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Amber Carpenter and her husband Fraser manage three farms in Paparimu, South Auckland – one share milking 550 cows and two beef blocks stocking 450 units at peak.
They also have two young kids, so life is busy on all fronts.
Carpenter worked in the fashion industry before getting into farming in 2007.
Here, she speaks to The Country's Rowena Duncum about that transition from fashion to running multiple farming operations while juggling a young family during a global pandemic.