Wearing Their Kauae
Reflecting on the mokopapa, and the unique path that led each of them to it, Darcia, Challen and Mona-Pauline explore how multifaceted it is to be a wahine Māori exploring her identity in this day and age.
Seeds of the Future
Unable to return to the career she had carved out for herself in Southeast Asia, Sonya Prosser took a job at Walter Peak High Country Farm on the shores of Lake Whakatipu.
The Parenting Post
Dansy and Greg juggle their sheep and beef farm in St Arnaud, a building business in Māpua and Repost – a Marlborough-based recycled fencepost venture.
Love’s Simple Pleasures
Myriam Amri and Hanno Snyman’s wedding prioritised what really matters in life – time with friends and family.
Neat in Neutrals
Whether woven, felted or knitted, there’s something irresistible about high-quality fibres – a hallmark of fashion labels from heartland Aotearoa.
Reaching New Heights
The twenty-eight-year-old farmer, vet and mum has made history, becoming the first woman ever to win the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition in its fifty-five-year history.
Slow Stitches
Self-taught fibre artist Fleur Woods is crazy about the chaotic creative process. From her eclectic home in Upper Moutere, she surrounds herself with colourful fabrics and threads, combining them with beads and paints to create the intricate stitched paintings she’s known for.
Lisa Portas
Lisa takes us into the century-old woolshed on Palliser Ridge, where she hosts a monthly community knitting group.
Hidden in the Hokianga
For this Back Roads, Tina takes us on a personal tour of her hau kāinga.
Love in the Back Blocks
A future husband was the last thing Jaimee Coulter expected to find when she was doing her rounds as a fertiliser rep.
Weaving with Aroha
Based in the Wairarapa, Manaia Carswell is a māmā, a wahine of Ngapuhi and Ngāti Hine descent, and a weaver.
Where The Sun Shines
Liz and Andy Hayes count themselves lucky to call Hakataramea Valley home.
Trudy Hales
Trudy farms at Weber, half an hour from Dannevirke, with her husband Simon and boys Rocky and Alby. Here is Trudy’s story, in her own words.
Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition
Seventeenth Edition
Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!