Pihikete Pata Me Te Paramu | Plum Melting Moments

These rich, buttery melting moments totally live up to their name. Lemon and freeze-dried plum add zingy flavour, while melted white chocolate and rose petals make sure they look as good as they taste.

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Returning to the River Road

Rural postie Tracy Marshall talks about how the Mail Run keeps her connected to the Whanganui River, and the people who live by its banks, throughout the seasons.

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Growing Up Green

Raised by eco-conscious parents in Hira, Emma Fryer is disrupting the plant-restoration industry with her environmentally friendly plant guard – the EmGuard.

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Wearing Their Kauae

Reflecting on the mokopapa, and the unique path that led each of them to it, Darcia, Challen and Mona-Pauline explore how multifaceted it is to be a wahine Māori exploring her identity in this day and age.

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Keke Kahitete | Custard Slice

Custard slice often appeared on the smoko table, so eating it makes me very nostalgic for days on the farm.

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Reflections on The Muster

Letter from the Editor, Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition.

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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.

Two women standing in a field of wildflowers.

Rewilding

Untouched World’s new collection tells the story of letting nature back in and taking time to reconnect as the days get ever warmer and longer.

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Photo of a painting of a couple, hung on a blue wall over a bed

On My Wall, Kōanga Spring 2023

The artist Mike Worrall lived, as my husband Pat and I did, on Waiheke Island in the seventies. Pat’s idea: we would commission a portrait.

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Woman sits in the cockpit of a small plane as she takes notes

Harriet Bremner

Harriet is out to raise her voice and live every day to the fullest – always accompanied by her number-one companion, Pops the sausage dog.

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An acrylic painting of Pohaturoa, an ancient volcanic dome.

The Gallery, Kōanga Spring 2023

I see this beautiful dome every time I drive to our gallery in Taupō. Pohaturoa is an ancient volcanic dome that holds a unique part of New Zealand’s pre-colonial past.

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A Treasured Family Memory

I grew up in St Leonards in Dunedin. We have a close-knit family, and all lived within the same block at the time.

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Woman walks down a dirt road holding a watering can and a woven basket of foliage cuttings

Room to Bloom

Flora has nurtured her passion for planting from a young age. Today, she works to nurture that same passion in others through her gardening business.

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Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition

Seventeenth Edition

Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!

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