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<strong>November</strong> 2<strong>01</strong>9<br />
The good living issue<br />
Who do<br />
you trust?<br />
Buying what’s right<br />
for the planet<br />
Anxiety<br />
rules<br />
Where it comes from<br />
& how to handle it<br />
it’s All<br />
electric<br />
E-bikes & Jaguar I-Pace<br />
Brains & brawn<br />
The right moves to a healthy mind
MARKET<br />
day<br />
Prices correct at time of printing; please see in store.
Left: Living & Co Pampas Grass Stem $10, The Warehouse, Rubi COC Market Bag $9.99, Cotton On, Antonella Natural Tote $69.90, Novo Shoes,<br />
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Palm Leaf Purse $34.99, Colette by Colette Hayman, Straw Boater $24.99, Glassons, Roy Natural Stripe Slide $49.90, Novo Shoes, Manhattan<br />
Wide Leg Crop $119.99, Max, Pearl & Coin Pendant Bracelet $9.99, Colette by Colette Hayman, Embroidered Belt $129.90, Halo & Hazard,<br />
Valdo Yolanda Khaki Slides $179.95, Street Legal, Living & Co Leaf Wall Mounts $35, The Warehouse Right: Billabong Safari Check Shirt $119.99,<br />
Amazon, Gold Layered Oval Necklace $21.99, Colette by Colette Hayman, Gold/Green Slim Aviators $19.99, Pearl Drop Hoops $12.99, Pagani,<br />
Mineral Nikau Print Cami $69.99, Farmers, Arielle Bucket Bag $54.99, Colette by Colette Hayman, Nunui Roamer Pant $64.99 Amazon, Living &<br />
Co Pampas Grass Stem $10, The Warehouse
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Alta<br />
Tromsø<br />
Narvik<br />
Bodø<br />
N<br />
Cruise<br />
Overnight in Port<br />
N<br />
Mediterranean<br />
Sea<br />
MONACO<br />
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SPAIN<br />
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ITALY<br />
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Šibenik<br />
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Ionian<br />
Sea<br />
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Mediterranean<br />
Sea<br />
Corfu Sea<br />
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TURKEY<br />
Istanbul<br />
Troy<br />
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Ephesus<br />
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Rhodes<br />
Heraklion<br />
Crete<br />
In Search of the Northern Lights<br />
BERGEN – LONDON or vice versa<br />
13 DAYS | 6 GUIDED TOURS | 2 COUNTRIES<br />
SET SAIL JAN – MAR 2020; FEB – MAR 2021<br />
From $7,829pp in Veranda stateroom<br />
From $9,329pp in Penthouse Veranda<br />
Mediterranean’s Iconic Shores<br />
BARCELONA – ISTANBUL or vice versa<br />
29 DAYS | 23 GUIDED TOURS | 8 COUNTRIES<br />
SET SAIL APR – SEP 2021<br />
From $21,539pp in Veranda stateroom<br />
From $26,249pp in Penthouse Veranda<br />
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didn’t think I needed me-time. I<br />
I thought I led a pretty balanced life. I<br />
have two children at home and work<br />
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setting and the people around me are<br />
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A girls’ weekend away has made<br />
me think differently.<br />
Four of us fled the city for an alpine<br />
retreat. There we spent three days,<br />
soaking up the sun, walking amongst<br />
the spectacular scenery, and dipping<br />
in and out of the sauna, chatting<br />
constantly. We ate coconut yoghurt<br />
with fresh fruit, goats’ cheese and<br />
spinach lasange and green smoothies<br />
packed with spirulina – with a bit of<br />
gin to keep it all in balance.<br />
My spirits soared. There were so<br />
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haven’t felt this good in ages.”<br />
Bringing together this issue of <strong>Style</strong><br />
sees us mix together sustainability,<br />
health and wellbeing, to deliver a truly<br />
wholesome offering. I hope it makes<br />
you think – about yourself.<br />
When was the last time you had a<br />
real break and took the opportunity<br />
to reset the clock? As we start<br />
slipping down the slippery festive<br />
slope to Christmas, now’s a good<br />
time to recharge the mind.<br />
Breathe in. Breathe out. Take a<br />
moment, with <strong>Style</strong>.<br />
Kate Preece<br />
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73<br />
REGULARS<br />
12 INSIDE WORD<br />
16 SAVE THE DATE<br />
102 SEE BE SEEN<br />
106 WIN<br />
One Year Of British<br />
TV, Six Months Of Hair<br />
Care Bars & More!<br />
LIFE<br />
19 WELLBEING FEATURE<br />
The Fitness Industry<br />
Tackles Mental Health<br />
25 REPORT<br />
The Business Of Being<br />
Planet-Friendly<br />
HOME<br />
33 ARCHITECTURE<br />
The Move To Build<br />
Smarter And Smaller<br />
38 ART FEATURE<br />
How Artists Approach<br />
Climate Change<br />
43 LIVING FEATURE<br />
Getting The<br />
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46 LANDSCAPING<br />
Four Steps To<br />
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RESENE BFF<br />
46<br />
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82 WELLBEING FEATURE<br />
Understanding Anxiety<br />
86 CYCLING FEATURE<br />
Are You Ready For<br />
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All kinds of strength.<br />
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12 STYLE | inside word<br />
INSIDE WORD<br />
Mummy Mugs<br />
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Elle + Riley<br />
Those in Queenstown have been pining for a little<br />
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its way down country, starting in Auckland, then<br />
Christchurch and now lands at 23 Beach Street.<br />
With 85 per cent of the clothes on the shelves at the<br />
new shop Lordship Linens boasting the ‘made in New<br />
Zealand’ mark, a trip to North Canterbury is calling.<br />
The business that started at the Ohoka Farmers’ Market<br />
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ethical linen, silk and cotton leading the way.<br />
SUPPORT OTHERS<br />
A group of Sumner mums have joined forces with<br />
pottery guru Tatyanna Meharry to produce Mummy Mugs<br />
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local sand. Behind the collab is a mission to encourage<br />
mothers to take five minutes out to enjoy a cuppa.<br />
Proceeds from the handcrafted beauties will go to Plunket,<br />
to support mothers dealing with post-natal depression.<br />
Get in the Christmas spirit with the Zonta Christmas<br />
House Tour on 24 <strong>November</strong>. Seven Christchurch<br />
homes open their doors for the event, from which funds<br />
go to Walsh House, PADA NZ (Perinatal Anxiety and<br />
Depression Aotearoa) and Zonta International Projects.<br />
Tickets include post-event drinks and nibbles at The<br />
Christmas Hut.<br />
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INSIDE WORD<br />
The Good Pet Home The Gift Curator Pottery Barn Kids at Ballantynes<br />
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Luxury leather goods brand Common People has made<br />
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operating a pop-up at Queenstown Airport, 18 Dunmore<br />
Street is now the place to find New Zealand-made leather<br />
bags, sterling silver jewellery, scarves and more.<br />
The stress of Christmas shopping is coming – in fact,<br />
haven’t you started yet? Christchurch’s Jenny Collins is all<br />
about the gift box, creating collections of carefully curated<br />
luxury products for her new online business The Gift<br />
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are less than impressed by an impersonal hamper.<br />
If you have a fur baby in need of treating, there’s a<br />
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Off the back of its successful Westfield Riccarton and CBD<br />
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Ballantynes is celebrating the completion of a grand<br />
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stores of Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids and West Elm.<br />
General Pants Co. has arrived in New Zealand, opening<br />
in both Auckland and Christchurch (88 Cashel Street) with<br />
hip-high denim from the likes of Neuw, Stussy and Lee<br />
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12 NOVEMBER<br />
NZ TROTTING CUP DAY<br />
Addington Raceway<br />
12 NOVEMBER<br />
YO-YO MA<br />
Christchurch Town Hall<br />
16 NOVEMBER<br />
NZ CUP & 1000 GUINEAS DAY<br />
Riccarton Park Racecourse<br />
MUSIC<br />
15<br />
Bootleg Beatles<br />
Songs from the early years through<br />
to the George Martin-produced<br />
orchestral recordings.<br />
Christchurch Town Hall<br />
26, 27 & 29<br />
The Bee Gees Night Fever<br />
A recreation of the Bee Gee’s 1997<br />
One Night Only Las Vegas concert.<br />
26: Ashburton Trust Event Centre<br />
27: Oamaru Opera House<br />
29: Christchurch Town Hall<br />
29 & 30<br />
The Feelers – All The Hits Summer<br />
Tour<br />
In this nostalgic reunion, The Feelers<br />
rock it out alongside Stellar.<br />
29: Union Hall, University of Otago<br />
30: Christchurch Town Hall<br />
PERFORMING ARTS<br />
16<br />
Swan Lake<br />
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company<br />
tells the original magical story.<br />
Isaac Theatre Royal<br />
19, 22 & 24<br />
Guy Williams ‘Some Places’ Tour<br />
Billy T Award-Winning comedian<br />
Guy Williams attempts a political<br />
show that “doesn’t suck”.<br />
19: Yonder, Queenstown<br />
22: New Athenaeum Theatre,<br />
Dunedin<br />
24: South Canterbury Drama<br />
League, Timaru<br />
21-23<br />
Hansel & Gretel<br />
A world premiere of choreography<br />
by Loughlan Prior with a specially<br />
commissioned score by Claire<br />
Cowan, performed live by the<br />
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.<br />
Isaac Theatre Royal<br />
21, 23, 27 & 29<br />
Dear Lupin<br />
Best-selling author Michael Simkins’<br />
stage adaption of the letters between<br />
real-life Dunkirk veteran and BBC2<br />
racing reporter and correspondent<br />
Roger Mortimer, to his son Charlie.<br />
21: Gin and Raspberry Boutique Bar,<br />
Wanaka<br />
23: Arrowtown Community Centre<br />
27: Camp Glenorchy Eco Retreat<br />
29: Sherwood, Queenstown<br />
30 <strong>November</strong>-21 December<br />
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30<br />
Otautahi Tiny Performance Festival<br />
A range of performance disciplines<br />
from performance art to theatre,<br />
dance, music and poetry for a daylong<br />
series.<br />
Centre of Contemporary Art<br />
SPORT<br />
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A Day at the Polo<br />
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South Island fundraising event.<br />
Port Hills Polo Club, Tai Tapu<br />
9<br />
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NZ Kiwis, Fiji Bati v PNG Kumuls<br />
One colossal day of rugby league.<br />
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STYLE | wellbeing 19<br />
MOVE THE MIND<br />
The connection between physical activity and mental wellbeing<br />
goes deeper than endorphins, and those in the business of getting<br />
us moving are making sure we know about it.<br />
Words Christine de Felice<br />
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20 STYLE | wellbeing<br />
Exercise, such as<br />
9Round circuit<br />
training, is a very<br />
effective antidepressant.<br />
Turn to any news media platform,<br />
on any day, and a topic that is<br />
likely to be mentioned now is mental<br />
health. Internationally, it has become a<br />
significant health issue, with the World<br />
Health Organisation determining that by<br />
next year depression will be the secondleading<br />
cause of disability in the world.<br />
Prince William was reported as<br />
raising the issue during his recent<br />
visit to Pakistan with the Duchess of<br />
Cambridge, while just last month our<br />
Government announced a $6-million<br />
funding boost for mental health<br />
services at 22 general practices around<br />
the country.<br />
Mental health conditions such as<br />
depression and anxiety are not isolated<br />
conditions, however – the connection<br />
between mental and physical health<br />
and wellbeing is widely recognised,<br />
not only by health professionals, but<br />
also by practitioners in the exercise<br />
and wellness industries. Offering a<br />
range of programmes and facilities,<br />
these practitioners say if people take<br />
advantage of them they can improve<br />
both their physical and mental health,<br />
leading to happier, more fulfilled lives.<br />
