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Stories, interviews and features following WoolAid’s journey from New Zealand innovation to global retail.
WoolAid wins Product of the Year at Outdoor Retailer
8 Sept 2025
The brand, which debuted at Outdoor Retailer 2022, won the coveted Product of the Year Award for 2023.WoolAid's highly breathable merino wool...
WoolAid launches in Canada
23 June 2025
WoolAid, the world's first biodegradable bandage crafted with merino wool, has officially entered the Canadian market and is now available...
Wool Aid: the world's first merino bandage
28 Apr 2022
Six years of research, patenting and development led Smith to establish WoolAid, a company manufacturing adhesive bandages made of merino wool.
Ngāi Tahu entrepreneur creates wool bandage to save ecosystem
2 Nov 2021
Now the 26-year-old entrepreneur is running his Wool Aidcompany near Lake Tekapo, making ultra-fine merino wool bandages that are entirely...
Innovative woollen plasters company Wool+Aid attracts big guns of Kiwi investors
2 Aug 2021
An innovative Kiwi startupistaking on the ubiquitous plastic plasters with woollen sustainable and biodegradable alternatives.
When life gave Lucas Smith wool, he made Woolaid
18 July 2019
He has launched Woolaid, a business producing what is believed to be the world's first adhesive wool bandages.