Rural Life, Health & Wellbeing
Winter is the perfect time to grow your gardening knowledge
Opinion: Time to curl up by the fire with a good pile of gardening books by your side.
Northern Ireland to the North Island: A well-travelled tractor
Stanley Wilson's 33-year-old 3080 is still in regular use.
Compost, chooks and a lavender still: Inside an Enviroschool
Brunswick School shows how learning, growing, and caring for the environment can be fun.
‘What is there to lose?’ Couple take over one of North Island’s most remote pubs
Five families from the area purchased the pub in 2024 so the community wouldn’t lose it.
Noddy Halley top dog three times at Whatatutu trials
A 'well-deserved' life membership for Graeme Cook after 25 years with the club.
Food for thought: Could you eat only food produced near you?
Opinion: “Locavore March” is promoted as the new way of eating with the mind engaged.
How Justine Daw has helped farmers to fence 900km
KMR is NZ's largest harbour restoration initiative and second-largest catchment group.
Thistles a 'menace to conservation' in 1948
“If this goes on, in 10 years there will be 100,000 acres devoted to thistle."
'All we knew was avocado on toast': City couple's orchard adventure
Couple flipped their lives from corporate city dwellers to hands-on avocado orchardists.
Lifestyle news from around NZ
Breaking up with beauty clutter: The case for a less-is-more routine
If beauty products are overwhelming your bathroom, it might be time for a purge.
Survivor on ‘fear’ of living at Gloriavale, visiting the commune’s ‘horrendous’ Indian offshoot
Theophila Pratt, who left Gloriavale when she was 18, has written about her life story.
Football Fern Hannah’s pitch-perfect proposal
Hannah Wilkinson and Katie Martin met on Instagram – now they're planning their wedding.
More Rural Life, Health & Wellbeing
Why a Northland mum is on the hunt for a ‘nana’
Louise McCaughan seeks a 'nana' to teach old-school skills in Kerikeri.
Hunters donate venison to needy families in Southland
Hunters can gift venison to foodbanks via the We Hunt Food Trust.
'Beautifully organic' commune still going strong after 50 years
Several families share the land and help run a small farm to benefit the whole community.
Farm systems specialists hit the road
Matt Dalley and Wade Bell are the hosts of the Feed for Thought podcast.
'Artificially coloured': Faking show sheep in 1911
If a sheep was not shown in its natural colour "it was not worthy of being shown at all".
Tala's flower business blooms after leaving corporate world
How a lockdown epiphany turned a furniture retail manager into a flower grower.
'Lucky escape': The perils of wool transport in 1948
"The truck, travelling at a slow speed, failed to balance and completely capsized."
Waikato farmer cautiously optimistic about visa rule changes
“It’s not a game-changer, but is going in the right direction."