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<strong>January</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
the mindful issue<br />
MINDFULNESS<br />
IN SCHOOLS<br />
IS It WORkINg?<br />
real stOries<br />
BREAkINg tHE<br />
StRESS CYCLE<br />
RETREAT TO<br />
THE FOREST<br />
FRANZ JOSEF<br />
HIDEAWAY<br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
PEACE OF MIND<br />
TURNING DOWN THE WHITE NOISE
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t was a midweek summer’s evening<br />
I and we had just finished dinner at<br />
my family’s favourite restaurant.<br />
Sated and happy, we returned<br />
to the car, walking down a busy<br />
Christchurch road, one child clasping<br />
my left hand and another mini mitt<br />
ensconced in my right.<br />
We didn’t go straight home. We<br />
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The children leapt out of the car<br />
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They climbed up ladders, slid down<br />
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on merry-go-rounds. Their cheerful<br />
cries were no distraction to the two<br />
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I dragged the long flying fox to the<br />
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on the third time, had it given back to<br />
me. “But I’m wearing a dress,” I said to<br />
the six-year-old. He didn’t understand<br />
my trepidation.<br />
I threw caution to the wind. I<br />
jumped on. I held tight.<br />
The air rushed by and the moment<br />
was mine.<br />
Make your moments matter. Pause<br />
to take breath and discover the true<br />
meaning of mindfulness as we launch<br />
into the new year with <strong>Style</strong>.<br />
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21 FEATURE<br />
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14 STYLE | inside word<br />
INSIDE WORD<br />
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We may have reached that time of the holidays where we’re<br />
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If you want to dine on what has been called the “most<br />
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went to Auckland’s Sidart, which was praised for its “progressive<br />
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The combined forces behind Christchurch’s edgy and distinctive<br />
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16 STYLE | inside word<br />
INSIDE WORD<br />
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18 STYLE | events<br />
SAVE THE DATE<br />
JANUARY <strong>2020</strong> | EMAIL YOUR EVENTS TO editor@style.kiwi<br />
Blanc de Blanc<br />
22 JANUARY<br />
MY DAD WROTE A PORNO<br />
– LIVE<br />
Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch<br />
25 JANUARY<br />
LAUREN DAIGLE<br />
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BREAD & CIRCUS – WORLD<br />
BUSKERS FESTIVAL <strong>2020</strong><br />
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MUSIC<br />
1<br />
Jody Direen, Arun O’Connor and<br />
Kaylee Bell<br />
Three of New Zealand’s top country<br />
singers come together for a one-off<br />
Song Writers in the Round event.<br />
Bar Number 8, Wanaka<br />
2<br />
Ziggy Alberts Laps Around The Sun<br />
World Tour<br />
Australian singer-songwriter Ziggy<br />
Alberts heads to Wanaka.<br />
Lake Hawea Hotel, Wanaka<br />
26<br />
Jackie Bristow<br />
The Nashville-based singer/songwriter<br />
returns to the land of her birth.<br />
50Dundas, Dunedin<br />
19 <strong>January</strong> – 16 February<br />
Deep South Lazy Sundays<br />
Free Sunday afternoon live music in<br />
the Botanic Gardens.<br />
Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch<br />
6 & 8 February<br />
Fat Freddy’s Drop<br />
The Summer Record tour.<br />
6: North Hagley Park, Christchurch<br />
8: Queenstown Events Centre<br />
PERFORMING ARTS<br />
18<br />
The Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />
– Film Screening<br />
With special guest Richard O’Brien!<br />
Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch<br />
21<br />
Harry Potter & the Chamber of<br />
Secrets – Film Screening<br />
Harry, Hermione and Ron are back.<br />
Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch<br />
21<br />
The Blues Brothers – 40th<br />
Anniversary Film Screening<br />
A celebration of the cult classic film.<br />
Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch<br />
23 <strong>January</strong> – 15 February<br />
Blanc de Blanc<br />
The finest cabaret and acrobatic<br />
talent, blended with vintage glamour.<br />
The Spiegeltent, cnr Worcester Blvd<br />
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24-26<br />
Flo & Joan<br />
The musical comedy sisters making<br />
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bring us their dark and waggish songs.<br />
The Spiegeltent, cnr Worcester Blvd<br />
& Oxford Tce, Christchurch<br />
SPORT<br />
5, 7 & 14<br />
Super Smash 2019/20 Season<br />
Five games of action-packed cricket.<br />
5: Canterbury Magicians v Northern<br />
Spirit; Canterbury Kings v Knights<br />
7: Canterbury Kings v Central Stags<br />
14: Canterbury Magicians v Otago<br />
Sparks; Canterbury Kings v Otago Volts<br />
Hagley Oval, South Hagley Park,<br />
Christchurch<br />
25<br />
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25<br />
<strong>2020</strong> NZ Jet Sprint Championship<br />
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26<br />
Vine Run<br />
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15 February – 1 March<br />
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STYLE | feature 21<br />
‘I’M NOT ENOUGH’:<br />
THE THOUGHTS BEHIND<br />
OUR STRESS<br />
Is your belief system leading you into stress?<br />
Words Shelley Robinson Photos Charlie Rose Creative<br />
ABOVE Christchurch’s Kayo Gill finally listened to her body when it gave out on her.<br />
Her healing journey has led her to teach meditation and yoga.
22 STYLE | feature<br />
Kayo Gill pushed herself to the brink, thinking she had to work<br />
harder to be a better person.<br />
By the numbers<br />
• 68 per cent of greater Christchurch residents have<br />
experienced stress in the past year that has had a<br />
negative effect on them<br />
• Nearly 1 in 4 New Zealand adults experienced ‘poor’<br />
mental wellbeing on the World Health Organization’s<br />
WHO-5 scale<br />
• 81.1 per cent of New Zealanders rated their overall life<br />
satisfaction as 7 or above on a 0–10 scale<br />
*<br />
Stats NZ and The Canterbury<br />
Wellbeing Survey 2018<br />
Kayo Gill was collapsed on her bed, unable to<br />
move, with tears streaming down her face.<br />
A simple walk around the block had broken her,<br />
and it made no sense to her. Kayo pushed herself<br />
at the gym and thought she was a healthy woman.<br />
But she felt like she had just run a marathon.<br />
There was nothing left in her tank. But then<br />
there hadn’t been for years.<br />
Like so many, the February 22, 2011,<br />
Christchurch earthquake shook Kayo, 41, to her<br />
core. The constant aftershocks left her in a state of<br />
fight or flight, ripping away her sense of safety. Her<br />
job as a special education teacher was challenging<br />
and filled not just her waking moments.<br />
“I would wake up tired because I was dreaming<br />
about work at 3 or 4am in the morning. [I would]<br />
go back to sleep, then dream of work again and<br />
then roll out of bed finally,” she says.<br />
Her breaks at work consisted of a quick drink<br />
of water and a bite of food while managing<br />
incidents and paperwork. Then, at 6pm, she<br />
would drag her aching body to the gym.<br />
“The body was saying, ‘I’m tired’, but I was like,<br />
‘I’m just being lazy,’” she says.<br />
“I got more tired, but I kept punishing myself by<br />
working out harder. Because I wouldn’t feel good<br />
about myself, I would go to the gym because<br />
I thought I would then feel good about myself<br />
physically,” she says.<br />
But she didn’t. In 2012, her body could no<br />
longer sustain the beating she was putting it<br />
through.<br />
“I couldn’t lie to my body anymore. I couldn’t<br />
mask it,” she says.<br />
Kayo quit her job and moved to Australia<br />
thinking it would give her a fresh start. Instead,<br />
her body crashed.<br />
“I became really sick. Like I had the flu, but it<br />
got worse,” she says.<br />
She slept for 30 hours straight after that walk<br />
around the block. Moving between the bedroom<br />
and bathroom left her breathless.<br />
Kayo went to a doctor, but he sent her away<br />
with a prescription for antidepressants and the<br />
advice to “get off the couch and get moving”.<br />
But that is what she had been mercilessly doing<br />
to herself and it hadn’t worked. So, she went with<br />
her gut and saw a naturopath.<br />
She was asked to collect her saliva for a week<br />
for testing. The test showed Kayo had adrenal<br />
fatigue.<br />
“It is where the adrenal glands are overworked<br />
for a long time, producing too much cortisol.<br />
Cortisol is produced when we go into fightor-flight<br />
mode. But due to longer-term chronic<br />
stress, the cortisol was out of balance.
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Kayo with her Tibetan<br />
singing bowls, which<br />
she uses in the classes<br />
she teaches.<br />
“It is meant to rise slowly when you wake up to help<br />
you get out of bed. But because you are out of balance, it<br />
doesn’t,” she says.<br />
It took about a year and a half “of hell” for Kayo to get it<br />
back into balance. Her confused body would wake up in the<br />
dead of night when it should be resting, and fatigue would<br />
strike without warning during the day.<br />
And so, she began meditating.<br />
“I felt like I needed to just breathe. That was the one thing I<br />
could do. I couldn’t do yoga, I couldn’t go for a walk in nature,<br />
but I could sit and breathe,” she said.<br />
In those quiet moments, Kayo found and attended to the<br />
thoughts and beliefs that had driven her into stress.<br />
Growing up in Japan, she felt she never fit in.<br />
“At high school, it was work hard; get yourself strong. The<br />
fitter you were the more resilient you are so you can deal<br />
with more and work harder,” she says.<br />
Rowing at a competitive level, her coach would barrage her<br />
with comments like she “wasn’t good enough”.<br />
Those beliefs went to Kayo’s very core, permeating into her<br />
mind until they fuelled her everyday existence.<br />
They were in her head as she rolled out of bed each<br />
morning, exhausted. While she taught children. While she<br />
tried to live her life.<br />
The belief system of ‘I’m not good enough’ is something<br />
North Canterbury intuitive wellness coach Charmaine<br />
McGregor sees often with her clients and in the workshops<br />
she runs with Kayo.<br />
“It is that thought, ‘I am in myself not good enough and I<br />
need to do more and more. More at work, more at home,’”<br />
she says.<br />
It’s a message reinforced by external messaging from<br />
advertising and social media. The idea you should strive to be<br />
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Kayo and Charmaine McGregor<br />
run workshops that equip<br />
people with the tools to reduce<br />
stress in their lives.<br />
It is something Charmaine, a working mum of two, has<br />
experienced.<br />
“My biggest wake-up call was a few years ago when I went<br />
into work and I could feel my heart racing and I was shaking.<br />
That was my worst experience of stress. But most of that<br />
stress was coming from within. I was trying to be everything to<br />
everyone – to my children, my work, my family,” she says.<br />
Charmaine used to have a run “of constant colds” but she<br />
pushed aside what her body was trying to tell her and dug in,<br />
working harder and giving more.<br />
Now, she has addressed her own belief system that led to<br />
her stress.<br />
“I have a daily practice and am a big believer of taking care<br />
of myself first thing in the morning,” she says.<br />
She sees people using ‘distraction’ as a way to avoid looking<br />
at the true reasons behind their stress.<br />
“We are given a society where it is easy to be distracted<br />
– ‘busy’ is the new buzzword because it is socially acceptable<br />
to be so,” she says.<br />
People will keep busy, work more, be with friends constantly<br />
– anything to stop thinking about what is going on with them.<br />
“Sometimes it is easier to be distracted than looking at our<br />
own stuff because it can be hard dealing with it. We may<br />
have to start saying ‘no’ to things. We may need to make life<br />
changes, like a different job, a different partner. And that can<br />
be uncomfortable,” she says.<br />
Simply acknowledging that the belief system you have in<br />
place is not working for you is a good first step, she says.<br />
“You have the personal choice and power to change. It is all<br />
in the power of the intention. Believe you can do this. You can<br />
choose the life you want to lead.”<br />
Seven years after her walk around the block, Kayo teaches<br />
meditation and yoga in Christchurch and is a pranic healer,<br />
drawing on life energy to heal the physical body. She has<br />
committed to healing her life.<br />
She sees many people who believe they cannot meditate<br />
due to the incessant white noise of their thoughts.<br />
“Meditation is not about stopping the mind. Meditation is to<br />
stop the mind from controlling you,” she says.<br />
“One minute a day, every day, is far more beneficial than<br />
one 20-minute hit a week, because it gives the body time each<br />
day to recharge, be calm and slowly build up the length of<br />
time,” she says.<br />
Looking back, Kayo doesn’t know how she sustained herself.<br />
“But I am grateful I experienced all of that because now I<br />
help others. I don’t want anyone else to get to that stage,”<br />
she says.<br />
“Really listen to your body. Being tired doesn’t mean you<br />
are lazy. Being tired means you have been working too hard<br />
for too long. And you cannot sustain that.”
