'Cure Kids' is an organisation established over 30 years ago to address the lack of research into life-threatening childhood illnesses in New Zealand.Ĭheck out other interesting, intriguing and arresting images from the NHNZ stockshot library. Contact Jamie or Olly on percent of the net of sales of the Shrek footage goes to 'Cure Kids'. Meet Shrek, he is a Merino Sheep and one of New Zealand’s most beloved icons. Looking for footage of a sheep in a helicopter? HD Footage of the icebergs, and Shrek shearing, are available from NHNZ Moving Images. Merino sheep are usually shorn annually but Shrek managed to escape the blade. Shrek became famous after escaping his enclosure and evading the shearers for six years by hiding in caves. The shearing on the iceberg was no less dramatic, though the drama was prompted more by a huge chunk breaking off the iceberg just as shearing got under way. this is shrek the sheep and here is his official blog Sherk The Sheep Official by dreamonpowell. Shrek was a Merino sheep, a castrated male, belonging to South Island, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004 owing to his gigantic coat of fleece. He had evaded detection in the Central Otago high country for six years and when shorn, produced a fleece weighing an amazing 25 kilograms. Shrek first lost his fleece for charity in 2004, amidst huge media attention. Shrek, a merino sheep who shot to 'stardom' nearly three years earlier, celebrated his tenth birthday with another blade shearing in 2007 on an iceberg 90 kilometres off the Dunedin coast. They weren't the only ones making the most of the unusual occurrenceâ€¦ But NHNZ staff decided to take to the air for an even better look. Although visible from the hills around Dunedin to the naked eye, binoculars were better. During this time the newly named Shrek had gown. It was thought that the parent of these icebergs had broken off the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica six years previously and was disintegrating as it was carried by ocean currents far from home. Discovered in a cave in Otago, New Zealand, the merino sheep had successfully evaded muster for six years. In November 2006, icebergs were sighted 60 kilometres off the Dunedin coast, on the eastern side of New Zealand. This footage results from two rather unusual events. Icebergs and sheep! A strange combination even for New Zealand, renowned for its woolly quadrupeds.

Shrek the sheep