Style: March 06, 2020

march 2020 

THE Education issue 

Working it 

Fashion personalities 

in the office 

It’s not a chore 

Jobs outside the box 

A trail 

WELL-TRAVELLED 

The wonders of 

Machu Picchu 

Their 

future, 

their way 

What’s CHANGING 

in today’s 

classrooms

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What did you want to be when 

you grew up? 

I was a farm kid who wanted to 

become a vet – until I realised it 

wasn’t all rainbows and fluffy kittens. 

Instead, when I was about 10, I started 

at the Christchurch School for Young 

Writers, heading into the Arts Centre 

every Saturday to write and learn 

among like-minded literary lovers. The 

path hasn’t really altered much since 

then, but I expect things might not be 

so straightforward for my children. 

They learn coding in class; they 

don’t learn maths the same way we 

did, and the traditional teacher/student 

paradigm can be turned on its head to 

allow for student-led learning. It’s not 

about graduating from pencil to pen 

but pen to device, and their awareness 

of global issues is part of playground 

banter. As a parent, keeping up with 

‘school admin’ is so much more 

than ensuring your child leaves the 

house with a clean shirt and a packed 

lunchbox. 

In this issue, we explore the 

evolution of education. It would be 

great to hear your thoughts on this 

too. Then, we follow the journey 

into the modern workplace and 

how different personalities present 

themselves in the office. Which one 

are you? 

We hope you learn something new, 

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The future of the next generation starts now – 

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12 STYLE | inside word 

INSIDE WORD 

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wine festival” and promises to be an aromatic feast. Featuring 

some of the best drops around, it’s fun for the whole whanau, 

with musicians and DJs laying down mellow tunes and footstompin’ 

grooves. 

American Express Openair Cinemas (until March 29, Rauora 

Park) is keeping the al fresco mood going in Christchurch. 

Whether it’s seeing Oscar winners like Jojo Rabbit, making it a 

family night out for Spies in Disguise, or heading along with your 

furry friend (yes, dogs are allowed) to catch Dolittle, you can 

complete the experience with Haagen Dazs and Lillet cocktails. 

It is time to buff up those shoes and dust off your finest frock 

for a good cause in Christchurch. The MND NZ Charity Gala 

(March 27, Sixty6 on Peterborough) is all about raising funds 

for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand. Secure tickets 

through Eventbrite for this very worthy cause. 

The Food Show (April 3–5, Horncastle Arena) is the ultimate 

event for foodies. New to 2020 is the must-see Deli Collective 

featuring everything you need to create the perfect platter, 

while the Ceres Organic Healthy Hub Kitchen will have health 

nuts sorted. Take a break from eating and watch celebrity 

chefs, including locals Nadia Lim, Jo Seagar and Jax Hamilton, 

share their favourite recipes at the NEFF Cooking Theatre. 

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14 STYLE | inside word 

INSIDE WORD 

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downright naked. There is no sugar (not even the hidden stuff) 

and it is made with 70 per cent Solomons cacao. We think the 

fine folk at OCHO in Dunedin are rather clever indeed. 

If you are in Queenstown be sure to pop along to 

Boardwalk’s walk-up oyster and champagne bar. Located 

under the restaurant (Steamer Wharf), it means year-round 

fresh oysters are shucked live in front of you. And should it 

take your fancy, pair it with a lovely glass or two of bubbles. 

SHOP 

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selected from top labels across the world, it is a fashionista’s 

little slice of heaven. With their in-house styling team and a 

relaxed atmosphere that includes bubbles, beer or coffee, 

you are in good hands. 

Luxurious merino fashion is on its way to Christchurch. 

Wanaka brand PERRIAM is opening a new store at 

The Crossing just in time for us to update our autumn 

wardrobes with soft merinos and garments inspired by 

the high country Bendigo Station where designer Christina 

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SAVE THE DATE 

MARCH 2020 | EMAIL YOUR EVENTS TO editor@style.kiwi 

17 MARCH 

RUSSELL BRAND: RECOVERY LIVE 

Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch 

22 MARCH 

LES MILLS CITY2SURF 

Centennial Park, Christchurch 

3 – 5 APRIL 

The Food Show 

Horncastle Arena, Christchurch 

MUSIC 

15 

Aldous Harding 

New Zealand singer-songwriter and 

2019 Silver Scroll winner Aldous Harding 

returns home to perform, with indie 

artists Weyes Blood and Purple Pilgrims. 

Christchurch Town Hall 

28 

Soweto Gospel Choir – Freedom 2020 

NZ Tour 

Join the 2019 Grammy Award winners, 

as they showcase their powerful blend 

of African gospel, freedom songs and 

international classics. 

Christchurch Town Hall 

PERFORMING ARTS 

7 & 8 

Tutus on Tour 

The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s regional 

touring programming includes Artemis 

Rising, Berceuse and Remember, Mama, 

plus new classical work Wayward. 

7: Queenstown Memorial Centre 

8: Lake Wanaka Centre 

19-29 

Dunedin Fringe Festival 

The 11-day festival is back, and this time 

it is celebrating its 20th birthday with a 

packed programme of comedy, theatre, 

music, dance and circus. 

20 

Everybody Interesting Is Gay 

Uproarious musical theatre cabaret, 

composed and written by Jason Smith 

and Blaise Clotworthy, starring Ms. 

Wednesday Blaiselle. 

Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch 

28 March – 18 April 

Lysander’s Aunty 

The world of Shakespeare is turned 

upside down as the highbrow 

meets the down-to-earth in this 

quirky comedy. 

Court Theatre, Christchurch 

SPORT 

6-8 

Jennian Homes New Zealand Track 

& Field Championships 

Watch New Zealand’s best athletes, 

including Olympians Tom Walsh 

and Eliza McCartney, battle for 

national titles. 

Nga Puna Wai Sports Hub, 

Christchurch 

15 

Impact Roofing and Plumbing Surf to 

Stadium 

Grab the family and join in the fun 

for this iconic Dunedin event. With 

a 10km or 4km run/walk, there is 

something to suit everyone. 

10km: Kettle Park 

4km: Forsyth Barr Stadium 

14 & 15 

Macpac Motatapu 

Join thousands in a race through the 

trails of the Motatapu. Set in the stunning 

high country, you may even have time to 

admire the view. 

Wilcox Green, Arrow River Bridges 

Ride, Arrowtown 

20 & 28 

Crusaders v Hurricanes; Highlanders v 

Crusaders 

Catch all the action and excitement of 

Super Rugby. 

20: Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch 

28: Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin 

28 

Relay for Life Dunedin 

With a festival-like atmosphere, this 

24-hour event celebrates survivors of 

cancer and brings together those who 

have lost loved ones to cancer. 

Caledonian Ground, Dunedin 

29 

T20 Series – Blackcaps v Australia 

Grab your bucket hat and your mates 

and head on down to catch international 

cricket at its finest. 

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Why 

Greetings 

Still Matter 

Is it just me, is it the times, is 

it the world or have I just been 

so busy I haven’t noticed how 

some of the deeply personal 

and simple practices of life are 

being overlooked? 

During a year in which we are prioritizing 

wellbeing and resilience in our company, 

I want to raise a flag for those that feel 

forgotten. 

It all starts with a greeting. Getting in 

the way, of course, is screen time, phone 

addiction and just an absence of plain, 

old-fashioned good manners; we’re often 

so distracted we simply don’t recognize 

or notice other people. 

I recently read about – and have 

witnessed personally – the following: 

whole ‘conversations’ undertaken during 

a service/purchasing exchange where 

no words were even spoken, gestures 

making do whilst the purchaser stayed 

on the cell phone talking loudly. They 

could have been served by a robot, and 

maybe one day they will be, for all the 

humanity that occurred. 

Whether serving or being served, 

people matter. Invisibility when you 

are employed or engaged to do 

something matters. And if service and 

client experience count for anything, 

then communication and connection 

sit at the top of the must-do list. I 

expect everyone I work with and for 

to communicate their requirements. 

I can’t guess them, even though I 

sometimes try. Real estate is a service 

industry with a great deal of emotion 

and money at stake. The best in the 

industry are hardwired to connect in an 

empathetic and knowledgeable way. Not 

communicating is not acceptable, and 

I’m not even referring to response times. 

I’m meaning response, full-stop. Of all 

the feedback we get from clients, lack of 

communication sits at the very top of the 

list when it comes to unwelcome issues. 

Where we start is as important as where 

we end, so greet people properly – greet 

when you meet, eyes direct, hands out 

and smiling. You will stand out, I can 

assure you, and if you are looking for a 

realtor and they don’t do this well, keep 

looking. 

Lynette McFadden 

BUSINESS OWNER HARCOURTS GOLD 

HARCOURTS NZ INSPIRATIONAL 

WOMEN AMBASSADOR 

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18 STYLE | people 

SWIMMING AGAINST 

THE TIDE 

As a competitive high-school swimmer, Hannah Morgan found herself choosing between 

her sport and her wellbeing. A couple of years later, the lessons she learned then helped 

her swim 130km across Foveaux Strait. 

Hannah Morgan 

When I was a competitive swimmer at high school, I 

struggled quite a bit. I felt lonely a lot of the time, 

because I was the oldest female swimmer at 14. I was 

uncomfortable being the role model for the younger kids. 

Things compounded when I injured my shoulder. 

I was constantly feeling pressure to do these amazing 

things that my shoulder wouldn’t let me do. My friends were 

doing teenage things and I just didn’t know how to balance 

everything; I didn’t know how to say no to some things and 

yes to others. I would often come home quite upset after 

swimming. 

I know now I needed a different type of support 

system. For me, I really connect with my emotions. There 

was support there – it’s just what worked for me wasn’t 

necessarily what worked for others. Sometimes, individuality 

gets lost in sport. 

So, I quit competitive swimming. Looking back now, I think 

I recognised the important thing was my mind and wellbeing 

rather than achieving the Olympics. 

I remember feeling that it was a relief because I wasn’t 

going to have to deal with really heavy emotions anymore. 

Though mum helped me with some of the decisions, all the 

deeper things she let me work out myself. That was really 

important because if I found myself in that situation again, 

I wouldn’t know what to do had I not connected the dots 

myself. 

I will always admire my mum. She is the most incredible 

person I have ever met. 

When I was 20 (2017), I decided to swim Foveaux Strait. 

We had lost one of our good friends to a suspected suicide 

that year. I was sick of watching my friends struggling and not 

knowing where to go or what to do. I had just rediscovered 

swimming and how much it meant to my wellbeing. So, I 

thought I would combine it with raising awareness of mental 

health by swimming across Foveaux Strait. I don’t think my 

mum was very happy when I told her! 

About two hours into my 10-hour swim I got really badly 

seasick. I wasn’t holding any fuel or food and it was freezing 

cold and the waves were terrible. I felt really alone, even 

though I had support swimmers. I struggled, knowing that 

I had to keep on going. I am so very lucky and grateful my 

support crew were able to turn that around and change my 

fuel method to stop me from vomiting. 

I ended up raising $30,000 in total, and half went to 

the Mental Health Foundation and the rest to the Otago 

University Students’ Association. 

It was very humbling when I was asked to speak to high 

schools afterwards about mental health. Mental health felt 

like a taboo subject when I was in school, so it seemed 

like a huge step forward. I told students they are the most 

important thing in their lives. If something doesn’t feel right, 

re-evaluate what is happening. 

I am about to graduate from studying law and a Bachelor 

of Arts in anthropology and politics. Already people are 

saying, ‘What are you going to do when you graduate?’ I 

think everyone is feeling pressure to answer that question. 

People are going into jobs because they think they have to 

save for their future and the reality is that they do, but then 

there is even more pressure. You’ve just got to move with 

yourself and realise everyone is different. So, I’m going to 

Mexico City to finish my degree and we’ll see what happens 

from there. 

Happiness for me now is waking up in the morning and 

just having clarity. To enjoy walking on the beach and be 

surrounded by people who truly add value to me. I’m a 

simple life type of girl. I like the small things rather than 

competition and achievement. I like this inner-being kind of 

stuff. And it’s not necessarily profound stuff either. It is just 

being aware and enjoying it, instead of forcing myself to be 

other places which don’t fit me. 

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20 STYLE | report 

MORE THAN MATHS 

AND MARMITE 

The changing blend of traditional and contemporary approaches to education means our 

children have more options for their futures – and stronger voices than ever before. 

Words Shelley Robinson 

Mathematics teacher Rosie Adams remembers using a 

bander machine. When she started teaching in 1982, 

the manual copy machine, which left teachers with purplestained 

hands, was used to make classroom resources. 

Most were handwritten, unless you had a typewriter. In her 

classroom, she had a blackboard, a stack of textbooks and 

log tables for longer equations. 

“There were certainly no calculators,” she chuckles down 

the phone from South Canterbury’s Mackenzie College. 

She taught students in what she calls “transmission mode” 

– giving information for students to “regurgitate” later in an 

exam. Not ideal at all, she says. 

“You get students who are bored because they are forced 

to sit and listen to stuff they already know; you get students 

who are frustrated because it is too hard for them; and you 

get a band of students in the middle who are probably quite 

happy with it because it doesn’t require them to make a lot 

of mental effort.”

STYLE | report 21 

Dr Herbert Thomas 

TRADITIONAL VERSUS CONTEMPORARY 

The blackboard is just a dusty memory for Rosie. She 

now teaches by “co-construction of digital learning material 

in the classroom to enable personalisation of student 

learning”. 

Students are tested to find out their strengths and 

weaknesses. From there, students choose what they want to 

learn about, then build a website to share the information 

in an interactive way. The resource is then available for the 

whole class to learn from. Makes copying sums out of a 

textbook look a tad dull. 

