In this summer series, the Country Life team is taking you back to some of the places we've been to over the past year.
Join Us
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Balancing a phone on a fencepost and doing a bit of a kanikani (dance) has landed dairy farmer Shannon Munro a job.
She's the face of the Dairy NZ-commissioned Join Us campaign which aims to give a personal perspective on dairy farming.
Read more about Shannon's dancing (gum)boots and her story into farming.
Sheep farmer struggles to control huge hungry hoppers
Walter Cameron with a wallaby Photo: Sandy Cameron
Back in the 1950s, a group of wallabies turned up at Wainui Station... and never left.
Before farmer Walter Cameron was allowed to use poison on the pesky marsupials, a hired gun was killing up to 3,500 a year.
Walter remembers first seeing a wallaby on his family's 12,000-hectare hill-country property when he was still in nappies.
A few years later, he was allowed to go hunting for them with his father.
Read more about the eradication efforts here.
Healing by horse: 'I'm a changed man now'
Casey Cowan with Anzac Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
Warning: This story contains references to sexual and physical abuse and may be upsetting for some readers.
There's a whiff of bacon in the air, lazy flies are circling the horse yard and Terry King is lining up saddles and bridles with military precision.
Grooming and touching the horse is where it all starts on Terry's Equine Rehab Unit camps - three or four days of treks, cowboy breakfasts, and camaraderie for men and youths with post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD.
The volunteer group is run by male PTSD survivors and runs on the smell of an oily rag.
Click here to watch a video of the camp and read more of the stories from the men within.
Where to get help:
Need to Talk? Free call or text 1737 any time to speak to a trained counsellor, for any reason.
Lifeline: 0800 543 354 or text HELP to 4357
Suicide Crisis Helpline: 0508 828 865 / 0508 TAUTOKO (24/7). This is a service for people who may be thinking about suicide, or those who are concerned about family or friends.
Depression Helpline: 0800 111 757 (24/7) or text 4202
Rural Support Trust Helpline: 0800 787 254
Healthline: 0800 611 116
Victim Support 0800 842 846
Rape Crisis 0800 88 33 00
Safe to talk: a 24/7 confidential helpline for survivors, support people and those with harmful sexual behaviour]: 0800044334.
HELP Call 24/7 (Auckland): 09 623 1700, (Wellington): be 04 801 6655 - 0
If it is an emergency and you feel like you or someone else is at risk, call 111.