Owner/operators of three 9Round<br />
franchises in Christchurch, Paige and<br />
Ellis Powerman, believe 90 per cent<br />
of people that go to the gym do so<br />
because they are feeling down, and are<br />
unhappy with their physical fitness. For<br />
many, the hope is to lose weight by<br />
going to the gym, as they think that will<br />
make them feel happy, Paige says.<br />
“But losing weight has got nothing<br />
to do with being happy,” she says. “It’s<br />
the sense of empowerment people get<br />
from learning new skills and letting go<br />
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Wayne Armour<br />
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of stress that produces that feeling of<br />
happiness and wellbeing. Rather than<br />
focusing on the weight loss, their focus<br />
needs to be on being happy, on how<br />
they feel.”<br />
She adds: “Exercise is the best form<br />
of anti-depressant you can have.”<br />
Several times a year 9Round runs<br />
six-week challenges, which take a<br />
holistic approach to weight loss,<br />
combining mental, social, physical and<br />
spiritual aspects.<br />
“The challenge is not about losing<br />
weight, it’s about changing behaviour<br />
to get people back on track. The goal<br />
is to change people’s mental state,”<br />
Paige says.<br />
Both women say that unfortunately<br />
there is a stigma around six-week<br />
challenges, which they are keen<br />
to dispel.<br />
“We also share challenges we have<br />
had in our lives,” Ellis says, “and that<br />
helps people’s confidence, knowing<br />
that, even though we are their trainers,<br />
we have faced challenges too.”<br />
Body mechanic Wayne Armour,<br />
who owns and runs NZBMA with his<br />
mother Dawn Armour, a remedial<br />
specialist, and partner Danual<br />
Cattermoul, a stretching specialist,<br />
says people get into exercise for two<br />
reasons – to lose weight, or to escape.<br />
“Often, it’s a coping strategy when<br />
they are experiencing stress in their<br />
life,” Wayne says, “and a core benefit<br />
of exercise is the relief of mental<br />
tension. The endorphins, or ‘happy<br />
hormones’ that are released by the<br />
body following exercise produce<br />
a natural ‘high’, relieving stress and<br />
anxiety. It becomes addictive.”<br />
We all know that sinking feeling<br />
in the pit of our stomach when we<br />
are worried about something. As<br />
Wayne explains, that is because<br />
our abdominal muscle (iliopsoas)<br />
is connected to our emotions. If<br />
the situation is ongoing, having a<br />
specialised massage treatment will<br />
release tension in the abdominal<br />
muscles and consequently the feelings<br />
of stress and anxiety will be relieved,<br />
he says.<br />
In situations of extreme stress or<br />
trauma, a person will often adopt<br />
the foetal position to protect the<br />
vulnerable abdominal region,<br />
Wayne says.<br />
Someone who is feeling stress<br />
or anxiety will often talk about it<br />
with their therapist, which Wayne<br />
says is also an important aspect of<br />
their treatment.<br />
He also notes that anxiety can cause<br />
a person to hunch their shoulders<br />
creating tension in the neck muscles.<br />
“When this happens, you need to<br />
change your position and relax your<br />
shoulders as the tension can also<br />
affect the alignment of other muscles,”<br />
Wayne says.<br />
“We believe it’s about people being<br />
educated on how they can improve<br />
both their physical and mental health.<br />
It’s said that knowledge is power. But<br />
it’s what you do with that knowledge<br />
that’s the real power.”<br />
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There are other ways of relieving<br />
mental stress, which don’t involve as<br />
much physical exertion but can be<br />
equally effective – for example, yoga,<br />
meditation, massage, flotation therapy,<br />
ice bath and sauna hot and cold<br />
therapy, all of which are being offered<br />
at a new wellness space about to<br />
open in The Welder on Welles Street<br />
in Christchurch.<br />
“For people experiencing emotional<br />
difficulties, such as with relationships,<br />
natural practices like yoga and<br />
meditation can be very effective,”<br />
says Sam Thomas, a co-founder of<br />
O-Studio with professional rugby<br />
player Tim Bateman and yoga teacher<br />
Jess Smith.<br />
“There has been a lot of research<br />
on how these practices can help in<br />
deeper ways,” Sam says.<br />
“Practising sustained focus on<br />
the breath for just 20 minutes in<br />
meditation can help us be more<br />
present with our children or at work.”<br />
This task aims to increase<br />
mindfulness, a concept that has<br />
garnered a lot of attention of late.<br />
However, as Sam points out, it is just<br />
one of a range of meditative practices<br />
used in research to boost other<br />
important qualities like self-confidence<br />
and resilience to help people better<br />
deal with situations in their lives.<br />
The effectiveness of yoga in<br />
improving mental wellbeing and<br />
enhancing self-esteem has been<br />
shown through extensive research,<br />
and it has been used in wellness<br />
programmes around the world for<br />
many years.<br />
Sam describes yoga as being about<br />
“moving your body to change<br />
your mind”.<br />
“Yoga teaches people to become<br />
aware of what’s happening in their<br />
body, leading to better reactions to<br />
changes in mood that commonly<br />
occur throughout the day.”<br />
Flotation therapy, developed at<br />
the US National Institute of Mental<br />
Health in 1954, has experienced a<br />
surge in popularity in recent years<br />
as a stress relief tool. After trying<br />
flotation therapy overseas, Tim and his<br />
wife Laura set up Christchurch’s first<br />
flotation therapy centre, Cloud 9 Float<br />
Club, in 2<strong>01</strong>5.<br />
“Research indicates that flotation<br />
is among the top 25 per cent<br />
of relaxation tools known to<br />
psychology,” Sam says, “and it is now<br />
being used to combat burnout, stress<br />
and anxiety disorders.<br />
Mental health and<br />
wellbeing can be<br />
enhanced through<br />
practising yoga<br />
and meditation,<br />
as such places as<br />
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“Because sensory input is reduced<br />
to a minimum, the body quickly<br />
recognises that you are free of<br />
environmental threats, which helps<br />
you to fall into a deep state of<br />
relaxation.”<br />
Each flotation pod is about the size<br />
of a small car and the water contains<br />
a quantity of Epsom salts, making it<br />
buoyant enough for the participant to<br />
float, he says.<br />
Stress, anxiety, burnout, low selfesteem<br />
– these can affect us all at<br />
different times in our life, but the tools<br />
to overcome them are readily available.<br />
In the words of Sam: “There are<br />
many pathways to improving mental<br />
wellbeing through physical activity, and<br />
they can all build up reward pathways<br />
– pathways to becoming the best you<br />
can be.”<br />
And the first step is starting that<br />
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STYLE | report 25<br />
A PLANET-FRIENDLY<br />
BUSINESS MODEL<br />
There is an increasing number of businesses making their mark on the world by<br />
ensuring the only things they leave behind them are (carbon-free) footprints.<br />
Words Amy Barry
26 STYLE | report<br />
Archie gets a dose of<br />
Ethique’s Bow Wow Bar<br />
shampoo. Tested on<br />
humans, naturally.<br />
It’s everywhere... what we should be doing to save the<br />
planet. We’ve changed our behaviours from taking home<br />
plastic supermarket bags to bringing our own reusable ones<br />
and now brands all around us are firing us information on<br />
how to shop and the benefits of their products over other<br />
planet-wrecking alternatives. It’s a minefield.<br />
Once upon a time, we were sold on the aesthetically<br />
pleasing packaging. Now we find ourselves standing in<br />
supermarket aisles, scanning the checklists to see whether<br />
it’s: recyclable, sustainable, eco-friendly; where it has come<br />
from, the size of its carbon footprint, how it supports local;<br />
and if it’s cruelty-free or palm oil-free... The list can be quite<br />
overwhelming and can raise further questions.<br />
Two terms that tend to be used interchangeably in<br />
the vegan cosmetic world mean very different things.<br />
‘Vegan’ products do not contain any animal products or<br />
animal-derived ingredients; while ‘cruelty-free’ means the<br />
component ingredients and final product have not been<br />
tested on animals. And ‘sustainable’ palm oil use still poses<br />
problematic consequences to the endangered orangutan<br />
population (reading some of the associated stories is quite<br />
the eye-opener – and a tear-jerker).<br />
Annamaria Berta, founder and creator of Christchurchmade<br />
Panna Soaps, explains that ‘100 per cent vegan’ sees no<br />
animal products involved in any part of the item’s production,<br />
either in the product itself or those produced in the same<br />
environment. Her vegan soaps also proudly present that<br />
recognisable little bunny symbol on their packaging, which<br />
is recyclable and locally made to help support Christchurch<br />
businesses and avoid that inflated carbon footprint. There’s a<br />
whole lot of change happening in the cosmetic world.<br />
The well-known and multi-award-winning founder of<br />
beauty brand Ethique, Brianne West, had an early mission<br />
to “start a company that had a purpose beyond profit – to<br />
align my desire to do business with my desire to do good”.<br />
Brianne, a University of Canterbury science graduate with<br />
ambitious flare, has continued to spread the word to<br />
conscientious consumers worldwide. The latest campaign<br />
sees a limited-edition solid shampoo and conditioner range<br />
(Wombar and Kookabar) donating funds to The Irwins’<br />
Wildlife Warriors foundation, through a collaboration with<br />
Bindi Irwin. It’s a triple whammy as we avoid palm oil use,<br />
plastic waste and support conservation in one fell swoop.<br />
Companies around the globe have started developing<br />
creative solutions so we can all do our bit, often taking us<br />
on their brand journey of how to get there ‘together’. We<br />
feel we need to jump on board, as brand imagery draws us<br />
in, shaming us for carrying around a plastic water bottle or<br />
offering a plastic straw at a children’s party.<br />
Already, merino wool has been taken to new levels thanks<br />
to such brilliant innovators as those behind Icebreaker,<br />
Allbirds and Firewire Surfboards (which swapped fibreglass<br />
for wool fibre), but it doesn’t stop there. The New Zealand<br />
Merino Company launched a competition with Idealog that<br />
challenged Kiwis to discover the potential of strong-wool<br />
– the hardy wool most often used in carpets. The initiative<br />
prompted investigation into all manner of things, from<br />
insulated beehive covers to nappies, the finalists’ proposals<br />
impressive. However the grand prize went to Becs Bartells<br />
for her strong-wool coffins, which will be developed further<br />
at Studio ZQ (NZ Merino Company’s new innovation space<br />
in Christchurch).
STYLE | report 27<br />
If you forget your own cup,<br />
Air New Zealand now serves<br />
hot drinks in compostable ones.<br />
Other businesses are churning out the<br />
horrifying facts and figures around plastic<br />
use and offering us products to help<br />
eliminate the impact this is having on our<br />
environment. It’s clear being ‘green’ is not an<br />
aspiration but an action.<br />
Air New Zealand, already known for its<br />
commitment to sustainable practices, is<br />
encouraging passengers to put their reusable<br />
cups in their carry-on. Though, if you forget,<br />
the onboard hot drink cups are now made<br />
from plants not plastic, designed to then be<br />
composted at one of the five ports across<br />
the country, with their waste management<br />
provider looking into more locations. It’s the<br />
first phase of its plastic-reduction strategy,<br />
which has already seen 55-million single-use<br />
plastic items replaced with lower-impact<br />
alternatives across the airline’s global<br />
network, including on the ground, in lounges<br />
and work spaces.
