Style: April 01, 2021

APRIL 2021 

APRIL 2021 

the lifestyle magazine 

the lifestyle magazine 

Award-winning design 

At home in WĀnaka 

Geared to snow 

The Kingswood skis story 

Kitchen fans 

Means for extraction

The collecTive 

The Crywolf collection is a favourite for the kids this season! 

With their gumboots, fully adjustable Rain Overalls and jackets - made using recycled materials and 

waterproof to keep little ones dry. Babynosie is home to the original wooden percussion toys since 2017. 

Creative play for your little ones or beautiful wooden décor display items. 

STencil 

Make sure you out 

in your pre order 

for the HUFFER 

Double Down 

21 designs. 

nordic chill 

Nordic Chill’s 

gorgeous printed 

cushion covers 

that can easily 

be mixed and 

matched with 

other cushions 

and used in the 

lounge, bedroom 

or anywhere that 

needs that touch 

of softness. 

The collecTive 

The Gingham Pleat Skirt 

in a Lime Gingham print, 

by The Others is based off the 

all time favourite sunray 

pleat skirt featuring a self ruffle 

at the waist over a contrast 

ribbed inset elastic waistband 

and a contrast waist tie.

SolloS 

Sollos is an artisan homewares and 

gift store, featuring ethically-sourced 

products from Aotearoa New Zealand 

and beyond – now moved from The 

Welder to The Colombo, celebrating the 

beautiful and useful. Adjoining the shop, 

the working artisan studio hosts creative 

workshops and classes, perfect for 

individuals or groups. 

iSSimo 

New sale Items at 

ISSIMO from brands 

like New Balance, 

Puma, Reebok, 

Rebecca Balducci, 

LK Bennett, Mara 

Bini, Oxitaly, 

Kathryn Wilson, 

Saben, SKA, Ivy Lee 

Zoe Kratzmann, 

Woden, Dr Martens, 

Birkenstock. 

The colombo 

bookSTore 

Thomas Pakenham is an 

Anglo-Irish historian and 

arborist who has published 

many books on diverse 

subjects, including trees. In 

Meetings with Remarkable 

Trees he divides his 

selection into fascinating 

five groupings that hint at 

the joys to be had: Natives, 

Travellers, Shrines, Fantasies 

and Survivors. 

rePerToire 

A tailored leg 

with a subtle 

flare towards the 

hem. This pant 

works with all of 

Repertoires blazers 

and jackets and 

teams with the 

Martini top for 

a jumpsuit look. 

It suits all figure 

types but especially 

loves pear shapes. 

Flattering and 

slimming. 

AcAdemy Gold cinemA 

My plan was to die before the money ran out,” says 

60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances 

Price (Michelle Pfeiffer), but things didn’t go as 

planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead for 12 

years and with his vast inheritance gone, she cashes 

in the last of her possessions and resolves to live 

out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed 

apartment in Paris, accompanied by her directionless 

son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) and a cat named Small 

Frank—who may or may not embody the spirit of 

Frances’s dead husband.

A note to you 

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EDITOR 

There is a chill in the air and the trees are freely rubbing 

shoulders in a manner far removed from our Covidaltered 

instincts. There are school holidays on the horizon and 

whether that means Easter hunts at home or roadies extended 

by Mondayised reflections, a break in normality is on April’s 

cards – and we’ve got your back. 

You don’t have to be a parent to be affected by the school 

holidays, nor do you need children to be the ‘excuse’ for a 

little indulgence of the chocolate kind. The traffic will be easier 

or more congested, depending on where you point your 

wheels, and the chocolate wrappers will add a glitter garnish to 

your wheelie bin. (For naturopath Deanna Copland’s advice on 

healthy moderation, see page 56.) 

For those with little ones, we have roads trip they will 

love – filled with wildlife and sandy beaches (p. 68). There’s a 

recipe (p. 60) and a book (p. 64) that already have stamps of 

approval from a couple of tweens, too. 

Those hanging out for the long weekends can finesse their 

Wānaka itinerary (p. 21) or check whether their ski gear needs 

an update ahead of the 2021 season. If you’re anything like 

Alex Herbert, it’s bespoke fat skis all the way (p. 17). 

