Hyundai Country Calendar

G A young Manawatu woman juggles stock work on the family farm with breaking horses, dog training, tertiary study and working as a district councillor.

G A Chatham Islands family creates an international seafood export business, despite the many challenges of living in such a remote island setting.

G A Central Otago vineyard aims for a closed system in which all inputs come off its own land and are recycled back after the wine is made, so the only additional input is water.

G Where most of us see just weeds, Mike King sees sources of food and flavour after years of foraging wild plants for restaurants and teaching people about what's in their own backyards.

G A family move from town to whānau land on a remote island in Foveaux Strait south of Bluff, where they plan to farm sheep and produce mānuka honey.

G A Motueka orcharding family say they couldn't get their harvest in without a team of RSE workers from Samoa, who also benefit from the relationship and got through MIQ in time to help out.

G A family has farmed for more than a century among spectacular limestone outcrops, cliffs and caves near Waitomo and they're determined to preserve the natural landscape around them.

G A beekeeping family produces honey from flowers growing in the Kaikoura mountains behind their home. They've also diversified into producing the beverage mead from their honey.

G A Northland share-milking couple finds their bottled fresh milk is so popular that they're about to take on the huge Auckland home-delivery market.

G A family carves out a varied living on a challenging coastal sheep and beef farm near Nelson, balancing livestock farming with tourism, forestry and dealing with wild goats and pigs.