The Mind Lab Master of Contemporary Education 

postgraduate director Dr Herbert Thomas says the education 

system is rapidly developing from the “one-size-fits-all” model. 

But schools are at different places on the education spectrum. 

Traditional education, says Herbert, puts children in age 

“batches” and teaching from the point of view of the mythical 

“average student”, relying on the assumption they have the 

same levels of knowledge and skills. 

“In a way, because it has been described as Fordist ... it is 

almost design based, to some extent, on the production line. 

But we know from experience that is not how it works. 

“Students come into an educational experience with varying 

levels of knowledge, skills – and so you can’t produce a onesize-fits-all 

educational experience because you will lose half 

of your students, if not more.” 

It is an experience, says Think Beyond’s leader, futurist Dr 

Cheryl Doig, which can do “real damage” to students and 

their families. 

“I hear and see young people who are doing well in 

the current system; there are others who are doing well 

despite the current system, and there are others that are not 

served by the current system. And they and their families 

can get quite disheartened at the pace of change and the 

responsiveness of our schools to make change,” she says. 

In a “contemporary” school system model, says Herbert, 

learning is more flexible and personalised to individual 

students. 

“We are suggesting there shouldn’t be just one curriculum 

catering to the imaginary ‘average student’. There needs to be 

a number of curriculums that cater to the diverse needs of a 

whole range of different students in front of you,” he says. 

In this model, education is not tied to any particular 

institution, such as a school, he says. 

“We would argue education shouldn’t be bound to a 

particular space anyway. Because we can, and in some cases 

more effectively, teach and learn in other spaces: outdoors, at 

home, at businesses.” 

St Andrew’s College rector Christine Leighton doesn’t 

think the system has been a one-size-fits-all in her 40 years 

in the profession. Students have been able to pick subjects 

that interest them, and “differentiated” learning caters to the 

individual learning needs of students, she says. 

“Most of us are still doing that in a pretty traditional 

environment. We would be the same as most schools in New 

Zealand, that when you come into a secondary school your 

teachers are specialists in particular areas because that is what 

excites kids – when you have a person with a passion in a 

particular area.” 

TODAY’S CLASSROOM 

It is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of where schools currently 

sit, says Herbert. At one end of the spectrum, there’s 

traditional education in traditional spaces; in the middle, 

traditional education in a modern-learning environment; and 

at the far end, personalised learning, created in collaboration 

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models of education. 

“I’m here on the front line delivering and preparing our kids 

for what their next steps are for tomorrow and next year. 

I am probably considered quite conservative in this space, 

which is the kind of school I am in and the way we like to 

think. Which is not to say the futurists are wrong, but our 

kids are going into the world of tomorrow. And the world of 

tomorrow will be to go to university, and they’ve got to have 

the skills to be successful in the university of next year. And 

not the university of 20 years’ time,” she says. 

No one, she says, knows what the future education system 

will look like as change happens in incremental steps, which 

allows for self-correction if something doesn’t work. 

“How do you meet the needs of the students here and 

now and going into the world in three or four years’ time, 

and how do you then engage with the big-picture futuristic 

thinking? Therein lies the challenge,” she says. 

STUDENTS RULE 

About 5km away in Christchurch’s central city, there is 

a school with no playgrounds and no sports fields. But, 

what the students do have is the whole city, and beyond, 

as their classroom. 

At Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery school, students 

design what their curriculum will look like. Some pick a 

more traditional path in a classroom with six subjects, while 

others may opt to have no classes and learn in alternative 

environments instead. 

Director Steven Mustor says the school was founded on 

the idea of giving students an opportunity to follow what they 

feel passionate about and lead parts of their journey, if they 

want to. 

The school works closely with the students and caregivers, 

with each student receiving 15 minutes a week to go over 

their path and make any changes. As a state school, it offers 

the national curriculum, and the student works out with their 

teacher how to build it into their programme. 

“It can feel really risky [for caregivers]. ‘What if my kid does 

nothing all day?’ Well, it is really interesting, we don’t find that. 

There are very few students that, when given a choice won’t 

do anything ... They do care about their future,” he says. 

About 30 per cent of students choose to go to university, 

which he says is on par with the national average. 

“The big difference is those 30 per cent have already been 

to university and taken a course there so they are prepared.” 

There is a global movement about learning ecosystems, 

which look from the perspective of a whole city, not just a 

school or university, as a source of education, say Cheryl. 

As a result, equity, innovation and accessibility of education 

are enhanced, and it encourages people to move out of their 

respective silos, communities, workplaces and schools to 

work together for the “good of the bigger picture”. 

THE PROGRESS DEBATE 

Futurists like Cheryl say learning systems are not moving 

forward as rapidly as they would hope. One of those reasons 

is due to the conservative views on education, both within


the system and from parents, who tightly hold onto their 

own schooling traditions. 

“If you have been highly successful in education in the 

past then you are more inclined to want the same sort of 

education for your children,” she says. 

But this doesn’t consider the rapidly changing world and 

the future young people will enter. 

“Doctors, lawyers and accountants would tell you their 

professions are rapidly evolving,” she says. 

Quite simply, technology is continuing to make redundant 

large tracts of people’s work, leaving the future not in 

“spreadsheets, but relationships”, she says. 

“In turn, this should free up people to do more of the 

work that connects humanity, and that is a huge area of need 

for our young people and what they are crying out for.” 

For Herbert, this means giving his contemporary education 

teachers the tools to go engage with the “diversity of 

response” and understand that all perspectives add value 

to understanding education. By doing so, they can advocate 

for change on the basis that they all are working for the 

wellbeing of students and the community. 

BACK TO THE FUTURE 

The only predictable thing about the future of education is its 

unpredictability. 

Nor can you predict what professions schools are readying 

young people for, says Herbert. Some technology will be 

defunct, more will be developed. Global humanitarian issues 

and cultural change will continue. 

Herbert says the future of education is unpredictable. 

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“My experience of education, in the traditional sense, 

was that it was the bedrock for the scientific method where 

you could isolate a variable and test cause and effect, and 

everything was very predictable. 

“I think what is very different is we now have a better 

understanding of the fact the real world we live in is very 

complex and consists of interactive systems, and those 

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systems are continually developing and changing,” he says. 

He prepares teachers by providing them with the tools 

and skills to engage with the future complexities of teaching, 

learning and leading in this kind of environment, he says. 

What is not helpful in the debate over schooling is when the 

conversation becomes polarising, pitting one model as being 

better than the other, says Cheryl. 

“It is not helpful when it turns to ‘this way is better than this 

way’. No one way will suit all, and it is important to see that 

there are pockets of good in all,” she says. 

It is very likely that this generation, says Herbert, will 

experience a rate of change far more pronounced than 

previous generations. 

“I suppose the big thing that has interested some 

researchers is, at which point does that rate of change become 

unsustainable in terms of our ability to cope or deal with that 

increased rate of change? There has to be that tipping point – 

the point of no return. As to where that is, when it is, what it 

looks like, there is not much agreement on that.” 

Dr Cheryl Doig 

YOUTH SPEAK 

It started more than 17,000km from our shores. 

Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg sat outside Sweden’s 

Parliament in August 2018 with a sign saying Skolstrejk 

för Klimatet (School Strike for Climate). She was meant 

to be in school, but she was so distressed by the inaction 

over climate change, she began what would turn into a 

global movement of school strikes by young people. 

It was reported an estimated 170,000 attended 

New Zealand’s third School Strike 4 Climate event in 

September, making it one of the biggest strike actions in 

the country’s history. It was social media that brought a 

global humanitarian issue so quickly to our young people 

and into our classrooms. And schools can expect to see 

an increase of global issues finding their way into the 

educational environment and with it an effect on student 

wellbeing. 

“I think globally there is a huge rise of the citizen – 

it’s one of the key changes in society, especially in the 

last five years. And young people are finding, especially 

through social media and the use of technology, that 

they can have a voice where previously they wouldn’t 

have access to that,” says Cheryl. 

As demonstrated during the school strikes, it won’t 

go down well, she says, with those who are used to the 

traditional power base of adults leading young people. 

“Some citizens will have strong pushback about young 

people having a say. I have seen adults behaving very 

badly in their bullying of young people because they 

don’t like what they are saying,” she says. 

Climate activist Mia Sutherland, 18, agrees. 

“If you are older you are meant to be somehow 

superior and have an opinion that is more valid ... and 

while yes, they have more experience, young people – 

especially this generation – are the only ones who can 

speak on this issue in such a unique way.” 

Quite simply, she says, because it is a humanitarian 

issue affecting lives. 

“We essentially feel powerless to stop ourselves 

inheriting something that is essentially dead. I don’t know 

what the effects of climate change will do on conflict and 

international relations with other relations. I don’t even 

know what New Zealand will even look like,” she says. 

Schools cannot ignore such issues, she says. 

“Some are treating it like it is some inconvenience and 

we are making a big deal about nothing . . . but some 

people are suffering from eco-anxiety on the issues. It 

is a global issue because there are people dying from 

climate change either directly or indirectly,” Mia says. 

Eco-anxiety, says New Zealand Psychological Society’s 

Climate Psychology Taskforce co-leader Dr Jackie 

Feather, comes from a chronic fear of environmental 

doom through human-induced environmental change. 

And it is the “human-induced” part that is causing the 

anxiety, she says. 

“What comes along with that, of course, is a sense of 

responsibility and guilt,” she says. 

When the skies over New Zealand turned orange 

during January from the Australian wildfires, this made 

the threat feel very real to many. 

With student wellbeing at the centre of any 

educational experience, says Herbert, it would be remiss 

not to provide students with skills to address global 

challenges in the future. 

This includes elevating the “critical capacity” so 

young people can evaluate the quality of information to 

counter “alarmist” overload from social media. 

“Another way is to bring global challenges down to 

the local environment and say, ‘Right let’s forget about 

the global aspect, let’s look at what those challenges 

mean in your community, in your society in your home.’” 

By doing this, Herbert says, it reduces the 

“insurmountable” feeling of the issue.

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THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS 

Being part of a community of empowered young women sets St Margaret’s College 

apart, says Head of Middle School Kathryn Gray. 

How does St Margaret’s nurture growing minds to 

meet their potential? 

St Margaret’s College’s unique Year 7 to Year 10 Middle 

School structure ensures every decision made is based 

on what is best for our girls in these formative years. 

They are challenged to be themselves in an environment 

where it is safe to take risks, as there is always someone 

to support them. We are a responsive environment too 

and constantly create new opportunities, helping students 

be the best they can be so they enter the Senior School 

with confidence. 

With ever-changing technology, how does St Margaret’s 

incorporate this into the classroom? 

Technology is an essential part of daily life and we ensure 

it is used to support or enhance the learning programmes. 

The girls use the technology to co-create work, which 

allows for authentic collaboration. This is balanced by our 

no-phone policy so when out of the classroom during 

the school day, students are away from screens enjoying 

co-curricular activities and relaxing together. 

What sets St Margaret’s apart for you? 

Definitely the genuine family feel – the older ‘big sisters’ 

looking out for and inspiring the younger ‘little sisters’. 

Knowing you are part of a community of empowered 

women who enjoy each other’s success and who are 

proud to be part of St Margaret’s. 

What excites you the most about this year for the girls? 

As always, the teachers have worked hard to review the 

programmes we offer the girls. They ensure topics are 

engaging, relevant and spark their curiosity. I’ll be excited 

to see how our incredible Middle Schoolers put their 

own slant on their tasks and will continue to be amazed 

by their individual talents. 

ST MARGARET’S COLLEGE OPEN DAY IS ON MONDAY 23 MARCH FROM 10.30AM TO 1.00PM 

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Every child. Every day. 

“It is not the strongest of 

the species that survives, 

nor the most intelligent 

that survives. It is the 

one most adaptable to 

change,” Charles Darwin. 

The Cathedral Grammar School, an 

integral part of the Christchurch 

educational landscape since 1881, 

has throughout its proud history 

accepted and grown with change 

all the while being attentive to its 

roots. This has been the exciting 

clear theme for our school over 

the past four years as we have 

refreshed and modernised our 

philosophy and approach to ensure 

we provide a leading education 

experience that prepares our 

students to thrive in a rapidly 

evolving world. 

Our goal is to nurture, to know 

and to grow every child, every 

day. In a country with ongoing 

unenviable teenage mental 

health statistics, our relationship 

focussed school has adopted a 

very clear and deliberate approach 

that provides an environment 

and culture that focuses on our 

students’ hearts as well as their 

heads. We are passionate about 

being a part of the drive for 

change and a shift in focus away 

from the stresses and strains we, 

as a nation, place on our young 

people. A focus that unfortunately 

results in New Zealand winning 

a race in which it is best to be 

last. As educationalists and as a 

school community, at Cathedral 

Grammar we believe in order for 

our students to be successful 

it is critical, and possible, to 

maintain and provide traditional 

expectations and high academic 

standards through a heart 

focussed, strengths based, holistic 

and wellbeing approach. 

What is success in 2020 and 

beyond? The World Economic 

Forum and the OECD provide a 

clear picture of the skills, qualities 

and dispositions that your children 

will require to thrive in the future 

and this has challenged the current 

education system. The traditional 

system has had a focus on the 

easily measurable areas of literacy, 

numeracy and science - skills and 

knowledge. The shift in recent 

times has seen these measures of 

success expanded to include the 

inclusion of capabilities and social 

action. Recognising the social, 

Nurture. Know. Grow.