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TURNING DOWN THE WHITE NOISE<br />
Many of us don’t notice that we have a constant stream of thoughts.<br />
But you can turn them down with intentional control.<br />
Image: Hindustan Times / Getty Images<br />
Brendan Sillifant studied mindfulness with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (right), learning how to turn down thoughts and turn up the senses.<br />
Brendan Sillifant was a young man in the 1980s, seeking a<br />
way of living well to help navigate the ups and downs of life.<br />
The Christchurch psychotherapist’s search led him to the<br />
practice of “being present”. His travels took him to the South<br />
of France, where he studied mindfulness with Zen Master<br />
Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village from 1989–2003.<br />
“This was early before mindfulness was popular in the West,<br />
and he was one of the people involved in popularising it early<br />
on,” says Brendan.<br />
“Mindfulness is learning to be more attentive to our daily life,<br />
through giving our attention to what is happening in the present<br />
moment, rather than getting caught up in the past or the future<br />
and, in doing so, developing a more serviceable mind.”<br />
When Brendan returned to New Zealand in 2003, he was<br />
pleasantly surprised.<br />
“I came back expecting to be quite fringe in my interest,<br />
but when I did some counselling training on my master’s<br />
thesis, I found mindfulness had become a very core theory to<br />
psychological practice,” he says.<br />
But how does something that appears so simple work?<br />
It is, says Brendan, about turning down thoughts and turning<br />
up senses.<br />
“Thinking is very tiring. I hear a lot of people tell me that<br />
they don’t know how to slow their thinking and they want a<br />
button to turn it off.<br />
“In our daily lives, we often have continual thinking going on<br />
Mindfulness practice<br />
1. Take a 20-minute walk, noticing the feeling of each<br />
foot on the pavement; the wind on your face.<br />
2. Close your eyes and concentrate on your<br />
breathing; the feeling of your breath as it enters<br />
your nose, and how it feels as it leaves.<br />
that we are not aware of. Like we don’t notice our nose in<br />
our field of vision because it is always there.<br />
“And because we have this constant stream of thinking<br />
we don’t really notice it.”<br />
Through “intentional control”, Brendan says you can<br />
choose where you place your attention.<br />
“If we get home a bit tired and our child approaches<br />
us and wants to play, intentional control of our focus lets<br />
us place our attention with a child wholeheartedly at that<br />
moment and enjoy playing with them.<br />
“We are learning to interrupt that constant stream<br />
of thought, particularly the constant stream of<br />
stressful thoughts.”
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A CLASS ACT<br />
Data on the wellbeing of children in New Zealand makes for sobering reading. But<br />
has introducing mindfulness into the classroom made a difference? Shelley Robinson<br />
talks to schools, teachers and experts on the mindful movement.<br />
bell has rung at North Canterbury’s<br />
A Leithfield School. But the children<br />
do not tear out the door clutching their<br />
school bags.<br />
Instead, they find a space to lie down<br />
in front of principal Sharon Marsh on<br />
the classroom floor.<br />
The children put a piece of paper on<br />
their bellies, a tool used to show them<br />
they are breathing properly, and close<br />
their eyes. Sharon reads out a guided<br />
belly breathing exercise and before long<br />
the paper rises and falls rhythmically.<br />
It is in stark contrast to three years<br />
ago, when pupils slept on the classroom<br />
floor as tsunami sirens wailed distantly.<br />
The 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura<br />
earthquake had struck just after<br />
midnight on November 14, 2016. A<br />
reported record 21 fault lines fractured<br />
as the earth groaned and tore apart.<br />
Two people died and the township of<br />
Kaikoura was cut off, as highways were<br />
twisted and broken.<br />
Most of the children slept through the<br />
earthquake, says Sharon. But, two hours<br />
later, the sirens began.<br />
“It was the noise and the evacuation<br />
that traumatised our kids more than the<br />
earthquake itself,” she says.<br />
Dazed children who lived in the<br />
nearby small settlement of Leithfield<br />
Beach were bundled into cars. Most<br />
headed towards the school elevated<br />
on a slight hill about 2.5km away, even<br />
though it wasn’t a Civil Defence centre.<br />
“In a way that was a good thing,<br />
because the children felt safe here, it<br />
was familiar. So, they went to sleep in<br />
their classrooms,” says Sharon.<br />
With a school roll of 130 and six<br />
classrooms, Sharon and her staff knew<br />
their children well. And they knew in<br />
the aftermath of the evacuation the<br />
children were struggling. Sleep was<br />
elusive, children and parents struggled<br />
to let go at the school gate and loud<br />
noises spiked nerves.<br />
In the classroom, children became<br />
“overly extroverted” or withdrew.<br />
Sharon and the community knew they<br />
needed help.<br />
So, Sharon got to work. She<br />
researched the concept of mindfulness
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Leithfield School principal Sharon Marsh leads pupils in a mindful breathing<br />
exercise. The tsunami evacuation after the 2016 Kaikoura quake left<br />
children “traumatised” but mindfulness has played a part in helping them.<br />
Grant Rix’s mindfulness programme is in 600 schools across the country,<br />
with 325 trained teachers in Christchurch and 62 in Otago.<br />
after reading an article in the Education<br />
Gazette. She found the Mindfulness<br />
Education Group’s Pause, Breathe,<br />
Smile programme and was impressed<br />
with how it linked to the curriculum.<br />
She applied and was successful in<br />
getting a Red Cross Earthquake<br />
Recovery grant so all teachers at the<br />
school could be trained on-site.<br />
Tinkle, tinkle. The ‘mindfulness bell’ has<br />
rung again.<br />
Some children sit up straight away<br />
while others take time to open<br />
their eyes.<br />
They tell Sharon they feel “relaxed”,<br />
“focused” and “sleepy”. A pupil is keen<br />
to tell her that they heard that the<br />
Warriors and All Blacks use mindfulness<br />
too. They all get up and move to their<br />
maths lesson.<br />
Six months after the programme was<br />
introduced, Sharon read some of the<br />
feedback from the children.<br />
“I remember thinking, ‘Wow. This was<br />
more than I had probably observed.’”<br />
The children wrote how they use it<br />
when they can’t get to sleep at night and<br />
“when I’m waiting to go on the rugby<br />
field, and I feel nervous.”<br />
“It was really amazing,” says Sharon.<br />
It wasn’t the only thing the school and<br />
parents were doing for wellbeing, so it is<br />
hard, she says, to pin the success just on<br />
the programme.<br />
“But it definitely contributed to the<br />
de-escalation. But more importantly to<br />
me, because we know that this is not<br />
going to be the only traumatic event<br />
these kids are going to face in their lives,<br />
it proved to me that these kids are now<br />
equipped with a set of tools they didn’t<br />
have before,” she says.<br />
Grant Rix chuckles on the phone from<br />
his base near Katikati, Bay of Plenty.<br />
He’s just been asked if he thought his<br />
Pause, Breathe, Smile programme would<br />
get so big.<br />
More than 600 schools now have the<br />
programme. About 325 teachers and<br />
mental health professionals in greater<br />
Christchurch have been trained, with 62<br />
in the Otago region.<br />
In 2012, his interest was purely at a<br />
research-level after he saw mindfulness<br />
take off in overseas schools.<br />
“I didn’t have any big thoughts about<br />
where it would go beyond that. But it<br />
has taken on a life of its own,” he says.<br />
The eight-week programme has<br />
morphed from being taught by<br />
specifically trained facilitators visiting<br />
schools, to training teachers, therefore<br />
ensuring the sustainability of the<br />
programme within the school, he says.<br />
The modules teach children how<br />
to regulate their emotions through<br />
mindful breathing, mindful eating, mindful<br />
movements and, as the name indicates,<br />
pausing, breathing and smiling.<br />
“It brings their attention to where<br />
their body is in the present moment,<br />
when that mental chatter is running away<br />
on them and causing issues. It helps to<br />
strengthen that attention regulation,”<br />
Grant says.<br />
The programme was put to the<br />
test after Christchurch’s devastating<br />
February 22, 2011 earthquake.<br />
The 6.3-magnitude earthquake killed<br />
185 and devastated the region. About<br />
7000 homes were demolished after they<br />
were deemed uninhabitable or the land<br />
unsafe. It forced families into a pressurecooker<br />
situation of dealing with the<br />
Earthquake Commission and insurance<br />
companies, while trying to process their<br />
grief and fear as significant aftershocks<br />
continued to rattle the region.<br />
A study by University of Canterbury<br />
associate professor Kathleen Liberty<br />
showed about 70 per cent of children
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Image: Hannah Peters / Getty images<br />
In the aftermath of the February 22, 2011 earthquake, there has been a 146 per cent increase of new cases<br />
at the Canterbury District Health Board’s specialist mental health services for children and young people.<br />
who experienced the earthquake had<br />
at least one symptom of post-traumatic<br />
stress disorder – double the rate of<br />
children surveyed before the quakes.<br />
Time has not lessened the pressure<br />
on families, children and schools.<br />
There has been a 146 per<br />
cent increase of new cases at the<br />
Canterbury District Health Board’s<br />
specialist mental health services for<br />
children and young people since the<br />
2009/2010 financial year – that’s 500<br />
more people each month for the<br />
service. There has also been a 69 per<br />
cent increase in the number of new<br />
adult mental health cases.<br />
In 2017, six years after the earthquake,<br />
University of Canterbury clinical<br />
psychologist Ann Huggett was one of<br />
20 Pause, Breathe, Smile facilitators,<br />
funded by a one-off grant from the Rata<br />
Foundation, who worked in 12 schools.<br />
“I was immediately struck in the first<br />
couple of sessions by the number of<br />
children that were saying, ‘I find it really<br />
hard to sleep’ or ‘I sleep with Mum or<br />
Dad’,” she says.<br />
Ann got to work and after a few<br />
weeks, feedback from teachers<br />
indicated the children were calmer and<br />
able to concentrate better.<br />
“I remember a teacher saying a<br />
parent had said, ‘I don’t know what has<br />
been happening at school, but my child<br />
is sleeping better or in their own bed<br />
for the first time in ages’,” she says.<br />
“After a couple of years in the<br />
classroom, I could see benefits across<br />
the board.”<br />
Ann now uses the programme in<br />
a clinical setting at the university’s<br />
Psychology Centre, for children with<br />
heightened anxiety issues.<br />
The bookcase in her office houses<br />
a colourful array of jars. She takes one<br />
off the shelf and shakes it. Like a snow<br />
globe, bits of glitter begin to fall to<br />
the bottom.<br />
It’s a ‘mind jar’, she says, a tool to show<br />
children how thoughts and feelings work.<br />
“The glitter is our thoughts and<br />
feelings, and sometimes when you<br />
are stressed you feel all shook up and<br />
everything is swirling around.”<br />
We watch as the glitter slowly stops<br />
its manic whirling and falls quietly to the<br />
bottom of the jar.<br />
“When we take a breath and pause,<br />
what do we notice? We notice over<br />
time the swirling in the jar slows down<br />
and things start to settle. It is the same<br />
idea for our thoughts,” she says.<br />
Image: Charlie Rose Photography<br />
A ‘mind jar’.<br />
“After a couple of<br />
years in the classroom,<br />
I could see benefits<br />
across the board.”
