For many years, Philippa Wright was known as 'the wool lady', reflecting the fact she was the only woman working in the male-dominated New Zealand wool sector.
Philippa has spent nearly 50 years in the industry.
Beginning as a shed hand in the heart of the Mackenzie Country, then into wool classing, and ulimately into brokering, in Napier. In the 1980s Philippa worked for what was then the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Co-op stock and station company.
Before later buying into her own brokering company in Waipukurau - Wright's Wool - which she has owned for for 28 years.
Philippa's Wright's life-time of effort in the wool industry was recognised in 2019 with a New Zealand Order of Merit.
The recent sale of Wright Wool to WoolWorks, and Philippa's retirement is the end of an era.
Her passion for the potential of the wool industry remains.
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