"We can't believe how motivated and inspired our 

daughter is. We wish we made the move to 

Cathedral Grammar earlier." 

political, environmental, future 

focussed and economical drivers 

across the world, the challenge 

for schools is to consider how to 

measure success across all four 

of these important facets of your 

child’s education, and as a society 

how do we embrace, value and 

place importance on these critical, 

but more difficult to assess, areas 

of success. 

These drivers and challenges 

have been the catalyst behind 

the developments and growth at 

The Cathedral Grammar School 

over the past four years. We 

have established a clear vision 

that reflects our strong Anglican 

character, proud history and sense 

of tradition with a clear focus on 

what is best for students’ learning 

and teaching in 2020 and beyond. 

We have written a brand new 

curriculum, expanded the wide 

variety of opportunities on offer 

and have ensured we utilise our 

fantastic central city location as a 

part of our everyday offering. 

Our specialist team has built upon 

our past and created something 

special for today and beyond. It 

has been heartening to see our 

philosophy and approach be 

embraced and so well received by 

the wider community. Our roll has 

increased 15% this year as families 

connect with our vision and value 

this being transformed into reality 

each and every day. 

Yes, high quality academic 

standards and expectations 

together with great sporting/ 

musical/cultural opportunities with 

fantastic teachers in small focussed 

classrooms. However, it is our 

approach that is key. We welcome 

you to experience how we will 

nurture, know and grow your child. 

Each and every day. 

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Meet the Principal 

- SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL - 

DATES TO 

NOTE: 

OPEN DAY 

16 March: 9am – noon 

OPEN DAY 

11 May: 9am – noon 

SENIOR SHOWCASE 

13 May: 6.30 – 7.30pm 

Dr Lyn Bird, Principal 

SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE 

15 May: 4pm 

ORIENTATION DAY 

11 November 

In a world of accelerating change, it is essential 

girls develop an abundance mindset in order 

to leverage emerging tools to solve complex 

challenges, says Selwyn House School principal 

Dr Lyn Bird. 

A vital ingredient of a Selwyn House education 

is the International Baccalaureate Primary Years 

Programme (PYP). The PYP is globally recognised as 

a future-focused curriculum based on intercultural 

understanding and respect. In effect, the PYP 

learner-profile attributes developed in students 

embody those needed to be a successful future 

global citizen and a leader. 

Expert teaching in literacy, mathematics and 

science is complimented by transdisciplinary inquiries 

and rich tasks, which allow high levels of application, 

creativity and problem-solving. Learning is further 

enhanced by specialist teachers in mechatronics, 

artificial intelligence, robotics, performing arts, music, 

physical education, sports, visual arts and Spanish. 

“Small class sizes ensure learning is personalised 

and teachers build strong personalised connections 

with each child. Students learn to take control of 

their learning – they know themselves as learners, 

can self-regulate and develop self-efficacy. All lifelong 

learning skills,” Dr Bird says. 

To learn more about Selwyn House School please 

attend an Open Day or schedule a personal tour. 

DID YOU KNOW... 

• Selwyn House has had 

73 recipients of National 

and International awards 

between 2017–2019. 

• 92% of Selwyn House 

students from Years 1 to 

Year 8 are involved with 

at least one sport. 

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- ST ANDREW’S COLLEGE - 

ogether, building better people for life’ is fundamental 

‘Tto the strategic vision at St Andrew’s College, Framing 

our Future, which determines its priorities for the coming 

year, says Rector Christine Leighton. 

“We are strongly committed to the holistic development 

of our students, through classroom learning, encouraging 

their participation in the many sporting and cultural activities, 

spiritual and service commitments, and social activities 

on offer at the college. By taking this multi-dimensional 

approach, we support our students to build their individual 

characters alongside a growth mindset for learning.” 

Well-being and positive education are another key focus. 

St Andrew’s has a Whole School Well-being Strategy, which 

encompasses teachers as well as students, says Christine. 

“We support our teachers to value their talents and 

character strengths and become role models of resilience 

to our students.” 

Student leadership is highly valued at St Andrew’s 

College. This year’s prefect team, led by head girl, Emily 

Tyrrell and head boy Hugh Montgomery, have come up 

with a clever theme, 2020 Vision, as their guiding principle 

for the year. 

“The idea is a play on having 20/20 vision. We are 

encouraging students to find clarity within their goals, their 

values, and within themselves, as they approach the year 

ahead,” says Emily. 

As a young Samoan man, Hugh says the cultural diversity 

and inclusiveness of life at St Andrew’s “where everyone is 

accepted” is something he has appreciated since his arrival 

in Year 7. 

Students enjoy exceptional facilities at St Andrew’s, 

which has invested $110 million in its campus over the last 

decade. Current developments include a new purposebuilt 

fitness centre, and the Ben Gough Family Theatre, 

both due for completion by the end of 2021. 

Boarders are well catered for in modern, comfortable 

boarding houses, where communal living and socialisation in 

the South Island’s only independent co-educational boarding 

school helps students to develop important life skills. 

Preparing all students for life beyond secondary school 

is a significant focus at St Andrew’s College, which is 

neatly summed up in its vision statement: ‘To be at the 

leading edge of high performance educational practice, in 

a community which values caring for others, tradition, and 

creativity, in order to provide young people with the roots 

and wings to flourish in an ever changing world.’


- MEDBURY SCHOOL - 

With more than 30 years as a specialist in boys’ 

education, Medbury headmaster, Mr Ian 

Macpherson, has seen first-hand the difference a 

boy-friendly approach has on maximising academic 

engagement and social and emotional development. 

This was a key driver in further tailoring Medbury’s subschool 

structure to cater for the range of learning styles 

and emotional needs of boys at different ages throughout 

their primary journey. 

This structure works towards Medbury’s Mission to 

‘Unlock Every Boy’s Potential’ and builds on the school’s 

exciting initiative with Swinburne University of Technology 

aimed at developing emotional intelligence (EI) via the 

Aristotle-EI programme. 

According to Mr Macpherson, helping boys gain a better 

understanding of themselves and others, while building 

resilience and mastering skills that help them tackle greater 

obstacles and ask more ‘why’ questions, are key milestones 

to achieving academic success and wellbeing. 

“Our passion at Medbury is to unlock the potential 

of every boy. It is why we exist – to understand each 

boy’s opportunities and challenges, then personalise an 

education which encourages him to strive to be the very 

best he can be,” Mr Macpherson says. 

Medbury boys are challenged in a supportive way, which 

adds to their resolve and resilience and provides a long 

and successful list of traits from which they can draw upon. 

The focus is on the ‘whole boy’ and small class sizes 

enable teachers to deliver a personalised learning 

programme, ensuring that every boy has the support, 

extension and encouragement he needs to discover and 

develop his particular strengths. 

“Boys learn differently to girls and the school’s learning 

programmes are all focused on a boy’s way of learning, 

providing him with a structured environment, with 

competition, boundaries and an opportunity to succeed,” 

Mr Macpherson says. 

“When a Medbury boy leaves for secondary school, 

he will leave us a well-rounded individual, a motivated 

and independent learner and a critical thinker with high 

self-esteem, who reacts to others and the changing world 

around him, with confidence and good grace.” 

Unlocking every 

boy’s potential 

Thinking Boarding, Think Medbury. 

You are invited to attend the 

Medbury School Open Day to 

discover what makes a Medbury 

education unique. 

The Open Day is on Tuesday 

5 May 2020 from 9.00am to 

10.45am. The Headmaster will 

speak at 10.15am. 

Academic, Boarding and Music 

Scholarships are available for 

2021. 

To register online visit Enrolment at 

medbury.school.nz 

OPEN DAY


LIVE TO 

WORK 

For some people, work is their happy place. 

THE SHARK PILOT 

Leaping and diving under Lake Wakatipu is not your typical 

day job, so it is no surprise Ruaidhri De Faoite has a hard 

time convincing people he is, in fact, a shark pilot. 

Ruaidhri De Faoite 

When I say I am a ‘shark pilot’, it 

gets a few raised eyebrows for 

sure. It’s not a bad gig to have. I’ve 

written it down on the customs form 

when coming into New Zealand a 

few times, which is a bit of fun. 

Most of my friends are lawyers 

and accountants and things like that 

– being a shark pilot is at a pretty 

different end of the spectrum. 

I’ve mainly worked on sailing 

yachts, but when I came to 

Queenstown there weren’t too 

many opportunities in sailing. I always 

thought, before I started working 

here, that motorboats were the dark 

side, but now that I’ve turned to the 

dark side I’m not sure I’ll be going 

back anytime soon. Hook, line and 

sinker on that one. 

I got into it because I had a friend 

who was a shark pilot before me at 

Hydro Attack. They got a job here 

and one of the owners is Irish too, so 

it gave me a good foot in the door. 

Then I just didn’t leave them alone 

until they gave me a job. 

When one of the owners, Dave, 

first took me underwater and we 

were cruising along, doing side rolls, 

I was like a fish out of water. It was 

just so different from everything else 

I had done. 

We’ve had a couple of good 

reactions over the years, especially 

the ones where people don’t realise 

that the sharks go underwater! 

We often have parents who are 

pressured into it by their kids. They 

are here for a wine tour and then 

they’re dragged out to do this crazy 

shark thing. Mums, in particular, come 

across pretty well on the video and 

the photos, testing out their tonsils 

screaming as loud as they can! 

The trips we enjoy most are where 

the passenger loses it and you just 

hear them freaking out. It is definitely 

where we get our enjoyment, but 

we do have to wear earplugs – we 

couldn’t be putting up with that all 

day! 

You’ll often hear kids walking past 

going ‘Look, it’s a dolphin... or a shark’ 

and the parents are like, ‘Shut up, 

there are no dolphins or sharks in the 

lake.’ And then they see it launch up 

in the air! It’s pretty crack-up. 

Shark pilots have to train for 

100 hours. It takes 50–60 to get 

comfortable and get the dives under 

the water and the jumps going well. 

On top of that, there is all the safety 

aspects of the job. If something was 

to hit the fan, we train so we are on 

top of our game. 

We have nine pilots – the single 

shark pilots are flat out on Instagram, 

they love it! 

I’ve always said to the owners here 

that when it comes time to move on 

to another job, having ‘shark pilot’ on 

my CV should get me in the door 

– because they’ll want to know what 

that means! 



Ruaidhri De Faoite in action in 

his shark on Lake Wakatipu. 

Photo: Hydro Attack


Hannah Watkinson inside Salt 

Lane Studios in Christchurch. 

Photo: Charlie Rose Creative 

THE MULTI-TASKER 

Hannah Watkinson’s friends 

call her a ‘multi-potentialite’. If 

working on four different projects 

and two boards wasn’t enough, 

the Christchurch creative has just 

added another challenge to her list.


It does get awkward when someone asks, ‘Well, 

what do you do?’ One of the words my friends use 

to describe what I do is ‘multi-potentialite’ (not that I 

like it!). 

This morning I have been overlaying a map of the 

city’s water services with a disc golf course and the 

potential for putting an adoptable dog café and bar in 

the red zone. That is for my work with Life in Vacant 

Spaces, a Christchurch charity that pairs landowners 

with creatives. I am contracted to curate nine hectares 

in the red zone they have the licence to. I also do four 

hours a week at Three Boys Brewery doing business 

development, and I’m also a contract curator for a 

project called Art and Architecture, working with 

private developers to bring local artists into their 

developments. I also own Salt Lane Studios, a base for 

20 creatives who would otherwise work from their 

garage, kitchen table or spare room. I love, the most, 

that no two days are the same. 

My background was in starting pop-up galleries 

to give people a space to show work, because I 

was concerned, post-quake, that young or emerging 

artists didn’t have things that would make them want 

to stay here. 

We’ve been here (Salt Lane Studios) for almost a 

year now. I’ve learnt a lot in terms of owning a big old 

warehouse that leaks! I joke and say I’ve found a way 

to get my friends to pay to hang out with me. I love 

working here and I hope that people think of me as 

their friend rather than their landlord. 

I do get itchy feet if I don’t feel like I am working on 

something new or exciting. It is like your project brain 

stretches and then when you finish it doesn’t stretch back 

straight away, so you’ve got space to think about stuff. 

This year, I’m going back to Canterbury University 

to complete my Master’s of Fine Arts degree. I sat 

down and worked out, in the past five years, in the 

six different spaces I’ve operated for creatives, I’ve 

supported 80 different artists. I guess I thought maybe 

it was time to do that for myself. It feels awkward 

because I feel selfish that I am doing this just for myself 

– I’m not really good at that. But I want to finish a 

long-term project on the extraction industries of the 

West Coast. 

I think, when you are self-employed, you’ve got to 

work out the values you want to get out of it. For 

some people, it is to make more money. For me, it is 

so I have more flexibility in my life. So, I didn’t really 

get out of bed until 8am today and I hung out with my 

dog Maisie instead. 

There are certain struggles that come with getting 

caught up in the identity of the work you do. One of 

the best things someone told me recently is that the 

success or failure of your current contract is nothing to 

do with your worth. 


Hiltrun Ratz (left) works on the Otago Peninsula with little blue penguins. Photo: Blue Penguins Pukekura 

THE PENGUINOLOGIST 

Dr Hiltrun Ratz works on the Otago Peninsula watching the soap opera that is the 

Pukekura little blue penguin colony unfold. Full of divorces, recoupling and swearing, 

she has a busy job with her two-legged friends. 

don’t think I’ll ever retire. I think I’ll be hobbling around the 

I little blue penguin colony with my Zimmer frame saying to my 

colleagues, ‘Oi! Go weigh that one!’ I love it. 