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Image: Charlie Rose Photography<br />
Canterbury University<br />
clinical psychologist Ann<br />
Huggett taught mindfulness<br />
in schools in the aftermath<br />
of the February 22, 2011,<br />
earthquake. She is now using<br />
it in a clinical setting to help<br />
children with anxiety and has<br />
seen some interesting results.<br />
When children begin in her group,<br />
they are diagnosed across five categories:<br />
generalised anxiety, school anxiety,<br />
separation anxiety, social anxiety and<br />
panic. The average was for the children<br />
to have three diagnoses, with some as<br />
high as five, says Ann.<br />
“By the time they leave after eight<br />
weeks, we are getting a significant<br />
reduction in those diagnoses. Five areas<br />
of difficulty to one or none,” she says.<br />
“It is not a fix-all, but what it<br />
offers in a short amount of time is<br />
quite amazing.”<br />
Ann remembers an emotional<br />
response a mother had, when she was<br />
asked what differences she had noticed<br />
in her child.<br />
“Her eyes welled up and she said, ‘I<br />
have evenings, I’ve never had evenings’.”<br />
The child never slept as a baby or as a<br />
toddler, and the mother’s evenings were<br />
spent with the child until they fell asleep.<br />
The knackered mother would go straight<br />
to bed herself.<br />
“It was just mind-blowing for her, that<br />
she now had time in the evenings.”<br />
Feedback has indicated that<br />
mindfulness has bonded families, as it has<br />
created a “shared language” to discuss<br />
emotions, says Ann.<br />
“Parents say they’ve completely<br />
changed their parenting styles. They say,<br />
‘I’ve realised how busy and rushed I was<br />
and that needed to change’,” says Ann.<br />
Her enthusiasm for the programme is<br />
obvious. After the interview, she finally<br />
takes a breath and laughs, apologising<br />
for talking for so long. But every word<br />
she says is fascinating and has resonance<br />
for adults and children. She has another<br />
group open for enrolments this year,<br />
which will further add to the data for<br />
analysis. That research is, in part, being<br />
conducted by master’s student Georgie<br />
Davis.<br />
She has a wry laugh when describing if<br />
the programme would have helped her<br />
at school.<br />
“I really wish I had known what to<br />
do when I was sitting there in class<br />
absolutely panicking before a times table<br />
recital – I can’t even express how much<br />
I wish I had known about emotional<br />
management as a child.<br />
“A lot of kids are emotionally reactive.<br />
They feel that feeling and it overwhelms<br />
them – it is the same for adults. And that<br />
feeling complete dictates how we react,”<br />
she says.<br />
Georgie has seen the benefits of the<br />
programme flow from child to adult.<br />
“A lot of that generation missed out<br />
on being taught about wellbeing at<br />
school, and for some, this is probably<br />
the first time they’ve been taught about<br />
mindfulness or emotional regulation. It is<br />
really exciting to be able to help not just<br />
the kids but the parents as well.”<br />
She says the idea is that, if parents<br />
become less emotionally reactive, it<br />
leads to less conflict at home.<br />
“And hopefully better-quality<br />
relationships,” she says.<br />
The school day has started in Janey<br />
Winders’ classroom.<br />
She sits cross-legged on the floor with<br />
her eyes closed, while her Arrowtown<br />
School pupils are lying down. Some are<br />
curled on their sides, while another wears<br />
a cozy-looking giraffe onesie.<br />
Playing is a mindful breathing exercise<br />
from the Smiling Mind app.<br />
A teacher for more than 25<br />
years, Janey has observed a lot in<br />
her classroom – and she’s noticed<br />
a difference since the school introduced<br />
mindfulness.<br />
“The key thing is what kind of<br />
behaviours do you not see? You don’t<br />
see children frantically running around.
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“The key thing<br />
is what kind of<br />
behaviours do<br />
you not see?”<br />
They are listening to each other better<br />
and they are caring for each other,”<br />
she says.<br />
“Their empathy is growing because of<br />
it. They are sharing how they are feeling<br />
and offering support to others.”<br />
When some in the class heard of<br />
others struggling to sleep, they decided<br />
to help, she said.<br />
“They’re actually creating a slide show<br />
of tips on how to keep calm and get to<br />
sleep, using mindfulness,” she says.<br />
The school introduced mindfulness<br />
after being shocked by data at an<br />
Australian conference over the rise of<br />
anxiety, depression and suicide in<br />
young people.<br />
It was something Janey had noted<br />
herself, particularly in the last five years.<br />
“We thought we have to start right<br />
down here at this age and start to give<br />
our children the strategies to regulate<br />
themselves and calm themselves and let<br />
go of issues,” she says.<br />
All teachers were trained in the<br />
Pause, Breathe, Smile programme. A<br />
mindfulness practitioner also came in for<br />
an eight-week course to help teachers<br />
with their own personal practice. Janey<br />
has noticed the difference in herself.<br />
“I don’t seem to react to things. I<br />
let them happen and just have a calm<br />
approach. I notice that in my teaching.<br />
It’s been great,” she says.<br />
It should be a case of “all hands on<br />
deck,” says Grant Rix.<br />
Arrowtown School teacher Janey Winders starts the day with a mindfulness exercise with her<br />
pupils. She has noticed changes in the classroom since the school invested in mindfulness.<br />
He knows the bleak data on the<br />
wellbeing of children after co-authoring<br />
academic papers on the effectiveness<br />
of mindfulness in schools.<br />
New Zealand ranked near the<br />
bottom for overall childhood wellbeing<br />
and had the highest adolescent suicide<br />
rate among developed nations, said a<br />
2017 UNICEF report.<br />
“Antidepressants being prescribed<br />
to children under the age of 13 has<br />
significantly increased in the past 10<br />
years – but that could be because<br />
there is far greater awareness,” he says.<br />
“People are on struggle street,<br />
and if we’ve got anything that can<br />
help, then it should be all hands<br />
on deck providing solutions to the<br />
problems we are seeing in modern<br />
society, and certainly mindfulness has<br />
a role to play.”<br />
Psychologists, like Ann, are “all<br />
over” mindfulness, he says, because<br />
it works.<br />
“We’ve really got to be doing<br />
something to help our children to<br />
manage the everyday stressors of<br />
growing up but also to equip them<br />
with the skills to help them to face a<br />
future that is increasingly uncertain.”
