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Press releases, coverage of Wool Online in the media, and videos about the wool industry.
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Farmers Weekly
Wool Online upgrades trading platform as market share triples
Farmers Weekly reports on Wool Online's upgraded trading platform, and its growth to nearly a third of New Zealand's crossbred wool sold through the open market.
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Wool Online upgrades trading platform to handle more volume
Wool Online co-owner Mark Hunter talks to CountryWide about upgrading the trading platform to handle more volume.
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Wool Online invests in trading platform as wool volumes continue to grow
Wool Online has invested in the next iteration of its online trading platform as increasing volumes of New Zealand wool are traded through the online marketplace.
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Farmers Weekly
Wool growers benefit from selling direct to scourer
Waikaia Valley farmers Clarke and Megan Horrell sell their wool through WoolWorks Grower Direct on the Wool Online weekly sales platform, cutting costs from farm to scourer.
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‘Wool is a miracle fibre’ – Sir Sam Neill
In a reel for the New Zealand Wool Collective, Sir Sam Neill shares some of his favourite New Zealand wool products.
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Government directive brings wool a new flock of customers
Stuff reports on the Government directive that its agencies use wool fibres wherever appropriate and practical.
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Country Calendar: Wisewool
An East Coast wool-broking family looks for new high-end markets for strong wool, so they can pay farmers more.
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Wool can make a comeback
Once upon a time, strong wool was a moneymaker for New Zealand. It was the golden fleece.
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Wisewool: our story
The Gisborne family wool business, scouring since 1894, on turning New Zealand strong wool into high-performance products.
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Why wool matters
A short documentary produced with HRH The Prince of Wales for the Campaign for Wool.
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How NZ farmers shear 25,000 sheep in 10 days
Business Insider follows the shearing gang through a 25,000-sheep shear at Ruanui Station, and looks at why low wool prices are hurting farmers.
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Online wool auctions gain popularity
Brokers are making the transition to online wool auctions as digital wool trading takes off.
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Independent wool brokers make successful transition to online wool auctions
The North Island's independent wool brokers move part of their catalogues from the traditional auction floor onto the Wool Online platform.
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Independent wool brokers make successful transition to online wool auctions
Our release on the first sale by the North Island's independent wool brokers on Wool Online, with comment from Wright Wool, John Marshall & Co and Wool Online.
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Otago Daily Times
Tech and online tools helping family wool business prosper
How technology and online tools are helping a family wool business in Central Otago.
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Sales technology for the wool industry
Wool Online announces the full release of its internet-based wool trading system, after 18 months of live trading in test mode.
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WoolFirst: highlighting strength in numbers
The Federation of New Zealand Wool Merchants launches its new WoolFirst brand and website.
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Infonews
Wool Online releases its internet-based wool trading system
Wool Online announces the full release of its internet-based wool trading system, following a successful trial period.
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‘Miss Wool’ 1967 tour of New Zealand
Archive footage of Miss Wool of America, Alanna Crimmins, on her 1967 promotional tour of New Zealand, including a fashion show at James Smith’s department store in Wellington.