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.

Trees on Catham Island

The Edge of The World

There is drama and severity to Rēkohu, an archipelago 800 kilometres east of the South Island, and living here takes fortitude.

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Drawing of banana pancakes

Banana Blueberry Pancakes

Pancakes are wonderful little things – they have the capacity to make people very happy first thing in the morning.

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Chocolate Anzac Slice

Tora Chocolate Anzac Slice

A delicious Anzac slice recipe with dried fruit as an alternative for anyone not wanting to use chocolate – or you could use both!

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A couple walks beside a river

Strength in Solitude

Cut off from loved ones by broken roads or closed borders, even the busiest street in town can feel like the loneliest place in the world.

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Cheese rolls

Cheese Rolls

It seems every family has their own version of the classic South Island cheese roll.

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Anna and wine silos

Anna Flowerday

Te Whare Rā is a little vineyard with a big heart.

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Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition

Seventeenth Edition

Our beautiful Ngahuru Autumn 2024 Edition is out now!

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