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WINE, LAUGHTER & TEARS<br />
Shocking Pink’s chairperson Anna Manson recently won a Kiwibank<br />
Local Hero medal. She talks to Shelley Robinson about impromptu<br />
speeches, scan anxiety, and the ‘other side’ of cancer.<br />
had seven surgeries. It was a helluva lot. You go full thrust<br />
straight into it. The year before my relationship had ended,<br />
and everything was back on track, I had a good job and yeah.<br />
Anna Manson<br />
Congratulations Anna on your award – did you partake in<br />
a few celebration reds last night?<br />
[Laughs] Yeah, it was a good night. Gosh, you should’ve seen<br />
the calibre of people, I felt really out of my league. There was<br />
a guy who was there after the mosque attack [March 15] and<br />
a guy who had served for St John for 60 years. I was just like,<br />
‘Wow.’ It was humbling, really humbling.<br />
You are not so shabby yourself I hear.<br />
I don’t know about that! But they didn’t warn us that we<br />
could speak when we got our medal and then everyone<br />
started speaking and I was like, ‘Oh no, I should have had<br />
more wine at the start of the night!’ So I had to do an offthe-cuff<br />
speech, it was really embarrassing.<br />
Oh no, you didn’t go all Kanye (West) did you?<br />
[Laughs] No! I just talked about this argument I had with my<br />
friend on the night the awards were first announced. She<br />
was on Facebook commenting on the post saying, ‘Anna, you<br />
got an award’, and I was like, ‘No, don’t be ridiculous there is<br />
more than one Anna Manson’ and she was like ‘I really think<br />
you need to take this seriously’, and I was like ‘Whatever.’<br />
And then the woman from Kiwibank contacted me on<br />
Facebook and said, ‘Anna, it is you’ and I was like ‘Oh!’ So<br />
yeah, that is what I said in my speech!<br />
So, where have I caught you today?<br />
I’m just at Christchurch Hospital getting chemo with my<br />
son. It’s not for me this time. He’s got a brain tumour that<br />
is benign, so the chemo is trying to reduce the size of the<br />
tumour.<br />
You’ve had a heck of a journey to Shocking Pink. Talk to<br />
me about that.<br />
I was diagnosed at 31 with breast cancer, so it’s about<br />
seven and a half years ago. It’s all a bit hazy now, which is<br />
probably a good thing. I’ve had a mastectomy, done chemo<br />
and radiation, been through umpteen amounts of drugs and<br />
And then you got told the news?<br />
Yeah. Well, after two weeks of biopsies, scans and blood<br />
tests they called me to the office. And they told me to bring<br />
a support person, so I guess I kind of knew then. And they<br />
said, unfortunately, it is breast cancer. I said a few choice<br />
words and then I didn’t really hear anything after that.<br />
Within seven days I was having surgery. You don’t have time<br />
to adjust.<br />
What is your role with Shocking Pink?<br />
I’m the chairperson and oversee the organisation of the<br />
charity. I just organised the getaway too. This year, 30 went<br />
to Queenstown. We joke that between us we have about<br />
10 breasts [laughing] so yeah, there is a bit of dry humour<br />
that goes around. Shocking Pink helps young women with<br />
any concerns they have and also financially, because having<br />
cancer is really expensive, we just help get you through to<br />
the other side.<br />
What does the other side look like?<br />
It can be frightening. Your world becomes full of scans,<br />
tests and treatment, and then it is all quiet and that can be<br />
terrifying. Suddenly, you are on your own and that is when<br />
the post-traumatic stress can really start to kick in. You are<br />
you, but you are totally different. And that can be really<br />
scary. We have people say who are 10 years on, saying they<br />
still have bad days and they feel guilty. But that is just what<br />
happens. Like scan anxiety. Getting a mammogram can bring<br />
up the emotions of the time when you were diagnosed. And<br />
suddenly you are back there again. Your hair has grown back<br />
and you have two breasts again, but that doesn’t stop the<br />
memories or the emotions.<br />
How did you get through?<br />
A lot of wine, I’m not going to lie [laughing]! Just putting one<br />
foot in front of the other. If I was having a terrible time I’d lie<br />
in bed and hop online [to the Facebook page] and instantly<br />
there was this support from women. You know, they’d say,<br />
‘Oh my gosh, I’ve been there.’<br />
That is quite a whirlwind. Where do you call home now?<br />
I live in Springfield, just out of Christchurch. It’s my little spot<br />
of paradise. I have cows, calves and turkeys. We’re having a<br />
party out there for Shocking Pink. Everyone is just going to<br />
pitch up a tent out the back.<br />
I bet there will be a bit of wine involved too?<br />
[Laughs] There will be a lot of wine and laughter and tears.
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34 STYLE | architecture<br />
A WARM WELCOME<br />
A certified passive house, this Dunedin home stays at a comfortable<br />
temperature year-round while needing very little energy to operate.<br />
Words Kim Dungey Photos Otago Daily Times<br />
ABOVE: The house is perched on a native-clad hiillside overlooking Leith Stream at Maori Hill.
STYLE | architecture 35<br />
Corrugated cladding provides a crisp contrast to the green surroundings.<br />
No one else was brave enough to build<br />
on the steeply sloping plot.<br />
Architect Rafe Maclean and his family<br />
have taken a while to adjust to<br />
the warm, dry conditions inside their<br />
Dunedin passive house.<br />
Before moving in, they spent two<br />
years in a cold rental property, where<br />
the heat pumps were on year-round<br />
and they slept with several blankets on<br />
each bed.<br />
In their newly built Maori Hill home,<br />
the indoor temperature is always<br />
20–23 degrees, and their energy bills<br />
are low thanks to the extremely airtight<br />
building envelope and the high-spec<br />
triple-glazed windows, insulation and<br />
heat recovery ventilation system.<br />
The family have swapped woollen<br />
tops for T-shirts and shorts, and often<br />
sleep under only a sheet.<br />
“Living in the house, we’ve become<br />
quite sensitive to the temperature,”<br />
Rafe says, smiling. “If it’s sitting at<br />
20 degrees, everyone’s thinking it’s a bit<br />
chilly and putting on jerseys.”<br />
Two asthmatic members of the family<br />
who are sensitive to mould, damp and<br />
pollen have not had any problems<br />
since moving in, and all of them enjoy<br />
not having to think about fresh air,<br />
temperature and humidity.<br />
“Here it’s all controlled and we have<br />
much more energy to do other things.<br />
We’re not scrambling over a fireplace<br />
or chopping wood or adjusting heaters.”<br />
Developed in Germany and applying<br />
to all kinds of buildings, not just houses,<br />
the passive house standard results in<br />
homes that use about 90 per cent less<br />
heating energy than existing buildings<br />
and 75 per cent less than an average<br />
new build.<br />
Rafe, who designed the South Island’s<br />
first certified passive house in Wanaka<br />
in 2015, says it is not only focused<br />
on energy efficiency. It also produces<br />
indoor environments that are quiet,<br />
comfortable and have excellent<br />
air quality.<br />
Kowhai House, named after a native<br />
tree on the site, is perched high on a<br />
hillside overlooking Leith Stream.<br />
No one else was brave enough to<br />
build on the steeply sloping plot, which<br />
drops away about 50m from the top<br />
and has a no-build 5m-wide council<br />
wastewater easement running through<br />
the only flat area. But where others<br />
saw only pitfalls, Rafe saw potential: the<br />
section faced northeast, it was near his<br />
daughters’ high school, and his 20-plus<br />
years as an architect had given him the<br />
skills to address the site’s challenges.<br />
Because of the difficult access and<br />
marginal soil, the three-bedroom home<br />
was designed to be simple in form and<br />
“buildability”. The shape is a gabled
36 STYLE | architecture<br />
The terrain on site and the access to it were both challenging.<br />
Tilt-and-turn windows, standard in much of Europe, can swing open<br />
like a door or tilt inwards.<br />
rectangle but with one face of the gable roof<br />
sloped up from the ridgeline, not down, to provide<br />
internal space for mezzanine beds.<br />
The simple form also makes the home more<br />
thermally efficient: compared with a more complex<br />
design with lots of corners, there is less envelope<br />
surface area through which heat can escape.<br />
With 70sqm on each of the two floors (including<br />
walls), the home is compact but big enough for the<br />
four family members to live together and still have<br />
their own space.<br />
The inter-floor structure is exposed to give more<br />
height to the space under it, with wastewater lines<br />
and ventilation ducting carefully concealed behind a<br />
partial floating ceiling aligned with interior cabinetry.<br />
Zincalume corrugate on the exterior provides a<br />
crisp contrast to the green surroundings, while yellow<br />
highlights inside and out are a visual salute to the<br />
kowhai that flowers outside the living area in spring.<br />
Interior finishes are warm and welcoming, and<br />
the extensive use of pine plywood includes a pale<br />
painted floor.<br />
“I’d always wanted a white floor but forgot we<br />
had a black dog,” he jokes.<br />
The yellow<br />
highlights<br />
inside and<br />
out are a<br />
visual salute<br />
to the<br />
flower of the<br />
kowhai tree.<br />
With the<br />
inter-floor<br />
structure<br />
exposed,<br />
greater<br />
height is<br />
achieved.
STYLE | architecture 37<br />
After designing passive houses for his clients, architect Rafe Maclean wanted to experience the benefits first hand.<br />
Prefabricated structural insulated<br />
panels (SIPs from NZSIP) provided<br />
good insulation and reduced the time<br />
that builders Stevenson & Williams<br />
were on site.<br />
The mechanical heat recovery<br />
ventilation system, which supplies fresh,<br />
pre-warmed air, is housed in a small<br />
utility room.<br />
In theory, the family needs a heater<br />
of just under 1kW to heat the house<br />
on a cold day. In fact, they have two<br />
panel heaters – one upstairs and<br />
one downstairs to spread warmth<br />
throughout the home – and these are<br />
1kW because they couldn’t find smaller<br />
ones, Rafe says: “Dunedin just doesn’t<br />
sell them, it would seem.”<br />
In one of the coldest months last<br />
winter, the house used 540kWh, which<br />
was mostly for hot water, computers<br />
and appliances, not solely heating. The<br />
annual heating demand is 15.4kWh per<br />
square metre; installing photovoltaic<br />
panels on the roof would have offset<br />
this, but the panels would have been<br />
difficult to access for cleaning.<br />
The use of interconnected<br />
spreadsheets allows the performance<br />
of passive houses to be accurately<br />
modelled before construction and is<br />
based on climate data for each location.<br />
In Wanaka, where he also works, Rafe<br />
would typically specify more sun shading<br />
and more insulation.<br />
While the passive house standard<br />
is mostly a voluntary one, a growing<br />
number of European cities and<br />
districts are requiring that all new<br />
buildings meet it.<br />
Rafe says because the buildings use<br />
much less energy, it is one way to<br />
achieve climate change targets: “I think<br />
eventually all new buildings will have<br />
to be passive house or something<br />
similar but it’s just a matter of time and<br />
education... It’s pretty exciting but very<br />
glacial in take-up speed.”<br />
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38 STYLE | luxe<br />
LUXE LIVING<br />
The enviable objects that have got us all talking.<br />
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Harrods has just taken the humble tea break up a notch,<br />
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STYLE | luxe 39<br />
IN FULL BLOOM<br />
There are few things as cultural and<br />
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DESIGNER DRIVEWAYS<br />
Creating a great first impression with your house begins with the driveway.<br />
Words Craig Wilson<br />
One of the more commonly<br />
overlooked elements of<br />
residential landscape design is the<br />
driveway area.<br />
Often it’s left as a purely functional<br />
slab of concrete, despite it typically<br />
