18 Jul 2024

Life in a community founded on 'spirit, love and connection'

From Nights, 9:30 pm on 18 July 2024

A new documentary is honing in on the legacy of one of New Zealand's spiritual communities.

The Kahunui Village, known as The Farm, was founded to house Auckland's lost and wayward youth back in the 1970s.

Director Charlotte Newman has a personal connection to the farm, with its founder being her great-grandmother.

'The Farm' has been selected for the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and is screening this weekend.

Charlotte joins Todd Zaner.

An old photo. A room full of people sitting on couches around the perimeter of the room, listening to someone speak.

Kahunui Village was founded in the 1970s and eventually shut in 2005. Photo: Supplied / The Farm