Woman stands in front of her marae.

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.

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Mairangi and her two daughters sitting in the living room.

Family Trees

It wasn’t until adulthood that Mairangi began her journey to rediscover her heritage and whakapapa.

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Woman stands beside a muddy farm buggy with two dogs

A Call Away

Long-time sheep and beef farmer Jen Le Pine, 50, fills her cup with volunteering in the Cheviot community.

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Man and woman sit at table outside their house on the farm eating pancakes.

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.

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Woman holding her newborn baby stands in the kitchen of her yurt while her husband does something in the background.

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.

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1979 colour photo of a woman and her father at Millers Flat

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.

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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.

Trisha and her house truck

A House Truck Named Rosa

A house truck named Rosa is an art project-cum-mobile home that Trisha built herself and has travelled the country in for the past two-and-a-half years.

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The Quiet Earth

Four years ago, indie filmmaker Andrea Bosshard, 57, left Wellington to live next door to her parents on a remote block in Otago.

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Alexia reading a book

Little Shop of Treasures

You never know what you’ll find in the Wastebusters store in Alexandra. Alexia Johnston steps through the goods and the philosophy.

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“I was trying to do everything and it was impossible.”

The doing-it-all approach to life is one that farming mum-of-three Tracy Henderson knows all too well.

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At Home on Gorge River

A bright orange windsock pops out of the bush. It marks the location of Catherine Stewart’s home and New Zealand’s most remote family.

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Learning from the Soil

Pounamu Skelton is a longtime advocate for kai resilience.

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Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition

Seventeenth Edition

Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!

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