This week Country Life heads to a bull sale in northern Hawkes Bay where slips and sinkholes from this year's cyclones have not held back the stud owners from their traditional celebrations and showing off the best of their progeny.
Rural postie Lee Pryor tells his story as he delivers the mail along the Whakatāne coastline, something he's been doing for many years ...as have his mother and grandfather before him.
Also - a vegetable gardener recounts his method of growing fruit and vegetables by the moon.
Checking out what's on offer Photo: Alexandra Tresta