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Romeo and Juliet
The course of true love never did run smooth, even in the chookhouse. A marine biologist once told me I had committed the gentle sin of...
Rebecca Hayter
Apr 18, 20223 min read
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The doggedness of ducks
About a year after coming to Oceanspirit, I finally got my ducks in a row: Donald, Dorothy and Delia Duck. Muscovy ducks, they were...
Rebecca Hayter
Apr 10, 20223 min read
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The Big Storm
I still call it the Big Storm. It threw deck chairs into the tussock as I pulled on my jacket and ran to feed the chooks. As I passed the...
Rebecca Hayter
Apr 6, 20223 min read
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Bagging up nicely
In my career as a yachting journalist, I’ve routinely used terms such as ‘tacking for the lay’, ‘bear-away set’ and ‘finite element...
Rebecca Hayter
Apr 4, 20222 min read
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Heading Home
“The South Island is calling me back.” I’d been saying it for 15 years. Late at night in my Auckland apartment, I’d go online and Google:...
Rebecca Hayter
Apr 3, 20222 min read
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The art of tractor maintenance
If only the best moments of my life took as long as those agonising seconds to roll into the ditch. I had plenty of time to put my foot...
Rebecca Hayter
Mar 18, 20223 min read
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Call the midwife
The ewe had been walking around for three hours with the nose, eyes and sometimes the tongue of a lamb poking out her tail end. It was...
Rebecca Hayter
Aug 27, 20213 min read
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High Heels and Gumboots
I love it when you torque dirty There’s a quaint notion that people leave the city in search of a quiet lifestyle block in the country. A...
Rebecca Hayter
Jul 16, 20213 min read
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The Art of Mowing
The Massey Ferguson 135 which stars in this story is now for sale, looking for new meadows to mow. She's a beauty! We pulled the...
Rebecca Hayter
Mar 6, 20172 min read
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