The loneliness of the long-distance mother
Carla Muller was on an isolated sheep station far from her support systems when she had her first child. Postnatal depression soon set in. She spoke to Olivia Caldwell for Mental Health Awareness Week.
When a side hustle grows into a business
A chartered accountant and former city dweller, Sarah Rutherford has turned her hand to flowers since returning home to her rural roots.
From a bare paddock to a blooming lavender business
Wānaka’s Lavender Farm turns 10 this year. Co-founder Tim Zeestraten shares how they turned a tiny plot of land into one of New Zealand’s most photographed farms.
A farming journey from hilly Central Otago to Southland’s flatland
Southland sheep farmer Matt Ward gave up the beautiful hills of Mount Aspiring Station for the flatland and quiet life of Eastern Southland to carry on the legacy of his late father.
From farming the plains of southern Africa to southern Aotearoa
Leaving the snakes and leopards of Zimbabwe for the cows and mushrooms of Southland was the move of a lifetime.
Spritely Southlander is all in when it comes to her community
Jeanette McIntyre is an ‘ordinary’ Southland woman who sees the extraordinary value in community.
Loss inspires alcohol addiction books
Maree MacLean says her brother’s alcohol-related death was a catalyst to her own recovery journey.
Why duck farming is a good option
Duck farming is a good option, say those few who do it in NZ – what they lack in quantity, they make up in quality.
Does rural New Zealand have a drinking problem?
Olivia Caldwell looks at the scourge of alcohol abuse in the country’s more remote areas.
Rhinos more than ready to shake the pitch
More than 40 golden oldies sign up to take on English farmer tourists at storied Glenmark-Cheviot club.