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NATIONAL ALPACA DAY - OPEN FARM SUNDAY MAY 6TH 10am-3pm

Our farm is open to the public where you'll have the opportunity to learn about these majestic creatures and their exquisite fibre.

New to alpacas - we can help you out.

Over 75 alpaca on farm and lots of adorable cria (babies)

Farm shop open - selection of luxurious NZ made alpaca products for sale

Spinning demonstrations 

Mackenzie A&P Show at Fairlie was our last show of the season. Judged by Molly Gardner, exhibitors had a wonderful day with perfect autumn weather.

Shamarra Tobago won Intermediate Champion and White Champion. The judge commented on his excellent uniformity of micron, density and fineness with a "creamy" handle. Tobago is by one of our males, Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp ET.

Shamarra Shogun won Champion Huacaya Fleece. This is the second time he's won a fleece show, with both his first and second fleeces.  Shogun's sire is Bingarra Dominator.

Our female, Lee Carrow Seventh Heaven has been in an embryo transfer programme at Canchones. The results have proved worthwhile. We look forward to more progeny from this combination - Seventh Heaven and Rising Sun.

Lee Carrow Seventh Heaven and Patagonia Rising Sun ET combination have produced this lovely embryo transfer female.  This cria is 4 months old.

Shamarra La vie en Rose is a full sister to one of our best fawn females, Shamarra Nova.  We look forward to seeing Rose grow and hope she'll follow in her sister's footsteps with many championship wins.  Bingarra Dominator has sired a number of lovely looking progeny this season in both fawns and browns.

Great day at Malvern A&P Show at Sheffield on March 24th.  Shamarra Talisman won champion mid/dark fawn and then went on to win the Huacaya Supreme Championship. Talisman is by one of our males, Shanbrooke Accoyo Protege(Taquille/Yavari lines) and out of one of our top fawn females, Somerset Kaihere Ophelia.

Shamarra Fascination placed second in the Junior fawn female class. Shamarra Madonna was second in the Intermediate fawn female class. Both females are by Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp ET.  

Show convenor, Shirley Grant did a superb job - well done! Along with excellent stewards, the show went very well, considering the high wind conditions!

A new addition to our herd is a lovely black female out of Shamarra Pandora, a Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp ET female and by our fawn male, Bingarra Dominator.

Great results at Temuka & Geraldine A&P Show at Temuka.  Shamarra Misstique (pictured) was Junior Female Champion, Shamarra Tobago - Reserve Champion Intermediate male and Shamarra Shogun - Reserve Champion adult male.

Thanks to Anne Godrey who convened this inaugural alpaca show and the excellent stewards who braved the unseasonal weather. 

Just arrived - male cria out of Lee Carrow Seventh Heaven and Patagonia Rising Sun.

Shamarra Alpacas have purchased Patagonia Celtic Rising Sun ET from Canchones.  

Rising Sun is a proven male with superior genetics. His progeny have been exceptional with two being awarded first at the AAA National Show in 2011.

With 98% comfort factor and 120mm staple length in his 6th fleece, Rising Sun has outstanding traits.

Shamarra Passion's Leilani arrived in early December.  Her dam, Hadstock N.Z. Passion was joined to Shanbrooke Accoyo Protege ET and the result looks very promising.

Shamarra Tobago, sired by Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp ET has recently won 2 junior reserve championships - at Ellesmere A&P and Ashburton A&P.  

Alpaca Experience Akaroa Farm Tours 

The cruise ship season started on October 12th with the arrival of the Sea Princess.  

The first tour of the season was a great experience for the group. 

Farm Tours are scheduled throughout the season and we look forward to sharing our alpaca farming experiences with visitors. 

Shamarra Alpaca Shop and Barn  

Sea Princess anchored in Akaroa Harbour at the start of the cruise ship season.

Expo 2011 - a huge success!  Very well done to the organising committee for putting on a well organised show - the biggest to date.  Judged by Peter Kennedy and Lyn Dickson, over three days, the pair worked in unison and maintained an efficient, yet relaxing showing experience. 

