Hella Coenen

“My partner and I are regenerating 240 acres of former grazing land back into native bush on the edge of the Tararua Forest Park. We met 50 years ago in the Netherlands at the biodynamic horticulture and agriculture college. We left the world of farming and gardening for many years, working as a Rudolf Steiner kindergarten teacher and raising our two children, and feel we have come full circle. We have come back to the land and are self-sufficient, growing our own food, and enjoy the processes of preserving, fermenting and baking.