The Country
  • The Country home
  • Latest news
  • Audio & podcasts
  • Opinion
  • Dairy farming
  • Sheep & beef farming
  • Rural business
  • Rural technology
  • Rural life
  • Listen on iHeart radio

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • Coast & Country News
  • Opinion
  • Dairy farming
  • Sheep & beef farming
  • Horticulture
  • Animal health
  • Rural business
  • Rural technology
  • Rural life

Media

  • Podcasts
  • Video

Weather

  • Kaitaia
  • Whāngarei
  • Dargaville
  • Auckland
  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Hamilton
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Te Kuiti
  • Taumurunui
  • Taupō
  • Gisborne
  • New Plymouth
  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Whanganui
  • Palmerston North
  • Levin
  • Paraparaumu
  • Masterton
  • Wellington
  • Motueka
  • Nelson
  • Blenheim
  • Westport
  • Reefton
  • Kaikōura
  • Greymouth
  • Hokitika
  • Christchurch
  • Ashburton
  • Timaru
  • Wānaka
  • Oamaru
  • Queenstown
  • Dunedin
  • Gore
  • Invercargill

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / The Country

The Country teams up with Will to Live for charity cookbook

The Country
18 Nov, 2019 01:14 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Elle Perrium and her Hunterway Jess. Photo / Supplied

Elle Perrium and her Hunterway Jess. Photo / Supplied

The Country Cookbook is out in time for Christmas and it's all for a good cause.

The team at The Country has partnered with Elle Perriam's "Will to Live" charity to produce a cookbook to help raise funds for rural mental health.

Will to Live was launched following the death of Perriam's boyfriend, Will, in December 2017. Since then she has been on the road with the Speak Up tour, encouraging young rural people to talk about mental health.

Perriam told The Country's Jamie Mackay and Rowena Duncum that so far the experience had been "pretty full on" but also "rewarding", and she had new plans for 2020.

The Country team - Sam "Lashes" Casey, Rowena Duncum and Jamie Mackay. Photo / Angela Jane Photography
The Country team - Sam "Lashes" Casey, Rowena Duncum and Jamie Mackay. Photo / Angela Jane Photography
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"We're taking a bit of a different style next year. It's going to be around more workshops compared to how we hosted big events where [there were] 200 [people] at each event, it'll be more limited to 25, 30 people".

To find out more about The Country Cookbook and to order a copy click here.

The aim of this new style was not only to work on mental health issues, but also to help out the rural community with labour shortages, leadership skills, staff wellbeing and how to manage people, said Perriam.

Listen below:

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"I think it's seen in Lincoln University. You go to a sit farm management and you learn about your plants and animals and soil science but no one ever teaches you about people science".

Will to Live was now focused on raising funds to pay for the workshops and The Country Cookbook was one way people could chip in.

The cookbook includes recipes from The Country team, Jamie Mackay, Rowena Duncum and Sam "Lashes" Casey, along with a host of well-known New Zealanders, including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who has contributed a recipe for fish pie.

Discover more

Speak Up tour coming to town

24 Jun 01:30 AM

Response to Speak Up tour 'overwhelming'

04 Aug 09:52 PM

Young farmer shares his mental health journey

13 Nov 08:00 PM

The Country - Cookbook edition

18 Nov 12:00 AM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from The Country

The CountryUpdated

The farm babysitter: 'You are human, you are allowed to have a break'

09 Jul 06:00 PM
Premium
The CountryUpdated

Neighbours battling golden Buddhist statue invited to enjoy 'Garden of Peace'

09 Jul 06:00 PM
The Country

Storm-hit region faces 57-hour drenching; heavy rain to hit north of both islands

09 Jul 03:54 AM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from The Country

The farm babysitter: 'You are human, you are allowed to have a break'

The farm babysitter: 'You are human, you are allowed to have a break'

09 Jul 06:00 PM

Phil Thornhill is putting his skills to use and offering farmers a chance to holiday.

Premium
Neighbours battling golden Buddhist statue invited to enjoy 'Garden of Peace'

Neighbours battling golden Buddhist statue invited to enjoy 'Garden of Peace'

09 Jul 06:00 PM
Storm-hit region faces 57-hour drenching; heavy rain to hit north of both islands

Storm-hit region faces 57-hour drenching; heavy rain to hit north of both islands

09 Jul 03:54 AM
David Seymour co-hosts The Country

David Seymour co-hosts The Country

09 Jul 02:22 AM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • NZ Herald e-editions
  • Daily puzzles & quizzes
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP