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Kate Micaela

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What do you do with land nobody else wants? Turn it into a retreat centre, of course.

That's what Dave and Marilyn did with two hectares of steep, south-facing land half an hour out of Raglan. Scrubby and covered in pines, it was no good for anything, according to most locals. But Dave and Marilyn saw the potential.

Two years on, the couple have created @pumula_raglan, an off-grid retreat with an eco-built yoga studio, sauna and spring-fed plunge pool, attracting guests from all over the region and creating alternative income streams in the process.

It's a story about what's possible on the land with hard work, passion and an ability to see the value in nature's simplicity.

Read it in Issue 11, out now.
➡ ontheland.nz
📷 @kate.micaela

#onthelandnz #offgridnz #raglan #whaingaroa #ruralnz #lifestyleblocknz by @kate.micaela

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When you get to shoot a campaign in Raglan 😍❤️

Mahsa’s beautiful clothing perfectly at home above the iconic surf break.

Off to Manu Bay for the last days off the WSL shortly

@mahsa.label @bernadetteanker @uniquemodelmanagement taken in Raglan Whaingaroa by @kate.micaela

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Mahsa @mahsa.label is about to launch her 10 year birthday celebration campaign and I’ve been meaning to share some images we have made throughout the year 🤎
@goodform_design

Beautiful team
@aneracreative @anselxustyle
@chloechill
@aileenchen___
@miaaa_williams
@suzanneday
@lara__picard taken in Good Form by @kate.micaela

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New work for @mahsa.label with the lovely @bryherrbailie
from @supermgmt. Thanks team and have a wonderful holiday x 💙☀️ @aneracreative @anselxustyle @suzanneday @larissa_picard by @kate.micaela

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Recent for Standard Issue
✨ @ryleeturvey at @uniquemodelmanagement @daejxo with @nmanagement__ and
@oska_gosling 🙏 thanks @chanelle.aldridge @glen.prentice and @_lou.corry x by @kate.micaela

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New campaign images for Mahsa
@mahsa.label
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@_marl.a
@aneracreative
@suzanneday and @larissa_picard by @kate.micaela

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New campaign pictures out for Recreate @recreateclothing 🚜💛 by @kate.micaela

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Repost…… Arrived just in time for some sunny Saturday morning reading ☕️

These images were taken in March 2023 when the road reopened after Gabrielle, during an extremely difficult period for those who live there. Taking photographs of land in Aotearoa can be problematic and standing with a camera is a questionable activity at a time like this, one that I don’t take lightly, and I weigh up its necessity every time that I do it. I wasn’t sure I wanted these photographs to be published when I took them, but as time went on, I think they are important enough to show and celebrate the resilience of Papatūānuku, while recognising the immensity and challenge of this event experience for the land and its people.

“…we observe Papatūānuku in a state of grief and the slow recalibration that occurs in the wake of this grief. We are witness to the tension between the redistribution of silt/whenua as severe erosion, combined with detrimental human-induced (toxic) elements. For many, this silt is a waste material that impedes the day-to-day functioning and productivity of the land—for others, the soil and silt are whenua, a treasured resource and taonga… Van der Drift urges us to look upon this earthly matter in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle and to witness the complexity and delicacy of the earth’s tender healing.” - Lynley Edmeades

Thanks Lynley and Landfall for the encouragement, the journal looks great and I’m excited to read. Including essay by brilliant friend Joan Fleming and art by Ayesha Green and Pat Kraus. Also thanks Nicole for the conversations that led to me going x by @kate.micaela

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New work for AW Nature Baby 🍂 @naturebabynz by @kate.micaela

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Full glow by @kate.micaela

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Recent work for @monarc_jewellery
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@alainagrangerr
@uniquemodelmanagement
@misselladrake
@nataliedentmakeupandhair taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @kate.micaela

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Come soon wee babe so Mama can go for a surf! ✨💛 you Luisa x x taken in Raglan, New Zealand by @kate.micaela

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