New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

A Good Keen Sheila!

Originally from Wales, selfconfessed “city girl” Sheila Smith was working in the fast-paced world of television in London and looking for love. She just had no idea that finding “the one” (who literally turned up on her doorstep) would mean relocating to be a farmer’s wife at the bottom of New Zealand, in the tiny South Island township of Tokanui.

The gregarious 58-year-old is starring in new television docuseries which profiles women from rural areas of New Zealand. They aren’t all farmers, or necessarily live on farms, but they’ve each had an impact on

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