being the first impression visitors will<br />
have of your property. With some<br />
thoughtful design consideration, our<br />
driveway spaces can set the desired<br />
‘tone’ for our property and introduce<br />
design and material concepts that<br />
continue through to the rest of the<br />
garden and outdoor spaces.<br />
If you are planning how your<br />
driveway will work with your house<br />
and property, first think about what<br />
you need to allow for from a practical<br />
perspective. Do you need off-street<br />
visitor parking, a trailer park, a<br />
basketball hoop or a place to store the<br />
boat? If space allows, be careful not<br />
to make these areas too small. Allow<br />
for generous vehicle turning circles,<br />
especially where you have space for it<br />
on a rural lifestyle property.<br />
Think about the materials you’ll use<br />
– they’ll need to be durable. Concrete<br />
fits the bill well here, especially<br />
exposed aggregate, which looks<br />
good, performs well and won’t get<br />
the unsightly tyre marks that lightcoloured<br />
plain concrete can. Asphalt<br />
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and skateboards, but it may not be<br />
the best surface if you own a 4WD<br />
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Mixing driveway materials can<br />
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banding. Exposed aggregate concrete<br />
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over the entire space. The designed<br />
effect can be reinforced with discrete<br />
surface-mounted light fittings or<br />
well-placed light bollards that can<br />
add a sophisticated touch of drama,<br />
taking the entry experience at your<br />
property to the next level.<br />
Lastly, ensure you allow plenty<br />
of space for well thought through<br />
planting. Don’t settle for throwing a<br />
few plants at a leftover space that’s<br />
too small for a meaningful bit of lawn.<br />
Be intentional and create some<br />
well-crafted garden space. The<br />
payoff will be a visual softening of the<br />
hard surfaces.<br />
Use higher boundary hedges to<br />
screen out fences, and try planting<br />
trees with a fastigiated upright growth<br />
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42 STYLE | art<br />
PRIVACY EXPOSED<br />
A visiting artist encourages us to explore the impact of CCTV surveillance.<br />
Sarah Hudson<br />
Sarah Hudson’s headwear workshop will see participants make<br />
items to protect against surveillance out of natural materials.<br />
elving into the ideas of agency, privacy and identity<br />
Din a world with increasing CCTV coverage,<br />
Sarah Hudson’s (Ngati Awa, Ngai Tuhoe) Headwear<br />
Workshop is a thought-provoking offering.<br />
The Whakatane-based artist invites participants to<br />
create headwear to protect from surveillance and facial<br />
recognition technology and, in a world where our image<br />
is constantly captured, this is a timely theme.<br />
Sarah says the workshops, and her video and<br />
photography series called Opotiki, were inspired by issues<br />
occurring in the small Bay of Plenty town of Opotiki.<br />
“In 2015, the district council in Opotiki established<br />
blanket approval for the recreational use of drones on<br />
council land, including playgrounds, parks, reserves and<br />
roads,” she says.<br />
“In this project, I spent a few months working<br />
alongside residents to discuss privacy and explore<br />
agency in the wake of the council’s decision.”<br />
The central themes that inform Sarah’s work are an<br />
investigation of matauranga Maori, mana wahine, popular<br />
media culture, gender and sport.<br />
She encourages her workshops to open up<br />
conversations on social and political issues, while people<br />
sit and create.<br />
A range of fresh and dried materials, including<br />
harakeke, the versatile New Zealand flax, will be<br />
supplied, or workshop participants can bring along their<br />
own favourite materials.<br />
Sarah has exhibited widely in her individual practice<br />
and with the Mata Aho Collective.<br />
The collective, made up of Sarah and fellow Maori<br />
artists Bridget Reweti, Terri Te Tau and Erena Baker, was<br />
shown at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and<br />
in 2017 they were included in one of the world’s most<br />
prestigious art exhibitions, Documenta 14, in Germany.<br />
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu , Education<br />
Centre, <strong>January</strong> 22, 5.30pm–6.30pm<br />
Artistic EndEAvours<br />
A collection of artists explore<br />
the concepts of James Cooks<br />
charting of Banks Peninsula,<br />
February 16th, 250 years ago.<br />
Art and artifacts to enjoy,<br />
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44 STYLE | fashion<br />
FASHION NEWS<br />
Words Kate Preece<br />
FULL CIRCLE<br />
We can’t get enough of Maggie<br />
Hewitt’s progressive fashion<br />
journey. The latest from the<br />
Kiwi designer sees a collection<br />
called Somewhere join the<br />
Maggie Marilyn brand, with each<br />
tier of the supply chain of every<br />
piece able to be traced back<br />
to its origins. With all garments<br />
manufactured in New Zealand<br />
and this ultimate transparency,<br />
they offer more than lasting<br />
quality and year-round<br />
wearability – you can rest easy<br />
knowing you are part of the<br />
sustainable fashion movement.<br />
In fact, once an item has done<br />
its dash in your wardrobe, it can<br />
be sent back to Maggie Marilyn<br />
HQ where it will be turned into<br />
something new.<br />
Models and designer Maggie Hewitt (far right) in the Somewhere line.<br />
DOWN THE AISLE<br />
With wedding season in full force, the finer details become<br />
ever more important – and it’s not all about the dress.<br />
Shoes that complete your look have not always been an<br />
easy find. Yet Kathryn Wilson is doing her darnedest to<br />
make it easy pickings. Happily Ever After is the shoe queen’s<br />
hand-picked collection, which features limited-edition<br />
designs. Bring in ‘something blue’ with the Going to the<br />
Chapel Heel, or boost the comfort levels with the Together<br />
Forever Trainer. And it’s not all about the bride, either, as<br />
the mothers and relevant entourage are just as likely to<br />
enjoy these elegant and timeless styles.<br />
Going to the Chapel Heel<br />
Together Forever Trainer
TO THE MAXI<br />
Our seasons are unpredictable and our sun is fierce; the time is nigh for the maxi<br />
dress. When exploring the world of the maxi, flattering silhouettes and light,<br />
flowing fabrics are a winning combination. Fortunately, Bird + Knoll agrees. In its<br />
latest resort collection, you’ll find it hard to decide between Clemence (pictured)<br />
and Margeaux, both made using natural fibres and designed with a romantic<br />
sensibility in mind. Consider them your beach-ready yoga pants.<br />
STEP 1 – PREPARE<br />
It’s important to consider what products you<br />
are using both for your hair health and your<br />
own. For this look, I used a thumbnail amount<br />
of MHC Texturising Cream and used my hands<br />
to run it through the hair to create a bit of<br />
texture before styling.<br />
style<br />
noun<br />
elegance and sophistication.<br />
synonyms: flair, grace, poise,<br />
polish, suaveness, urbanity,<br />
chic, finesse, taste, class,<br />
comfort, luxury, affluence,<br />
wealth, opulence, lavishness.<br />
Tuscany Hamel<br />
TEXTURED WAVES<br />
Everyone loves a natural, beachy<br />
wave and that’s exactly what Tuscany<br />
Hamel (GM Hair) delivered for this<br />
month’s <strong>Style</strong> fashion shoot. Her goal<br />
was to create wild and floaty hair that<br />
would complement the overall look.<br />
Love it? Well, here’s how you can<br />
achieve the same from home.<br />
STEP 2 – SECTION<br />
Take small sections, each about the width of<br />
two fingers. Spray the hair with hairspray (MHC<br />
Medium Hold) to ensure the waves hold.<br />
STEP 3 – WAVE<br />
Use a medium-barrel waving wand to create a<br />
natural, textured look. Alternate the direction<br />
with each section. Allow hair to cool down<br />
and set.<br />
STEP 4 – COMB<br />
Apply more hairspray, then, using a wide-tooth<br />
comb, comb out the hair from top to bottom.<br />
This relaxes the wave, making it look softer.<br />
STEP 5 – STYLE<br />
Use MHC Tease It Powder and run through<br />
the hair with your hands to mess it up and<br />
create more texture and volume.<br />
Magazine | style.kiwi
46 STYLE | fashion<br />
ken<br />
on<br />
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR<br />
Step out of the rat race and into the heart of nature.<br />
Olivia wears Opia Clover Blouse $130, Co.Locale; Rolla’s Old Mate Overall in Stella Blues $149.99, Uncommon Ground Boutique.<br />
Keniesha wears RUBY Cascade Crush Gown $399, RUBY.
STYLE | fashion 47<br />
MODELS<br />
Keniesha and Olivia,<br />
Portfolio Models<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
Charlie Jackson,<br />
Charlie Rose Creative<br />
HAIR STYLIST<br />
Tuscany Hamel, GM Hair<br />
MAKEUP ARTISTS<br />
Pearl Babington and<br />
Kendal McSorely<br />
STYLIST<br />
Jessica Amor,<br />
Alchemy Styling<br />
LOCATION<br />
Bottle Lake Forest<br />
Masha Bow Blouse<br />
Cotton $435, Seletti<br />
Concept Store<br />
Christchurch; Rolla’s Old<br />
Mate Jean Bobby Blue<br />
$149.99, Uncommon<br />
Ground Boutique; bag<br />
stylist’s own.
48 STYLE | fashion<br />
Fallen Broken Street<br />
The Half Court Hat in<br />
Green $89, Uncommon<br />
Ground Boutique.<br />
Fallen Broken Street<br />
The Half Court Hat in<br />
Green $89, Uncommon<br />
Ground Boutique;<br />
RUBY Iris Linen Pantsuit<br />
$329, RUBY.<br />
The Bare Road<br />
Penny Playsuit<br />
in Black $199,<br />
Co.Locale.
Anna White Ophelia Top in<br />
Navy $325, Lynn Woods;<br />
Rolla’s Original Short Big Sur<br />
$109.99, Uncommon Ground<br />
Boutique; Rubi Sandi Sunken<br />
Crown Boater Hat in Black<br />
$19.99, Cotton On.<br />
STYLE | fashion 49
50 STYLE | fashion<br />
RUBY Cascade Crush Gown $399, RUBY.
52 STYLE | beauty<br />
BEAUTY NEWS<br />
Words Kate Preece<br />
FRAGRANCE FIX<br />
Some clever clogs across the ditch have designed customisable 100%<br />
natural wax fragrances that are not only vegan and cruelty free, but<br />
contain no alcohol. Good so far, right? It gets better. The Narrative Lab<br />
(narrativelab.co) 5g solid fragrance palette ($99) lasts as long as a 50ml<br />
liquid version, with the added bonus that you can order refills. There’s<br />
also a text service whereby you can tell them your current fave scent<br />
and they will reply with shopping advice, based on what fragrance<br />
notes are in your preferred bottle. The travel-friendly compact contains<br />
a base and two variants of your desired fragrance – one ‘subtle’ and<br />
one ‘intense’, each developed using the same heart notes of the base<br />
fragrance. This is a truly buildable scent that you can wear your way.<br />
HAIR REPAIR<br />
Holiday hair is fine, but it’s time to get back<br />
to work – and your festive season antics<br />
are likely to have done nothing positive for<br />
those locks. Olaplex No.3 Hair Perfector<br />
($55, olaplex.co.nz) is a salon-level product<br />
worthy of space in that burgeoning beauty<br />
drawer. No matter your hair type, No.3 is<br />
on hand to repair damage through once<br />
weekly applications. Not a conditioner (look<br />
to a mask if your hydration levels are low),<br />
it is instead described as a “home bond<br />
builder” that strengthens hair internally by<br />
improving hair health and further locking in<br />
the results from any salon treatment.<br />
PRIMPED AND<br />
PRIMED<br />
Having recently become a convert<br />
to Aleph Beauty’s consciously<br />
produced, natural makeup, I was<br />
pretty eager to try the latest product<br />
released by this Kiwi cosmetics<br />
brand (alephbeauty.com). The<br />
Serum/Primer ($69) joins the range’s<br />
other multifunctional products with<br />
a host of skin benefits that make it<br />
more than just the ideal makeup<br />
base. The ‘serum’ part is where your<br />
skin gains the benefits from tsubaki<br />
oil, ‘Bluebird’ hibiscus plant extracts,<br />
macadamia oil, oil-free jojoba and<br />
Kakadu plum seed oil. Milk thistle<br />
extract strengthens the skin barrier,<br />
while East Indian sandalwood gives<br />
this all-natural product an addictive<br />
scent. In true primer fashion, the<br />
product glides onto the skin, feeling<br />
treat-like yet still delivering that allimportant<br />
moisture layer to support<br />
makeup application. A great addition<br />
to the range.