I live about 10 minutes from work at Pilots Beach on the 

Otago Peninsula. I’m a penguin scientist employed by The 

Pukekura Trust, a collaboration between The Otago Peninsula 

Trust and The Korako Karetai Trust. 

In 2016, they were looking for someone to work with the 

little blue penguins. I was standing in the colony and asked, ‘Any 

idea how many penguins there are?’ The reply was, ‘Oh about 

500.’ I thought, well that will take me a week or two – yeah 

right. It took me two and a half years to get pretty much all of 

them. Then I was told there were nesting boxes. I said, ‘Oh 

good, where?’ and they said, ‘Don’t know, somewhere here. We 

put numbers on some of them.’ It turned into a treasure hunt. 

The boxes were either nailed or screwed shut, so I would have 

to pry them open, see if there were penguins in there, microchip 

them and then find another box. 

Blue penguins are little parcels of fury really. They are offended 

when I have to take them out of their box. They are very good 

at biting because they have sharp edges to their beaks, and they 

know they have this weapon in the middle of their face. They 

also scratch, growl and swear at you. The adults are little fury 

bundles, the chicks aren’t so bad because they haven’t worked 

out that their beak is a formidable weapon. Fortunately, I’ll only 

have to bother them once in their life to microchip them. 

Before the start of the breeding season, the female and male 

sit at home in their box and she says to him, ‘Honey am I fat 

enough?’ If there is a nice cold ocean, lots of fish and the female 

is getting nice and fat, they’ll start breeding. And, of course, she 

is the one that decides because she lays the eggs. She may say, 

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HOME HQ 

The home office can be a scourge of paperwork and mess. 

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40 STYLE | home 

M 

y home office and I have an intimate, early 

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sorts of attire, but generally, at 5am, pyjamas, dressing 

gown and slippers is the mode of dress. I sneak in to 

see my office as the rest of the house slumbers and, 

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There are some quite specific things I love 

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CHANGING 

THE SPACE 

An elderly factory full of Vespas has been turned into a shared workspace in 

Christchurch, with an almost transcendental feeling due to clever design. 

And it all started at a rugby club in Rio de Janeiro. 

Words Shelley Robinson Photos Charlie Rose Creative 

Qb Studios founders (from left) Alex Brennan, Tom Harding and Mike Fisher at the St Asaph Street shared workspace that was once a warehouse.

44 STYLE | architecture 

It was an old Christchurch rubber 

factory full of old Vespas and car 

parts that caught the eye of three 

treasure hunters. 

Qb Studios’ Alex Brennan, Michael 

Fisher and Tom Harding weren’t 

after the shiny and new for their third 

shared workspace building – more 

the old and charming. And a Vesparidden 

warehouse on Southwark Street 

certainly fit the bill. 

Alex is now sitting in a café-like 

cubicle in one of the shared common 

areas in the refurbished factory as 

he pauses from talking to find the 

right words. 

“We look for buildings that may have 

been forgotten or that some aspect of 

their natural character isn’t being fully 

displayed or appreciated. And we come 

in to reveal that and build a setting like 

you almost would for a jewel on a ring,” 

he says. 

He has a way with words, does Alex. 

And what a fine setting the trio 

have created. Not only has the former 

factory been transformed, but a mirror 

copy has been built seamlessly to 

enlarge it. 

The two halves create a building in 

which the new respectfully doffs its hat 

to the old. In the café, original brickwork 

– both raw and painted – combines 

with exposed trusses and an old gantry 

crane hanging from the ceiling to 

meld with the sleek modern interiors. 

The contrast of the white bricks with 

cascading greenery creates a certain 

ambience of, well, serenity. It seems 

such an odd word to use for 

a workplace. 

When you think of a traditional place 

of work, it brings to mind the horrors 

of flickering fluorescent lights (which 

someone has to hammer at with a 

broom handle), bleak rows of desks, the 

incessant sound of keyboards clicking 

and truly awful coffee bought en masse 

on some sort of trade card. 

But walking through the bright, airy 

corridors of Qb Studios has almost a 

transcendental feel to it. Roof windows 

send light streaming down through 

exposed white pillars. Where there 

would be interior walls, there are 

windows. The soaring atriums are 

a delight, with carefully considered 

features, such as a large concrete 

culvert, utilised as a plant holder, 

which ties to the concrete texture 

on the walls. 

The courtyard entrance has chilled 

inner-city vibes, with bicycles hanging 

up on brickwork beside cascading 

plants and a cheeky 1971 Alfa Romeo 

Duetto Spider. 

All the projects are designed by 

the trio of owners, right down to 

the furniture they have specifically 

manufactured. It is somewhat surprising, 

therefore, to learn that they have no 

background in design. 

Alex was once a barrister in Ireland, 

but on a trip to Rio de Janeiro he 

became rather intoxicated by the 

“cultural richness” of the country and 

decided to stay. He then met the two 

Christchurch lads at the Rio Rugby 

Club: Michael, a fifth-generation art 

dealer, and Tom, a professional rugby 

player. They were all looking for new 

opportunities, and when Michael 

and Tom talked about the container 

development they had in mind before 

the February 22, 2011 Christchurch 

earthquake scuppered their plans, they 

realised there was a shared synergy to 

create temporary buildings. 

“We took an existing system and 

turned it into a giant Meccano system 

that would be the bones of any kind of 

architectural building,” says Alex. 

After supplying the semi-permanent 

installations for use at events, mining

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camps and the like, it was time to adapt 

the system for permanent installations. 

For that, they needed somewhere 

to build a prototype, and post-quake 

Christchurch beckoned. 

The central city workforce was about 

50,000 pre-quake. After the heart of 

the city was cordoned off, it left many 

working from home or trying to find 

office space in the outer suburbs. 

There was, says Alex, a need for 

systems that could build things quickly, 

affordably and with a beautiful aesthetic. 

So they went on their first treasure 

hunt and found a building in Bernard 

Street, Addington. 

“Addington at that stage was a part 

of town really emerging in the aftermath 

as a business centre. So, we found an 

old warehouse building and, inside the 

building, we built a little small village 

using our modular construction system,” 

he says. 

It proved popular, and not just 

because of the earthquake. Globally, the 

way people were working was changing, 

says Alex. 

“I have a sense that technology, while 

it is making us in some ways more 

connected, is making us more isolated. 

This is combined with the death of 

the town square, in a way, and all the 

issues around online shopping, so there 

are fewer places where people find 

themselves getting together and walking 

side by side,” he says. 

“These kind of environments 

[workspaces] in my view are a new 

form of the town square. I think that we 

tapped into that latent desire.” 

While they were constructing 

Addington, the same change in 

workplaces was happening in New York 

and London. 

“A movement was starting in the 

way that people were working that was 

driven by this need for more flexibility 

and the need for community,” he says. 

But Christchurch was the trendsetter, 

Alex grins. 

After Addington came three 

Qb Studios in Auckland, and the 

Southwark factory project. And their 

latest project? Boutique office studios, 

with street-front retail and hospitality 

in Merivale, Papanui Rd that are due to 

open later this year. 

Anyone who starts a project knows 

that fear comes knocking. So, how did 

the trio, who came up with the idea 

while playing rugby together, manage to 

counter the fear once the after-match 

beer had worn off? 

Alex is quiet for a moment before 

he replies. 

“I think fear is really healthy. Fear in 

some ways is a gateway, and there is 

an intelligence in it. I think it is always 

important to listen to it because any 

step into the unknown comes with 

fear. But sometimes you have to step 

into the unknown anyway.” 

It wasn’t all smooth sailing, he says. 

There was a lot on the line with the 

first Addington project – everything 

they owned. 

“It feels good to transcend the fear. 

We often have decisions to make 

about new projects. Sometimes the 

intelligence of that fear tells us to 

stop. And sometimes you have to 

learn to balance it right – when to 

step into the fear, beyond it, and 

when to listen to it.”


CHANGING THE 

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Tall Poppy’s Debi Pratt knows real estate. And now she is making it 

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ART NEWS 

– CHRISTCHURCH – 

Shiraz Sadikeen Geist 1 (detail) 2019. Cast polyurethane resin, white appliance 

paint, polished hand-wrought nails. Image: Collection of the artist 

Uncomfortable Silence 

New and recent works by early career artists will 

be showcased in an exhibition provoking feelings of 

doubt and unease. Curated by artist and writer Holly 

Best, Uncomfortable Silence features works by artists 

Jayden Plank, Meg Porteous, Johanna Mechen, Ammon 

Ngakuru, Shiraz Sadikeen, Mark Schroder, Clare Logan 

and Elisabeth Pointon. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o 

Waiwhet , March 7 – July 19. 

Studio 125 Gallery: SCAPE Public Art autumn pop-up 

includes two solo shows from Heather Brown and Simon 

Kaan. 125 Aikmans Road, Merivale, March 20 – April 24. 

John Emery, Attitudes & Latitudes: Objects lift off the 

wall in a light and magical way, with John Emery’s threedimensional 

exhibition. Little River Gallery, March 7–31. 

Frances Hodgkins, European Journeys: Celebrating 

one of New Zealand’s most significant expatriate artists. 

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet , until June 1. 

– DUNEDIN – 

A Land of Granite: McCahon and Otago 

View the enduring presence of the Otago landscape in the work of 

Colin McCahon, from his earliest paintings from the late 1930s to 

his severe abstract North Otago series of the late 1960s. Together, 

these paintings and drawings offer an intimate view of McCahon’s 

Otago landscapes, and explore his position within the artistic fabric 

of the region. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, March 7 – June 28. 

Ian Scott: Colour Lattices 1986–2009: First exhibited in the late 

1970s, Ian Scott’s Lattice paintings represent a comprehensive 

engagement with modernist concepts of surface, medium and 

abstraction. Milford Galleries Dunedin, until March 17. 

Paul Cullen: Building Structures + +: A selection of works drawn 

from the artist’s estate and shown together in Dunedin for the first 

time. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, March 28 – July 12. 

Terry Stringer: The Language of Sculpture: Sculptures that 

require the viewer to interact physically in order to experience 

them fully. Milford Galleries Dunedin, until March 17. 

Michael Hight: Tributary Part 2: A homage to the South Island 

landscape, with two distinct responses to each geographical focal 

point. Milford Galleries Dunedin, March 21 – April 14. 

Chris Heaphy: Arataki: Signifiers are brought together and 

rearticulated within an alternative narrative framework. Milford 

Galleries Dunedin, March 21 – April 14. 

– QUEENSTOWN – 

Bill Burke: Southern Splendor 

Evocative landscapes capture New Zealand’s unique 

light and vibrant colours. Burke began his journey into 

creation with pen and ink while at Nelson College and 

held his first exhibition at 19 years old, before moving 

into watercolour, oils and then pastels. Central Art 

Gallery Queenstown, until March 30. 

The Earl Street Journal: A group exhibition with a 

landscape focus, textural conversation and sculpture. 

Milford Galleries Queenstown, until March 31.

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Evocative landscapes capture 

New Zealand’s unique light 

and vibrant colours. 

F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. 

Bill Burke, Changing of the Seasons, Kawarau Gorge. 

Artistic accessories 

A Louis Vuitton trunk once owned by an American 

socialite will be shown at an exhibition at London’s 

Victoria & Albert Museum, from April 25. 

Emilie Grigsby’s early 20th century trunk will feature 

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woman known to have rubbed shoulders with poet 

William Butler Yeats and sculptor Auguste Rodin. The 

trunk has stickers of Grigsby’s luxury travels on ocean 

liners like the Lusitania and Aquitania, on which she 

mingled with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. 

Also at the exhibition will be a ‘Despatch Box’ 

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Seal of England, 1558–1603. 

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54 STYLE | landscaping 

LAWN LOVE 

Devote yourself to your lawn this autumn and you will 

be living in a greener place by spring. 

Words Sue Witteman 

So, you have had a good summer on your 

lawn – the kids have played their skiddy 

games, the paddling pool has left its usual 

crop-circle of yellow grass, the dog has had 

a little dig and piddle or three and your lawn 

is looking like it needs the lawn equivalent of 

Botox, dermabrasion and perhaps a filler or 

two. It is time for some turf housekeeping, and 

what better time to do it than autumn. 

TOP-DRESSING 

This is the lawn equivalent of applying foundation to your 

face before the top layer of makeup goes on. Using a 

mixture of good topsoil (screened) and a fine sand (river 

not sea), spread this over the lawn using the back of your 

rake – work it in a bit but don’t bury the existing grass. 

Top-dressing like this fills in any undulations and forms a 

nice layer for the grass roots to grow into.

STYLE | landscaping 55 

LAWN REPAIR OR 

SOWING A NEW LAWN 

The work done now will set up your 

lawn for the rest of the year. 

Assess your lawn – if you have bare 

or weedy patches, get rid of the weeds 

if necessary and fork it over. If your soil 

is too cloddy, you will have to use a 

spade to chunk it up before using the 

fork, and if it has been compacted, you 

will need to water it before digging, 

or wait for rain to moisten it for you. 

Trying to dig dry, compacted soil is its 

own form of hell and best avoided. 

Loosen the soil up to a depth of 

10cm and rake it smooth, ensuring 

there are no hollows for water to pool 

in. If you find yourself a bit short of 

soil when you are doing your levelling, 

then bring in some screened topsoil, 

or get a lawn mix from a landscape 

supply place. 

An established lawn in the process of being repaired – newly sown grass 

seed is coming up in the bare patches. 

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When you have dug the area, smooth it 

with a rake and reduce any lumps to crumb 

size. Apply a fertiliser a week or two before 

you sow your grass seed and rake it in. 

Keep in mind the kind of lawn appropriate 

to your situation – clay or sandy, shady, kidfriendly, 

and so on – when deciding on seed. 

