Returning to his rural roots
After two decades in the corporate world, James Kellow realised his farming heritage on the windy Awhitu Peninsula near Auckland. The award-winning farm has since been converted from dairy to beef, a game bird estate as well as planting 300,000 native plants. Words Helena O’Neill, Photos Cristy Benson.

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