Cameron Mochrie was in Year 12 at Central Hawkes Bay College in Waipukurau when he was offered the chance to work part time over summer at locally-based Wright Wool, privately-owned wool buyers, brokers and exporters. Although born and raised on the family dairy farm, Cameron saw it as an opportunity to experience first-hand another side of the agricultural sector and […]
Written by Peter Burke. View on Rural News
A call from her daughter prompted well-known Hawke’s Bay wool broker and enthusiastic wool promoter Philippa Wright to set up a new venture – making wool pillows.
Wright’s love and passion for wool is in her DNA. Her father was a wool buyer in the South Island. Therefore, it wasn’t […]
You may already be aware that the National Council of Wool Interests (INC) have recently been working towards membership for the whole of the NZ wool industry to be a part of the NZFAP. This has successfully been completed and from 1 September 2021 wool that comes from an NZFAP certified farm can be promoted and sold as NZFAP.
Wright Wool […]
A brighter future for New Zealand wool is on the horizon. Delivering effective and sustainable growth requires immediate action to create steady demand for wool consumption. Here you can download CFWNZ Trust Strategy 2021-2022.
By: Linda Hall, assistant editor for Hawke’s Bay Today.
There is nothing worse than an uncomfortable pillow. Personally I like mine soft, others like them firm.
Most of us have experienced long nights away from home tossing and turning and cursing for not bringing our own pillow.
So when I heard about the new luxury Wright Wool Pillow I was intrigued.
Based and made […]
Daggy wool is in short supply after a dry summer, says Philippa Wright of Wright Wool.
“In Hawke’s Bay last year we were stuck with a pretty bad drought, meaning there wasn’t a lot of food, meaning the animals didn’t produce the dags in the same quantities,” she said.
Wright Wool wants daggy wool because after it is dried […]
The trusted relationships Wright Wool builds in the wool industry have their foundation in the example set by founder Philippa Wright’s father, Bryan, or B.D. as he was known, who ran a successful wool buying and wool classing business in Waimate, South Canterbury.
He had many adventures in the High Country with the many characters farming and working in the wool […]
The situation for wool may be dire, but Waipukurau woolbroker Philippa Wright is not walking away from it.
Wright hopes the situation will improve and says she’s not going to leave the industry just because of its present state. She says her staff are young, positive and enthusiastic […]
The North Island’s independent wool brokers have made a successful transition to online trading this week by selling some of their wool on the Wool Online platform (www.woolonline.co.nz) rather than listing their entire catalogues at the traditional ‘open-cry’ auction held in Napier. While the market is still relatively low due to the on-going effects of Covid-19, […]
Tuesday 4 June, 2019 | Angie Skerrett
Click to video link: Philippa Wright talks about her Queen’s Birthday award, and the future of the wool industry. Credits: Video: Newshub
A long time contributor and promoter of New Zealand wool has been recognised for her work with a Queen’s Birthday Honour.
Philippa Wright was awarded […]
