Posts by Kristy
A good education: three different approaches to schooling from three rural families
School is not always straightforward when you don’t live in a big city with plenty of options.
Read MoreSurviving – and thriving – with four under five on the farm
Marlborough farmers Ellie and Tom were thrilled to learn they were having twins, but, with two children under five already, were unsure how they’d survive.
Read MoreNavigating dinnertime around kids and a busy farm life
Navigating busy times on the farm with kids and their differing tastes, dinnertime can feel more like a hurdle to overcome than a time to connect and share gratitude lists.
Read MoreA Decent Seed Cracker
Store-bought gluten-free or seed crackers are expensive, but homemade crackers are super easy to make and much more affordable.
Read MoreThe Waiheke Island wāhine raising their Māori-Japanese girls to be confident, content and independent
Hine ‘Hina’ Hiroki, 43, and Elizabeth ‘Lil’ Hiroki, 44, are a takatāpui couple raising three daughters.
Read MoreWriting their own story – in the order they want it to play out – when it comes to marriage and kids
Registered nurse Theresa ‘Swish’ Stewart and her partner are doing things in a non-traditional way when it comes to family.
Read MoreNew Possibilities
From the Editor, Kōanga Spring 2022.
Read More“No one knows you need help unless you ask for it” – how one woman is navigating the knuckle-down-and-get-into-it phase of life
Rachel Callaghan is a mother of two little girls, owner/operator of two Airbnbs, and runs the admin and domestic side of their farm near Fairlie.
Read MoreBooks, art, friends: how downsizing to a tiny home following a relationship breakup has led to a refocus on life’s great pleasures
A relationship breakup meant that Sina had to be creative in finding a new home in rural Mahana where she and her children lived – and wanted to stay.
Read MoreAsk The Flock
Cheap things to do with kids during the holidays.
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