28 STYLE | report<br />
Wool growers and marketers are actively looking for innovative ways<br />
for their renewable fibre to replace synthetics, like strong-wool coffins.<br />
It seems companies that champion environmental or<br />
social issues are going from strength to strength in the eye<br />
of the consumer as Kiwis are highly committed to living<br />
sustainable lives through their purchasing decisions. From<br />
shampoo and shaving bars to plant-based eateries, we are<br />
turning into sustainable thinkers.<br />
Christchurch is embracing the newly opened Welder,<br />
a complex with upcycling at the centre of the design and<br />
development. Inside the repurposed character buildings,<br />
find businesses such as Good For, a packaging-free grocery<br />
store. There, you are encouraged to bring your own<br />
reusable packaging or use paper bags provided, for free.<br />
Meanwhile, schools are going plastic wrap-free and<br />
entrepreneurs like 16-year-old Taupo student, Brooke<br />
Moore, are developing products to overtake household<br />
staples. Brooke has developed an edible and biodegradable<br />
agar-based alternative to plastic food wrap – called Wrapt,<br />
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Award for innovation, she’s now aiming to pitch to<br />
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It’s clear we are all on this path together as we seek out<br />
eco-friendly, ethical and sustainable production. Could New<br />
Zealand follow in the footsteps of San Francisco Airport<br />
and go plastic-free? Will more countries follow China’s<br />
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sands? Watch this space. One thing’s for sure, I’m on this<br />
better-for-you, better-for-our-planet train, and with so<br />
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The Big<br />
Trend of<br />
Going Small<br />
One size and one shape definitely does<br />
not fit all. One weekend recently, I<br />
had the pleasure of joining a tour of<br />
architectural homes which championed<br />
the principles of energy awareness<br />
and conservation, amongst other<br />
things. <strong>Style</strong> over size was evident<br />
amongst all the individual and specific<br />
architectural signatures, as was the<br />
variation of spatial configurations,<br />
and this has caused me to reflect on<br />
the increasing popularity of smaller<br />
properties and the acceptance of<br />
different ways of doing things.<br />
Firstly, size. Not small, as in ‘let’s fit your entire<br />
life into a caravan’, but small as in compact,<br />
thoughtful and clever, is enjoying an increase in<br />
popularity throughout our region. The restraint<br />
required to ‘live smaller’ would be too much for<br />
me and it’s no secret that I have a maximalist<br />
rather than a minimalist approach, but I can<br />
definitely appreciate why this trend is gaining<br />
momentum nationally and internationally.<br />
Millennials wanting a chance to get onto the<br />
property ladder are considering alternatives<br />
to the types of properties their parents might<br />
have started with, and size features strongly<br />
in this equation, whilst retirees are wanting to<br />
turn things on their head and look to a similar<br />
lifestyle and property, but smaller, having been<br />
there and done that.<br />
One of the reasons for considering a smaller<br />
dwelling is obvious: energy efficiency. A<br />
smaller house should be easier to heat, and this<br />
flows directly on to a reduced cost. A smaller<br />
ecological footprint, helping both your pocket<br />
and our planet. Solar-powered options feature,<br />
as do passive heating methods based around<br />
a house’s orientation and construction. Excess<br />
materials, color choices and furniture are all<br />
pared back, and clever storage options become<br />
all-important.<br />
The other notable element in choosing to live<br />
like this is that your community and your city<br />
surroundings take on a whole new meaning, and<br />
with ‘intimate’ (my word for ‘tiny’!) garden spaces,<br />
you can see the merit in this. The park next-door<br />
acts as your garden and the city, your backyard –<br />
and potentially a scooter replaces your car.<br />
For me, it seems like the easiest time to make<br />
a decision to commit to this lifestyle would be<br />
when you first start out and don’t have much<br />
or later when you have so much that you think,<br />
‘I now want less’. That middle period with kids,<br />
cars, bikes and all the other stuff that comes<br />
with life would make it too hard for some, but<br />
as the tour I’ve referred to has taught me, not<br />
everyone feels this way. Therein lies the beauty<br />
of the times we live in and the choices we have.<br />
One size certainly doesn’t fit all – nor is it<br />
expected too – and it just so happens that<br />
there are architects, builders, developers and<br />
designers thinking the same way. It makes for an<br />
engaging and interesting era.<br />
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STYLE | architecture 33<br />
THINK BIG,<br />
BUILD SMALL<br />
How much space we need in which to live our lives is coming under<br />
scrutiny as we consider the impact that extra living room and<br />
spare bedroom is having on more than just our mortgage.<br />
Words Richard Dalman
34 STYLE | architecture<br />
Haus Café takes up a mere three<br />
car parks on Moorhouse Avenue,<br />
Christchurch.<br />
Image: Jane Armstrong<br />
The offices we design now feature smaller individual<br />
work areas and larger communal spaces.<br />
There has been much talk about a trend<br />
towards smaller houses recently. This has<br />
been in response to a combination of smaller<br />
section sizes, increased construction and land<br />
costs, changing planning regulations and a<br />
desire to reduce our carbon footprint.<br />
There is currently a similar trend happening<br />
in the commercial world, for the same<br />
reasons as above, and also, because the way<br />
we work is changing. The offices we design<br />
now feature smaller individual work areas and<br />
larger communal spaces. Open-plan offices<br />
and hot desking have become common.<br />
If we build smaller, we fit more in, use<br />
less materials and have less waste and<br />
unnecessary space. Construction times can be<br />
sped up and consenting can become easier.<br />
A great example of this was the container<br />
mall (Re:Start) in Christchurch that sprang up<br />
soon after the Christchurch earthquakes.<br />
But building small requires a very carefully<br />
considered design. Below are a few tricks to<br />
designing smaller than the norm:<br />
1. Your building must be well planned.<br />
Try to reduce corridor space and keep<br />
things simple.<br />
2. Think about what your priorities are and<br />
focus on what’s important – leave out<br />
the unnecessary stuff.<br />
3. Keep colours and finishes light and spaces<br />
well lit to make them seem larger.<br />
4. Bring the outdoors in – try to break<br />
down the barriers to the outside and<br />
‘borrow’ outdoor space that costs less<br />
than indoor space.<br />
5. Use clever ‘hideaway’ design techniques<br />
such as those that have featured in boats<br />
and caravans for decades.
STYLE | architecture 35<br />
One of Dalman Architects’<br />
recent projects that<br />
incorporates all of the above<br />
is Haus Café on Moorhouse<br />
Avenue. This simple coffee<br />
kiosk takes up only three car<br />
parks in the Moorhouse City<br />
retail complex car park.<br />
The brief was for a small<br />
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feel that is self-sufficient<br />
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The building has 32m² of<br />
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the walkway between the<br />
car parks as an outdoor<br />
sitting area. It includes a full<br />
prep kitchen, storage space,<br />
servery and customer seating<br />
– and it only took eight<br />
weeks to build and fit out!<br />
Image: Dalman Architects<br />
Christchurch’s Haus Café includes<br />
a full prep kitchen, storage space,<br />
servery and customer seating<br />
within just 32m².
36 STYLE | architecture<br />
Think your house is narrow? Yuua Architects turned a 2.5m-wide alleyway into a four-storey, 1.8m-wide house in Tokyo.<br />
In many central city areas, land prices have become<br />
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suitable for building are now being utilised as small<br />
building sites.<br />
An example of this that really pushes the<br />
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by Yuua Architects. The architects have transformed a<br />
1.8m wide x 11m long alley into a four-storey house.<br />
The house features various levels that open into<br />
each other allowing long views, easy connections and<br />
flow-through ventilation. Natural light is available via<br />
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The architects wanted to achieve “a house with<br />
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produced much more.<br />
When building small, thinking big is still required.<br />
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38 STYLE | art<br />
ART FOR CLIMATE’S SAKE<br />
Views on climate change are presented in thought-provoking ways and means thanks<br />
to the sculptors participating at this year’s Sculpture on the Peninsula.<br />
Words Ady Shannon<br />
Talk of climate change is big news right now; while<br />
Greta Thunberg is polarising heads of state at the<br />
United Nations and world leaders are struggling to<br />
implement policies to achieve lower carbon emission<br />
targets, closer to home artists selected to participate in<br />
the South Island’s largest sculpture exhibition are using<br />
creative flair to make a climate statement.<br />
Leah Fraser Henderson<br />
WHEN THE RIVERS RUN DRY<br />
Leah Fraser Henderson moved from Sydney to<br />
Christchurch 25 years ago to enjoy the great outdoors.<br />
She considers the changes to our environment and<br />
degradation to our water and waterways since her<br />
arrival “shocking”.<br />
Her large-scale circular sculpture represents braided<br />
waterways and the multi-layered complex problems<br />
surrounding the state of our rivers.<br />
“The shadows that it creates are the memories of the<br />
people who can recall what the rivers once looked like.<br />
Ignoring what is going on at the deeper levels won’t fix<br />
it for our children’s futures. We take too much water<br />
out of the ground for intensive dairy farming. How can<br />
we imagine that is not affecting the water that is left?<br />
We have to add chlorine to make it safe to drink!<br />
“Drive around Canterbury and look at all the bridges<br />
spanning stones. Rivers are disappearing in our lifetimes.<br />
We will all be left with nothing but empty channels that<br />
were carved out by our rivers, once teeming with life.”<br />
When The Rivers Run Dry in process.<br />
Hannah Kidd<br />
THE WATCHMEN<br />
On a lush green paddock on Sculpture on the Peninsula’s<br />
Loudon Farm location three tall tin sentinels look out over<br />
the rural landscape. The Watchmen are Hannah Kidd’s latest<br />
works and with each character standing between three and<br />
five metres tall, their presence is imposing and impressive. It<br />
is the first time Hannah has completed and installed her work<br />
well ahead of schedule. “Usually I am struggling to finish but I<br />
wanted these guys to feel grounded, like historic people who<br />
have been watching over the land for a long time.”<br />
The inspiration for one recycled grain silo and two diesel<br />
tanks to take on the features of a solemn watcher came from<br />
the Easter Island towering stone statues known as moai. The<br />
island’s once thriving and industrious culture was destroyed<br />
by deforestation and Hannah has used this as an analogy for<br />
global warming and what can happen when “you gobble up<br />
resources and don’t protect a way of life”.<br />
“The Watchmen are positive icons, solemn thinkers,<br />
pondering on the environment and the fact they are no longer<br />
useful given the scale on which we are now producing.”
STYLE | art 39<br />
Vicki Smith and Anthony Genet<br />
BURNING TIME<br />
Nelson-based artists Vicki Smith and Anthony Genet<br />
are combining their talents in a collaborative work<br />
call Burning Time. Vicki has a long interest in old and<br />
new technologies, specifically around navigation, and<br />
Anthony has a history of working with glass and neon.<br />
Their installation is a heliographic instrument, styled on<br />
the Victorian meteorological machine, the Campbell-<br />
Stokes recorder. An optical glass orb mounted on a<br />
brass stand will be placed on the crest of a hill where<br />
the brass and glass will glint in the sunlight, recording<br />
sunlight hours on a light-sensitive cardboard strip.<br />
“These instruments are still in use in weather<br />
stations around Aotearoa, although increasingly<br />
being replaced with digital recorders. Our machine is<br />
created from recycled brass and copper and bits of<br />
an old boat. A light-sensitive cardboard strip records<br />
a daily transcript of sunshine hours collected through<br />
the focusing effect of a blown optical glass orb.<br />
“We understand, from historic records, that we<br />
are now in pivotal times for acting for our continued<br />
existence. We invite viewers to consider their actions<br />
in our changing climatic times.”<br />
Graham Bennett<br />
POLLUTED INHERITANCE – A<br />
PORTRAIT OF FIVE LAKES<br />
Graham Bennett has been exhibiting and selling sculptures<br />
for more than five decades. His Sculpture on the Peninsula<br />
contribution this year is based on a motif from a 500-yearold<br />
triptych by Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch known as<br />
The Garden of Earthly Delights. The central panel of the oil<br />
depicts surreal elements linked by a network of waterways.<br />
A group of young women, standing knee-deep in a pond,<br />
are surrounded by symbols of corruption and greed.<br />
Graham collected water from five polluted lakes – Te<br />
Waihora (Lake Ellesmere), Waikare, Whangape, Waiwera<br />
and Rotorua – and has created<br />
five vessels on plinths to<br />
represent each one.<br />
“My work has the vulnerable<br />
group standing in five<br />
hemispheres, each filled with<br />
polluted water. I have replaced<br />
seven spoonbills on the heads<br />
of the figures in the original<br />
artwork with bitterns (matuku),<br />
an endangered wading bird<br />
found near Te Waihora. The<br />
green rim on each bowl evokes<br />
the circles of irrigation that<br />
contribute to the degradation<br />
of our waterways, and<br />
challenges our ‘100 per cent<br />
pure’ halo. A jar containing lake<br />
water is fixed to the base of<br />
each stand.”<br />
The imagined end product of Burning Time and a<br />
prototype construction of its top section.<br />
These and many other works<br />
will be available for sale at<br />
Sculpture on the Peninsula,<br />
Loudon Farm, 8–10 <strong>November</strong>.<br />
Journeys of<br />
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19 October – 19 <strong>November</strong> 2<strong>01</strong>9<br />
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to life, the team at Oderings Landscaping<br />
have the knowledge and skills to create<br />
a lush lawn that your neighbours will envy.<br />
Preparation starts as part of the<br />
consultation process where Oderings<br />
Landscaping will gain an understanding<br />
of what kind of use the lawn area will be<br />
getting. Do you want the lawn to be a show<br />
piece? Is it for backyard cricket with the<br />
kids? Or will there be pets using the area?<br />
Other considerations include the<br />
surrounding environment, is it shady<br />
or surrounded by tree roots. Based on<br />
this information we can recommend<br />
a lawn that will be fit for purpose.<br />
Options for lawns include hand sown,<br />
hydro seed, instant lawn and artificial.<br />
Hand Sown Lawn – Although this is the<br />
most economical way to build a lawn, it<br />
will take longer and require more care to<br />
get growing. Rest assured you can still<br />
have a beautiful, well developed lawn;<br />
you just need to be prepared to invest<br />
some time. The type of lawn seed used<br />
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Hydro Seed Lawn – The most popular<br />
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Hydroseeding is the process of<br />
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Instant Lawn – An excellent option<br />
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Despite a significant financial outlay, the<br />
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For help deciding which lawn type is best<br />
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PRIORITISE YOUR<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
Planned outdoor space contributes hugely to the liveability and valuation<br />
of our homes yet often we don’t give landscaping the priority it merits.<br />
Words Gaynor Stanley<br />
ABOVE: Hardwood decking, Cor-ten planters and feature boulders distinguish the hard landscaping in this Tom Gunn design.
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LEFT: A design plan will<br />
specify both the hard<br />
and soft landscaping<br />
features for your<br />
desired environment.<br />
Image: Mayfair Park Landscaping<br />
BELOW: Permeable<br />
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There’s no doubt about it, building is<br />
expensive and often the coffers are<br />
drained before we get to landscaping.<br />
But when you think about how much<br />
Kiwis value al fresco living, we perhaps<br />
ought to be prioritising our landscaping<br />
spend on a par with our investment in<br />
our kitchen or bathroom.<br />
To make sure you are well informed<br />
and get the benefit of the best planned<br />
outcome for your lifestyle requirements,<br />
it’s well worth consulting a professional<br />
landscaper early in your project.<br />
Take advantage of the free initial<br />
consultation offered by most landscape<br />
architects to identify who most shares<br />
your vision. A designer will come to<br />
your property and talk through your<br />
aspirations of how you want to live in<br />
the space. They will assess how the<br />
house is oriented to neighbouring<br />
structures and to the sun, where<br />
privacy is required, and discuss the<br />
aesthetic you’d like (formal, coastal,<br />
native, rustic..) and the colours,<br />
textures, contrasts, plants and<br />
materials to achieve that look.<br />
Once you’ve decided on the<br />
landscape designer who will deliver the<br />
outdoor living area of your dreams,<br />
they will prepare a ‘scope of works’<br />
and ‘fee proposal’. This will outline the<br />
design objectives discussed and fees for<br />
both a ‘concept landscape design’ and<br />
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a ‘planting plan’. The latter is usually<br />
optional but worth the extra investment<br />
for professional advice on which plants<br />
will best suit your site’s environmental<br />
aspects (even if you plant them<br />
yourself). The planting plan will detail<br />
the location, species and quantities of<br />
trees, shrubs, ground covers and hedges.<br />
Prepare to invest a few thousand<br />
dollars to get to the point where<br />
your site has been measured and a<br />
comprehensive site plan is prepared<br />
and presented importing your<br />
architectural plans into the proposed<br />
landscape design. An effective ‘design<br />
plan’ will come up with functional<br />
solutions and specify the materials for<br />
hard landscaping features like paths,<br />
driveway, decking, paving and edging<br />
as well as fun features like a pizza<br />
oven or fireplace, hot tub or pool and<br />
built-in seating around a fire pit. A<br />
comprehensive plan will also detail the<br />
recommended planting and lawn areas,<br />
your soft landscaping (features that do<br />
not involve construction).<br />
Once you’ve signed off on the design,<br />
work proceeds to the construction<br />
phase and your landscape architect<br />
will prepare quotes for both hard and<br />
soft landscaping elements. Some will<br />
design and construct in-house, others<br />
will outsource to sub-contractors.<br />
Your landscape architect will handle<br />
any consent applications and oversee<br />
construction.<br />
As hard and soft landscaping come<br />
together, your vision grows into reality.<br />
Be patient as, depending on the season,<br />
it might be a while before your chosen<br />
plantings thrive. Rest assured, guided<br />
by expert design, a good landscape<br />
plan will have you enjoying your great<br />
outdoors in no time.<br />
Five tips for greener landscaping<br />
1. Recycle or upcycle unused building materials; turn hardwood<br />
sleepers into garden bed walls, chunky steps or seating, and steel<br />
reinforcing mesh into a metal climbing frame for plants.<br />
2. Multitask with seating that doubles as wood storage or gabion<br />
retaining walls for garden beds.<br />
3. Go organic with weedmats and natural remedies, rather than<br />
Roundup, to control pests and weeds and attract bees and native<br />
birds; factor in a compost bin to feed and enrich your soil rather<br />
than using synthetic fertilisers.<br />
4. Be waterwise using seaweed or moss mulch to reduce water<br />
evaporation; upgrade your leaky hose and install a rainwater<br />
tank to capture water; choose natives or succulents for your soft<br />
landscaping; select permeable surfaces (pebbles not pavers) for<br />
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5. Grow your own with an edible garden in your design.<br />
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REVIVE &<br />
REJUVENATE<br />
Craig Wilson shines the light on the dreary parts of our outdoor<br />
areas and suggests it’s time for a mini makeover.
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As the season moves into the warmer summer<br />
months, life moves outdoors. On a still day,<br />
the French doors are open from dawn to dusk<br />
and the garden beckons us out to enjoy our open<br />
lawns or sit under our favourite tree.<br />
Have your garden spaces become a bit<br />
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enjoyment of your time outside. Here are four<br />
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1. REPLACE ANYTHING<br />
DEAD OR STRUGGLING<br />
Cast your eyes over the area in which you spend<br />
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that hasn’t come away in spring and replace it<br />
with a lush, fresh new specimen. Your local garden<br />
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Make sure features<br />
have good scale and<br />
aren’t too small for<br />
the space. Err on<br />
the larger size if<br />
you’re unsure.<br />
2. ADD A NEW FEATURE<br />
See where you can create a new highlight<br />
in the garden to draw your eye and<br />
create a stir. This could be a new urn or<br />
glazed pot in tones that connect to a key<br />
interior colour. Make sure it has good<br />
scale and isn’t too small for the space. Err<br />
on the bigger size if you’re unsure.<br />
3. LIGHT IT UP<br />
Garden and outdoor lighting can have a<br />
huge impact on outdoor living. It’s time<br />
to install that lighting you’ve always talked<br />
about. It could be an uplight at the base<br />
of a tree or sculpture, or a hidden LED<br />
strip light under a built-in seat.<br />
4. GIVE IT SOME LOVE<br />
If the deck hasn’t had any love for a season or<br />
two, it will be looking a bit worse for wear. A<br />
fresh coat or two of a quality oil after a bit of<br />
prepwork will do it wonders. While you’re at<br />
it, any hardwood furniture will respond well<br />
to the same treatment. With a bit of time and<br />
elbow grease, you’ll soon be sitting back and<br />
enjoying a rejuvenated deck that looks almost<br />
as good as the day it went down.
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS<br />
with Tim Goom<br />
Spotlight on Talent:<br />
2<strong>01</strong>9 Young<br />
Landscaper<br />
of the Year!<br />
by Goom<br />
In the October edition of <strong>Style</strong> Magazine we were excited<br />
to share with readers the success of Goom Landscapes at<br />
the 2<strong>01</strong>9 Registered Master Landscaper ‘Landscape of<br />
Distinction’ awards.<br />
A huge highlight of the awards for team Goom was when our very<br />
own George Trower was named Young Landscaper of the Year from a<br />
tough field of 9 finalists. His skills in terms of innovation, communication,<br />
leadership, career development and construction pushed him to the front<br />
of an extremely high calibre queue. With this national accolade under his<br />
belt, we thought it timely to shed some light on what drives George in his<br />
passion for landscaping:<br />
What motivated you to become involved in the landscaping industry?<br />
I grew up in the Waikato on a 40 hectare lifestyle property just out of<br />
the small rural town of Matamata. Living on a farm surrounded by native<br />
bush gave me a love for the environment and landscape. I gained a passion<br />
for construction through growing up with my father owning a building<br />
company which my grandfather started. These were the driving factors<br />
to pursue a career in the landscape industry. I moved to Christchurch<br />
to study at Lincoln University and graduated in 2<strong>01</strong>7 with a Bachelor of<br />
Landscape Architecture with Honours, during which I approached Goom<br />
Landscapes to complete the design based course requirements. Initially I<br />
worked with the design team, then the construction team. 2 and half years<br />
on I am a foreman.<br />
What advice would you give to anyone considering a career<br />
in landscaping?<br />
It is a competitive industry with some very talented designers and<br />
landscapers so you need to have an abiding passion and really want to be<br />
there to do well. A love of the outdoors and design and an eye for detail<br />
are vital. Remaining up to date with new methodologies is important, it is<br />
an industry which embraces innovators.<br />
What is important to you in your<br />
own backyard?<br />
I’m a fairly social creature, so my ultimate<br />
backyard would have a lush expansive<br />
lawn for backyard cricket contrasting with<br />
a detailed hardscaped entertaining area<br />
including a built in BBQ bench and bespoke<br />
outdoor fire. Construction is in my blood<br />
and I’m pretty busy, so low maintenance is<br />
important to me, the soft-scaping and planting<br />
would be kept to a minimum!<br />
You work on both residential and commercial landscaping projects,<br />
what are the challenges for these different types of project?<br />
Whether it is a small residential project or a large commercial project,<br />
the fundamentals are relatively consistent. The big difference is volume.<br />
On a commercial project, everything is on a larger scale, it will have more<br />
individual components to project manage and more deadlines along<br />
the way.<br />
What do you see as your next challenge in your landscaping career?<br />
The next big challenge is competing in the Young Horticulturist of the<br />
Year 2<strong>01</strong>9 awards in mid-<strong>November</strong>, this is 2 day competition which pits<br />
me against finalists from 5 other horticulture sectors. It’s a huge honour<br />
so I’m pretty excited to be involved. I’m currently landscaping by day then<br />
spending my evenings focussing on my preparations for this.<br />
We are extremely proud of George’s much deserved Young Landscaper<br />
of the Year 2<strong>01</strong>9 award and wish him the very best of luck for his<br />
next competition.<br />
The champions of<br />
landscape design & build.<br />
7 GOLD AWARDS - 2<strong>01</strong>9<br />
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STYLE | fashion 63<br />
Image: Mi Piaci<br />
RUNWAY<br />
REALITY<br />
Vanessa Ortynsky sat down with 24-year-old designer<br />
Benjamin Alexander ahead of what was his solo debut at<br />
New Zealand Fashion Week.
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A model walks the<br />
runway during the<br />
Benjamin Alexander<br />
show during New<br />
Zealand Fashion<br />
Week 2<strong>01</strong>9.<br />
“It’s so important to us that<br />
we respect our workers and<br />
the people around us.”<br />
– Benjamin Alexander<br />
Congratulations on your first solo NZFW show!<br />
What made you decide to show this year?<br />
It was an easy decision. We [Benjamin, his sister<br />
Alishia and friend Catherine] knew that we wanted<br />
to launch the Benjamin Alexander brand and put on<br />
a show this year. It was a good time to be part of<br />
fashion week with so many new designers showing.<br />
And it’s back at the Town Hall, where it all began.<br />
Can you tell us a bit about the process of creating<br />
your collection?<br />
It was very honest and open. This collection is based<br />
on moments in time and real experiences. It is<br />
cohesive, but there are elements within it that remind<br />
me of different parts of my life leading up until now.<br />
It consists of 16 looks and 24 pieces and everything in<br />
the collection is ours (shoes included).<br />
What was your Project Runway experience like?<br />
I genuinely loved the entire reality show experience<br />
and I didn’t think that I would. I had never imagined I’d<br />
be on a reality show. [Ben won New Zealand’s first<br />
series of Project Runway in 2<strong>01</strong>8.]<br />
With sustainability being the theme at NZFW this<br />
year, what does that mean to you as a designer?<br />
Sustainability has always been second nature to us.<br />
It’s not something that we’ve had to think about or<br />
consider because it’s who we are. I come from a<br />
sustainability masters programme [Whitecliffe Master<br />
of Fine Arts in Fashion Sustainability]. It’s so important<br />
to us that we respect our workers and the people<br />
around us. It’s also about love and honesty and being<br />
completely transparent about what you do. No one is<br />
perfect, but we’re open to that conversation, willing to<br />
change and move things forward.<br />
How many collections do you plan to release per<br />
year?<br />
I think we’ll release twice a year, the collections aren’t<br />
necessarily seasonal. The world is so global and our<br />
customers travel, so it’s irrelevant to do winter coats<br />
for winter.
STYLE | fashion 65<br />
Image: Mi Piaci<br />
Ben’s Lotus<br />
Top (available<br />
late 2<strong>01</strong>9) pairs<br />
with Benjamin<br />
Alexander x Mi<br />
Piaci Jan Slingback<br />
in Black Leather.<br />
Any career highlights so far?<br />
The experience of building the business and the lead-up<br />
to New Zealand Fashion Week in such a short amount<br />
of time has been a highlight for us. We don’t have a<br />
huge team, so we learnt and did everything on our own<br />
merit. The past year itself has been a highlight and the<br />
show will be the peak.<br />
Did you enjoy working with Mi Piaci?<br />
The collaboration with Mi Piaci has been straightforward,<br />
seamless and an absolute dream. They understand what<br />
I represent and I get what they represent. There are five<br />
styles (with various colourways) in the collection.<br />
Do you have any favourite spots in New Zealand?<br />
I love the Coromandel. Every year, for 14 years, the<br />
family would go to the Coromandel for two weeks over<br />
the summer. My favourite beach in Auckland is definitely<br />
Bethells Beach.<br />
What’s next for the brand?<br />
There are two exciting things in the pipeline that we’re<br />
working towards, but they are very much under wraps.<br />
We’d love to eventually open an international store<br />
and have a few exciting projects in the works, but<br />
everything’s currently under wraps.<br />
178 Williams Street, Kaiapoi, Ph: 03 327 2157<br />
www.crazefashion.co.nz crazekaiapoi
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FASHION NEWS<br />
Words Kate Preece<br />
Designers Jessica Grubisa with Madeleine Harman<br />
with Westpac staff members Ramya Kanagala (left)<br />
and Tina Baxter (right).<br />
CORPORATE SWAGGER<br />
When it comes to uniforms, out the window goes one’s fashionforward<br />
ideals and personal preference – usually. In an interesting<br />
twist for a corporate, Westpac has partnered with Kiwi fashion<br />
label Harman Grubisa to not only dress their employees in<br />
style, but to give them personal choice. Thirty items form a new<br />
Westpac wardrobe that includes cultural items, such as a hijab.<br />
For fashion designers Madeleine Harman and Jessica Grubisa<br />
(who presented at New Zealand Fashion Week in 2<strong>01</strong>5 and<br />
claimed New Zealand’s first International Woolmark Prize in<br />
2<strong>01</strong>8), it’s their brand’s first foray into menswear too.<br />
Levi’s Classic<br />
Trucker with<br />
Jacquard by<br />
Google.<br />
HEAD GEAR<br />
Aussie favourite Avenue was founded in Sydney<br />
by gal pals Gabriella Weinstock and Jessie Shand.<br />
They’ve dedicated their business to creating hats – and<br />
accessories – for women that fit and flatter, starting with<br />
their foundation piece, the straw hat. The Noah Classic<br />
Boater is calling our name. Find yours at Ballantynes.<br />
CONNECTED FASHION<br />
In our ever more connected world, technology<br />
is making its way, seamlessly, into what we wear.<br />
Today, the unisex Levi’s Classic and Sherpa<br />
Trucker jackets have been enhanced by the<br />
power of Google. Jacquard by Google sees<br />
smart technology sewn into the cuff by way of<br />
the Jacquard Tag, which is smaller than a stick of<br />
gum. This pairs with your phone so that set hand<br />
movements over the cuff enable you to take a<br />
photo, control music, answer and end calls, and<br />
even receive an alert if you leave your phone at<br />
home. With programmable coloured LED lights,<br />
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caller rings through – and more. Available<br />
at selected Barkers stores, including Riccarton.
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elegance and sophistication.<br />
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LINEN LOVE<br />
The fabric of the season, there’s<br />
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Kiwi brand Marle has recently<br />
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Image: DL Photography<br />
SEA SOURCED<br />
The arrival of RUBY’s 2<strong>01</strong>9<br />
Resort collection on 15<br />
<strong>November</strong> brings with it the<br />
Kiwi brand’s first foray into<br />
swimwear. Featuring a scoop<br />
neck one-piece, a bandeau<br />
and an asymmetrical crop<br />
pairable with classic string or<br />
high-waisted bottoms, each<br />
piece is in the colourful floral<br />
Bettina print that graces other<br />
pieces within the wider Local<br />
Honey collection. Better still,<br />
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FACE FIRST<br />
The driving force behind Forme Spa – facial specialists for the past 17 years –<br />
owner Hady Wenham explains the true value of this skincare treat.<br />
How do you describe a facial to someone who hasn’t<br />
had one before?<br />
It offers all the relaxation benefits of a massage, with the<br />
huge bonus of more radiant, glowing skin afterwards! Each<br />
facial has different steps, including a thorough consultation<br />
to make sure the beauty therapist understands what you<br />
are wanting to achieve. Facials generally include a cleanse<br />
and an exfoliation to remove the dull surface layer, and<br />
usually a facial mask, application of a potent serum, and a<br />
relaxing massage to ease jaw tension – we carry a lot of<br />
stress in our faces! Depending on the length of the facial,<br />
you should enjoy a foot/hand/scalp or shoulder massage<br />
as well to really get you in the zen zone. You want to<br />
feel blissfully relaxed, but also see a real improvement in<br />
the hydration, smoothness and radiance of your skin after<br />
your treatment.<br />
What are some of the benefits from regular facials?<br />
For many it is the pure escape of having undivided<br />
attention given to their skin, but the tangible results<br />
are addressing issues such as pigmentation, rosacea,<br />
breakouts, dryness and dullness, fine lines and hydration.<br />
Can one alone be effective?<br />
Yes, you will see a difference after just one facial, but it’s<br />
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specific.<br />
Are facials treatments or treats?<br />
They are a treatment, but if done well, they are also a<br />
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STYLE | beauty 73<br />
BEAUTY NEWS<br />
Words Kate Preece<br />
DO THE FLOSS<br />
Avoiding plastic isn’t easy if you look<br />
to traditional ways of keeping your<br />
teeth sparkling. Fortunately, Kiwi<br />
brand Grin Natural is one company<br />
looking at alternatives, and the latest<br />
is dental flosses with handles made<br />
from non-GMO cornstarch that are<br />
biodegradable. The cardboard container<br />
can be restacked with another 45 pack,<br />
itself wrapped in eco-paper. Get the<br />
next generation in on the act with the<br />
kids packs that have a smaller floss<br />
head and easy grip handles. Available in<br />
supermarkets nationwide.<br />
PACKAGING PLUS<br />
In the beauty world, we tend to get<br />
lumped with a lot of superfluous<br />
packaging, but, fortunately, there<br />
are several brands doing more<br />
than just fixing their ingredients.<br />
Floral Street is a British perfume<br />
brand that presents its scents in<br />
recyclable, biodegradable boxes.<br />
The carton fits the bottle snugly<br />
in a cocoon of sustainability. From<br />
wet pulp to finished box takes just<br />
one minute of manufacturing, with<br />
waste water cleaned and recycled<br />
and waste pulp composted at<br />
local farms. What a great start to<br />
smelling good. meccabeauty.co.nz
74 STYLE | beauty<br />
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A STONE’S THROW<br />
Forget cardboard altogether and turn to lilah b. for<br />
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in gorgeous pebble-shaped cases. Gluten, parabens,<br />
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vegan-friendly and cruelty-free is in when it comes to<br />
any of the multipurpose products created by founder<br />
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expect aloe, agar and beneficial botanicals to be the<br />
stars of the show. meccabeauty.co.nz<br />
WASTE-NOT,<br />
WANT-NOT<br />
Let us introduce you to The<br />
Glow Cloth. It’s a new product<br />
to arrive thanks to the clever<br />
mind of Christchurch beauty<br />
queen Kendal McSorley. The<br />
beauty therapist knows how<br />
important it is to clear away the<br />
day before getting that beauty<br />
sleep. So, she developed an<br />
eco-friendly, machine washable<br />
product that uses only water<br />
to remove your makeup. Once<br />
wet, the Glow Cloth’s ultra-fine<br />
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STYLE | beauty 75<br />
PURE HAIRCARE<br />
This is a brand I fell in love<br />
with long before ‘vegan’ was<br />
such a buzzword. Pureology’s<br />
story begins with a Californian<br />
barber who sought to<br />
develop a product his friend<br />
with ovarian cancer could<br />
use. Each bottle is not only<br />
recyclable, but made of 50%<br />
post-consumer recycled<br />
material at that. Plus, the<br />
formulas they’ve developed<br />
mean you’re not using<br />
handfuls of product at every<br />
wash either – to which I can<br />
attest. A little goes a long way<br />
yet the results are top notch.<br />
Get down, get dirty and lift your<br />
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Give our experienced and proven<br />
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MEET THE TEAM<br />
With The Cosmetic Clinic opening in the Hornby Hub – its third premises<br />
in Christchurch, we thought it high time we introduced you to the<br />
faces behind the brand.
