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Toward a better world
Monday, 27 April 2009
Beauty and romance, hard work and success, tragedy and triumph are ingredients in the colourful story of Rosemary and Dave, proprietors of Dune Lakes Lodge – the unique holiday retreat and equine centre set among the wooded sand dune hills of South Head, north west of Auckland.
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A moment of sweet madness
Monday, 17 November 2008
Seven years ago Alison and Tony Shrigley decided there had to be a less stressful way to live so they climbed down off the corporate ladder and moved to a seven and a half acre lifestyle block on the outskirts of Clevedon.
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The oil of Eden
Monday, 22 September 2008
When most people decide to buy a small block of land they have images of spring lambs and fresh eggs and home grown vegetables in mind. Don Windley and Teresa Anderson had something slightly different in mind.
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Devon to Downunder
Friday, 20 June 2008
When Sarah and Warwick Armstrong decide to get something done, they don’t waste time. In August of 1999 the Devon couple decided they needed a change and wanted to live abroad. In October they arrived in Auckland.
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Small in size, big in personality
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
At Clovercrest Miniature Donkey Stud , donkeys have been the star attraction for 35 years, but over the past ten years things have been …well….scaled down if you will.
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Living the Good Life
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Steve and Robyn Snelgar want to live the Good Life. “We want to eventually give up work and live off the land,” Steve told Rural Living.
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Adorable alpacas
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Tucked away on a 12 acre block in Blomfield Lane, near Pukekohe, is Willow Farm. Vicky Tribe and her partner Keith Coleman and a variety of animals have lived there for around nine years.
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If you want good karma take care of your llama
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Penny King was sitting in a little flat in Ellerslie when she first fell in love with llamas.
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Protecting a heritage
Friday, 21 September 2007
When ecologist Bev Towbridge found it difficult to buy organic meat she persuaded her husband, Dave, the answer was to buy their own farm.
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