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Season 2020, Episode 1
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With the help of a predator-proof fence, native species thrive on a coastal Hawke's Bay farm though collaboration between landowners, iwi, volunteers and the Department of Conservation.
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Miles King's love of sheep saw him become a pioneer of sheep milking in New Zealand, then a successful cheesemaker, and he has now built up a new breed of milking sheep.
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A couple change career and go market gardening, but their new land turns out to be heavy clay unsuitable for growing. Instead of giving up, they work out how to make it highly productive.
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An Italian designer and her British farmer husband buy a Wairarapa hill country station, and produce coloured wools for craft, along with their commercial Romney flock.
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A woman has farmed alone since her husband died in a farm accident 13 years ago, but she gets a lot of community help to restore and conserve the native bush on her land.
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The third generation on a sheep and beef farm in the Tararua district aims to leave the land in the best possible condition for new generations to come.
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A woman abandons a corporate career to live her rural dream, only to have it nearly ruined by the global pandemic. But she fights back and helps inspire other rural women along the way.
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A former shearing record-holding couple farm sheep and cattle near Taumarunui. With four separate farm blocks, they've started planning their children's future on the land.
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A sustainability minded family raises sheep and cattle, processes them in their own on-farm abattoir, and sells the meat through their own local butcher's shop, returning the waste to the farm.
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The farms owned by Auckland ratepayers employ a team of hard-working people who balance turning a profit and caring for the land with showcasing farming life to city folk.
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