What is winning and losing between friends?

Most of the published Golden Shears photos are taken by Pete Nikolaison, a former newspaper photographer who grew up in Masterton, now runs a commercial phototographic business and who first photographed the Golden Shears about 50 years, following in the footsteps of his father, who had also photographed the Golden Shears each year.

Every now and then comes up an image that he says is exactly why he loves the Golden Shears – it reflects the camaraderie and the passion that is unique to the industry and the sport. This is one of them – Bruce Grace (left) and Kyle Rhodes during Thursday night’s speedshear, but could you pick who won the head to head between these two.