Natalie Pitfield

Times Staff - June 15, 2025

By Natalie Pitfield On a lifestyle block, one of the most important issues is making sure your stock has adequate drinking water. Usually, this...

Times Staff - May 17, 2025

By Natalie Pitfield Seasons become far more important when you live on a lifestyle block. Spring means cows that are feisty after the sugar rush...

Times Staff - April 12, 2025

By Natalie Pitfield In 2002, my husband and I gave up city life and moved to a 16-acre lifestyle block in Whangarata. We had a...

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