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Marrying Agriculture and Art
Laura believes art can lead the agricultural sector into robust but nuanced conversations – helping people tackle sensitive subjects and bridge the gap between agriculture and the rest of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Keke Kahitete | Custard Slice
Custard slice often appeared on the smoko table, so eating it makes me very nostalgic for days on the farm.
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.
Navigating dinnertime around kids and a busy farm life
Navigating busy times on the farm with kids and their differing tastes, dinnertime can feel more like a hurdle to overcome than a time to connect and share gratitude lists.
A Decent Seed Cracker
Store-bought gluten-free or seed crackers are expensive, but homemade crackers are super easy to make and much more affordable.
The Waiheke Island wāhine raising their Māori-Japanese girls to be confident, content and independent
Hine ‘Hina’ Hiroki, 43, and Elizabeth ‘Lil’ Hiroki, 44, are a takatāpui couple raising three daughters.
Writing their own story – in the order they want it to play out – when it comes to marriage and kids
Registered nurse Theresa ‘Swish’ Stewart and her partner are doing things in a non-traditional way when it comes to family.
“No one knows you need help unless you ask for it” – how one woman is navigating the knuckle-down-and-get-into-it phase of life
Rachel Callaghan is a mother of two little girls, owner/operator of two Airbnbs, and runs the admin and domestic side of their farm near Fairlie.
Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition
Seventeenth Edition
Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!