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.
“The compromise works both ways” – the sacrifices rural couples make for work and for love
Holly left the South Island and her beloved curling team behind to be with her partner – but she makes it work, still managing to play for them despite the distance.
Turning out and giving back – two female volunteer firefighters on life in the brigade
Karley and Manaka got together to share what it’s like to be a mum, career woman and local hero – on the Ōakura volunteer fire brigade.
More time with the kids, freedom, fewer interruptions, loneliness – what it’s really like working from home
Becky Nicholson, Emily Walker and Michaela Gower share their unique versions of entwining work and home life.
The rural rūmaki teacher with big aspirations for te ao Māori ways of learning
Te Waikohua Rata is a rural rūmaki teacher with dreams of seeing a grading system in place for te ao Māori ways of learning in the public schooling system.
From the classroom to the chicken shed: two young teachers and their children enjoying more time – and presence – after a move to the country
Jay and Josh, both primary school teachers for more than five years, decided to trade in the school-bell routine for a life on a farm – but neither of them were farmers and they’d barely even set foot on a farm before.
Life as a nurse and midwife on remote Great Barrier Island
Midwife and rural nurse, Adele has spent the better part of her working life making it possible for women in the isolated communities of Aotea to have their babies at home.
Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition
Seventeenth Edition
Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!