Shamarra Alpacas had an excellent show.  Our team of juniors and one intermediate female, were awarded six place ribbons.  All alpacas were sired by Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp ET bar one - an outstanding result for our stud male.

_{(left - Stoneleigh Valentino adorned with his well deserving Supreme Champion award together with his proud owners - Liz and Chris Strack)} 

Lee Carrow Seventh Heaven - SUPREME FAWN CHAMPION at Victoria Colourbration

Seventh Heaven, currently in her 4th fleece and pregnant,  scooped the Supreme Award at this prestigious show.  Thanks Peter and Robert! 

Polar Blast hits NZ!  The second snow storm in three weeks blasted its way up the country, and blanketed Banks Peninsula in more snow than the earlier storm.  The barn accommodates the females and cria and they are making the most of their comfortable lodging.  The males have a shed that they have made good use of too.  

Winter is here, with the first dusting of snow on the hills behind French Farm Valley.

Our barn is under construction and will be able to house our herd when the wintery blasts pass over the Peninsula.

Talisman is our last cria born this season.  He's out of Somerset Kaihere Ophelia, a lovely dark fawn dam that has produced a number of top quality progeny for us and sired by Shanbrooke Accoyo Protege ET.  We are very pleased to know that Protege is producing colour.

Shamarra Sundance won SUPREME at Mackenzie Highland Show on April 24th.  Judged by Bill Robbins from Australia, Sundance was the most "complete package", rewarded for her uniformity, fineness, density and conformation.  

Despite the cold weather, convenor Jill and her stewards did an excellent job and the show was enjoyed by all. 

 _{(Photo courtesy of Anne Rogers)}

Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp ET won SIRE'S PROGENY at Oxford A&P Show with Shamarra Sundance (Jr female champion) and Shamarra Ragazzo.

This male is producing progeny showing consistent characteristics, both in fleece and conformation. 

_{(Photo courtesy of Anne Rogers)} 

Honeyfields Bonnie Lass and her cria Shamarra Misstique, by Honeyfields Sutherland.  Misstique is a solid dark fawn female with a very promising fleece.

Supreme Fleece at Whangarei A&P - Shamarra Shogun, sired by Bingarra Dominator.

Whangarei A&P show held on Dec. 5th.  This is a composite show and had record fleece and breed entries this year.  

Shamarra Sundance won her class as well as Reserve Champion Composite white/light fawn.  Sundance is sired by Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp Et.

Well done to Supreme Champion - Silverstream G Force, and thanks to Judge Molly Gardner and Pav Stacey who convened the show. 

Lee Carrow Seventh Heaven - Senior Female Champion AAA National Show 2010

What a fantastic result for a fawn female!  Thanks to Peter and Robert of Canchones. 

Honeyfields Bonnie Lass is now part of our Shamarra Herd, after purchasing her at the Expo Auction.  We believe she complements our group of elite females and will be a valuable addition to our breeding programme.  

Bonnie Lass is pregnant to Honeyfields Sutherland, and we eagerly await the arrival of her cria in early 2011.  She will reside in Christchurch at Stoneleigh Alpacas (thanks Liz and Chris) until we relocate to our property in Banks Peninsula. 

^{(Photo courtesy of Anne Rogers)} 

We attended the Victoria Colourbration Show in Bendigo on August 21st which was a superb event, showcasing close to 550 alpacas over 2 days.  Judges Jenny Jackson and Lynn Dickson selected Supreme Colour Champions from the impressive line ups.

Lee Carrow Seventh Heaven did us proud.  She placed first in her class and went on to take Reserve Champion Fawn Female. 

Fawn female champion Wyona Hathor and reserve fawn female champion Lee Carrow Seventh Heaven.  

Supreme Fawn Champion was awarded to Patagonia Celtic Rising Sun ET. 

Lee Carrow Seventh Heaven is the latest addition to our quality fawn breeding program.  This elite fawn female exhibits a very fine fleece, long staple length and high follicular density. 

Seventh Heaven has had many show successes and her exceptional traits have been passed on to her first cria that was placed first in her class at the AlpacaFest in Werribee, Victoria.

