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.

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.

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Pirinoa

Jacqui Sutherland, 77, has found her place in Pirinoa, South Wairarapa, where she raised her family and still lives with her husband.

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“It’s never going to be just sunshine and rainbows, and it doesn’t have to be” – a closer look at post-natal depression

Carla was diagnosed with post-natal depression when her daughter was about eighteen months old, after the two of them and Carla’s partner moved to Ōhope from the remote East Cape.

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A Taste of Timaru – Clarissa

Clarissa, a star of Timaru’s food and beverage scene, shares how she spends her days off with Shepherdess.

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The short course full of “useful little gems” to help identify stress and prioritise wellbeing in yourself and others

Alice Trevelyan, 33, completed the ‘Know Your Mindset. Do What Matters’ programme with her husband, Dave.

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Creamed Pāua

A delicious recipe from Christall Lowe’s more-than-a-cookbook Kai.

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Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition

Seventeenth Edition

Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!

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