Sow evenly, then lightly rake the seed so there 

is some contact with the soil. Tamp it down 

with the back of the rake and gently water in. 

Keep an eye on the watering: if it is still dry, 

you may need to water twice a day. I use grass 

seed that is coated in some bird-repellent stuff 

and, for extra security, I use plastic rats stuck 

on bamboo stakes at intervals across the seed 

bed. I am not sure of its efficacy, but my last 

lawn had a good strike rate even though we 

had lots of birds in our trees. If it is a small 

area that needs to be repaired, you can buy 

a ready-made bag of fast-growing, hardy seed 

and fertiliser mixed together. 

Do a first cut when the grass is 5–7cm high, 

taking just a little bit off, say 1.5cm. An autumnsown 

lawn will put in a bit of root growth 

before the colder weather arrives, and when 

spring comes it will be ready to go. 

I must admit that I have been a bit negligent 

in the lawn-care department, but in the last 

year I have made an effort to love my lawn 

and it has paid off – it is green and healthy, 

and the annoying weeds that usually bother 

me have greatly reduced. But above all is the 

satisfaction of doing right by a living thing that 

is in my care – it’s a good feeling. 

Love your lawn by digging out any weeds that appear 

– a knife or narrow hand tool will leave a smaller hole 

in your lawn. 

Use a good-quality screened soil to top-dress or fill in any hollows. 

AUTUMN LAWN TIPS 

MOWING 

If you haven’t been using your catcher when mowing 

your lawn over the summer, now is the time to 

begin using it again. Grass clippings left lying around 

can encourage fungal disease in your lawn. Raise 

your cutting height and cut back on the frequency of 

your mowing. 

FEEDING 

Feed your lawn during autumn using a fertiliser low in 

nitrogen (low nitrogen as you don’t want quick growth 

when it’s going to be getting cold). The aim in feeding 

at this time of year is to have a thick, healthy lawn going 

into the colder weather and to have it in a good state 

when spring kicks in. Fertilising makes the lawn more 

resilient to cold stress and helps you avoid bare patches 

forming, which can lead to unwanted weed invasions. In 

addition, you can add a tonic in the form of a seaweed 

brew, which you can buy or make yourself. 

WEEDING 

You can apply lawn weed killer or try using a narrow 

hand tool. My dad could often be seen outside with his 

pocketknife, flicking out the undesirables. 

WATERING 

It pays to make a conscious effort to water in the 

morning from now on, as fungal disease can put 

in an appearance with the cooler, moister nights. 

I have noticed that when the weather starts to 

cool off, folk start to put away their hoses, but don’t 

be in a hurry to do this. The seasons don’t always 

follow the rule book and dry periods can occur, or be 

prolonged, at any time.

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 

with Tim Goom 

Goom HQ 

is on the move! 

by Goom 

After over 20 years in the iconic location of 200 

Fendalton Road, we’re relocating- and it will be 

bigger and better than ever! 

The evolution of Goom Landscapes during our 20 plus year residency 

at 200 Fendalton Road has seen us expand as a business in terms of our 

team, our services and our locations. We’ve also acquired The Little 

Big Tree Company and more recently the Christchurch Dealership of 

Compass Pools. 

The Little Big Tree Company is a nursery spread over 10 acres at 489 

Sawyers Arms Road, supplying high quality established trees and shrubs 

together with garden design and planting services. LBT aligns perfectly 

with Goom Landscapes in terms of our mission to provide exceptionally 

designed and constructed landscaping. 

Johns Rd 

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489 Sawyers Arms Rd 

Harewood 

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New Goom HQ 

Display Centre 

Papanui 

We noticed a consistent increase in enquiries from our clients 

regarding pool installations. Compass Pools is renowned for its 

durable fibreglass pools- but what really sets Compass apart from all 

other pools is the Vantage Self Cleaning System. Vantage is a unique 

water circulation system designed to reduce chemical usage, eliminate 

cold spots and keep your pool clean without the need for any other 

cleaning equipment. We were so impressed with the technology 

offered by Compass Pools, we decided to get on board and acquired 

the Christchurch dealership for Compass Pools. We’ve just completed 

the stunning new Compass Pools display centre, also at 489 Sawyers 

Arms Road. 

The synergy between Goom, LBT and Compass is clear, so when a 

property adjoining LBT became available, we jumped at the opportunity 

to be together at one location. We’re currently in the design phase for 

creating our new Goom HQ at Sawyers Arms Roads, with a planned 

grand opening mid-winter 2020. We look forward to showing off our 

fabulous new space then and in the meantime, Goom Landscapes will 

continue to seamlessly provide our highly regarded award-winning 

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IDEATION-GOM0123

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Designer Labels 

Cable Sweater, KoWToW 

Stage Sunglasses, 

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evelyn 

pleat Skirt, 

JulieTTe 

Hogan 

observer Shirt, KoWToW 

Transform Mule in Salmon, 

CHaoS & HarMony 

Willa Dress, STaple + CloTH 

Ch’lita Bag, yu Mei 

Shiny Happy people pants, CoMpany oF STrangerS 

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Attained Pant $467 and Distinction Top $427, TAYLOR

60 STYLE | fashion 

Fond of listening to podcasts 

while drinking a long black, 

The Creative is the soul in the 

workplace who embraces their 

inner creativity on the outside. 

They seamlessly merge colour, 

form and comfort. And it is quite 

likely they will not like being 

labelled because they do not like 

being put in a box. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Fearless use of bold colours, 

patterns and textures. 

Likes to play with 

schoolesque shoes, boots 

or a cheeky sneaker. 

Comfort is embraced 

through formless but bold 

silhouettes. 

Signature Print 

Dress $365, 

SALASAI

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2. 

3. 

4. 

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7. 

6. 

9. 

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10. 

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11. 

1. Moscot Lemtosh Jewel in Red $475, PARKER & CO 2. Canotier Hat $690, RHEMY 3. Utility Shirt $385, Block Socks $28, 

Block Skirt in Tomato Mix $335, NOM*D 4. Bundle Cape $399, MOOCHI 5. Knossos Coat $1139, JANE DANIELS 

6. Big Asterix Tee $150, Crisscross Dress in Black Mix $440, NOM*D 7. In-Disguise Jacket, Italian Plaid $640, In-Disguise 

Dress $395, NOM*D 8. Wynonna Jacket (in hand) $1020, Chloe Shirt $505, Wynonna Trouser $599, CAMILLA AND 

MARC 9. Observer Dress $299, KOWTOW 10. Cable Sweater $289, KOWTOW 11. Triple Wrap Bracelet $160, RHEMY 

12. Anfield Boot $309.90, MERCHANT 13. Amulet Strength Earrings $2405, MEADOWLARK


While the rest of us scramble 

feverishly around for clothes 

while running out the door, The 

Classical is the very picture of 

refined cool elegance. Audrey 

Hepburn and Chanel are their 

muses, but they do like to add a 

bit of surprise to their ensemble 

to keep everyone guessing. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Classical lines, and 

silhouettes teamed with 

luxurious feeling fabrics. 

Colours are more muted, 

but a hue surprise is often 

integrated. 

Outfit matches from 

head to toe, infused with 

personal touches for 

signature elegance. 

Copenhagen Fashion 

Week Autumn/ 

Winter 2020, 

MALENE BIRGER


2. 

4. 

3. 

6. 

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3. 

12. 

7. 

11. 

9. 

13. 

10. 

8. 

1. Trench Coat $989, HELEN CHERRY 2. Micro Pearl Bracelet $109, MEADOWLARK 3. Francesca Trench $779, 

Francesca Pant $399, CAMILLA AND MARC 4. Tie Vest $169.90, WITCHERY 5. Comfort Coat Cardi, $599, Leaf 

Boxy Top, $199, Cuff Pencil Pant, $279, UNTOUCHED WORLD 6. Prima Donna Atlas Padded Longline Bikini 

Top $173, Full Brief $97, THE FITTING ROOM 7. Yrsa Dress $395, PENNY SAGE 8. Spliced Pleat Skirt $149.90, 

WITCHERY 9. Tie Attuned Blazer $647, Molecule Mesh Undone Tunic $237, Attained Pant $467, TAYLOR 

10. Empire Heel, Choc Calf $289, KATHRYN WILSON 11. Belted Winter Pant in Black, $169.90, WITCHERY 

12. Platinum Tanzanite Engagement Ring $9885, VIA SOLLERTIA 13. Cubic Sweater $299, UNTOUCHED WORLD


The Free Spirit’s natural habitat is 

not the office. They like to make 

their own rules for their work 

life. But if they do find themselves 

accidentally tied to a desk, they’ll 

express their freedom through a 

curious mix of free-flowing colour 

fabrics, teamed with pieces we 

wish worked on us. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Statement pieces, including 

jewellery and shoes. 

Successfully mixing together 

pieces that by rights 

shouldn’t work. 

Fearless use of accessories, 

like hats. 

Metal Tie Deviation 

Shirt $427, Metal 

Counteract Skirt 

$497, TAYLOR


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13. 

1. Stripe Reprise Dress $479, Attained Pant $467, TAYLOR 2. Harp Top $299, INGRID STARNES 3. West Hat $99, MOOCHI 

4. Odyssey Coat $650, TWENTY-SEVEN NAMES 5. Yoshi Top in White Check $249, KOWTOW 6. Bibby Dress $349, 

MOOCHI 7. Inflection Dress $427, Attained Pant $467, TAYLOR 8. Fernweh Dress $450, PENNY SAGE 9. Sheer Exhibition 

Dress $597, TAYLOR 10. Stage Dress, $510, TWENTY-SEVEN NAMES 11. Medium Hoop in Gold Plate $100, Cross Pendant in 

Gold Plate $115, NIKKI ROSS 12. Manhattan Boot $419, KATHRYN WILSON 13. The Amity Necklace $349, CATHY POPE


COLOUR INFUSION 

DIRTY PINEAPPLE 

OSCAR DE LA RENTA 

MICHAEL KORS 

VERA WANG 

ARMANI 

TAORAY WANG 

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Take inspiration straight from the runways at New York and Milan fashion weeks and commit to colour. Liven up your 

work wardrobe by adding a sash, contrasting colours, prints or a statement jacket. 

GET THE LOOK 

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2. 3. 

4. 5. 

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9. 

7. 

8. 

1. V Neck Loft Knit $149.90, WITCHERY 2. Balloon Sleeve Dress $179.90, WITCHERY 3. Joan Shirt $320, Hector 

Trousers $375, Tezeta Coat $995, PENNY SAGE 4. Tube Skirt $629, GEORGIA ALICE 5. Arc Jumper $289, KOWTOW 

6. Asymmetric Hem $169.90, WITCHERY 7. Tabasco Long Boot $369.90, MERCHANT 

8. Margarita Heel $229.90, MERCHANT 9. Textured Satin Skirt $109.90, WITCHERY

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FASHION NEWS 

Words Kate Preece 

Dotty 

Entourage 

Dress 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wears a Harman Grubiša coat 

to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris (2018). 

DOWNSIZING 

They managed a Kiwi first winning the 2017/18 

International Woolmark Prize, were the Mercedes-Benz 

Presents designer for New Zealand Fashion Week 2016 

and have dressed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on 

multiple occasions, but Madeleine Harman and Jessica 

Grubiša have called time on their six-year-old high-end 

fashion brand, Harman Grubiša. 

The label behind a pair of pants the PM sported for her 

Vogue fashion shoot in 2018 was Herriot – and it’s now 

also ceasing its production of any future seasonal capsules. 

With a focus on small runs and sustainability, Wellington 

designer (and Burnside High alumni) Bron Eichbaum will 

continue to supply ‘her riot’ and ‘use less’ products to a 

Herriot “re_store”. 

Across the ditch, 31 Colette by Colette Hayman stores 

will no longer be destinations for designer handbags and 

accessories, with the Albany and New Plymouth stores 

following the pattern in New Zealand. 

FAMILY TIES 

The designer baton is being passed on to 

the next generation within the Stretton 

brand. While Annah Stretton is set to focus 

on her philanthropic efforts (through the 

Stretton Foundation), daughter Sami is the 

new general manager and co-designer. 

The designer duo have combined forces 

to created Stretton’s autumn/winter 2020 

collection, Gypsy Fair.

PJ PARTY 

Step out of the bedroom in 

fabrics handwoven in India. 

General Sleep has announced 

its first collection designed 

to be seen by more than just 

your bedfellows. The Wrap 

Set features a belted, longsleeved 

top and wide-legged 

trousers that can be mixed 

and matched with jeans or 

a wool sweater, while the 

new oversized Everyone Shirt 

could be worn 24/7. With 

fully traceable manufacturing 

and all leftover fabric turned 

into paper, it’s a brand that 

thinks ahead. 

$6795 

Everyone Shirt 

style 

noun 

elegance and sophistication. 

synonyms: flair, grace, poise, 

polish, suaveness, urbanity, 

chic, finesse, taste, class, 

comfort, luxury, affluence, 

wealth, opulence, lavishness. 

COMING SOON 

Poised to enter the Auckland 

market in March is Cos (part 

of the H&M Group). 

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THE SECRET TO BEAUTIFUL EYES 

Style takes a trip around the regions to find those bringing out our best features. 

CHRISTCHURCH 

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For a fuller more seductive look, 

our semi-permanent lash extensions 

will add a natural looking vitality to 

your look, for a youthful brightness 

like you’ve never seen before. 

