Shepherdess

The team travels to Tokanui, where they meet a young mother who shears thousands of sheep, a Welshwoman who runs a design store and a former social worker who's become a traditional healer.

Follows the life stories of the octogenarian who is in charge of Ophir's postal services, the entrepreneur who serves French classics with a Kiwi twist, and the craftswoman who is turning old fabric into baby products.

Claire Edwards and her partner decide to change New Zealand's relationship with kaimoana; Kiri Elworthy runs the three-day Tora Coastal Walk; Fiona Firth suffers a long commute in order to save lives.

A former lawyer builds a coffee cart in an old horse float; a mother of four children switches roles with her husband and becomes the breadwinner of the house; an English expat finds her calling in Porangahau.

On Awakino Station, Jaz Mathisen cooks for the shepherds with her three daughters; Taieri Hore rides horses in her retirement; Chloe Lodge works to build Kurow's art scene.

A freelance chef fills orders from her commercial kitchen and garden; two generations of farmers grow peonies and saffron on their family farm; an artist makes masterpieces that use embroidery.