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STYLE | promotion 55<br />
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Tell me a little about yourself.<br />
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I was born in Christchurch and was head girl at Hornby<br />
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Where does the Bodyfix story begin?<br />
At the age of 17, I started work at Pro-Fitness as a group<br />
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What is your ethos at the gym?<br />
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56 STYLE | beauty<br />
SUN & SKIN<br />
There’s no excuses for not putting your skin first when it comes to sun exposure.<br />
Words Clemency Alice<br />
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sun does provide the benefits<br />
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causing pigmentation and<br />
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fibres to degenerate and signs<br />
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According to the World<br />
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If you are prone to sensitive, reactive<br />
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On days when the weather is dull,<br />
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Look for sunscreens that not only<br />
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58 STYLE | wellbeing<br />
FROM A HOT MESS TO<br />
A DAILY PRACTICE<br />
There was a time when Shelley Robinson was so stressed that she lost her appetite for<br />
chocolate biscuits. That was unacceptable, of course, so off she went on a ‘journey’.<br />
If you’d told me five years ago that I’d start my day<br />
with meditation, I’d have clucked my tongue in<br />
sympathy and administered you two Panadol. Because<br />
quite obviously you had hit your head.<br />
I was a woman of action, you see, because isn’t<br />
that what we’ve been trained to do? Life is not<br />
supposed to be easy, so head down, work hard and<br />
you’ll be grand.<br />
But it’s also likely to drive you mad. To the point<br />
you may find yourself with the frightening notion of<br />
not wanting to eat Tim Tams anymore and spending<br />
far too much time getting to know your duvet.<br />
My twenties were a delicate shell of overachieving<br />
appearances all tightly controlled by eating disorders,<br />
with anxiety and depression thrown in for good<br />
measure. From the moment I woke up, my mind<br />
issued a running commentary of ‘must do better’ and<br />
lists that were never-ending.<br />
My friends said a wine a day helped them ‘chill out’.<br />
So I thought, quite logically, the whole bottle might<br />
help me.<br />
By my thirties, my body was full of aches no<br />
doctor, physiotherapist or gym session could fix. In<br />
a fit of desperation, I tried a YouTube yoga video<br />
and upended into a graceless downward dog. After<br />
a week, I was alarmed to feel calmer. Then came<br />
a video spouting the tree-hugging notion that is<br />
meditation. Feeling foolish, I started with two minutes<br />
each day. Now, three years later, it is 30 minutes<br />
morning and night.<br />
I’ve since learned that this is the story of many.<br />
The story of pushing until your body gives you a<br />
ferocious clip around the ears. I have a daily practice<br />
of wellbeing, and thankfully my appetite for Tim Tams<br />
has returned. I’m not blissed out all the time – I agree<br />
those people are quite annoying – but I can recognise<br />
now when I’m heading towards stress. If you are ready<br />
for some small changes, try this:<br />
1. Meditation – start small<br />
‘Uh-uh,’ I hear you say, ‘Shelley, I’ve currently got a<br />
Marmite palm print on the butt of my tracksuit pants<br />
from a four-year-old. I’m due at work and don’t have<br />
time for this carry-on.’<br />
Meditation doesn’t need to be an hour-long<br />
‘omming’ session (though you may suddenly find<br />
yourself, two years later, doing this – just a warning).<br />
Guided meditations are a good place to start. There<br />
are apps such as Smiling Mind with meditations that<br />
are only a few minutes long.<br />
2. What are you grateful for?<br />
Now, before you roll your eyes, I’ll show you why this<br />
works. Say out loud five things that you are worried<br />
about. Notice how your chest and body probably<br />
feels heavy and your stress levels may have tooted<br />
a hello? Now, say five things you are grateful for.<br />
For example, the hugs of your children, your cup of<br />
tea, or your desk-mate with the cracking yarns. Feels<br />
different and lighter huh? Give it a go. I do mine in the<br />
car on the way to work.<br />
3. Deep belly breathing<br />
You’ve got half an hour before the boss is due to<br />
walk past for that report useless Bruce should be<br />
doing. And you’ve just realised your washing is likely<br />
a smelly heap because you forgot to put it out.<br />
Stop. Put your hands on your belly and breathe in<br />
slowly through your nose for three seconds while<br />
you feel your hands rise. Then let it out through your<br />
mouth for three seconds. Do this twice more. Straight<br />
away your system will respond. This break brings<br />
your focus into the present moment, with other<br />
benefits like slowing your heartbeat and stabilising<br />
your blood pressure. And perhaps you’ll forgive<br />
Bruce eventually. Maybe.<br />
4. Write it down in a journal<br />
With the whir of things going around in your head,<br />
get them down on paper so they don’t torture you or<br />
your sleep. Often our minds will churn away over and<br />
over on the same ruddy thing. To start you off: What<br />
is truthfully going on for you and around you? How are<br />
you feeling? Angry? Sad? Nothing? You don’t have to be<br />
all Mark Twain about it and certainly don’t spell-check.<br />
This is not about being marked; this is about letting go.
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62 STYLE | travel<br />
The mountain view from Te Waonui’s lobby.<br />
GLIMPSES OF<br />
GRANDEUR<br />
Gaynor Stanley slows down on the well-travelled route to Franz Josef to check<br />
in with the primordial power of Mother Nature at Te Waonui Forest Retreat.<br />
He had me at “a glimpse”.<br />
I’d leapt out of bed after waking with the birds to<br />
confirm an unexpectedly clear sky signalling through a tiny<br />
gap in the moss-green drapes. My arrival in Franz Josef<br />
coincided with the ‘weather bomb’ that detonated across<br />
the country in the first week of December, and heavy rain<br />
was forecast for the duration of my two-night stay.<br />
Mightily surprised at this snatch of blue sky, I dialled the<br />
front desk to ask whether there was a glacier viewpoint<br />
I could quickly walk to before the clouds rolled in again.<br />
Having not seen the glacier for more than 20 years, I<br />
wasn’t going to miss the chance now. When Jason, the<br />
man on that morning, replied he’d had “a glimpse” of it<br />
walking to work I began throwing on clothes and was<br />
nearly dressed before he’d even hung up the receiver.<br />
I didn’t have to walk far. Walking into the lobby, a<br />
stupendous mountain view greeted me through the open<br />
front door. I was barely out of the car park when the<br />
glacier’s intoxicating heights were revealed. If this was a<br />
mere glimpse, I wanted a closer encounter.<br />
Tuis sang as they flitted around the harakeke, still dewy<br />
from the night’s downpour, as I retraced my footsteps<br />
to arrange a plan for the day with the concierge. Then,<br />
a distinctive ‘whapp whapp’ joined the avian choir as<br />
the town’s helicopter operators prepared to seize the<br />
precious weather window, fulfilling every visitor’s wish of<br />
an immersive wilderness experience. And I was prepared<br />
to invest the necessary big bucks to join them.
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Dine with a glacier view in The Canopy Restaurant.<br />
But first there was a small problem to<br />
resolve, due to the backlog of cancelled<br />
flights from the previous days. General<br />
manager Brad McGlynn directs Jason to<br />
“work his magic” while he and I head<br />
upstairs for breakfast in The Canopy<br />
Restaurant, where yet more glacier vistas are<br />
framed by carefully positioned windows.<br />
Te Waonui strives to be as one with its<br />
rainforest setting as possible. There are no<br />
dud rooms here, explains Brad, as every one<br />
of the 100 guest or spa treatment rooms has<br />
the same Amazonian-like outlook. Four guest<br />
wings enclose a square of rainforest so dense<br />
you cannot see the rooms opposite.<br />
As I break my fast on muesli with figs, fresh<br />
strawberries, kiwifruit, and a rhubarb and<br />
redcurrant compote, Brad and I watch for<br />
the paradise duck couple that has, bizarrely,<br />
set up home in one of the kahikatea trees.<br />
However, what Brad dubs the “A380s of the<br />
duck world” are having a sleep-in today.<br />
I’d happily linger for a glimpse of the ducks,<br />
or the resident kakapo, but I learn I have a<br />
helicopter to catch. I have the last available<br />
seat depending on how much the five<br />
passengers who’ve already booked plus me<br />
weigh! Fortunately, I’d opted for my included<br />
degustation dinner on my second night so<br />
I’m still light enough to be issued a boarding<br />
pass for Glacier Helicopters’ 20-minute Franz<br />
Josef Glacier Snow Landing (longer flights<br />
aren’t running because of the forecasted<br />
return of the storms).
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All guest rooms face into an internal square, where the rainforest is left intact.<br />
Baked rawaru<br />
(blue cod) with<br />
wild beetroot<br />
and red endive.<br />
Not so long ago, Franz Josef and Fox glaciers, unique<br />
in the world for descending to sea level, were highly<br />
accessible. The volatile Franz Josef moves faster than<br />
the average glacier too – at least 50cm per day. Since<br />
20<strong>08</strong> it has retreated 800 metres, most rapidly between<br />
2015 and 2017. Ice and rocks collapse continuously at<br />
the terminal face in haphazard chunks that can be larger<br />
than a campervan. And all that rainfall can see creeks<br />
rise to dangerous levels with little warning. To keep<br />
visitors safe, barricades now terminate the track 750m<br />
away from the glacier face. To get nearer, you must now<br />
join a guided tour.<br />
We fly alongside rugged forested slopes up the righthand<br />
side of the glacier far below and steeply climb some<br />
3000 metres. I’m shocked at how long the rocky river<br />
now extends before it meets the snout of the ice flow,<br />
indicating how much the glacier appears to have shrunk<br />
since I last saw it in the late 1990s. Soon though, I am<br />
peering into the blue depths of ice crevasses compacted<br />
over thousands of years as the glacier splinters on the<br />
frozen bends of what is still a phenomenal 11km-long<br />
river of ice. Then I realise something else is amiss. The<br />
Te Waonui cuisine<br />
All guests enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast ahead of<br />
their day of sightseeing or retreating within Te Waonui.<br />
With Franz Josef a long day of tiring travel from any<br />
direction, Te Waonui recommends at least a two-night<br />
stay. The five-course degustation menu is perfect for<br />
the second night. Executive Chef Sylvester Nair hails<br />
from South Africa, where he was regularly on television<br />
demonstrating the talents that see me degusting<br />
smoked butternut soup with a turmeric foam, West<br />
Coast whitebait with a lemon and ponzu dressing,<br />
baked rawaru (blue cod) with wild beetroot and red<br />
endive, and a taste of my companion’s superlative<br />
horopito-rubbed lamb loin and a black truffle brie.