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Red Beauty 

Cosmetic tattooing makes your 

eyeliner as subtle or dramatic as you 

like and your eyebrows complete 

with a soft powder or feather stroke, 

for a more natural look 

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Forme Spa & Wellbeing 

Refresh & Rejuvenate your eyes with 

an eye treatment add-on to your 

facial. Choose the hydrating Shut Eye 

treatment $19 or the cooling and 

firming Refreshing Eye Pads $29 

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An iCurl® Lash Lift not only removes 

the need to curl your lashes daily but 

makes your lashes appear fuller and 

longer. Safe and semi-permanent. 

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Revive Beauty Therapy 

Wake up with beautifully defined 

eyebrows shaped to suit your face 

and flawless eyeliner that will never 

smudge or run, with microblading semipermanent 

tattooing. 

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House of Beaute 

Lash lifting safely curls the upper 

eyelashes for 6+ weeks and naturally 

enhances your eye shape. Lashes remain 

curled and lifted even when wet. 

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72 STYLE | beauty 

BEAUTY NEWS 

Words Kate Preece 

WATER CONSERVATION 

We all know you should wash your face 

twice daily, but good intentions can go 

out the window when holiday mode 

strikes. So, something to consider adding 

to the beauty bag is Ultraceuticals Ultra 

B2 Micellar Solution ($49), as it doesn’t 

need water to clear your skin of impurities 

and makeup. Micellar water contains 

micelles (tiny cleansing molecules) that 

just love dirt and excess sebum, drawing 

it away from the skin without drying out 

your skin. With this product, while these 

little blighters are doing their thing, your 

skin is refreshed with a dose of vitamin 

B3, provitamin B5 and cucumber extract, 

with no guest appearances from parabens, 

soap or alcohol. 

RAW! 

A Kiwi and an Australian 

went to a beauty bar… 

and concocted a range 

that is natural, vegan 

and cruelty-free. As 

well as the essentials 

(cleanser, toner and 

moisturiser), there are 

treats and serums in a 

wide selection. Already 

the two-year-old brand 

has scooped three 2019 

Beauty Shortlist Awards, 

taking out Best Face Mask 

(natural) for Canvas: 

Resurfacing AHA & 

BHA Treatment ($68). 

Designed to combat 

congested pores 

and deeply hydrate, 

it is left on the skin 

for 15 minutes then 

washed off to reveal 

instantly smoother skin. 

A new fave!

STYLE | beauty 73 

EYE SPY 

There are a couple of good reasons why the eyes 

have it, when it comes to ageing. The skin around 

your eyes is 10 times thinner than that which covers 

the rest of your face and this same area is under 

constant strain due to it hosting the body’s most 

frequently used muscles too. It makes sense that this 

fragile area should receive some serious attention if 

we think we are going to fend off the effects of the 

screen-squint and the incredulous face-scrunch. 

Dermalogica has just released a new product to 

support those tired eyes. BioLumin-C Eye Serum 

($136) uses vitamin C to help “fight oxidative stress, 

brighten, and firm”. It also contains the likes of arjun 

tree and micro-algae extracts, tremella and poria 

mushroom, and chia seed oil, which culminate to 

moisturise, smooth and boost the resilence of the skin. 

In a handy dropper-like applicator, the product is 

lightweight and easy to use, not clogging pores or 

creating any uneasy feeling. Applied morning and night, 

it is an easy, feel-good addition to the skincare routine 

combating any impending puff. 

MEGA MECCA 

Our fellow beauty fans in Sydney 

are rubbing their perfectly 

manicured hands together with 

the news that they’re set to have 

the biggest beauty store in the 

southern hemisphere. Mecca has 

announced that in the second half 

of 2020 it will be opening its 115th 

store across 1200sqm – three 

levels of the Gowings building 

(45 Market Street), currently 

home to Topshop. The beauty 

giant will transform the space into 

an architecturally designed arena 

for all your favourite brands, with 

an entire level devoted to beauty 

experiences and brand immersions. 

HAIR REPAIR 

How did your hair stand up to the test of 

summer? Evo’s Ritual Salvation Repairing 

Shampoo is a sulphate-free hair wash that 

cleans without stripping the hair of all its 

goodness – something that’s important 

year-round. Designed to make hair 

stronger and more manageable, it was 

a hit in our household over the holidays 

when visiting teenagers frequently stole 

it from my bathroom. Paired with its 

partnering conditioner, the set has ensured 

my locks have stayed lush. I’m even 

finding I don’t have to do the usual twiceshampoo 

ritual.

74 STYLE | wellbeing 

SET ME FREE 

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You’re tracking your boss across the office as you scroll 

through your social media feed. It’s 9.30am and you 

started at 9am. There’s oodles of work to do, but none of it 

appeals. You are daydreaming far too much about writing your 

resignation letter. 

To top it off, you ran out of time to shower because you 

stayed in bed until the last minute. You had friends over on a 

school night (consuming a few too many vinos, predominantly 

to push down those feelings of how dissatisfied you feel) and 

suspect they’re sick of hearing about how uninspired you are 

by your current nine-to-five. 

You need a change and only you can do it. And yes, it may 

feel uncomfortable, but you simply can’t continue like this – 

what could you be missing out on? 

The invisible binds 

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it is time to cut those invisible binds. Society impresses on us 

the importance of having a good job so we can display our 

success to others, but if prestige is the only reason you are at 

your job, it will start to get hollow very quickly. Identifying the 

invisible binds that keep you in a career is a good starting point 

to begin on the path towards setting yourself free to explore an 

alternative direction. 

Excitement as your gauge 

That’s all fine and dandy, I hear you say, but I don’t actually 

know what I want to do. This is very common. We have so 

much choice in this modern age that it can cause decision 

paralysis. Try answering the following questions: What am 

I doing when I feel excited? If money was no object, what 

would I do? If fear was not in the equation, what would I do? 

How do I want to spend my day? What do I want to feel in 

my life? Let the answers flow – don’t engage that overthinking 

mind. Allow the answers to surprise you. 

‘What-ifs’ and ‘blurts’ 

After finding the answer to the questions, you’ll likely get a 

hefty bout of the ‘what-ifs’ and the ‘blurts’. What if I can’t pay 

my rent/mortgage if I leave this job? What if I fail? What if my 

parents/friends think less of me? Recognise this for what it is. 

Fear. And its job is to keep you small and safe. What if you 

succeed? Think of that life. List your self-limiting blurts and 

then underneath rewrite them in a positive way. The blurts 

will continue to leap out when you are planning, but just keep 

rewriting them as positives. When we are transitioning to 

something new, there is that period of uncertainty and it feels 

mighty uncomfortable. Push through. You can do this. 

Make a decision 

You may get stuck churning your wheels in the mud with 

possibility – or you may suddenly decide your job isn’t so bad 

after all. Choose to let excitement lead you. Talk to an honest 

friend and make some time with your boss to determine what 

your options are. You might not be seeing the potential that’s 

in front of you or be out of the loop for opportunities that 

may be on the horizon. 

Life is meant to be fun, despite what we are led to believe, 

and you can empower yourself to create a beautiful life. 

When we are transitioning to 

something new, there is that 

period of uncertainty and it 

feels mighty uncomfortable. 

Push through. You can do this. 

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MYSTERY, 

MYSTIQUE, ALLURE 

Justine Tyerman sees the light at Machu Picchu. 

ABOVE: The distinctive rhinoceros horn-shaped Wayna Picchu (also known as Huayna Picchu) towers above the ancient city.

STYLE | travel 79 

The colourful markets at Aguas Calientes, where we disembarked near the foot of Machu Picchu mountain. 

It was such a simple gesture, but one I’ll always treasure. A 

Chilean lady was gazing at the sun with a look of wonder and 

astonishment on her face. She was wearing 3D sunglasses and 

her expression suggested she had just glimpsed the gates of 

heaven. As I passed by, she held out the sunglasses to me and 

pointed at the sun. I put them on, turned towards the sun and 

gasped. 

A solar eclipse was underway... at Machu Picchu... at the 

Temple of the Sun. 

The Chilean lady and her husband had come all the way 

from Santiago to Peru, armed with special glasses to witness 

the eclipse at the legendary ‘City of the Incas’ – but I just 

happened to be there on the right day at the right time 

standing beside a lady with 3D glasses. The sight of the sun 

obscured by a black sickle-shaped shadow was spine-tingling. 

It was one of many moments of utter disbelief for me that 

afternoon as I followed our guide around the vast Inca citadel, 

incredulous that, after years of yearning, I was actually there. 

Had it not been for photographic evidence, I might still believe 

the entire experience to be a fantasy. 

The day began early at Poroy train station in Cusco, where 

we boarded Great Train Journeys’ Belmond Hiram Bingham for 

the three-hour, 20-minute journey to Aguas Calientes at the 

foot of Machu Picchu. The trip on the luxury train through the 

Sacred Valley of the Incas added to the magic. The champagne, 

lavish lunch and entertainment helped too! 

After 112km, the train reached its final destination at Aguas 

Calientes, where a coach was waiting to take us up the narrow, 

zigzag road to the citadel. 

When I dared to look down, I could see the railway track 

running alongside the Urubamba River and the mountains rising 

perpendicularly from the valley floor, their heads in the mist. 

My pulse was racing by the time we reached the entrance to 

the historical site. The stars and, as it turned out, the sun were 

well-aligned for a perfect day. The winter sky was cloudless, the 

temperatures mild, I’d adjusted to the high altitude, the crowds 

were manageable (thanks to a new system of limiting the 

number of people allowed on the site at any given time) and I 

was well-prepared for the experience of a lifetime, having done 

some reading in advance. 

To begin with, we climbed steps and pathways for 20–30 

minutes to gain an elevated perspective of the entire site, and 

grasp the impact that first glimpse would have on hikers as they 

came over the ridge after four days on the Camino Inca. 

From above, you see the full extent of Machu Picchu and 

the surrounding terrain. It’s a spectacular, heart-stopping sight. I 

had a sense of disbelief that the genius of Inca architecture and 

engineering, and one of the most famous archaeological sites 

on the planet, lay literally at my feet. 

The Incas built the citadel in the 15th century (1450 to 

1460) on the most improbable of sites – a long narrow ridge 

between the mountains of Machu Picchu and the rhinoceros 

horn-shaped Wayna Picchu (also known as Huayna Picchu), 

2430m above the valley floor. 

On three sides of the ridge there are sheer drops to the 

valley floor below, where the Urubamba River coils around the 

foot of the mountains like a snake. 

At the southern end of the city, the Incas cut giant steps


View of the summit of Wayna Picchu (also known as Huayna Picchu) from Machu Picchu. 

A llama at Machu Picchu’s Main Plaza. 

into the mountainside to allow the planting and cultivation of 

crops such as quinoa, maize and potatoes. These broad terraces 

(andenerias) supported by sturdy stone walls also stabilised the 

steep hillsides and facilitated drainage. They are now home to 

llamas that roam freely around the ruins, much to the delight of 

visitors. 

The city itself is divided into zones, with around 140 buildings 

and more than 100 flights of stone steps – the Sacred District, 

where many important temples are located; the District of 

Priests and Nobility, where dwellings of superior architecture, 

stonework and size are found; and the Popular District, where 

those who served the nobles and priests lived in more modest 

homes. 

The various levels are connected by flights of stone stairs still 

in excellent condition after centuries. 

For the next few hours we explored the temples, plazas, 

dwellings and terraces of the citadel, walking the ancient 

pathways and steps the Incas once trod. 

A keen reader of information boards, at first I found it odd 

there was little signage apart from arrows pointing us in the right 

direction. It certainly made for a less cluttered site, but unless 

you have a guide and have done some research, Machu Picchu 

can be quite bewildering. I had the benefit of both, but the 

experience still stretched my imagination to its limits. 

The houses are set apart by the style of architecture. The 

Casa Del Inka, the Inca king’s dwelling, is a masterpiece of 

stonemasonry. The rocks are meticulously carved, polished 

smooth and fitted so tightly together you can’t slide a sheet of 

paper between them. The walls, like most Inca structures, tilt


Evidence of the astonishing skill of the Inca stonemasons is visible everywhere. 

inwards to stabilise them against all-too-frequent earthquakes. 

The king had a garden, a private bath and even his own toilet 

– the only private facility on the site. 

I traced the flawless joins in the rock with my fingers, 

wondering what secrets they could reveal about Inca life. If 

rocks could talk... 

The homes of commoners also had impressive stonework, 

but the workmanship was not quite so perfect. 

The semicircular Temple of the Sun, next to the king’s house, 

is one of the most important structures at Machu Picchu. Inti, 

the sun god, was the chief deity of the Inca people. The interior 

of the temple is a small space that only priests and nobles were 

permitted to enter. At the centre there’s a rock that probably 

served as an altar. The windows of the temple are perfectly 

aligned to the summer and winter solstices. It was near here we 

met the lovely Chilean lady and observed the solar eclipse. 

Beneath the temple, there’s a little natural cave that possibly 

served as a royal mausoleum, but its true purpose remains a 

topic of conjecture, like many of the structures at Machu Picchu. 

One of the most sacred places at Machu Picchu is 

Intihuatana, known as ‘the Hitching Post of the Sun’, a stone 

the Inca believed helped to hold the sun in place and keep it 

on its correct path. It was most likely used for astronomical 

observations. 

The Main or Principal Temple, so named due to its large 

size and prominent location on the Sacred Plaza, is where 

archaeologists believe large ceremonies would have taken place. 

Nearby, the Temple of the Three Windows overlooks the 

mountains, with windows aligned to the sunrise. 

I traced the flawless joins in the rock 

with my fingers, wondering what 

secrets they could reveal about Inca 

life. If rocks could talk... 

