• A Call for Community

    Rather than focusing on individual self-sufficiency, New Zealand needs to foster community sufficiency to navigate the challenges of the future, writes Angela Clifford.

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Latest Articles

  • Be Ready for Bird Flu

    Why it’s important to keep your birds safe from the highly contagious virus.

  • Homemade Wedding

    It’s hard to get a wedding perfect, but according to a family who created a beautiful, rustic-themed celebration on their Nelson lifestyle block, it doesn’t need to be.

  • Reclaiming the Value Chain

    On an off-grid farm in Golden Bay, a third generation farming family has been developing ways to provide regenerative meat direct to local customers.

  • Courgettes for Days

    With courgettes in full production, chef, author and lifestyle block owner Emma Galloway (Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi) shares some delicious recipes to make use of the bounty.

  • Family Sufficiency

    After the COVID-19 lockdowns, Rochelle Ashmore was determined that she and her family would live self-sufficiently. Now, they are striving towards that on their huge forestry block near Nelson.

  • Why Eat Organ Meats?

    With nose-to-tail eating growing in popularity, naturopath Shaz Andrew explores the remarkable miracles of nutrition that are organ meats.

  • Sacred Seeds

    For nearly four decades, Kay Baxter has been gathering and protecting heritage seeds for the Kōanga Institute – Aotearoa’s largest heritage seed bank. She shares why she does it.

  • Goat Firefighters

    Hot, dry weather across the world has shown just how easily wildfires can kindle and spread. Fortunately, some of the best and most cost-effective fire prevention experts can be found on many New Zealand rural properties.

  • Reel Life

    From a small farm in Northland, a young couple have amassed a huge Instagram following by sharing down-to-earth content about their new rural life with their family of adorable rescue animals.

  • Backyard Market

    On a lifestyle block in Oratia, West Auckland, one of the area’s early orcharding families is keeping the growing traditions alive by selling flowers, organic seedlings and hosting a weekend market.

  • Mātauranga Permaculture

    A Tauranga iwi has established a flourishing food forest and permaculture gardens on their land in Welcome Bay, employing traditions stretching back thousands of years.

  • Passive Potential

    A new wave of ready-made eco-cabin businesses are giving lifestyle block owners the ability to make use of their properties and diversify their income streams.