Vivienne Lewis

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My Name is Vivienne Lewis, born and bred from Taihape.

I have been married to Rudy Lewis for thirty years and together we have three wonderful children, James, Savannah and Rahera. James our eldest son currently resides in Auckland and is a Lawyer. Savannah Esera our second child who is currently a Registered Nurse is married to Faith Esera who is a Secondary School Teacher. Together they have two gorgeous girls, Akira and Olivia. Our youngest child Rahera Lewis has recently finished her last year in College. My Name is Vivienne Lewis, born and breed from Taihape. I have been married to Rudy Lewis for thirty years and together we have three wonderful children, James, Savannah and Rahera. James our eldest son currently resides in Auckland and is a Lawyer. Savannah Esera our second child who is currently a Registered Nurse is married to Faith Esera who is a Secondary School Teacher. Together they have two gorgeous girls, Akira and Olivia. Our youngest child Rahera Lewis has recently finished her last year in College.

During the year of 2008, I decided to further my understanding and passion of wool. This led me to enrol with Massey University to attain a certificate in wool technology. I had two years of experiences as a Store Supervisor with Wool Brokers. The skills and knowledge I had gained during my time there was working in a bin room, core and grab shipping and office administration. I have also had the experience and knowledge to class and grade wool, mainly crossbred as Taihape is well known for its crossbred wool. The demand for wool classers is limited but grading is required and the farms that do require our services have large sheep numbers. The shearing industry has been in my family for four generations. So with the knowledge and experience that my husband and I had gained, we endeavoured to start our own shearing contract in the year of 1997. As our business started to develop in the year of 2001 we had decided to officially name our new business, Lewis Shearing & Fencing Ltd. Our business is mainly located in Taihape, Ohakune and Moawhango. With the new business, we had decided to become long-standing members of the New Zealand Shearing Contractors Association.