Intihuatana stone, or ‘the Hitching Post of the Sun’.


The Incas constructed 

extensive terracing 

to stablise the steep 

hillsides and allow the 

cultivation of crops.


Mist adds to the mystique of the ancient Inca citadel. 

At the far end of Machu Picchu lies the Sacred Stone, a 

massive hunk of granite near the foot of Wayna Picchu. The 

stone is the same shape as the mountain behind it and was 

possibly a place of mountain worship. 

The complex was well supplied with water sources, 

which the Inca directed via a series of channels for human 

and agriculture uses. The whole city is crisscrossed with an 

ingenious underground drainage system that still works today 

to funnel away rain water during heavy downpours. An 

astonishing feat. 

After the city was abandoned in the 16th century (around 

1572) for reasons unknown, the Andean jungle gradually 

reclaimed the land and the site remained hidden from the 

world for the next 400 years. 

The Spaniards never found Machu Picchu, so the structure 

remained remarkably intact until an American historian and 

explorer by the name of Hiram Bingham III rediscovered the 

ancient site in 1911. 

Bingham and his policeman-interpreter, searching for treasure 

rumoured to have been hidden from the Spanish conquerors 

by the Inca Manco Capac II, chanced upon a local farmer 

named Melchor Arteaga, who described extensive ruins at ‘Old 

Mountain’, or Machu Picchu in the Quechua language. 

On the morning of July 24, 1911, the party climbed up the 

steep mountainside in the rain and found a hut occupied by 

peasants who were growing crops there. A small boy was 

deputised to show Bingham around. 

In his book, Lost City of the Incas, published in 1948, Bingham 

describes a scene that “took his breath away”. 

“An unexpected sight, a great flight of beautifully constructed 

stone terraces, perhaps a hundred of them, each hundreds of 

feet long and 10 feet high ... suddenly I found myself confronted 

with the walls of ruined houses built of the finest quality of 

Inca stonework.” The ruins were overgrown by trees and vines 

and moss but the white granite walls were “carefully cut and 

exquisitely fitted together” ... the scene “fairly took my breath 

away.” 

Bingham mistakenly believed he had discovered Vilcabamba, 

the ‘Lost City of the Incas’, the last refuge of the Inca Empire 

before it fell to the Spanish conquerors in 1572. 

It was not Vilcabamba, but the ruins he stumbled upon that 

day became one of the most important archaeological sites on 

the planet, one of the Great (New) Wonders of the World 

and a UNESCO World Heritage treasure. 

Over the decades, many theories have been posited as to 

the role played by Machu Picchu. 

Archaeologists now believe the complex to have been the 

mountain retreat of the great Incan emperor Pachacutec and 

his nobles, priests and servants. Known as ‘He who Shakes the 

Earth’, Pachacutec lived from 1438 to 1471. 

Scholars also agree that Machu Picchu was a sacred place 

where the Incas worshipped their gods and observed the 

cosmos, the weather and astronomical phenomena. The 

Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Three Windows and the 

Intihuatana are among structures dedicated to Inti, the sun god. 

The architecture there is perfectly aligned with the position of 

the sun and stars throughout the year. 

The discovery of 170 skeletons at Machu Picchu, of which


Temple of the High Priest of the Sun in the religious quarters. 

150 were female, gave rise to the theory that it was a place 

where young virgins were consecrated to Inti and chosen to 

serve the Incas. 

Also unclear is the reason the Incas abandoned Machu 

Picchu in the 16th century – the Spaniards never found it, 

so one theory is that the city may have been struck by an 

epidemic such as smallpox that killed much of the population, 

forcing others to flee. Or that the Inca Civil War waged 

between the brothers Huascar and Atahualpa from 1527–1532 

may have undermined the supply of food to the city. 

The truth may never be known. 

After four or five hours at the site I had more questions than 

answers, but for me the mystery added to the mystique and 

allure of Machu Picchu. In a world obsessed with knowing and 

understanding all things, there is nothing more intriguing than 

an unsolved puzzle. 

Some believe Machu Picchu embodies spiritual or 

metaphysical powers. There is certainly an undefinable aura 

about the place that awakens a heightened sense of awareness 

and inspires philosophical thoughts about time and space, 

astrology, the cosmos. 

I wanted to stand still and absorb the energy, the genius, 

the magnetism and the inherent spirituality of the place. And 

also grasp the reality of how it was to create those magnificent 

structures, and to live there. I tried to envisage the city alive 

with people 500 years ago, craftsmen manoeuvring and shaping 

the massive rocks, priests worshipping at the Temple of the 

Sun and large gatherings at the Sacred Plaza. My 21st-century 

brain could not comprehend how such a city could have 

been built without the aid of metal tools or the wheel. I can 

understand how some believed it was the work of supernatural 

forces. 

As Bingham said: “In the variety of its charms and the power 

of its spell, I know of no place in the world which can compare 

with it.” 

I could have spent days exploring Machu Picchu but there 

are time limits on the admission tickets, a necessary measure to 

cope with the vast numbers who visit the site. It’s just as well. I 

might still be there. 

As I closed my eyes that night, images of the day were on 

constant replay inside my head. 

An ancient stone city built on the most absurdly inaccessible 

of sites surrounded by precipices and encircled by dark green 

mountains rising abruptly from the valley floor; the wise old 

face of Wayna Picchu, all-knowing, all-seeing, an enigma 

shrouded in mist and mystery. I also thought of the kind 

Chilean lady who enabled me to witness a solar eclipse... in the 

presence of Inti, the Inca sun god.


your local Machu Picchu sPecialists 

Sarah Crowe from House of Travel – High Street Lanes shares her expertise. 

How far in advance do I need to book 

to do the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu? 

Inca Trail permits are sold out at 

least six to nine months in advance. 

Only 500 permits are issued per day. 

February is closed for maintenance and 

clean-up, and the rainy season is from 

January through to March. Any time 

after this works well. 

What are the accommodation options? 

There is a range of authentic 

properties from 3-star small boutique 

hotels with dinky courtyards to a 

5-star luxury hotel that sits right at the 

entrance to Machu Picchu. 

Any tips for avoiding crowds? 

Earliest is best. Staying at the only hotel 

that offers exclusive entrance would be 

the best way to absorb this stunning 

Wonder of the World without the 

crowds. Walking the four-day Inca Trail 

gives you amazing views at sunrise and 

early access to Machu Picchu also. 

Other than the Inca Trail, are there 

other ways to explore the area? 

If you would prefer to stay in local 

lodges, rather than camping on the 

Inca Trail, there is the four-day 

Lares and the five-day Salkantay trails 

that are very scenic and are much 

less populated. 

How much fitness is required to see 

Machu Picchu? 

So long as you can walk up some steps, 

then anyone can see it. There are buses 

that take you to the base of Machu 

Picchu and it’s right there. 

Even elderly people with walking sticks 

can see Machu Picchu with someone 

assisting them up the steps. 

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CHANGING PACE 

Chef Andrew Brown has worked in hospitality for 30 years, both in New Zealand 

and around the world. He discusses fish bins, school days and kitchen bullies. 

What are you up to these days? 

I’ve got Little Fish Co. at Riverside Market. Our gig is direct-tomarket 

products. It’s something a bit new for me. I’ve been in 

hospitality for 30 years and now I’m lugging around fish bins. 

We do fresh seafood, real cool grab-and-go cold items. And we 

do old-school fish and chips and do some new off-the-cuff chef 

stuff food. I also work at United Fisheries. At The Food Show, 

I’m doing a focus on seafood. It’s become a bit of an alternative 

protein for people who don’t want red meat. We’ll probably do 

a recipe and something to try and take away. 

What were you like at school? 

I would say I was above average but was school for me? No, 

it wasn’t. I’m not an academic, I sit in that creative spectrum. I 

left school at 15. I was probably a bit entrepreneurial in a way 

because I got a job cleaning windows, built up a client base and 

then bought a van and started doing my own thing. I moved 

to Hokitika and got a job as a kitchenhand in a little French 

restaurant, and then got offered an apprenticeship. After that, 

I studied at polytech. In my final year, I got a part-time job at 

the Sign of the Takahe. They were super busy. In Hokitika, I 

was working in a two- to three-man kitchen doing 30 covers a 

night, and I go to this other place and it’s hundreds of people for 

breakfast, lunch and dinner. I really liked it. 

What is the most important lesson you’ve learned? 

The biggest lesson in life is how you treat people. I’ve managed 

multi-outlets, high-end performance catering teams, hotels at 

the top end of my game. Kitchens are synonymous with bullies, 

anger and threats. Gordon Ramsay became famous for throwing 

stuff at people and swearing. I think you create a culture that is 

conducive to the whole team moving in the same direction. You 

want to share your passion with people who want to follow you 

because they love what is happening and where you are going. 

What would we cook you for dinner? 

I love the fact that someone goes to the effort. Anyone who 

does something nice and special for you deserves your time, 

respect and thanks. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter 

what it is, it is how it is delivered to you. I’ve eaten at some of 

the best restaurants in the world and technically they are good. 

But are they the best meals I’ve had? I’ve had better meals with 

friends and family. I’ve sat at a little noodle bar in Tokyo and no 

one spoke English and had an amazing experience. 

You want to share your 

passion with people who want 

to follow you because they 

love what is happening and 

where you are going. 

See Andrew Brown and more inspiring foodies at The Food Show, April 3–5, Horncastle Arena. foodshow.co.nz

88 STYLE | food 

FOOD FINDS 

From eatery updates to delicious dishes, we provide 

the scoop on the latest taste sensations. 

OPEN FOR BUSINESS 

Crockett (122 Oxford Terrace) is a modern 

take on a saloon – rugged yet refined. 

Named after infamous Texan Davy Crockett, 

the elaborate bar is home to 200 or so 

whiskies plus an extensive cocktail list. The 

menu is full of shared plates and meaty 

favourites cooked in a charcoal oven. 

LUNCH INSPO 

The folks at Roll & Bowl (EntX, 617 Colombo 

Street) have married together Asian and 

Pacific cuisine, with a touch of Mexican just for 

kicks. Meet the sushi burrito! It’s an on-the-go 

meal that’s filling, healthy and fresh – and fully 

customisable to your tastes, from the type of 

rice through to the array of toppings. 

GOOD EATING 

Piko Wholefoods (229 Kilmore Street) bowls remain 

our favourite for light, fresh lunches during the warmer 

months. The version pictured features lentils, a selection 

of colourful veggies and healthy romaine lettuce. 

UNTOUCHED WORLD 

Much more than your average omelette, this divine 

protein-powered gem from Untouched World Kitchen 

(155 Roydvale Avenue) is packed with hearty goodness. 

Mexican-style black beans meet spinach, courgettes and 

cheese, topped with sour cream, tomato salsa, nuts and 

seeds to boost you through the day.

STYLE | food 89 

WHO’S COOKING? 

If you love baking and cake decorating, you can’t 

miss Bernadette Gee’s debut at The Christchurch 

Food Show. The author of the best-selling 

book, Magnolia Kitchen, Bernadette is hilariously 

authentic, while baking creations that look more 

like edible art. Catch Food Show favourites in 

the NEFF Cooking Theatre, including Nadia Lim, 

Jax Hamilton, Annabelle White and MasterChef 

winners Karena and Kasey Bird. The Food Show 

really has all the ingredients for a great day out. 

FRESH ON THE PLATE 

It’s the last few weeks before The Berry 

Shop (434 Sawyers Arms Road) closes for 

the season. Get your real fruit ice cream 

and berry fix before the end of March. 

Roll & Bowl 

AROUND THE WORLD WITH... 

Hanoi Old Quarter (EntX, 617 Colombo Street). 

Get your Vietnamese fix of goi (salad), pho (noodle 

soup), banh mi (filled baguettes) and more. 

AFTER FIVE 

You can usually find us at Cellar Door 

(1 Hereford Street) at The Arts Centre 

for wine flights. The gorgeous space 

spills out into the courtyard, ideal for a 

summer wine and cheese. We highly 

recommend trying their rosé flight.

90 STYLE | food 

GO BACK TO… 

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, Sweet Soul Patisserie 

(126 Cashel Street) needs to be on your list. Pop 

over for an afternoon snack or to pick up desserts 

for that dinner party you’re going to. With their 

rotating menu of delightful delicacies, everything 

is seasonal, freshly made and absolutely beautiful. 

They make some of the best matcha lattes in town. 

IN THE PANTRY 

One of our favourite collaborations to 

date is Six Barrel Soda x Twenty-Seven 

Names’ rose lemonade. Simply mix with 

sparkling water and you’ve got yourself 

the perfect summer beverage. Available 

at Ballantynes, each bottle makes 

approximately 15 drinks. 

3 O’CLOCK FLAVOUR 

SAVIOUR 

Firm local favourite, Cakes by Anna 

has officially moved into the central 

city. She’s teamed up with Bunch 

Floral at 149 High Street to create the 

ultimate one-stop-shop. Cakes are 

made to order, so you can place your 

order for cake and flowers, then pop 

in to pick everything up. Sounds like a 

dream team to us.


FRIENDSHIP: A RECIPE 

FOR SUCCESS 

Recognise Fisherman’s Wharf owner PJ Gemmell and head chef Rob Dickey 

from My Restaurant Rules? We talk shop with PJ about what they have 

learned on their journey to success. 

We’ve seen Rob and yourself on My Restaurant Rules, but 

where did the story begin? 

I bought into the business in October 2016, though at the 

time I didn’t think I really wanted to own my own business. 

But here we go some three and a half years later! And I 

just love it. But at the time it was not running at its best. 

