From Storyteller to Homesteader: Michael’s Off-Grid Dream in Raglan
For Michael, living off-grid isn’t just about his lifestyle—it’s also part of his work. As editor and publisher of On The Land magazine, he shares stories of Kiwis living self-sufficient,...
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A Life-Changing Gift for Kayla and Paula in Tokomaru Bay | GridFree Solar Kit Giveaway
"If everybody could experience this way of living, man, our world will be so healthy."
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Resilience in Ruatoria - Rebuilding After Cyclone Gabrielle
"Post Gabrielle, we were really, really concerned with regards to another cyclone coming through. We were put at risk. Our home was put at risk. Like all the homes along the strait here. Everyone was at...
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Hawkdun Hut in Central Otago
We are super happy with the weekend warrior kit, we initially were going to purchase bits ourself to put one together then we realised that it is not simple by...
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Sasha and Andrew in Tapawera
"The thing I love most about the lifestyle is just the pure freedom like going for a walk and it's just sort of quiet and it's serenial and it's just beautiful and...
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Dan's Off Grid Bus in Tapawera
"This is the bus - my beast! So the lifestyle I'm in now, it means everything to me, cuz it's it's freedom."
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Pete's Converted Shed in Raglan
When we came out here about 35 years ago nobody really wanted it because there's no electricity, and a dirt road, you know, no mail delivery, and rubbish collection, and no services. I thought...
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Marie's Tiny House Revisited
"And I feel like this little skill of having a tiny house and being off-grid and self-sufficient is my way of like having a conversation with someone and maybe I...
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Ruve and Steve's Cottage in Whangaroa
"This lifestyle works for us, it doesn't hold us back from doing anything. We really have implemented our dream of a place to go for the family to enjoy together and still...
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Josh and Jo's Family Cabin
Off-grid living means being free. I feel like our freedom is something that we've taken for granted for so long now.
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Rob and Louisa's Off Grid Office and Bach
If you're thinking about doing an off grid office or cabin, what you probably don't appreciate at the time, is the freedom that comes with it that at any time it...
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Dan and Kelly's Off-Grid Housebus Conversion - Freedom Kit
"I've always thought that idea of the kind of mid-life crisis is just such nonsense. It's not a crisis, it's just an awakening of just like 'you've lived half your life!...
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Sharron and Scott's Lifestyle Block in Northland
The realities of off-grid living are often not as glamorous as we make them out to be on video, so today we're going to dig a little deeper into those...
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We Gave Away a Solar Kit to Rob
Last year to celebrate and give back to our growing GridFree community we gave away a Bach Kit to Leah in Pipiwai. After seeing so many deserving entries and the...
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Travelling K's Off-Grid Cabin
"I couldn't go back to Suburbia after this, no. I'm proud of the fact that we did this and we had a baby. I'm going to find it interesting that I grew up with...
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Revisiting Leah in Pipiwai
Last year to celebrate our growing off-grid community, we decided to give away one of our most popular kits, the Bach Kit. We had a lot of entries and the...
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Steve's Passive Tiny House
A passive house is a low energy, healthy home, which I think is the future of grid free living. Today I'm in the Coromandel where Steve is building one. Let's...
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Morgan and Jessica's Yurt
Dreaming of more space, warmer weather, and a slower lifestyle, Morgan and Jessica left suburban Wellington for a bare acre in Waipu. During one of their first nights on the land with...
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Rory and Paulette's Tiny Houses
"I think the best part of being off-grid and having solar is just the freedom. Both the financial and physical freedom to do what we want and that we can...
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Tom's Tiny House Interview
Living simply and within your means is the most common value when it comes to going GridFree. From living in a compact space, to reducing your consumption and being completely self-sufficient this...
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Orchard Valley Glamping
It seems like it's the new Kiwi dream to find your own slice of paradise and live off the land. Even better when you can make it a business. That's...
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Stacey's Converted Ambulance
One of the things we love about the opportunity that we have being grid free is that we can just get up and go. We don't have to go to...
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Stony Batter Tunnels with Tim
Part of the constraints on the site as they've indicated is no electricity. So sure I could go and spend a vast amount of money and run cables to the...
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Leah's Bach Kit in Pipiwai
The Bach Kit is life changing. To have a fridge, a freezer, lights, being able to charge my phone - I've flattened so many car batteries! Being able to have whānau around, you know...
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