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I am peering into<br />
the blue depths<br />
of ice crevasses<br />
compacted over<br />
thousands of years<br />
as the glacier<br />
splinters on the<br />
frozen bends of<br />
what is still a<br />
phenomenal 11kmlong<br />
river of ice.<br />
higher up the glacier we fly, the more<br />
discoloured it is becoming. Instead of the<br />
traditionally dirtier ice at lower altitude,<br />
rising to blue fissures and pristine fresh white<br />
snow, today almost the entire length of the<br />
glacier is dusted grimy pink.<br />
“Ash from the Australian bushfires,” our<br />
pilot Sebastian explains through the headset.<br />
Musing on global warming, we land and<br />
disembark for a few precious minutes to<br />
walk in the snow and pause to marvel at<br />
this extraordinary environment. That and<br />
the four helicopters now ducking and diving<br />
around the same limited airspace between<br />
peaks without colliding.<br />
Back down to earth, the rain returns soon<br />
after and the choppers fall silent once more.<br />
Their rotor blades won’t turn for days.<br />
It is time to raise my core temperature. I<br />
don a towelling robe and my jandals to pad<br />
my way around the hotel perimeter to a<br />
corner where a guest path cuts through the<br />
forest to the Glacier Hot Pools right next<br />
Franz Josef glacier.<br />
Image: Ngai Tahu Tourism
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Wandering through the forest to the Glacier Hot Pools.<br />
Sleek grey-tiled changing rooms<br />
and exquisite landscaping remind<br />
me of luxurious spas in Thailand.<br />
door. I’m soon languishing in hot water as warm rain<br />
pelts down between canvas canopies, drowning out a<br />
cacophony of accents mingling in the mist. Compared to<br />
Hanmer or even Tekapo, this is a boutique experience,<br />
with just three public pools heated to 36, 38 and 40<br />
degrees, along with some private pools hidden in<br />
the native bush. Sleek grey-tiled changing rooms and<br />
exquisite landscaping remind me of luxurious spas in<br />
Thailand. It is part of Ngai Tahu Tourism’s portfolio<br />
of iconic tourism experiences, along with Franz Josef<br />
Glacier Guides and the West Coast’s newest helicopter<br />
company Vantage Helicopters.<br />
I reflect on what a great leveller the public pools<br />
are. Stripped of their diamonds or group tour T-shirts,<br />
backpackers and wealthy FITs (free and independent<br />
travellers) alike steep like different herbal tea bags<br />
together in the same pot, no doubt all quietly marvelling<br />
at their shared sensational experience.<br />
“You shouldn’t be able to do this at home,” says<br />
general manager Brad. “If you can, congratulations, we’re<br />
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As I relax on my side on a massage table I watch a<br />
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warm bamboo massage, where Hathai applies deep,<br />
firm strokes to release muscles taut from driving and<br />
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spas in Phuket, soon kneads every ounce of tension out<br />
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72 STYLE | motoring<br />
Kate wears Samba Dress, $725, Jane Daniels; Hair: Peter, VIVO Hair Salon, The Colombo; Makeup: Jessie, Lovoir<br />
ONE FOR THE MONEY<br />
Kate Preece takes the latest in the BMW 1 Series for a spin and reconnects with days gone by.<br />
Photos Charlie Rose Creative<br />
Do you remember a time when you<br />
didn’t need an SUV? For me, it was<br />
before someone crashed into my Mazda<br />
3 and the panic of what would have<br />
happened if the child’s car seat wasn’t<br />
empty prompted me to go up in the<br />
world. Yet, that small hatchback had so<br />
much going for it – as the BMW 1 Series<br />
reminded me.<br />
Clearly, we are not comparing apples<br />
with apples here. The BMW 118i M<br />
Sport I drove around Christchurch was a<br />
chart-topper, decked out with much of<br />
the same styling seen in its big brothers<br />
in the 8 Series. It had me thinking that<br />
B-SUV wasn’t such a bad era. I turned<br />
the music up loud and absorbed every<br />
note of Radio Ga Ga in tribute.<br />
The only thing likely to interrupt your<br />
full-volume singalong is a female voice<br />
politely telling you exactly where to go.<br />
And she does a very, very good job. A<br />
true navigator, she doesn’t just tell you<br />
to turn left; she also informs you that<br />
it’s the second right after that. I have<br />
been in older BMW’s where the phrase<br />
“prepare to turn left” can confuse<br />
the matter, but not so in the 1 Series.<br />
Added to that are the three ways to see<br />
where you’re going; either on the headup<br />
display, amongst the dials or on the<br />
26cm touchscreen control panel. I might<br />
finally have found a true way to avoid<br />
getting lost.<br />
You’ll be pleased to know this car<br />
makes it very easy to turn off any safety<br />
settings that get on your nerves too.<br />
Though, in this case, you might not find<br />
the front collision, lane departure (with<br />
steering intervention) and lane changing<br />
warnings that offensive. Despite being<br />
able to adjust to various levels (early,<br />
medium, late/reduced, off), I left all<br />
in their standard settings and wasn’t<br />
particularly chastised. However, with an<br />
easily found button on the dash, I could<br />
have changed this at any time.<br />
Going backwards often gets us<br />
nowhere, but with the Reversing<br />
Assistant, you at least get back to where<br />
you started. Select this standard option<br />
and the car will retrace your exact path,<br />
up to 50m. You remain in control of the<br />
accelerator and brake, but the steering<br />
wheel will whirl around as you glide<br />
back out of the tricky situation you have<br />
found yourself in. (Brilliant for when you
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BMW 118i M SPORT<br />
LIKES:<br />
The ‘Option’ button by the gearstick<br />
makes turning off the control display<br />
easy. The nearby ‘Auto H’ button,<br />
when on, will keep the vehicle<br />
stationary once you have braked (at<br />
the lights). I could talk to it and it<br />
understood what I wanted it to do.<br />
DISLIKES:<br />
It’s not the quickest off the mark,<br />
even in Sport.<br />
TECHNOLOGY:<br />
Real Time Traffic Information. Apple<br />
CarPlay. BMW Connected app.<br />
Wireless smartphone charging. A digital<br />
key can be installed on a compatible<br />
smartphone.<br />
VEHICLE SIZE:<br />
Length 4319mm; width 1799mm;<br />
height 1434mm<br />
SAFETY RATING:<br />
Euro NCAP 5 out of 5 stars<br />
FUEL TANK CAPACITY:<br />
42 litres<br />
FUEL CONSUMPTION:<br />
5 out of 6 stars; 5.9l/100km<br />
ENGINE:<br />
3-cylinder, 1499cc, petrol<br />
TRANSMISSION:<br />
7-speed automatic<br />
IMPORTANT NUMBERS:<br />
103kW, 220Nm; 0–100km/h 8.5sec<br />
From $49,900+orc<br />
enter a narrow customer car<br />
park only to find there are no<br />
spaces, but perhaps redundant<br />
for those confident in reverse.)<br />
If you’re not shy about handing<br />
over the controls, the selfparking<br />
system in this model<br />
leaves very little to the driver.<br />
Once it’s found an appropriate<br />
space you simply confirm that’s<br />
where you’d like to go, and the<br />
car will switch between drive<br />
and reverse, swinging the wheel<br />
this way and that, until you are<br />
in that space like a hand in the<br />
proverbial glove. I’ve never<br />
been game enough to try this<br />
in a built-up area, but when<br />
city limits are down to 30km/h,<br />
suddenly it feels like a great<br />
option. There’s no pressure<br />
of holding up traffic when you<br />
know you’re only going to take<br />
one go to get it in.<br />
If you have a deep-set love<br />
for rear-wheel-drive, the 2019<br />
BMW 118i is not for you. It’s<br />
the first generation to be frontwheel<br />
based, so purists would<br />
turn to the 2 Series. The fourcylinder<br />
BMW M135i xDrive is<br />
an eight-speed all-wheel-drive<br />
option. There’s at least a little<br />
extra leg room for those in the<br />
back seat with this iteration.<br />
The others firsts for the 1 Series<br />
include some snazzy aesthetic<br />
ones. The electric panoramic roof<br />
is a standard feature (winning!)<br />
and you can have backlit trim<br />
strips – new to the entire BMW<br />
group – that boast three designs<br />
and six switchable colours.<br />
(I didn’t drive in the dark, but I<br />
have it on good authority that<br />
these are pretty flash.)<br />
Overall, I found the BMW 118i<br />
M Sport to be a logical, clever<br />
little number that punches above<br />
its weight. I was reluctant to<br />
hand back the keys, which was<br />
not something I had anticipated,<br />
especially after all my time<br />
behind the wheel of a hefty SUV.
74 STYLE | food<br />
FOOD FINDS<br />
From eatery updates to delicious dishes, we provide<br />
the scoop on the latest taste sensations.<br />
A LITTLE SPECIAL<br />
In recognition of the extra stamina required<br />
to hit the shops with children in tow,<br />
Muffin Break at Northlands is giving parents<br />
a... break! Pick up a free VIP card from the<br />
counter and for every purchase of a hot<br />
drink, you can purchase a muffin for just $2.<br />
Exclusive to Muffin Break at Northlands.<br />
OPEN FOR BUSINESS<br />
If you missed out on grabbing warm cookies<br />
from the yellow cookie bus on Manchester<br />
Street, don’t despair. Moustache Milk & Cookie<br />
Bar has opened permanent pink digs on High<br />
Street beside Stranges Lane, as well as residing at<br />
Riverside Market. A must-visit for their cookie pies<br />
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liquor that’s definitely worth sampling.<br />
FRIENDLY FOR VEGANS<br />
Whether it be with a smear of dairy-free<br />
cream cheese on a bagel or part of an<br />
antipasto platter, Carrot Lox from Grater<br />
Goods (105 Orbell Street, Christchurch) is<br />
a tantalising treat. This carrot-based vegan<br />
smoked salmon gets all the ticks from us<br />
– low-fat, gluten-free and vegan-friendly.
