Liam, Emma and Beauden Fagan pictured on mum and dad - Stacie and Neil Fagan's farm on Wednesday.
Liam Fagan is already shearing sheep at 10 – and he and siblings Ella, 9, and Beauden, 6, have been following the Fagan family tradition since they were one year old, practising with pretend shears on teddy bears. So the three King Country Primary School students are well used to seeing sheep running on their farm. But on Saturday those sheep will be running on Rora Street as the traditional running of the sheep returns to Te Kuiti after a two year break. The event will be the most public of a series of celebrations alongside the New Zealand Shearing Championships over the weekend – and they are notable enough for Prime Minister Chris Luxon to put “visit to Te Kuiti” onto his calendar. He’ll be in town with Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger and Trade Minister Todd McClay on Saturday afternoon The PM will also get an overview of The Lines Company and particularly get an insight into how energy is distributed to a large geographical area with a relatively small population. The shearing championships began this morning, and the running of the sheep will start at 2pm on Saturday.
