Mr John Kirkpatrick, of Hastings, ONZM, for services to shearing sports
John Kirkpatrick is a shearer with 211 individual wins across more than 26 years and 50 venues. He holds 188 open-class titles, including 22 international titles. He won the 2017 World Championship and three World Teams titles. He won the Golden Shears Open title in Masterton four times and the New Zealand Open championship three times. He has been a New Zealand representative on multiple United Kingdom tours and 15 trans-Tasman tests. He is co-holder of the World 4-stand 8-hours strongwool lambs record, with the highest individual tally. He has been ranked the Number 1 New Zealand open-class shearer 10 times. As a Master Shearer, Mr Kirkpatrick has been a shearers’ delegate to Golden Shears World Council and Shearing Sports New Zealand, and is also a shearing instructor.