It's early autumn and we're heading to a tunnel house - heaving with late harvest tomatoes and a flourishing vine.
It's part of a māra where whānau are getting their hands in the soil and finding out how to grow food in their own backyards with the help of Pounamu Skelton.
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The tunnel house at the māra has produced a great crop of tomatoes this season Photo: RNZ/Sally Round