Taking place in Rotorua now until Sunday, 17 July, the Matariki Dish Challenge and Food Trail aims to highlight the unique New Zealand celebration of Matariki, along with amazing food stories. The event challenges Rotorua’s chefs to learn about the significance of this time of year and create a dish that demonstrates what Matariki means to them.
Read MoreThe iconic and much-loved brand, Nicola Quinn Beauty & Day Spa, has led the way in the Christchurch beauty industry since 1992. What began in one room on Aikmans Road has evolved into an award-winning, large beauty clinic that now occupies the entire upstairs floor of the Hawkesbury Building.
Read MoreNot many self-described ‘flights of fancy’ have the opportunity to turn five. And yet The Central Gallery, in the Old Library in The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, has managed to usher in an auspicious milestone in the midst of a half-decade of challenging times for our city.
Read MoreM.M Linen is a success story that, in true Kiwi fashion, has humbly flown under the radar. It has done the hard yards, breaking new ground internationally and working on producing some of the best bed linen, floral textiles, and homewares for retailers across New Zealand and globally. It really is ‘the fabric of beautiful living’, as their slogan states.
Read MoreEnriched by a 100-year back story of design excellence, Christchurch architectural firm Totem Studio Architects is a modern, forward-thinking practice with truly strong foundations in the city. Few other architectural practices could boast of such enduring success and influence.
Read MoreHaving existed in the realm of food and hospitality for a number of years, I’ve come to understand more about what goes on behind the restaurant door and witnessed some of the difficulties faced. There are many reasons why we have a favourite restaurant. It could be the barista who knows your coffee order or the bar staff who makes your negroni just right.
Read MoreSoft greens and warm neutral colours combine in this relaxed coastal living room. The wall in Resene Half Villa White is a complementary neutral to the battens in Resene Bud. Olive trees and toetoe bring instant coastal cool, while layers of accessories in various neutral and green tones create an inviting natural environment for the Thomas Bina Blaine media console from Frobisher.
Read MoreAs the last of the small challenges are addressed, we feel as though Dylan is almost bulletproof; well, winter-proof at least. With the internal painting completed, a new slide-out pantry cupboard, log burner flue, and diesel heater; Rob, Billy, and I are ready for whatever Mother Nature throws at us.
Read More“I probably spend a couple of hours a day building. My favourite Lego part is the two-by-four brick – I’ve always had a fascination for two-by-four bricks. One day, I was just randomly building with them, and I came up with the idea of a series of characters, and that’s the only brick I’ve used to build them.”
Read MoreI purchased this car at 15. I saw one when I was walking home from school, and I just knew it was the car I wanted. I was looking on Trade Me for ages, and then a friend of a friend was selling his, so I swooped in. My favourite thing about the car is that it has personality, compared to most other cars, and all the conversations you have with people, at red lights, and at petrol stations. I even met my driving instructor just because he came up to admire the car!
Read MoreTāmaki Makaurau artist Elliot Francis Stewart’s mural for the inaugural Flare Street Art Festival may have been the final work produced for the event (the artist’s arrival in Ōtautahi was delayed), but it definitely proved worth the wait! The serene scene, apparently at the end of a long day of toil in the garden, is both vibrant and peaceful.
Read MoreFeeling part of a community with strong relationships has helped Christchurch teen Sadie Lee navigate her high school years. The Rangi Ruru Girls’ School year 13 student says feeling comfortable connecting with specialist subject teachers, class tutors, deans and her peers creates an environment where she belongs and can be herself.
Read MoreHow relevant it feels to look at what constitutes a milestone given I’m approaching two, both of which are deeply personal and equally significant. The first is the completion of my 28th year in the real estate industry, having started at the age of 32, and the second, you can probably guess if you add those two figures together!
Read MoreCantabrians will get the chance to see through Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre during a Community Day on Sunday 17 July. With Covid-19 gathering restrictions now relaxed, Te Pae Christchurch is in full swing, with a busy calendar of events, including this Community Day.
Read MoreChristchurch beauty Monica Ducarel was tall, glamorous, strong-willed, and, according to social gossip, promiscuous. In a fashionable Brighton wedding in 1889 attended by nobility and titled gentry, and members of her step-mother’s New Zealand family, Monica married Charles Charrington, heir to an English brewery fortune.
Read MoreAleph is a culmination of Emma Peters’ decades in the industry as a makeup artist with a passion for health, wellbeing, and natural beauty. Emma sums up Aleph succinctly. “Aleph stands for oneness, being kind to people, [the] planet and animals. This is the filter through which we make all the decisions for the business.
Read More50 of our country’s leading wineries can’t be wrong! The winter wonderland of wine that has become a sell-out hit in Auckland and Wellington makes its second appearance in Christchurch this 26–27 August at the new Te Pae Convention Centre.
Read MoreWho would have thought that winter would bring with it a packed season of cultural wonders? I’ve written many times in my editorial about events being on hiatus or jinxing myself with ‘we’re back!’, but I write this with my fingers and toes crossed as it finally seems like we are reclaiming the stage!
Read More“I’m the only woman QC practising in Christchurch which is outrageous. When I graduated from law school, Judith Ablett-Kerr had just been made a QC. She was the third woman QC in New Zealand, and here we are, however many years later, and I’m only the sixth in the South Island.”
Read MoreMy husband worked in a car yard in Brisbane, and she was traded-in. I had asked him to look out for one for me, and I was ecstatic when he bought her home. We moved back here in 2002 and bought her over in a shipping container. It took a long time to get over people looking and waving at me.
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