Rural

NZ LIFE AND LEISURE

Dairy to mussels

A Dutch-Kiwi couple go off-grid with a lodge and mussel farm in the Marlborough Sounds

FARMLANDER

Outside the herd

Canterbury-based deer milker Simon Wakefield is accustomed to disbelieving looks from strangers who ask about his job.

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