Hyundai Country Calendar - Season 60

A West Otago family works with nature on their large organic farm and sells their beef and lamb direct to customers.

A couple combines their two passions of running the family dairy farm and breeding Clydesdale horses for showing, ploughing and harness work.

A Wairarapa family hosts visitors on the North Island's original farm walk and develops two neighbouring properties to support the next generation's farming future.

A love of farming discovered in prison has led a former inmate to become an award-winning manager of a Waikato dairy farm, while sharing his story with rangatahi.

A Timaru couple passionate about pigs, produce high-quality, free-range pork, for restaurants and supermarkets around the country.

A Southland woman shares her knowledge of kaimoana gathering and hunting with others wanting to connect with the whenua, while a global audience follows her on TikTok.

A young family at 90 Mile Beach is ensuring sustainably harvested and processed mussels continue to be a way of life for their Far North community.

A family with deep roots to their King Country property pursues their passion for breeding Arabian horses and hosting endurance rides on their sheep and beef farm.

A Far North family of beekeepers are hands-on with their business from working with nature, through to packing, marketing and selling honey to their local community.

A trapper and conservation worker helps farmers control predators on their land while revitalising the natïve whio population on the North Island's East Coast.

A Canterbury high country family runs a diverse farming operation, including deer, a breed of lamb that's renowned for its taste and texture, and a new agri-tourism venture.

A central Canterbury cropping farmer, keen to have more control over the grains he grows, has built his own stone mill and grinds specialty flour using traditional methods. 

A Southland family breeds strong wool sheep for top-quality yarn, with one of their daughters using the wool-clip to create jerseys that are sold through a farm-gate business.

A Manawatu family has robots milking their dairy cows, allowing each cow to choose when they're milked over 24-hours, and freeing up time for the farmers to do other things.

A Northland couple escapes life in the big smoke to produce commercial quantities of subtropical fruit, making a positive contribution to the challenges of a warming climate.

A Southland deer farmer has developed a natural, edible alternative to plastic for wrapping baleage, and hopes the innovation will fund his dream of owning a high-country farm.

A couple finds their sheep and beef farm isn't paying its way, so they switch to regenerative farming, focus on soil health, and their finances start to improve. 

A Bay of Plenty hapu develops flourishing kiwifruit orchards and dairy farms, returning its people to land previously confiscated by the Crown.

A Christchurch couple wanting a change after the earthquakes buy a hazelnut orchard and turn their hand to creating an artisan range from their nuts and some grown by others.

A Northland kumara growing couple bounces back after being hit hard by Cyclone Gabrielle and now employs thirty staff.

A Nelson vet farms a herd of Himalayan yaks along with his red deer, and juggles care of his own animals with his veterinary work around the district.

A new generation takes over an historic Rangitikei sheep station, employing both young workers and old hands, and creating a farm walk to add further income.

An olive grower takes an evidence-based approach to producing oil that is full of flavour and health benefits, focusing on enriching the soil on his Martinborough grove.