Umu Pulled Pork with Orange and Garlic

Cooking the pork with freshly squeezed orange juice makes for melt-in your-mouth succulent, tender meat. Of course, this doesn’t have to be cooked underground – it’s just as delicious cooked in the oven.

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The Road Home

For Tracey Perkins (Ngāpuhi, Raukawa), cultural identity has been a lifelong journey. There is so much loss behind stories of reconnection, but for Tracey and her family, getting through the tough years has landed them in the best days of their lives so far.

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Moments, Summer 2024/25

It represents something quite personal to me – how early my love of photography developed, and how useful this has been for me over my life. Seeing this come alive in another young person was pretty moving.

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The Gallery, Raumati Summer Edition 2024/25

Still Waters, Kāwhia Harbour, oil on canvas, 1/28, 1927-1928, by Edith Collier.

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Here for the Long Run

Disheartened by a declining wool industry, Meredith Carpenter decided to take matters into her own hands, turning their Romney lambswool into products wholly made in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Awakino

Gemma Helleur Hiscock has fond memories of family summer holidays in Awakino.

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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.

Betting on Love

Atop a hill overlooking the rich and rugged terrains of Bendigo Station, Māniatoto Central Otago and beyond, Brenna Johnston and Patrick Heaney stood before their closest family and friends and said, “I do.”

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Fully Woolly

Through their business, Wilson & Dorset, Amanda Dorset and Ben Wilson are starting a quiet revolution to bring wool back into our homes, one sheepskin at a time. With a commitment to nature and to community, Amanda embraces the idea of perfectly imperfect to achieve their ambitions in business and in life.

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Wild, Natural and Down to Earth

Fiona Read of Hāpuku Kitchen and Justine Schroder of Mt Fyffe Distillery share with Shepherdess a taste of Kaikōura and what visitors should savour.

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Gorgeous Blackberry & Apple Galette

Galette for one? Why not! Small quantities of homemade pastry are quick to make and so gratifying.

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Sweet Life at Bluff Station

Tessa Bryant never thought she’d find herself in the heavy, white folds of a bee suit. But she has found a sweet life among the hives at Bluff Station, a winding fifteen-kilometre drive inland from Kēkerengū, learning all about beekeeping and, in the process, realising she can give anything a go.

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Orange & Lemon Biscuits

These little biscuits look so unassuming, but inside is a world of delicious chewiness spiked with a hit of citrus.

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Raumati Summer 2024/25 Edition

Twentieth Edition

Our beautiful Raumati Summer 2024/25 Edition is out now.

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