Finding their Farm
Ilka Seeback
Moving is never easy, least of all when you’re headed across the ocean to make a home in a new country. Meet Ilka Seebeck in Balfour on a sheep and beef farm.
Soil Studies
Caring for the land and the environment starts with caring for the soil. That’s the ethos behind Rere ki Uta Rere ki Tai.
Family Trees
It wasn’t until adulthood that Mairangi began her journey to rediscover her heritage and whakapapa.
A Call Away
Long-time sheep and beef farmer Jen Le Pine, 50, fills her cup with volunteering in the Cheviot community.
Finding their Farm
Charlotte Plummer
Moving is never easy, least of all when you’re headed across the ocean to make a home in a new country. Meet Charlotte Plummer, balancing her veterinary career with farming in Morrinsville.
Becoming a Mother
When Eloise and her husband purchased virgin land near Whangārei Heads, they wanted to have a go at living in a yurt off-grid.
Robin’s South Island
One of New Zealand’s most notable documentary photographers, Robin Morrison spent seven months in 1979 documenting his travels to the tiny towns and villages across the South Island.
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.
Lambing, dances every weekend, and cricket infestations – two old pals discuss a lifetime living in Auckland’s rural outskirts
Christine and Jenny talk about their early lives in the rural outskirts of Auckland and the changes they’ve seen in their community due to the not-so-slow spread of Auckland City.
Everyone mucks in: how one Southland family gets through the busy calving season
Mum-of-three Tessa talks us through the busy calving season on the 270-hectare farm her family are sharemilking on in Wendonside, Southland.
Turning forty – embracing authenticity, a slower pace and growth, and shedding expectations
Shirelle recently turned forty. It spurred a major rethink of what was important to her and how she wanted to live her life and bring up her daughters.
Wool ethics and heavy metal – how one knitter is busting a stereotype
Knitting enthusiast Rebecca talks about the community she’s found through wool, and the infectious pleasure of hearing her knitting needles clack to a heavy metal soundtrack.
The Falcon Whisperer
Diana Dobson’s rapport with raptors is helping save one of Aotearoa’s endangered birds.
Born in diaspora: honouring both Kiwi culture and Tibetan, a long way from home
Thinley Choezom is raising her two daughters in Whangārei, New Zealand, far from her family in Tibet and without a thriving Tibetan community around her.
Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition
Seventeenth Edition
Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!