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Rosa Guthrie<br />
CO-OWNER OF THE CHRISTCHURCH<br />
FRANCHISES<br />
Where does The Cosmetic Clinic story<br />
begin?<br />
Having spent close to 15 years in the industry,<br />
away from New Zealand, it always niggled<br />
me that no one was offering these advanced<br />
treatments, at affordable prices, in convenient<br />
locations back here. Having decided it was<br />
time to put down some roots on home soil,<br />
I teamed up with my business partner to<br />
launch The Cosmetic Clinic. Fast-forward just<br />
over three years, there are nine clinics in the<br />
network, with more openings on the cards in<br />
the next few years.<br />
What’s your favourite treatment?<br />
My personal favourite is microneedling. We<br />
use the Dermapen 4, which is an amazing tool.<br />
We can treat almost all skin types, focusing on<br />
a whole range of issues the client may have –<br />
pigmentation, dull lacklustre skin, acne scarring,<br />
open pores, etc. A course of treatments<br />
makes any skin glow!<br />
Caroline Holloway<br />
CBD FRANCHISE CO-OWNER<br />
What is your most popular treatment?<br />
Most of my clients go for our ‘Ultimate Selfie’<br />
or ‘Harmony’ package as they are such great<br />
value. The former is the lips and crows’ feet<br />
or frown line package, while Harmony is a full<br />
refresh of lips, cheeks and anti-wrinkle. Often<br />
the best results are achieved by little bits of<br />
product spread across multiple areas on the<br />
face, enhancing the whole face rather than<br />
just focusing on highlighting one area.<br />
How does a typical day play out for you?<br />
With a toddler at home one tends to rise<br />
and shine pretty early! I squeeze in an F45<br />
workout before clinic, then it’s straight into<br />
the day. My days are filled with clients, some<br />
have been coming to see me for many years<br />
and I get to meet lots of new faces too. I<br />
really enjoy the clientele I have in the CBD<br />
so my days fly by. From the consultation to<br />
their first treatments, my aim is to help them<br />
achieve subtle enhancements that make them<br />
feel more naturally beautiful.<br />
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:<br />
Sharon Sutherland,<br />
Grace Breckell,<br />
Rosa Guthrie,<br />
Caroline Holloway.<br />
Grace Breckell<br />
HORNBY FRANCHISE CO-OWNER<br />
How long have you been involved in the<br />
beauty industry?<br />
I have been involved and performed a vast<br />
range of services in the beauty industry for<br />
nine years. I have occupied both management<br />
and operational roles with a clear focus in<br />
delivering a service underpinned by care,<br />
diligence and understanding. I am very excited<br />
to be taking the next step in my career to<br />
finally be a business owner.<br />
What are you most looking forward to with<br />
this new venture?<br />
I am looking forward to being part of a<br />
reputable brand that places great emphasis<br />
in delivering affordable solutions to cosmetic<br />
care. It has been a life-long ambition to be a<br />
business owner, in particular, a business owner<br />
in a client-centric industry. I cannot wait to be<br />
leading my team and creating a fantastic work<br />
environment that not only my team will enjoy<br />
but our clients will too.<br />
Sharon Sutherland<br />
CBD FRANCHISE CO-OWNER<br />
What is one of your favourite success<br />
stories?<br />
Over the years I have taught many upand-coming<br />
passionate therapists how to<br />
communicate, create appropriate treatment<br />
plans and to prescribe skin care that is<br />
personalised for each individual client. The<br />
most heartwarming feedback I could possibly<br />
get from these wonderful therapists is when<br />
I speak to them now, in many cases 15 to<br />
20 years later and they say, ‘You helped me<br />
become the success I am today with your<br />
knowledge and passion for the industry.’<br />
What’s on your personal beauty bucket list?<br />
To visit spas and experience different<br />
treatments in as many countries as possible.<br />
thecosmeticclinic.co.nz
78 STYLE | beauty<br />
LET IT GLOW<br />
If you want your skin to look its best, say goodbye to<br />
stress and start looking after yourself.<br />
Words Clemency Alice
STYLE | beauty 79<br />
Your skin reflects both your emotional and<br />
physical health. It’s a true reflection of<br />
our inner wellbeing.<br />
Certain skin conditions can arise from<br />
lifestyle-related choices – in other words,<br />
how you approach your diet, stress, exercise<br />
and sleep can make itself known on your<br />
skin. Making conscious, positive lifestyle<br />
changes and committing to these can help<br />
reduce or even eliminate the negative effects.<br />
With regular exercise, sleep, less stress and<br />
nutritional food choices, your skin’s natural<br />
radiance and beauty can shine through.<br />
However, sometimes life removes the<br />
ability to make the right choices. Disrupted<br />
sleep patterns are the norm for mothers<br />
with newborn babies; unforeseen events<br />
and illnesses are unavoidable stressors.<br />
Nevertheless, if we consciously start doing<br />
the best we can to alter our patterns, we will<br />
feel at least some sort of improvement and<br />
allow our skin to be the best it can be.<br />
With regular exercise, sleep, less<br />
stress and nutritional food choices,<br />
your skin’s natural radiance and<br />
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Our treatments include:<br />
• Hair Revitalisation (Regrowth)<br />
• Micro Needling<br />
• Cosmetic Tattooing<br />
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• Brow Correction<br />
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ChristChurCh | Queenstown
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Botanical essences can help ease the effects of<br />
daily stressors and help us return balance to our lives.<br />
Therapie Roques’O’Neil encompasses an exquisite<br />
aromatherapeutic collection of products that can be<br />
used to introduce nurturing rituals that harmonise the<br />
mind while providing immediate benefits to the skin.<br />
Their Equilibrium Bath and Shower Essence is a serene<br />
blend of Fragonia and English lavender that will help you<br />
navigate the most chaotic of daily challenges. This can<br />
be used in the shower, before a big day, or in the bath<br />
to help you unwind at the end of the day. Leave on the<br />
skin as a nourishing, perfumed moisturiser.<br />
Antioxidants are a key part of maintaining optimal<br />
skin health. They are a tool to protect our bodies and<br />
skin from oxidative damage and stress. Try introducing<br />
sencha green tea to your daily tea practice. Drinking<br />
green tea helps protect your skin from transepidermal<br />
water loss (TWL) and has numerous health and skin<br />
benefits. There’s also a supplement known as Enzogenol,<br />
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82 STYLE | wellbeing<br />
HOW TO MANAGE<br />
ANXIETY<br />
Dr John Demartini encourages us to take control of our<br />
perceptions, decisions and actions.
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n today’s fast-paced, hyper-connected society, there’s<br />
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Anxiety is a form of secondary or tertiary fear. Fear is<br />
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more disadvantage than advantage; or more challenge<br />
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Anxiety arises because of secondary, tertiary, or<br />
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are encountered. Anxiety can be triggered when any<br />
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We can transform our once-assumed<br />
hell into an opportunity if we take<br />
the time to find out how it serves us.<br />
There are a number of anxiety disorders, which can fall<br />
under any of the seven primary areas of life categories:<br />
spiritual, mental, vocational, financial, familial, social and<br />
physical. Any initially frightening event in any one or more<br />
of these areas could initiate a series of cascading anxieties<br />
due to secondary or tertiary associations. When you are<br />
experiencing anxiety, there may not appear to be an obvious<br />
emotional trigger to your response, but there actually is. It’s<br />
just not conscious, due to it being a secondary association<br />
derived from a seemingly unrelated, painful event.<br />
For instance, if a small boy witnessed his father – wearing<br />
blue jeans and a white shirt and with brown hair and a<br />
moustache – screaming and violently beating his mother,<br />
he could become frightened and run and hide under his<br />
bed, shut his eyes and cover his ears until he falls asleep to<br />
survive the ordeal. On the day that follows, his mother could<br />
take him to the grocery store and while going down an aisle<br />
another man that knows the mother could approach her<br />
and speak. Since the approaching man is wearing blue jeans,<br />
a white shirt and has brown hair and a moustache similar to<br />
the father, the child could begin to feel anxious because of<br />
the secondary associations made with his father due to the<br />
similarity of appearances. Then, in the next aisle, another man<br />
could approach the mother, but this time wearing blue jeans,<br />
yellow shirt, brown hair and a moustache. Again, the boy<br />
could feel anxious due to the similarities with the aggressive<br />
father, and so on.<br />
As new associations keep occurring with at least one or<br />
two of the original features it could trigger varying degrees of<br />
avoidance anxiety. Further secondary, tertiary and quaternary<br />
associations can be made that repeatedly trigger varying<br />
degrees of anxiety according to the degree of associations.<br />
Eventually, hundreds of secondary associations can be<br />
made that trigger mild anxieties without the boy seeing<br />
the direct connection to the original event between the<br />
parents. As long as the original event has been stored in the<br />
subconscious mind without being balanced or neutralised it<br />
can trigger lasting cascading associations and anxieties.<br />
Identifying the many triggers can assist in uncovering the<br />
original event that initiated the fear.<br />
The simplest way to manage, and indeed overcome,<br />
anxiety is to first identify what specifically it is that triggers<br />
your anxiety reactions, and then identify the original fearful<br />
event or stimulus behind it. Once the original stimulus is<br />
identified you need to discover what the benefits were that<br />
it provided. How has it served you and helped you fulfil what<br />
is most important to your life? It’s never what happens to<br />
you, it’s how you perceive it. If you can perceive an initially<br />
frightening event in a way that’s not in the way but now on<br />
the way, it can turn into a life-fulfilling opportunity. Finding<br />
out how it served you can truly liberate you from that<br />
anxiety, because there’s nothing in life that doesn’t have<br />
a way of helping us. The key is to balance out the initial<br />
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By uncovering the original event that induced the initial fear<br />
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We don’t have to be victims of our history, we can<br />
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One of the greatest questions we will ever ask is “how is<br />
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86 STYLE | cycling<br />
THE E-BIKE<br />
REVOLUTION<br />
Don’t be put off by the sweat and the Lycra; there’s more<br />
than one way to join the cycling movement.<br />
Words Sarah Bright
STYLE | cycling 87<br />
year ago, I would have shuddered<br />
A at the suggestion of going for a bike<br />
ride. I evade exercise and would prefer<br />
to hold the sofa down on the weekend.<br />
Living at Waikuku Beach surrounded by<br />
extensive cycle tracks, my partner was<br />
regularly out on his bike and incessantly<br />
harping on about “the great outdoors”<br />
and “being in the fresh air” and all that<br />
malarkey. No thanks. My cranky knees<br />
twitched at the notion. That was until<br />
he suggested we buy me an electric bike<br />
(e-bike)… and what a revolution it has<br />
been; I am now an enthusiastic convert<br />
and nothing beats being out there in<br />
nature, turning the pedals and feeling<br />
the wind in my hair.<br />
With prices decreasing and recent<br />
improvements in removable battery<br />
technology, electric motors, suspension,<br />
and lighter weight designs, e-bikes are<br />
becoming more commonplace and<br />
accepted by the public in all genres<br />
of cycling. From your work commute,<br />
pleasure riding, fitness riding to technical<br />
off-roading mountain biking, there is<br />
now an e-bike to suit every person<br />
and budget. Who wouldn’t want to go<br />
further, faster and to more places? They<br />
ready do amplify your pedalling power<br />
and your ability to do and see more.<br />
Isn’t an electric bike cheating?<br />
That’s a legitimate question a lot of people have. And<br />
the answer is a firm no. It’s sensational how these bikes<br />
have converted a whole troop of people to get on their<br />
bike, often on trails otherwise inaccessible to them by<br />
other means. Many who believed that bike riding was<br />
impractical or impossible because of distance, hills, windy<br />
weather, fitness, health reasons, joint problems, ageing or<br />
even because of the inconvenience of having to shower<br />
and change clothes after a morning commute. All this is<br />
eliminated with e-bike ownership, along with fuel prices<br />
for the commuter. It’s surely a win-win for the rider and<br />
the environment.<br />
You can choose how you use the motor and don’t<br />
have to use it all the time. Merely adjust the amount<br />
of pedal assist depending on how you feel. It can still<br />
be quite a workout but without the worry of getting<br />
exhausted and stranded far from home. You can turn up<br />
the level of assist or even, on some models, use a throttle.<br />
Most e-bike riders get more exercise as they ride more<br />
often and for longer distances. Mine still makes me puff<br />
but without me getting home in a sweaty, achey mess.
88 STYLE | cycling<br />
Top tips for buying an e-bike<br />
1. Consider your individual needs – with so many models<br />
on the market, it’s best to first identify what features<br />
are most important to you. If comfort is key, then<br />
a step-through frame may be best. If hill climbing is<br />
your buzz, a middle motor or high torque hub motor<br />
may be essential. There are mountain bikes, such as<br />
the Specialized Turbo Levo Hardtail (cycleways.co.nz),<br />
which are designed specifically to tackle tough descents<br />
while using less battery power. If riding long distance<br />
is your cup of tea, you’ll need a meaty battery of at<br />
least 400 watt-hours (Wh), or look to an additional<br />
battery pack, as compatible with the eZee Sprint range<br />
(actionbicycleclub.com) and your capacity can extend up<br />
to 1000Wh.<br />
2. Weight – pick up a few e-bikes and feel their weight.<br />
They vary considerably. You might need to be able to<br />
carry it over a stile or pick it up to put it on your bike<br />
rack. If your battery runs out, could you still move it<br />
with leg power alone?<br />
3. Choose your retailer wisely – are the staff<br />
approachable, knowledgeable and helpful? Does<br />
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workshop, brand range, stock? Places like Christchurch<br />
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4. Test ride several – get a feel for the different types<br />
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THE SOUND OF SILENCE<br />
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When I had the I-Pace in my driveway<br />
it was one of those weekends when the<br />
flow of visitors seemed never-ending.<br />
Naturally, the Jaguar I-Pace HSE caught<br />
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was. Most ended up in the passenger seat,<br />
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on a fully electric vehicle. The sound of<br />
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The 2670kg all-wheel-drive vehicle has<br />
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STYLE | motoring 91<br />
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at least a little of the range anxiety.<br />
It won’t stop you looking at your<br />
supermarket and car parking buildings<br />
in a new way (which have the ‘fast’<br />
50kW chargers that charge for free) or<br />
planning your most extensive journeys<br />
with at least a one-hour meal break to<br />
juice up the I-Pace at the same time.<br />
You’ll also start wishing New Zealand<br />
would hurry up and introduce the<br />
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would gain another 100km in just 15<br />
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Clearly air conditioning use, the fans<br />
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off the accelerator. To drive more<br />
conservatively, set this to high, which<br />
will see the car slowing rapidly as soon<br />
as that lead foot is lifted. Turn off<br />
‘vehicle creep’ too and you will find<br />
yourself driving with one pedal. (Yes,<br />
the car comes to a complete standstill,<br />
quickly, without touching the brake!)<br />
When you are stationary in an electric<br />
vehicle, the world around you seems<br />
very noisy. I could have sworn that a<br />
man chopping down the tree in his<br />
backyard was doing so right beside me<br />
as I was stopped at the traffic lights. It’s<br />
a good thing the I-Pace HSE is decked<br />
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Smug in the knowledge I was driving<br />
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The tzatziki and feta are unmissable. Gyros and slow<br />
cooked lamb are mouth-watering, but ensure you leave<br />
space for moussaka, a baked dish of heaven involving<br />
aubergine, mince, tomato, garlic, spices, and cheese.<br />
islAnd hop There is something magical about<br />
the combination of whitewashed houses, vibrant<br />
bougainvillea clinging to doorways, multihued fishing<br />
boats in tiny ports, sandy beaches and clear blue<br />
glistening waters, hills smelling of thyme, ancient sites,<br />
rugged landscapes and the warm hospitable people –<br />
island hopping from Athens is a must do!<br />
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ESCAPE FOR<br />
THE SOUL<br />
A luxury break in the Bay of Islands becomes more than just a<br />
foretaste of summer for Bruce Munro and his wife.<br />
ABOVE: A golden sunrise over Moturua and Urupukapuka Islands and the Rawhiti headland.
