Kitten pile

30 September 2018
farm, kitten, life, night, silver

Silver gave birth to 3 beautiful kittens very early on Saturday morning, so yesterday was a very slow day here on our little farm after a very short night with Ms Silver's new arrivals. When my daughter and I got home yesterday afternoon from our usual Saturday morning errands, suddenly there were 4 kittens!!!! More than 12 hours later… What a cute, wee, black surprise package. Life is beautiful, welcome to the world little kittens.

Spring is ramping up

5 November 2023
animals, dry, farm, grass, sun, weather

The weather is getting warmer, the mud on the ground has disappeared, the grass has been growing lots, making animals and people are happy.

Trap maintenance time

15 October 2023
animals, farm, goats, land, nature, trapping, weather

Pukeatua Farmstay has a number of various mechanical traps and bait station spread around the property.

Our 2023 Newcomer calves

11 August 2023
animals, calves, caramello, caramilk, family, farm, feeding, rescue

When our son did a placement on a nearby dairy farm during calving season, they forgot to book a calf for the bobby truck. That was the beginning of Caramel’s story.

Fly free Ziggy Stardust

19 April 2023
animals, background, cats, content, death, family, farm, ziggy

Last night we said goodbye to our much-loved cat Ziggy Stardust. She fell aslep amidst her cat and human family, not to wake up anymore.

Fly free ‘The Real Slim Shady’

27 March 2023
animals, background, cheeky, content, death, family, farm, horses, rainbow, rusty, shady, water

Shady our little Bush Pegasus has peacefully crossed the rainbow bridge today. We are so glad he was able to go gracefully and peacefully with all of us and his best mate Rusty by his side.

February was more exciting than needed

1 March 2023
animals, cats, cylone, farm, fire, flooding, house, land, life, mud, muriwai, people, rain, rusty, valley, weather, winter, ziggy

February was thought to finally bring summer. What it brought instead was more rain – and storm.