 She will remain in Australia to participate in Canchones’ embryo transfer programme with matings to Patagonia Celtic Rising Sun ET.

 ^{(Photo courtesy of Robert Gaine)}

Congratulations to Cedar House International for winning a mating to Shanbrooke Accoyo Protege in the AANZ Conference stud auction. 

Now on the ground - cria by Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp ET, in white and fawns.  His cria are exhibiting fineness, brightness and pronounced character throughout.

Rotorua A&P Show - January 30th saw well over 100 alpacas judged by Molly Gardner (Suri) and Lloyd Johnson (Huacaya) in a relaxed and well organised show thanks to Sue & Hermione Richards.

Our successes included ribbon wins of our four alpacas shown, including Reserve Fawn Champion awarded to our senior fawn female, Banksia Park Destiny Child ET.

 Warkworth A&P Show - January 16th was a fantastic day for our show team.  All six alpacas entered were placed either 1st or 2nd in their classes and then went on to win Intermediate Champion (Shamarra Fausto), Senior Champion (Banksia Park Destiny Child) and Senior Reserve Champion (Traron Tiamo).  Supreme Champion was awarded to Destiny Child.  In addition to that, sires progeny went to Bingarra Dominator.

December saw the arrival of our new stud male, Shanbrooke Accoyo Protege (ET) and our two females, Banksia Park KOK Destiny Child (ET) and Traron Tiamo.  They arrived in excellent condition after a month of quarantine at Mariah Hill in Victoria, and adjusted quickly to their new environment and herd mates.

The Whangarei A&P Show on December 6th was another successful event, convened superbly by Mike Moller.  We entered three intermediate males that all placed, with Shamarra Fausto (pictured) being award Mid/Dark Fawn Reserve Champion in the Composite Class. 

Our first Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp (ET) cria started arriving in December and all three are very impressive.  We are delighted that the cria born are colour - rose grey, light fawn and dark fawn to date, out of dams that are either colour or have colour in their genetics.

Waikato World in Hamilton over the first weekend in November saw a record number of entries, making this the second largest show in New Zealand.  Well done Mary-Ann!  Great show!

Shamarra Nova (by Bingarra Dominator) was awarded Reserve Champion Intermediate Female, which was very pleasing.  Nova has consistently impressed the judges in all her outings. 

Shamarra Fausto placed 2nd in junior fawn class and Shamarra Barack, 3rd in junior brown class.  Reserve Champion fleece went to Shanbrooke Society Razor Sharp ET

Shanbrooke Accoyo Protege ET

The latest addition to our herdsires is this outstanding young male, sired by Shanbrooke Accoyo Yavari (sire of 2 Australian National Supreme Champions) and out of Shanbrooke Accoyo Taquile.  Taquile has produced champion after champion including the 2008 Australian Supreme Champion - Prodigy, full brother of Protege.  2009 AAA National show successes include Junior Female Champion and Adult Female Champion that are both daughters of Taquile.  She also won Get of Dam.

Females are a high priority in our herd and we had the opportunity to purchase two superb females at the AAA 2009 National Show.

Banksia Park KOK Destiny Child ET is a fawn, super fine female (16.5u, 3.7sd, 100%cf) backed by excellent genetics - sired by BP Khan ET and out of BP Peruvian Destiny. 

Destiny Child has had many showring successes, including Junior Female Reserve Champion, a significant accomplishment for a medium fawn alpaca.  

Well conformed with a gentle nature, we expect Destiny Child will produce cria of superior quality.

Traron Tiamo boasts remarkable fleece stats - 2.9 sd, 14.7 cv, 99.6% cf and 18.5sf, more common in merino than alpaca.  Her 9 month cria fleece weighed an impressive 3kg.  Tiamo's sire is Traron Everest (Jolimont Trovatello and Jolimont Blooming) and dam Traron Vogue.  Her sire, Jolimont Diodoro, at 10 years old had a comfort factor of 98%.

This stylish female has a successful showing career, having won her class every time.