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Image: Bruce Munro, Otago Daily Times<br />
The divine decadence of twin outdoor tubs with an expansive<br />
view of sea, sky and islands at Donkey Bay Inn.<br />
It was as winter deepened that we got it in to our<br />
heads to take a break in the Bay of Islands.<br />
This was to be a splendid escape from the dreary<br />
monotony of months spent going to and from work<br />
under street lights; a vouchsafe in the heart of New<br />
Zealand’s hospitable, historic north of better days<br />
to come.<br />
The Bay of Islands. The very name was a<br />
connotation cornucopia. Beaches, yachts, seafood and<br />
wine, extended family holidays, million-dollar baches<br />
with 10 million-dollar views, all set in the birthplace of<br />
our nation.<br />
My connections, through my mother, dated back<br />
to the 1950s when her Hokianga dairy-farming family<br />
had taken mid-winter holidays at Russell, presenting<br />
freshly caught snapper to the governor-general who<br />
holidayed two doors along from their borrowed bach<br />
at Long Beach. But it was a good decade since I had<br />
taken a break in the Bay of Islands. And my wife had<br />
last visited here as a five-year-old, staying in a tent<br />
and caravan with her parents and five siblings at a<br />
Paihia camping ground. The two of us were overdue<br />
a lavish, leisurely return visit.<br />
As the Opua vehicle ferry carried us across the<br />
water to Okiato, on the southwestern arm of the<br />
Russell peninsula, the late-afternoon drizzle gave way<br />
to a bright rainbow; a multi-hued, heavenly gateway<br />
to the start of our holiday.<br />
The Duke of Marlborough Hotel was a fitting<br />
introduction to the Bay of Islands, steeped as it is in<br />
local history. Including its two former incarnations,<br />
the Duke, sitting on the Russell waterfront, has had<br />
a ringside seat to many significant moments in our<br />
history. They stretch all the way from this former<br />
capital of New Zealand being the debauched ‘hell<br />
hole of the Pacific’ and the signing of the nation’s<br />
founding document – the hotel’s first owner Johnny<br />
Johnston had a hand in translating the Treaty into te<br />
reo Maori – to American Western writer Zane Grey<br />
championing the region’s world-class game fishing<br />
during the 1920s and (who could forget) our own<br />
future supermodel Rachel Hunter getting her first big<br />
break in a hair product advert filmed aboard Duran<br />
Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon’s yacht, right here in<br />
the Bay, during the mid-1980s.<br />
What a pleasure, each morning, to pull back the<br />
curtains of our spacious waterfront room and step on<br />
to our own balcony overlooking the gorgeous bay.
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Image: Bruce Munro, Otago Daily Times<br />
The waterfront Duke of Marlborough Hotel, in Russell, has been hosting Bay of Islands holidaymakers since before the Treaty of Waitangi.<br />
The Duke wears its years with a jaunty pride and a knowing<br />
smile, typified by the quirky history-bending artwork of Lester<br />
Hall that adorns the walls of rooms, hallways and the classic<br />
colonial-style restaurant complete with enticing open fireplace.<br />
It was here we enjoyed fresh pan-fried hapuka, Romaine<br />
hearts salad with Matakana blue cheese and poached<br />
mandarin with white chocolate mousse. But dinner climaxed<br />
with the entrée; tempura-battered Waikare Inlet oysters. The<br />
appreciative noises my wife made with each crisp, soft, tasty<br />
mouthful said it all. The only words she uttered were as she<br />
finished the last one: “I think we need another half-dozen.’’<br />
We spent our days in a leisurely way. Unwinding, enjoying<br />
the beauty of the area, engaging with its Maori, English and<br />
French history. The skies weren’t always clear; if it wasn’t<br />
drizzling then rain wasn’t too far away. But it was reliably<br />
warmer than home and everywhere we looked there seemed<br />
to be a rainbow.<br />
One afternoon, we turned up at the Paihia Beach Resort &<br />
Spa for a couple’s massage. It isn’t difficult to be relaxed when<br />
lying in a warm, low-lit, nicely decorated room having fragrant<br />
oils rubbed deep into skin and tissue.<br />
Another evening saw us back in Paihia, at Charlotte’s<br />
Kitchen, set over the water and beneath the stars at the end<br />
of the local wharf. Notwithstanding the delicious toasted goat<br />
feta salad and pork and prawn sui mai entrées and double<br />
chocolate mousse and orange ginger catalana desserts,<br />
Charlotte’s triumph was the slow-roasted free range pork<br />
knuckle with red cabbage kraut, mustard seed potatoes and<br />
jus. Enormous, tender, flavoursome, with ample crackle, it is<br />
no wonder this has become the restaurant’s signature dish.<br />
The Ake Ake 2<strong>01</strong>8 Chambourcin at its Vineyard Restaurant<br />
was a tasty complement to the goat’s cheese croquette entrée.<br />
Image: Bruce Munro, Otago Daily Times
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Image: Bruce Munro, Otago Daily Times<br />
Hole in the Rock colossus, Motu kokako<br />
Island, rises from the sea just off Cape<br />
Brett, Bay of Islands.<br />
Fuller’s GreatSights’ Hole in the Rock<br />
cruise is de rigueur for a visit to the<br />
Bay of Islands. It’s also a great way to<br />
experience that this is indeed a bay of<br />
many, and beautiful, islands. Approaching<br />
Motukokako, when the angle is right,<br />
with its famous hole (just big enough to<br />
sail the catamaran through) visible, the<br />
island suddenly becomes a gigantic woolly<br />
mammoth lumbering towards shore. Once<br />
spotted, it is hard to see it any other way.<br />
Dolphins are also in the offing. But if none<br />
are apparent, passengers are able to get a<br />
voucher for a return visit.<br />
Waitangi is a special spot. And not a<br />
small one. It is spread over several hectares<br />
of groomed grounds and native bush.<br />
From the museum and the waka taua, war<br />
canoes, to the carved meeting house and<br />
James Busby’s Treaty House, it is a suitably<br />
impressive living memorial to the site where<br />
two peoples became one nation. We<br />
were treated to a guided tour, a carving<br />
demonstration, a cultural performance, and,<br />
while standing on the expansive flagpole<br />
grounds overlooking water and islands,<br />
another gorgeous rainbow.<br />
That evening we dined at Ake Ake<br />
Vineyard & Restaurant, a few minutes’<br />
drive west of Kerikeri. After enjoying a very<br />
pleasant glass of organic 2<strong>01</strong>8 Chambourcin<br />
in front of the fireplace, we took our<br />
seats for the goat’s cheese croquette and<br />
crumbed nobashi prawn entrées. The<br />
texture and flavour explosions continued<br />
with the mains – char-grilled yellow fin tuna<br />
and confit of duck – reaching a crescendo<br />
with the beautifully presented and equally<br />
delicious desserts; a dark chocolate delice<br />
with chantilly cream, grand marnier and<br />
orange sauce and a Greek yoghurt panna<br />
cotta with raspberry jelly, feijoa sorbet and<br />
pistachio praline.<br />
Could this luxury break get any better?
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Image: Supplied<br />
The soaring ceilings and sumptuous, iconoclastic decor in Donkey Bay Inn’s sitting room and<br />
bar exemplifies host Antonio Pasquale’s gregarious, life-affirming nature.<br />
Yes it could, with two glorious nights spent at Donkey<br />
Bay Inn.<br />
It is fitting that the entry to Donkey Bay Inn is through a<br />
canary yellow tunnel. Although it is only over the hill from<br />
Russell, this unique boutique hotel is in a parallel universe.<br />
View the property from the air or a boat and you see<br />
a large, distinctive, glass-fronted building with a living roof<br />
of native plants; an off-the-grid luxury retreat set in to the<br />
bush-clad hillside high above a picture-perfect sandy bay<br />
with an eastward view of Te Rawhiti Inlet and the Bay’s<br />
larger islands.<br />
Pass through the yellow entranceway tunnel, however,<br />
as we did on an overcast afternoon, and you enter a<br />
mesmerising, opulent world where colour, curves and<br />
magnificence reign supreme. From the soaring ceilings<br />
and sumptuous, iconoclastic decor in the sitting room, bar<br />
and library to the stunning sea and sky views from all four<br />
bedrooms, including our Skyfall suite, we knew we had<br />
been transported to somewhere special.<br />
But the full effect is only felt by staying here.<br />
Designed and built by our gregarious host, philosopher,<br />
wine-maker and entrepreneur, Antonio Pasquale, Donkey<br />
Bay Inn is an invitation to experience a new way of being –<br />
luxury to free the body, non-linear shapes to free the mind<br />
and a view to free the spirit.<br />
It was an invitation we readily accepted.<br />
Our second evening, for example, began neck-deep in<br />
hot water and bubbles, soaking in private outdoor baths,<br />
watching cormorants return to roost from distant fishing<br />
grounds. The mid-evening was spent snuggled on the plush<br />
velvet couches in the sitting room, sipping Donkey Bay’s<br />
own excellent gin, supping on a delicious antipasto platter<br />
kindly laid out by Amelia, the manager, and occasionally<br />
sharing snippets of what we were each reading.<br />
The opulent, quirky, sophisticated style of<br />
Donkey Bay Inn’s Skyfall Suite.<br />
Late in the evening, relaxed, smiling, we headed upstairs<br />
to our suite and our king-sized, four-poster bed. When we<br />
fell asleep, it was to a lulling backdrop of waves breaking<br />
in the bay below and deep darkness above punctuated by<br />
the lights of unknown distant villages and shimmering stars.<br />
The next morning, preparing to leave, another skiff of<br />
rain passed across the Bay. It left behind yet another vivid<br />
rainbow, emerging from the sea directly in front of our<br />
room, arching high and disappearing over the roof.<br />
We stood together silently, taking in the striking scene.<br />
Rainbows are a promise. But, I thought, their beauty is<br />
also something to be enjoyed in itself. So, too, I realised<br />
are breaks in our schedule; those pleasant diversions in the<br />
midst of the grind. Spring breaks are a needed reminder<br />
that summer and holidays will arrive; that a better day is<br />
on its way. But equally, like rainbows, they are something<br />
to be savoured for all the goodness they offer right here,<br />
right now.<br />
Image: Supplied
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FOOD FINDS<br />
From eatery updates to delicious dishes, we provide<br />
the scoop on the latest taste sensations.<br />
GO BACK TO...<br />
Pita Pit, as group sharing platters are now a thing – just in<br />
time for the party season. On the menu are Pita Nachos,<br />
Loaded Hummus and Shared Salads along with the Pita<br />
Platters that make catering the next get-together super<br />
simple. It’s easy to order online too, with pick up in store<br />
at Northlands.<br />
SO HOT RIGHT NOW<br />
There’s no doubt about it, oat milk is having a<br />
moment and we’re currently trying every variety<br />
in our flat whites and iced coffees. We’ve been<br />
sipping oak milk by UK brand Minor Figures, and<br />
also enjoying its canned coffees including Nitro<br />
Cold Brew and oat milk iced lattés. Another<br />
great option is New Zealand’s very own Otis oat<br />
milk, which recently launched nationwide.<br />
WORLD FAMOUS IN NZ<br />
Restaurant co-owner Phoebe-Jane (PJ) Gemmell<br />
and head chef Rob Dicky of Fisherman’s Wharf<br />
(39 Norwich Quay) appeared on screens<br />
nationwide recently as they put their culinary<br />
skills on the table for Kiwi reality TV series<br />
My Restaurant Rules. The pair were one of two<br />
South Island restaurants to join the five and<br />
served the ever-popular gluten-free ‘luscious<br />
lemon’ dessert with ground almonds, lemon<br />
curd, passion fruit pulp and cream. Just one of<br />
the delicious recipes Rob has finessed through<br />
lessons passed down by his grandmother.
