Hyundai Country Calendar

G Under the Alps: The owners of a classic high-country run invest the profits back into the land, allowing it to maintain old traditions while also developing into a more diverse and productive farm.

G From the Ashes: After 26 years of planning and hard work, an iwi-owned trust wins an award for its achievements on the land, but rather than sitting back, they're pushing ahead with new projects.

G Wagyu to the World: Two generations of a Hawke's Bay family work together across a beef cattle farm and a dairy farm, to raise sought-after marbled wagyu beef for the international market.

G Spring Fever: A Rangitikei family that's farmed sheep and cattle on the same land for 154 years, has moved with the times while keeping alive traditional values and their love of farming.

G Milk Made: A woman manages one of the country's largest and most innovative sheep dairy operations on the shores of Lake Taupo. The former possum trapper employs her husband to help.

G Organic Growth: A Hawke's Bay couple takes on seven thousand free range chooks to add to their sheep, cattle and pigs at their organic farm, despite having no formal agricultural training.

G Pie in the Sky: A Waikato couple produces and sells handcrafted pies, gourmet steaks and craft beer, after falling in love with raising cattle, following the liquidation of their computer business.

G Caring for the Kaipara: A Northland couple have won awards for the way they care for their farm, their livestock and the Kaipara Harbour which borders their property and provides food and recreation.

G Set in Stone: A sixth generation family balance the history and tradition of more than 160 years, with new technology and modern methods on their north Canterbury coastal sheep, beef and deer farm.

G Turn of the Tide: A fisherman returns home to Northland's Hokianga Harbour to work the tides, catching flounder from a small dory that was hand-built by his father.