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Here at Swiwifarm we believe in a holistic and sustainable approach and our coaching is aimed at understanding underlying reasons.

Our small boutique stud is specialized on the Icelandic Horse and Warlander.

26/04/2025

☀️ amazing day up in the hills participating in the ☀️

⛰️ Canterbury hill run at its finest!!! ⛰️

Kids did amazing with Kiano coming 5th in his age group out of 24 😎

Mum wasn’t too shabby either, 9th of 27. Guess next time I probably should do some training 😅

Now back to feeding animals through the mud…. 😫

23/04/2025

Just having a break together….

Caught this moment when they both needed a break from playing / eating and just found comfort by each other 🐴

20/04/2025

💥🐈‍⬛ meet Raven and Luna 🐈‍⬛💥

Girls are extremely excited and over the moon with our newest family members…. Gorgeous doesn’t cut it!! Full of fluff, mischief and cuddles. Let the madness begin…. 😂

12/04/2025

🐕 Beautiful day to attend the opening of the local dog park… 🐶

Thank you to for the amazing pictures of our dogs

25/03/2025

Outdoor Education camp…⛺️🌅🏄🌊

Amazing camp to finish off the surf lessons. Inspiring to see the youth pushing themselves past their comfort zones and learning new skills. The buzz they felt after catching their best wave was contagious ✨🥳

23/03/2025

🔁 going full circle ⭕️

When I decided to take a step back from my life last year, quitting my job, taking the kids to Switzerland and upon returning to NZ go back to full-time studying, I wasn’t imagining ending up doing a full circle.

But here I am. Re-awakening old skills to teach them to my secondary school Outdoor Ed students.

Reinforcing that we often must let go so our hands can grasp new ideas.

Thank you for pulling an old and rather rusty side of my being back into life, weaving it across my current situation and learning and encouraging me to keep going on this new path, even when it (or I? 🧐) sucks at times…. 😅

Here’s to a new chapter, new challenges, new learning. To weaving our knowledge and experience into whatever new adventure we head into….

To not just move forward but rather across, broadening our understanding and reach.

Let’s see what the next 12 months will bring 🤩😎

23/02/2025

Another Weetbix triathlon done and dusted. Despite the rain, everyone was in a good mood with some good fun and pre-race silliness 😜

22/02/2025

Ready - set - go…. Early bedtime tonight! 🏊‍♀️🚴🏃😎

23/01/2025

☀️ it’s that time of the year again…. Hay-days ☀️

Each year we make a small batch of loose hay by hand. I often get teased and ridiculed for it but I . The aim of this hay is not so much to have feed for the animals but more so to teach my kids that are going out of fashion.

is , watching the grass growth, waiting for the right weather window, making use of the wind. It takes patience and working hard when the time is right.

It means pulling grass lumps apart, waiting for the sun to dry up the dew in the morning, turning and fluffing up the hay so the wind can go through and raking it into rows for the night.

Once dry, it needs to be collected and brought in the shed.

Involving our children teaches them to touch the grass, feeling how it turns to hay, how the smell changes, how you can feel the moisture content change. It allows them to grow the understanding of what good hay should look, smell and feel like. They understand the fire risk of staking wet hay as they can feel the heat forming.

But besides the hay-making skills they also learn a whole lot more…. To endure the heat, working through the pain of prickles, working together as a team, to keep going even when one is tired, sore and over it all.

And at the end, when the hay is in the shed, it’s a celebration of the work. Feeling proud of what we have achieved. Feeling thankful for the weather to hold up just long enough. Feeling a sense of accomplishment and calm as hay in the shed means being ready for the next winter. It’s a literal translation of the saying ‘making hay while the sun is shining’. A lesson in making the most during good times to getting prepared for the winters of life.

It’s only a few days a year but it’s an important time for our kids and us as a family. Here’s to another great hay-summer ☀️

06/12/2024

☀️ what better way to spend a hot sunny afternoon than playing together with your ponies in your oversized sandpit ☀️

🏰☀️😎

Address

63 Bush Road
Oxford
7430

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 8pm
Tuesday	7am - 8pm
Wednesday	7am - 8pm
Thursday	7am - 8pm
Friday	7am - 8pm
Saturday	7am - 8pm
Sunday	7am - 8pm

Telephone

+642102368861

Website

http://www.swiwifarm.com/

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Where quality is priority and personal relationship the goal

Swiwi Farming & Equestrian is a small business offering a range of high quality farming and equestrian services.

We are a small boutique stud specialized in rare breeds and offer facilities for hire for private customers as well as trainers to hold clinics on.

Our facilities include a 50x50m all weather arena, wash down area, holding pens, stables, insemination bay and round pen, paddocks as well as spectator stand and a indoor theory room with tea and coffee facilities.