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SURF’S UP<br />
Pescetarians rejoice. The Grand Café at Christchurch<br />
Casino (30 Victoria Street) has brought back its popular<br />
dining experience – buffets with all the trimmings.<br />
For breakfast, lunch or dinner, and brunch on the<br />
weekends, head straight to the mouth-watering seafood<br />
station, then dive into the fresh salads. Fellow diners<br />
will love the carvery or grill, wide range of antipastos<br />
and sumptuous soups. Plus, expect a broad range of<br />
international delights that see a focus on Italian and<br />
Asian fare. Finish with lashings of fresh cheese and<br />
something naughty from the exceptional dessert bar.<br />
WHO’S COOKING<br />
Cucina (1 Tees Street) opened its doors three<br />
years ago in Oamaru, thanks to Pablo Tacchini<br />
and Yanina Muriel, who also own Tees Street<br />
Café next door. Cucina specialises in pasta, which<br />
is made from scratch every single day with strong<br />
flavours of Argentinian-style meats and an array<br />
of other dishes inspired by the duo’s mixed<br />
heritage. Tuck into fresh seafood, empanadas<br />
and finish off your meal with cinnamon churros.<br />
Image: Vanessa Ortynsky<br />
3 O’CLOCK FLAVOUR SAVIOUR<br />
Whenever we’re craving something a bit indulgent, we<br />
love venturing to Original Foods’ own café in Wigram<br />
(8 Stark Drive) for a C4 coffee paired with one of their<br />
doughnuts. If you’ve yet to try the pink sprinkles, get on<br />
it. Homer Simpson would be proud.<br />
Image: Facebook<br />
AFTER FIVE<br />
Attention cider lovers. You’ll want<br />
to try Zeffer’s new flavours this<br />
summer. We’re partial to the<br />
Cherry, but their Rosé Cider with<br />
Berry Infusion for the beach entices.<br />
Grab yourself a bottle and pack a<br />
picnic for the ultimate day out.
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- IN THE PANTRY -<br />
We’ve been stocking up on these Raw<br />
Wholefood Bars by Ceres Organics,<br />
which are available at New World<br />
supermarkets. In flavours like cashew salted<br />
caramel and cacao fig orange, they’re the<br />
perfect mid-morning snack that won’t<br />
make you crash an hour later.<br />
WE’RE DRINKING<br />
Giant Aperol spritz at Evil Genius (1091<br />
Ferry Road, Ferrymead). Seriously, it’s the size<br />
of your head and ridiculously refreshing.<br />
Image: Vanessa Ortynsky<br />
A GOOD START<br />
Delight in the taste of summer with Untouched<br />
World Kitchen’s (155 Roydvale Avenue) new<br />
Chia Fruit Crumble. The nutty crunch of granola<br />
and fresh seasonal fruits are married together<br />
by delicate vanilla chia seed pudding to form a<br />
delicious and nourishing breakfast that will kickstart<br />
your day.<br />
SPRING SIP<br />
Enjoy a little Kiwi flora in your next G&T with<br />
Curious Dry gin. The Christchurch-based team at<br />
The Spirits Workshop (11 Sandyford Street) use<br />
Canterbury barley to distill the base spirit, add<br />
the only import – the essential juniper berries<br />
– then its all about four key natives: kawakawa,<br />
horopito (bush pepper), East Coast manuka and<br />
tarata (lemonwood). The result? A classic dry<br />
gin with a bright herbaceous freshness thanks to<br />
those botanicals. Good gift for the gin purist, who<br />
doesn’t bother with flavoured tonic.
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SCAPE SEASON 2<strong>01</strong>9<br />
GALA OPENING<br />
T<br />
he team from SCAPE Public Art joined artists,<br />
curators, sponsors, collectors, art appreciators and<br />
patrons to celebrate Season 2<strong>01</strong>9, a citywide festival that<br />
enriches Christchurch’s outdoor spaces with stunning new<br />
contemporary artworks and offers an enticing schedule of<br />
events for all.<br />
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6<br />
5 4<br />
1. Alison Bartley, Deborah McCormick, Jillie Deans, Mary-Louise Browne; 2. Lynette McFadden, Jim Borthwick; 3. Katherine James, Elizabeth Caldwell;<br />
4. Jo Verdellen, Elizabeth Lovell; 5. Liz Collins, Connie Dwyer; 6. Catherine Ott, John Pike; 7. Helen Trappitt, Carolyne Grant.
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2 3<br />
6<br />
GROW OTAUTAHI HAS<br />
LAUNCHED!<br />
G<br />
row Otautahi held its launch party at the Ilex Café to<br />
celebrate the Christchurch garden festival coming<br />
March 2020. Fresh seasonal nibbles and great company<br />
made for a successful event on a warm spring evening.<br />
5<br />
4<br />
1. Liz Coster, Nicky Ryan-Yates, Lisa Duff; 2. Emma Booth, Greer Halloran; 3. Tash and Jack Kelleher; 4. Nada Toueir, Gillian Lawson, Bruce McKenzie, Andrea Innes;<br />
5. Mike Hood, Fleur Sullivan, Giulio Sturla; 6. Juliet Nicholas, Ben Hoyle.<br />
bigger, better, bush inn<br />
Development at<br />
Bush Inn Centre<br />
continues and is<br />
set to open.<br />
Now Open!<br />
A stunning, high profile<br />
new building which<br />
highlights the ongoing<br />
development.<br />
Opening December!<br />
A selection of speciality food retailers in all<br />
areas of grocery and provisions including a<br />
metro style supermarket, fine wines and spirits<br />
outlet, European butcher and deli, seafood<br />
outlet, bulk food outlet and much more.<br />
Bigger Better Bush Inn<br />
Corner Riccarton and Waimari Roads<br />
Upper Riccarton, phone 348 6904<br />
www.bushinncentre.co.nz
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8<br />
JANE DANIELS SNEAK PEEK<br />
Ladies gathered at Louis Champagne Bar for a morning<br />
of fine fashion, food and bubbles as they previewed the<br />
Jane Daniels Spring/Summer range. They were then able to<br />
join Jane and the team in store for insider fashion tips and<br />
a personal styling session.<br />
Photography: Mihiata Albury Photography<br />
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6<br />
3<br />
5<br />
4<br />
1. Therese Bierwirth, Kay Harding; 2. Robyn Galloway, Kayley Edwards, Lynda Morrison, Caryn Mullinger; 3. Pauline Watson; 4. Kristen Hougland, Pieta Gray;<br />
5. Kristen Hougland, Pieta Gray; 5. Jane Daniels (far left) with models; 6. Jean Hyam, Diane Lewis; 7. Josie Pasane, Anne-Maree Bateman; 8. Vivien Knight, Arlee Folkers.
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DRESS-SMART<br />
SPRING SHOWCASE<br />
4<br />
Those with an eye for style came together for a fabulous<br />
evening of fashion and savings at the Dress-Smart<br />
Hornby Spring Showcase. Goodie bags were given away to<br />
the first 100 customers and guests enjoyed wine tastings<br />
and nibbles during the show.<br />
Photography: Mihiata Albury Photography<br />
5<br />
6<br />
1. Sue White, Brendan Holt; 2. Michelle Couchman, Michaelee-Jayne McDonald; 3. Lucie McMillan, Cherie McMillan, Tina Moody; 4. Sami Harnett, Sandi Harnett;<br />
5. Graham Harrop, Jan OBrien; 6. Skye, Allie and Ruth Laury, Ella Heselwood, Charlotte Darry; 7. Hilary Schroeder, Todd Fisher.<br />
NEW SEASON<br />
FASHION AT<br />
DISCOUNTED<br />
PRICES<br />
409 MAIN SOUTH ROAD, HORNBY www.dress-smart.co.nz dress-smart.co.nz
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WIN WITH STYLE<br />
Every month, <strong>Style</strong> sources a range of exceptional prizes to give away.<br />
It’s easy to enter, simply go to www.style.kiwi and fill in your details on the<br />
‘Win With <strong>Style</strong>’ page. Entries close 22 <strong>November</strong>.<br />
One for the Anglophiles<br />
For those after a Brit-fix, look no further than streaming service<br />
Acorn TV (acorn.tv). Latest releases available include Line<br />
of Duty, Striking Out and Indian Summer. These are in great<br />
company sitting alongside Victoria, Broadchurch, Dectectorists<br />
and more. We have a one-year Acorn TV subscription to give<br />
away, valued at $79.99.<br />
Say Ahhh<br />
Ahhh creates vibrant bath and body products in New<br />
Zealand using natural and organic ingredients. One lucky<br />
winner will receive a six-month supply of Ahhh Hair Care<br />
Bars, each designed to offer 50 to 70 washes. This $156<br />
value prize includes six shampoo bars and six conditioner<br />
bars, all without that nasty plastic packaging.<br />
Treat yourself<br />
From jeweller Sophie Divett’s Christchurch-based studio<br />
comes a collection of bespoke organic pieces that each speak<br />
to her low-key, nature-inspired aesthetic. The workshop<br />
doubles as an art gallery, where a range of local artists display<br />
their creative wares. We have a $100 voucher for one reader<br />
to spend on jewellery at ARCA gallery in Cashmere.<br />
Cook with plants<br />
Margo and Rosa Flanagan are the visionaries behind the<br />
Two Raw Sisters: The Cookbook – designed to inspire you as<br />
to how cost-effective, easy and delicious plants can be. The<br />
90-recipe publication comes off the back of their nationwide<br />
workshops and plant-based cooking school at The Welder.<br />
We have three books, valued at $40 each, to give away.<br />
LAST MONTH’S WINNERS: NEW LOGIC: Vanessa Ellenbroek, Maisy Jarvis Taylor, Shannon Beaumont,<br />
DISCOVER TRAVEL: Wendy Laurie, THE FLOCK: Jan Moore, Samantha Phillips, CURTIS VISION: Yvonne Morgan<br />
*Conditions: Each entry is limited to one per person. You may enter all giveaways. If you are selected as a winner, your name will be published in the following<br />
month’s edition. By registering your details, entrants give permission for Star Media to send further correspondence, which you can opt out of at any stage.
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on Cat. B Panorama Suites and include the advertised savings. Book a 2020 Mekong cruise & save - save value is dependent on the cruise and departure date booked. Select dates are<br />
not eligible for promotion. Availability will be confirmed at time of booking. Offer valid for new 2020 Mekong bookings made from 1/11/19 – 16/12/19,<br />
or until sold out. Not applicable to pre-existing bookings. To secure reservation & offer a non-refundable, non-transferable deposit of $500pp/per cruise<br />
is required within 7 days of booking (or by 16/12/19; whichever comes first). Single supplement applies. Offer not combinable with any other promotion<br />
& can be withdrawn or amended at any time without notice. Additional restrictions may apply, for more information contact your HOT consultant.
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