Our beautiful country is covered with native bush and lavish with grass. The picture-perfect green pasture of New Zealand has brought business, wealth, travellers and much more. Farm life is in the blood for those farming through the generations, while others are trying to move into this lifestyle. This blog highlights several personal stories: some about farming through generations; one who went from working in Louis Vuitton to preserving a historical homestead; or coming from a broken family to rising as a farming leader. This blog captures the joy, humour, struggle and success of the people who farm in Aotearoa.
Farm : the spirit of rural New Zealand / Yarwood, Vaughan
“A contemporary, lyrical, fresh and innovative look at where farming is now, this huge book features engaging text and utterly magnificent, almost epic, photo spreads by one of the country’s leading photographers. Between them all they discuss all the issues that preoccupy New Zealand farmers today: innovation, productivity, export, conservation, succession, science, efficiency, rural land access and more. The book speaks to farmers as much as it does to townies.” (Adapted from the Catalogue)
High Street to homestead / Williams, Angela
“This is an inspirational journey from a corporate life working with Louis Vuitton and living in Grey Lynn Apartment back to one of New Zealand’s most historical homesteads and horse studs on the golden hills of rural Wairarapa. Angela Williams’ great-great-great-grandfather is Henry Williams, famous for translating the Treaty of Waitangi into Maori, and her grandma founded the famous Te Parae thoroughbred stud. Angela took up the challenge of preserving this historic homestead for the next generation.” (Adapted from the Catalogue)
This farming life : five generations on a New Zealand farm / Saunders, Tim
“Tim Saunders is a farmer and a writer. He describes the seasons: Summer, with shearing, slaughter, crop harvest and conservation; Autumn and its floods, trading stock, drenching and dogging; Winter, the maize harvest and lambing; and Spring, with docking, pet sheep and weaning. He explores how a farm that has been in the same family for five generations functions, and describes the everyday lives of farmers and their enduring love of the land and the animals they work with.” (Adapted from the Catalogue)
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