

Major wool broker PGG Wrightson will no longer hold wool auctions in Napier, after more than 140 years.

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