Hours were not regular, the food lacked consistency and it 

didn’t have a great following. But the team was great and 

we offered them all jobs. However, there was one main 

element missing – a head chef. Through word of mouth, I 

heard about Rob. I had never met him before but I knew 

about some of the well-known places where he had worked 

so I was keen to meet him. Rob and I had the chat and he 

was keen to give Fisherman’s Wharf a go. 

What have you learned along the way? 

Lots! People really love fresh New Zealand seafood. And 

people seem to go and dine as a social thing to spend time 

with friends. It was different when we were younger. Going 

out for dinner was a real treat and saved for a very special 

occasion. 

Over the years, Rob and I have learned that we have 

some shared synergies, such as a large respect for others, 

including our staff and customers. 

What goes on behind the scenes to create your dishes? 

It’s an open book. Ideas flow around the kitchen and if we’re 

stuck there’s always the ol’ family favourites or granny’s 

recipes. 

What did you learn about each other on My Restaurant 

Rules that you didn’t know before? 

We are quite similar in some ways, like our humbleness, 

integrity and sense of fairness. It was great to share the 

experience with someone you respect. We developed a 

really cool friendship. 

If you had one piece of advice to those starting out in the 

industry what would it be? 

Do your homework and be prepared to work hard as the 

industry is very demanding. It is a huge balancing act and you 

don’t always get it right. But try your best at all times. Don’t 

rely on other people to run your business – be hands-on. 

And don’t take to heart the negative social media. It can 

hurt, but it’s not worth the energy to take on negativity 

when you know you do your best – save your best energy 

for your business. 

“Rob and I have learned that 

we have some shared synergies, 

such as a large respect for others, 

including our staff and customers.” 

fishermanswharf.nz

92 STYLE | motoring 

LET YOUR 

HAIR DOWN 

Remember those scorching days of summer? Kate Preece keeps the memories 

alive in a super-hot Mini Cooper S Convertible. 

Photos Charlie Rose Creative 

Kate wears Yuma Singlet in Silk Crepe de Chine $345, Delphi Skirt in Italian Printed Mesh $699 and Danon Silver Beaten Disk 

Necklace $399, Jane Daniels; Hair: Libby, Vivo Hair Salon, The Colombo; Makeup: Renuka, Benefit Cosmetics, Ballantynes

STYLE | motoring 93 

I 

’ll never forget the time I picked 

a hitchhiker up in Glendhu Bay in 

my Mazda MX-5. It was the summer 

holidays and my friend and I had taken 

the wee car on a camping trip around 

the South Island. While this in itself 

might seem a small feat, imagine fitting 

a third passenger into the two-seater. 

With the soft top down, our hitchhiker 

sat on chrome bars behind the seat 

and all I could see in my rear-view 

mirror was his shirtless self. 

Fast-forward a decade or two and 

the passengers who joined me in 

the Mini Cooper S convertible were 

my two children. They fit easily 

– and legally – in the four-seater, and 

appreciated the canvas top as much 

as I did. 

The roof opens and closes with 

an 18-second hold of a switch. 

Remembering the times I had to get 

out of the old MX-5 and manually 

heave up the roof when our darling 

Christchurch climes changed, this was 

priceless. The test model even featured 

a Union Jack pattern interwoven 

into the canvas, complementing the 

rear LED lights that also feature this 

symbolic nod to the marque’s heritage. 

The Mini’s dinner-plate-sized central 

dial made me smile. It wasn’t the 

speedometer I had encountered 

in pre-2014 models, now hosting 

a touchscreen where the usual 

suspects hang out. For me, the rotary 

dial by the handbrake was more 

straightforward to operate – mostly 

as it’s the same as that found in 

BMWs, the aspect that displays the 

familial connection most blatantly. 

There are just some things that you 

can’t beat in a small vehicle. Every 

corner was a dream as I made my way 

around Lyttelton Harbour. I would 

never get sick of the accompanying 

growl that ensued when the engine 

opened up, kicking in when you pushed 

through out the other side. 

The nine-year-old was more 

occupied by the stereo, which also 

received a double thumbs-up. The 

12-speaker Harman Kardon HiFi 

system meant she was busy scrolling 

past any radio host voices to seek 

another turn-it-up tune. The option of 

switching to Spotify is there, of course, 

as is having six CDs on heavy rotation. 

Much like the Mazda, this car is not 

made for carting your life’s possessions 

around with you. The Mini’s boot 

capacity is 215 litres (160 litres when 

the roof is open), though you can pop 

the back seats down flat and rest up 

to 80kg on the open tailgate. There’s 

certainly no room for a spare, but 

running on 17" runflat tyres, you’ll make 

it safely to a dealer should a puncture 

pierce your travel bubble. 

There are ISO points to support child 

seats, and a booster seat fitted well in 

the back seat. However, if you want to 

have the wind deflector (stored in the 

boot) in place for top-down calm, you’ll 

have to leave passengers three and 

four at home – the foldable accessory 

fits into place behind the front seats. 

The zippy Mini Cooper S won me 

over because it epitomises everything 

that is fun about driving. It’s a little bit 

quirky, a whole lot cool and even has 

room for a hitchhiker or two. 

2020 MINI COOPER S 

CONVERTIBLE 

LIKES: 

That the convertible top has a 

‘sunroof’ mode, opening a 40cm gap. 

There’s a button that puts all 

windows up or down at once. 

The wireless charge station is 

tucked away within the armrest, 

so your phone is out of sight. 

DISLIKES: 

The boot’s ‘Easy Load’ system that 

lifts the soft top (making the opening 

taller), is a manual two-hand job 

that’s fiddly for what it achieves. 

VEHICLE SIZE: 

Length 3850mm; width 1727mm; 

height 1415mm 

SAFETY RATING: 

ANCAP 3 stars 

FUEL TANK CAPACITY: 

44 litres 

FUEL CONSUMPTION: 

5 out of 6 stars; 6.5l/100km 

ENGINE: 

4-cylinder, 1998cc, petrol 

TRANSMISSION: 

7-speed automatic (standard 

6-speed manual) 

IMPORTANT NUMBERS: 

141kW, 280Nm; 0–100km/h 7.2sec 

From $55,770+ORC

“ELEGANCE 

IS WHEN THE 

INSIDE IS AS 

BEAUTIFUL AS 

THE OUTSIDE” 

COCO CHANEL 

MCKENZIE & WILLIS 

DESIGN STORE 

RE-OPENS 

T 

he new-look McKenzie & Willis refurbished 

Christchurch showroom held its grand reopening, 

where guests explored the new design 

store and enjoyed canapes whilst sampling 

delicious 27 Seconds wines.

1 

2 3 

POP UP PENGUINS 

6 

Wild in Art NZ, in partnership with Harcourts, 

launched their second art trail for 

Christchurch – Pop Up Penguins, in the stunning 

Turanga. Guests were invited to join the “waddle” 

and support the trail that will arrive in our city in 

September. The penguins will be sold at the end of 

the year to support Cholmondeley Children’s Centre. 

Photos: Dice Sales Photography 

5 4 

1. Arron Perriam; 2. Jane Broughton; 3. Tanya Cooke, Don MacKenzie, Andre Hofenk; 4. Bridget Gabites; 5. Charlie Langhorne; 6. Alex Skinner. 

ARE YOU CAMERA READY? 

There’s a very good chance 

you’ve seen our work. 

But you would never know. 

For a personal consultation at no charge, 

please call 03 363 8810 

145 Innes Rd, Merivale 

(Corner of Rutland St and Innes Rd) 

www.facevalue.co.nz

2020 MERCEDES 

TROPHY GOLF DAY 

T 

he annual Armstrong Prestige Christchurch 

Mercedes Trophy Golf Day, hosted at Clearwater 

Golf Club, attracted over 80 golfers. The tournament 

hosted a full field of Mercedes-Benz owners and VIP 

guests, with the overall winners announced as Maria 

Lee (Division A) and Wendy Timbs (Division B). 

FRAME YOUR FACE 

Brow artistry available now with 

Sarah Mathieson 

Beautiful, natural looking brows 

to enhance your natural beauty. 

For appointment time, please 

call 03 363 8810 



www.facevalue.co.nz

FACE VALUE OPENS 

NEW CLINIC 

Clients joined the team at Face Value to 

celebrate the opening of their new Merivale 

clinic. Finger food, gift bags, bubbly and live music 

by Mandy Pickering set the mood and a lucky guest 

walked away with a Skinbetter Science skin care 

package valued at $850 and a $300 Face Value 

gift voucher. 

Photos: Olivia Woodward 

LOVE YOUR SKIN 

MARCH EXCLUSIVE 

Aquapure Hydrafacial 

normally $190, 

this month only, $120 

For appointment time, please 

call 03 363 8810 



www.facevalue.co.nz

98 STYLE | win 

WIN WITH STYLE 

Every month, Style sources a range of exceptional prizes to give away. 

It’s easy to enter, simply go to www.style.kiwi and fill in your details on the 

‘Win With Style’ page. Entries close March 27. 

Cravings covered 

A must-attend event for all food lovers, The Food Show is 

a culinary calendar highlight in Christchurch, Wellington and 

Auckland. Discover more than 120 stands of the tastiest food 

and drink, and so much more, when it arrives in the South 

Island – April 3–5, Horncastle Arena. We have double passes, 

worth $40, for three lucky readers. foodshow.co.nz 

Delizioso caffè 

The Nepresso story starts in Italy, with Luigi Bezzera the man 

we can thank for great coffee made with ease. This year, two 

more flavours join the permanent Ispirazione (intense) Italiana 

range, all of which are inspired by Italy’s cities. Try newcomers 

Ispirazione Napoli and Ispirazione Venezia, along with the 

other five in the range, by winning our $63.30 Nespresso pack. 

Body boost 

No matter what your training goal may be, UltraBLIS 

offers immune support for optimal performance. Its unique 

combination of probiotic strains support both our oral and 

gut microbiomes to support and strengthen overall immunity. 

We have a three months’ supply of BLIS Probiotics – 

UltraBLIS to give away, valued at $105. blis.co.nz 

Be the brand 

Maggie Eyre provides practical tips to land your message in 

Being You: How to Build Your Personal Brand and Confidence. 

This practical book teaches effective tips and techniques for 

all forms of personal branding, drawing on the secrets of 

some of the world’s biggest names. We have three copies 

($32.99) to give away. exislepublishing.com 

LAST MONTH’S WINNERS: NOVOTEL RESTAURANT VOUCHER: Rachael van Hilten, HANMER SPRINGS TREATMENT: 

Trish Clothier, ULTRACEUTICALS: Anna Frost, MARIMEKKO: Deirdre Sheppard. 

*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 

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.

Extraordinary ideas start small 

Christchurch | 12 Papanui Road

MACHU PICCHU 

AND BEYOND. 

THE INCA TRAIL 

FROM/TO CUZCO 

On this four day hike along the famous Inca Highway you’ll enjoy 

stunning mountain and cloud forest scenery and explore ruins dating 

back to Inca times. Surrounded by such beauty and mystery, you will 

soon see why this is South Americas’ most popular trek! 

CUZCO, SACRED VALLEY 

& MACHU PICCHU 

FROM/TO CUZCO 

An ideal introduction to Cuzco and Machu Picchu and the delightful 

Sacred Valley of the Incas. This area is very rich in history and culture, 

being the heartland of the Inca Empire when it was at its peak. You’ll 

visit the amazing Inca sites of Maras, Moray and Ollantaytambo in 

addition to the jewel in the crown, Machu Picchu. End your time in 

charming Cuzco, once the Inca ‘Capital of the World’. 

4 DAYS/3 NIGHTS 

from 

$ 1530pp 

6 DAYS/5 NIGHTS 

from 

$ 2260pp 

Twin share, flights additional 

Twin share, flights additional 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Trekking to Machu Picchu - Porters and all meals 

- Incredible scenery - Ancient ruins - Aguas Calientes Market 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Cuzco - Sacred Valley of the Incas - The Lost City of Machu Picchu 

- Pisac Markets - Ollantaytambo Fortress - Sacsayhuaman 

INCLUDES: Inca Trail Trek permit • Specialist English speaking 

guide • Porters who carry up to 7kg of your equipment • Return 

transportation from Cuzco aboard Peru Rail’s Expedition Train 

• Sleeping bag & tent • 3x breakfasts, 3x lunches, 3x dinners 

INCLUDES: Tailor-made journey with English speaking local 

guides • 5 nights’ in your selected category of accommodation 

• Transfers and transport • Sightseeing & entrance fees 

• 5x breakfasts, 2x lunches, 1x dinner 

“DISCOVER MYSTERY, CHARM & CULTURE 

IN THE HEARTLAND OF THE INCA EMPIRE!” 

BETTER TOGETHER 

COME IN STORE | HOT.CO.NZ 

BARRINGTON 331 7182 I CHRISTCHURCH CITY 365 7687 I FERRYMEAD 376 4022 I HIGH ST LANES 335 3722 

HORNBY 344 3070 I MERIVALE 355 2200 NORTHLANDS 352 4578 I RANGIORA 313 0288 I RICCARTON 341 3900 

SHIRLEY 385 0710 I UPPER RICCARTON 343 0869 

CONDITIONS: Prices correct as of 27 Feb 2020 & are subject to availability. All prices are per person in NZ dollars and based twin share. Flights are additional. A non-refundable nontransferable 

deposit of 20% is required within 7 days of booking confirmation and full payment due 60 days prior to departure. Travel Insurance: It is a requirement of this travel arrangement 

that all travellers must take out a fully comprehensive travel insurance for the full duration of this trip. For full booking terms & conditions please ask your House of Travel consultant.

Style: March 06, 2020

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