As Good as They Get

Five years ago, farmer Eleanor Greenhough welcomed her partner into her home – it was the first time in her life that she had not lived as a single woman.

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Reflections on The Muster

Letter from the Editor, Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition.

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Op-Shop Treasure in Ōtautahi

A chance to flee the confines of our suburban Richmond home to remote Cape Foulwind in Buller ignited a fire in my husband, Rowan, and me. The windswept coastline and sunsets had us wanting more.

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Boarding School Days

Hannah Morrah shares the good, the bad and the ugly of sending her three children to boarding school. 

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Amie Bingham

From podcasts to packing, Amie, 43, shares what a typical day at Dark Hampton is like for her.

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Home and Away

Central Otago based Gillian Swinton, explores how her care-free twenties have impacted the shape of her adult relationships with her family. 

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A Dream & Hard Graft

A way of life with a love of horses at its core, encompassed by a strong belief that horses can heal.

Sweet Care

Nelson-based writer Felicity Connell is in the process of helping her elderly mother move into a care suite. She shares the bittersweet journey of bearing that responsibility, which, she believes, can also be a privilege. 

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Karen McLeod handles a calf in a calf shed.

From Cows to Cabernet

Karen McLeod was raised on a dairy farm, and it was to dairy that she returned sixteen years ago. But viticulture has always been her passion.

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Wool-handler Esther Kidd throws a fleece during shearing

Esther Kidd

The twenty-five-year veteran and Leading Charge Hand with Spain and Smith Shearing Contractors lays out what it takes to get through a day, and what keeps her going.  

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Gardening in Omau Cape Foulwind

A chance to flee the confines of our suburban Richmond home to remote Cape Foulwind in Buller ignited a fire in my husband, Rowan, and me. The windswept coastline and sunsets had us wanting more.

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Kristy at her dining table with daughter Tully on her lap.

What Summer and Social Club Bring

Letter from the Editor, Raumati Summer 2023/24.

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Bringing people together with kai in the southernmost town in Aotearoa

Haylee-Chanel Simeon, 38, is the creative force behind restaurant Hayz @ The Anchorage, based in Bluff, Murihiku Southland.

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Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition

Seventeenth Edition

Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!

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