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WHO’S COOKING<br />
You’ve just finished the seafood sizzle plate at<br />
Fisherman’s Wharf (39 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton)<br />
and wondered what kind of marvel can create such<br />
a treat. Out of the corner of your eye, you catch<br />
a glimpse of a familiar face and hiss to your dining<br />
companion, “Isn’t that that chef from TV?” Rob<br />
Dickey featured alongside owner PJ on My Restaurant<br />
Rules, serving up dishes of his own creation. He’s<br />
been with the restaurant for three years and was<br />
head chef at Volcano. His take on classic Kiwi<br />
kaimoana is something you won’t forget.<br />
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Visiting Central Otago wineries over the<br />
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six internationally awarded Central Otago<br />
wineries in the heart of Gibbston Valley. Their<br />
talented kitchen team is known for keeping<br />
it fresh and local. We tried their blue cod<br />
recently on a Progressive Dinner Tour and<br />
we’ll be back again soon.<br />
WE’RE DRINKING<br />
Ah gin. The refreshing friend who is always there. And<br />
who does gin better than those clever folks at The Spirits<br />
Workshop (11 Sandyford Street, Christchurch)? We<br />
particularly like their Pinot Barrel Sloe for something that is<br />
tantalisingly different. This delectable liqueur is made when<br />
European sloe plum slowly steeps in Curiosity Gin for three<br />
months, while encased in a pinot noir barrel from Otago.<br />
And it isn’t just for summer drinking – when the cooler<br />
seasons strike, a sloe gin on the rocks will keep you warm<br />
from the inside out.
76 STYLE | food<br />
FRESH ON THE PLATE<br />
A passion for delicious cuisine that’s made from<br />
scratch is one of the reasons we love Akarua<br />
Wines & Kitchen by Artisan (265 Arrowtown-<br />
Lake Hayes Road, Lake Hayes). Using some of<br />
New Zealand’s finest sustainable ingredients<br />
sourced in and around the coasts of the South<br />
Island, their food is comforting and full of flavour.<br />
Whether you’re visiting for breakfast or lunch,<br />
the focus is on quality, taste and seasonality. On a<br />
sunny day, there’s nowhere we’d rather be than<br />
sitting in their beautiful garden outside the historic<br />
cottage for a meal and wine with friends.<br />
3 O’CLOCK<br />
FLAVOUR SAVIOUR<br />
The Burger Joint (78 Brighton Mall, New<br />
Brighton) is a perfect place for your postswim<br />
snacks during the summer months.<br />
We’re partial to their kimcheese burger as<br />
well as the basic burger with cheese – ask<br />
for it on a pretzel bun and you won’t<br />
be disappointed.<br />
SO HOT RIGHT NOW<br />
We’ve declared our love for Ramen Ria (3/112<br />
Oxford Terrace, Christchurch) on a few occasions,<br />
but we haven’t yet told you about their side<br />
dishes. From spicy edamame (a must-try) to<br />
dumplings and baos, you’re going to want to visit<br />
with an empty stomach.<br />
GOOD EATING<br />
Add some flair to brunch with Untouched World<br />
Kitchen’s (155 Roydvale Avenue, Christchurch)<br />
Smashed Avo and Edamame Stack. This edible<br />
masterpiece marries together feta, beetroot miso,<br />
house pickles, dukkah and a poached egg – that takes<br />
avocado toast to a whole new level of deliciousness.
Twizel<br />
Twizel<br />
SALMON & WINE<br />
Fesval<br />
Salmon<br />
BUSES AVAILABLE<br />
from Oamaru & Wanaka<br />
&<br />
Wine<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
SATURDAY 29 FEB <strong>2020</strong><br />
SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2019<br />
11AM-5PM<br />
12-5PM Market Place, Twizel<br />
Rowing Complex, Lake Ruataniwha – Twizel<br />
Entry<br />
Presales * $20<br />
Gate sales $25<br />
free festival shuttle<br />
available throughout the<br />
day from Market Place<br />
Delicious food—wine & beer<br />
Local salmon—live music<br />
Spot prizes<br />
Delicious food<br />
wine and beer<br />
Local salmon<br />
live music<br />
Busker<br />
Entertainment<br />
BUY YOUR TICKET EARLY THROUGH EVENTFINDA TO<br />
ENTER THE DRAW FOR A SCENIC FLIGHT FOR 2<br />
WITH MT COOK HELICOPTER LINE.<br />
PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT GO TOWARDS THE<br />
TWIZEL PROMOTIONS COMMUNITY FUND.<br />
*Presale tickets available online: eventfinda.co.nz<br />
or from Twizel Info Centre. Children under 16<br />
free when accompanied by an adult.<br />
*Presale ckets available online eveninda.co.nz or<br />
from Twizel Info centre. Children under 16 free<br />
when accompanied by an adult.<br />
Buy your ticket early through eventfinda to<br />
enter the draw for either a scenic flight for<br />
2 with Mt Cook Helicopter line or a skydive<br />
package with Skydive Mt. Cook.<br />
Visit www.facebook.com/TwizelSalmonandWine/ for<br />
more info. This event is proudly brought to you by the<br />
Twizel Promoons and Development Associaon.<br />
Proceeds from this event go towards<br />
the Twizel Promotions Community Fund.<br />
Visit www.twizel.info or www.facebook.com/TwizelSalmonandWine for more info.<br />
This event is proudly brought to you by the Twizel Promotions and Development Association.<br />
ENTRY Presales* $15 Gate Sales $20
QUEENSTOWN SUPPER CLUB<br />
More than 200 guests joined this year’s Queenstown<br />
Supper Club, where $97,000 was raised for Ronald<br />
McDonald House South Island. With a stellar line-up of<br />
chefs, such as Corey Hume and Ben Bayly, and locations<br />
including the Pacific Jemm superyacht, it’s not surprising<br />
the event sold out weeks prior!<br />
Photography: Still Vision Photography
WELLES & GOOD<br />
In celebration of the hottest new event spaces on Welles<br />
Street, special guests enjoyed an afternoon off, enjoying<br />
delicious food, cocktails, champagne and generous goodie<br />
bags thanks to The Welder and Burger Burger. The private<br />
progressive lunch showcased two new event spaces and<br />
catering options.<br />
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CHARITY HOSPITAL<br />
CHRISTMAS GALA<br />
The Charity Hospital Christmas Gala held in the Air<br />
Force Museum of New Zealand was a great night out<br />
for guests who enjoyed fine dining, fabulous auctions and<br />
the opportunity to kick up their heels. The Gala is the main<br />
fundraising event for the Canterbury Charity Hospital, which<br />
provides free medical, surgical, dental and counselling<br />
services for Cantabrians in need.<br />
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5<br />
4<br />
1. Kia Dirkson, MC/Auctioneer Nick Henare; 2. Mark and Anna Schroder, Jereme and Leonie Usselman; 3. Liz and Hank Van Til; 4. Ross Armstrong, Kerrie Fitzgerald,<br />
Barb Taylor, Ralph Edinger; 5. Michael and Jo Carrell; 6. Dean Leabourn, Lisa Dawber, Lucas Trevathan, Jemma Appleton, Simon O’Dowd, Katie Clarke.
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FLYING DOCTORS<br />
All Black Sam Whitelock has been chosen as an<br />
ambassador for the New Zealand Flying Doctor Service,<br />
established in 1995, this service operates 24/7 and<br />
completes more than 1000 lifesaving missions a year across<br />
the country.<br />
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4<br />
3<br />
1. Dr David Bowie; 2. NZFD Crew with Sam; 3. NZFD Trustee Cilla Glasson, Lisa and Steve Parkinson; 4. Murray Ireland, Annie Govan; 5. NZFD Trust Team with Sam.<br />
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BAYLEYS FERRYMEAD<br />
The Bayleys Canterbury Real Estate Ferrymead office<br />
kicked off summer by holding their Christmas Client<br />
Celebration at Ten27 restaurant, where “Miss Bubbles”<br />
appeared in her champagne dress and clients mingled,<br />
enjoying the festive cheer.<br />
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5<br />
1. Kirsteen, Chris; 2. Helen, Dawn; 3. Michelle, Robin; 4. Justin, Sophie; 5. Andrea, Debbie; 6. Brendan, Chris; 7. Debbie, Andrea, Brian, Marilyn, Gill.
A DAY AT THE POLO<br />
Four seasons in one day wasn’t enough to stop more than<br />
300 people having the time of their lives at the 11th annual<br />
‘A Day at the Polo’ fundraising event for Ronald McDonald<br />
House South Island. As guests started to arrive, thunder and<br />
lightning turned into clear skies, setting the scene for what was<br />
an incredible day of food, wine and polo.<br />
Photography: Forever Young Photography
82 STYLE | win<br />
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 <strong>January</strong> 30.<br />
Sleep easy<br />
To create the perfect sleep-worthy nest, make sure your bed<br />
is dressed in high-quality sheets. Sleepyhead’s luxurious sheet<br />
set, with the beautiful softness of Supima cotton and the<br />
temperature control feature of Tencel, will keep your bedding<br />
feeling softer and fresher for longer. We have one king-sized<br />
Tencel cotton sheet set, valued at $299, to give away.<br />
Sun smarts<br />
For the past four years, Topfoxx sunglasses have been<br />
lighting up faces around the world (including that of Hrush<br />
Acheyam, the Kardashian’s makeup artist). We have two pairs<br />
to give away, each valued at $1<strong>08</strong>. Will it be Marilyn (rose<br />
gold mirrored and polarised sunnies) or Candy (silver framed<br />
sunnies with silver lens)?<br />
Family favourite<br />
The millennia-old symbols of family and personal identity are<br />
experiencing a popular resurgence. In response, Nikki Ross<br />
Jewellery has created a modern signet ring detailed with a<br />
black diamond set in a North Star. Shaped with precision, the<br />
weighty ring is designed for everyday wear. Win your own<br />
sterling silver Black Diamond Signet Ring, valued at $389.<br />
Herbal goodness<br />
Harnessing the power of New Zealand wild and native<br />
plants, Wild Dispensary has created a core range of<br />
medicinal tonics to support your health and wellbeing.<br />
We have a treasure trove of goodness for you. Valued at<br />
$147.75, this giveaway includes Kids’ Rest & Calm, Golden<br />
Skin Repair Oil, Defence Elixir, Chest Tonic and Switchel.<br />
LAST MONTH’S WINNERS: COOK & NELSON GIFT BOX: Haley Passmore, JABRA ELITE EARBUDS: Becky Hourston, Ella Zarifeh,<br />
NZ POLO OPEN TICKETS: Jocelyn Henderson, JOANNA SALMOND EARRINGS: Evelyn Scott.<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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