Growing Up Green
Raised by eco-conscious parents in Hira, Emma Fryer is disrupting the plant-restoration industry with her environmentally friendly plant guard – the EmGuard.
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.
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.
Boarding School Days
Hannah Morrah shares the good, the bad and the ugly of sending her three children to boarding school.
Amie Bingham
From podcasts to packing, Amie, 43, shares what a typical day at Dark Hampton is like for her.
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.
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.
My First Love
I can still remember the day I laid eyes on my first love… No blue eyes or sweet words – just two wheels, a chain and a hint of freedom.
The Best Piece of Advice
I have always admired images of farming mums – the ones with stoic women standing over drafting gates with toddlers layered up in backpacks or sweeping shearing boards with babies tucked safely to the side of the shed.
Courtenay Bevan
Courteney, 28, is a city chef turned charter boat chef/deckie turned Jobs for Nature scientific diver – or, as she calls herself, a “glorified underwater weeder.”
Emma Sage on Creating an Online Gardening Journal
Emma created an online magazine for the “garden-curious” when her two youngest children were small, after a previous career in marketing and brand management.
Fiona Collis on Reaching Beyond Her Local Patch
Fiona is a fibre and textiles artist using traditional knowledge and practices handed down by her ancestors to experiment with traditional Māori textiles.
A Place of Compassion
Debra Wilson, 37, is a general practitioner based out of the Gore Medical Centre, where she balances clinic work with parenting three young children and keeping the family dairy farm in order.
Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition
Seventeenth Edition
Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!