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.
Taking Japanese forest bathing out of the bush and onto the beach
Vicky Kyan, 64, has always found solace in nature.
Fit for purpose: one woman’s mission to help those in the rural sector feel well and move well, so that they can perform well
Movement coach Laura is passionate about the health and wellbeing of people in the rural sector.
Sound, Sea and Sky
Entrepreneurs Maria and Seán use their sustainable charter venture Pure Salt to foster conservation efforts in Fiordland.
Holding on to love through loss: how communication, intimacy and acts of love have helped one couple to navigate tough times
Elise and Matt have navigated the darkest of times in their nearly three-year relationship, including multiple miscarriages
Losing a baby to miscarriage: “You never quite put that grief to bed; it just takes up less space”
Laura has experienced multiple miscarriages and has become an advocate for women in a time of great emotional intensity.
One woman’s mission to share a life-saving message about gynaecological cancers: “We’ve normalised talking about breasts, so let’s remove the stigma about talking about our vaginas.”
Her own cervical cancer diagnosis set Bay of Plenty farmer Sjaan on a mission to raise awareness about gynaecological cancers.
Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition
Seventeenth Edition
Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!