Snapshots from rural life in Aotearoa

Immediate-past Federated Farmers national president Bruce Wills with his dog Smoke in Hawkes Bay.

Ken Vincent and one of his champion roosters.

Bernie Kay and his gerberas in Ramarama, south of Auckland.

Gary Huggins and Nic Banks produce smoked salmon on Stewart Island and sell the award winning delicacy direct to customers in Wellington and around the South Island.

Harry Prestcott-Ballagh and Hunter at the Canterbury A&P Show.

Gwen Dempster-Schouten and a blind joey called Charm in South Canterbury.

Jim Howden in front of the slaughterhouse in Otago.

John Earney with his damara lambs in Taranaki.

Butcher Jake Morris in Taupo.

The Canterbury A&P Show.

Manu Lala at the Kakahi General Store.

Mike Walsh, wood carver and junk collector in the King Country.

Kaiapoi High School student, Samantha Muff.

Whakatane-based tourism venture, NativConnectionz.

Neroli and Maurice Hellewell on their Ikawai farm.

Ross Wordsworth and Bob Speak in the Raukumara Ranges.

Dead possums in Paparimu south of Auckland.

Porangahau Beach Polo (Photo by L.McDonald).

Teresa Martin with Luna and Malibu in North Canterbury.

Miniature horse Mailbu posing for the camera in North Canterbury.

The Canterbury A&P Show.

A piglet near Whanganui.

Free-range pigs near Hawarden in North Canterbury.

Free-range pigs near Hawarden in North Canterbury

An organic goat in Waihou.

Charolais Angus-cross cattle in Taupo.

A belted galloways in Waikato.

The largest grand piano in the world in Otago.