Perhaps you’ll finally order that new rangehood (p. 41) or 

luxuriate in the discovery of the new season’s fashions to put 

the cosy in the cool (p. 54). Heck, you might even find a new 

favourite drink (p. 62). 

However your mid-autumn plans play out, we hope you 

enjoy some rest and relaxation with Style. 

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A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART HOME FOR CMG MOTORCYCLES 

Next time you’re out for a ride, come by 

and check out the newly reopened and purpose 

built showroom and service centre for 

CMG Motorcycles; back at their original location 

of 122 Saint Asaph Street. It really is 

state-of-the-art. 

It’s now an expansive light-filled space that 

houses and displays their flagship brands, 

along with riding apparel and OEM parts 

and accessories. It has to be the South Islands 

biggest range of Indian and Triumph 

motorcycles! 

The new showroom is only part of the story. 

Upstairs in the Collectors Lounge you’ll find 

one of the best collections in the world of 

Bimota Super Bikes and Motorcycles. Back 

downstairs there’s a Display Workshop for 

those really special projects. Well worth a 

look at any time. 

The custom built service centre with a tyre 

machine, new hoists, mobile tool chests and 

cabinetry is every mechanics dream. Your 

bike will receive 5 star treatment every time. 

CMG Motorcycles are really excited about 

their new showroom and invite you to drop 

by and experience a new level of motorcycle 

sales and service in Christchurch. 

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Finance with an edge

CONTENTS 

In this issue 

Regulars 

10 NEWSFEED 

74 WIN WITH STYLE 

Boots, pearl lace earrings 

& more! 

Entertainment 

64 BOOK NOOK 

New releases & the winner of 

our reader reviews 

66 WHERE IN THE 

WORLD? 

Guess this mystery location 

72 SEE BE SEEN 

Were you at this 

month’s soirées? 

Features 

17 SKI CRAFTSMAN 

Meet the creator who put fat 

skis on Kiwi slopes 

21 HOMESTEAD INSTEAD 

A retreat that highlights the 

best of Wānaka 

26 CULTURE CHECK 

We are schooled in the ways 

of authentic Mexican cuisine 

68 CALL OF THE WILD 

Road trippin’ around Otago 

Harbour 

54 

50 

60 

52 

RESENE 

POPCORN 

COLOURS OF 

THE MONTH 

THE BEST OF HOME, LIFE & FASHION 

Style is something unique to each of us. Each month Style encapsulates what’s remarkable, exciting or 

emerging in the vibrant communities from Canterbury down to the Southern Lakes. Be assured, the 

best of lifestyle, home and fashion will always be in Style. 

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New & Exclusive Chocolat! 

Windmill Centre 

188 Clarence Street 

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Core Funder 

Jian Liu’s 

NOCTURNES 

An evocative collection of night-songs for the piano, played by internationally celebrated 

concert pianist, chamber musician and educator Professor Jian Liu. Journey through a 

dreamscape of lilting lullabies and cradle songs alongside night-music of mystery and 

mischief. Beloved nocturnes by Chopin and Liszt light the way for other gems in an intimate 

evening that celebrates the purity and power of solo piano. 

16 APRIL 

Christchurch 

19 APRIL 

Dunedin 

For tickets and more 

information, visit 

chambermusic.co.nz 

Photo: Maarten Holl/STUFF

56 

RESENE BROWN POD 

64 

54 

RESENE TOFFEE 

Home 

29 WALLS BEGONE 

With views like these, you don’t 

want anything standing in the 

way 

36 LEADING LAWNS 

Revamp your forlorn lawn to 

become centre-stage worthy 

41 EXTRACT IT 

It’s not sexy but a rangehood is a 

kitchen necessity 

50 SAVE OR SPLASH 

Bathing in style 

Fashion & Wellbeing 

52 TRIED & TESTED 

We take the latest skincare 

products for a whirl 

54 HIBERNATION 

Burrow into cosy knits 

56 MODERATE INDULGENCE 

Turn too much into just enough 

Food & Drink 

59 GIULIO’S NEW DIRECTION 

From Roots to a single table 

dining experience 

60 LEMON MISTAKES 

COOKIES 

The perfect recipe to make these 

school holidays 

62 TREAT THYSELF 

Explorations into the world of gin 

Our cover 

This stunning Wānaka house has been 

designed to capture all the best aspects of 

its surroundings (page 29). 

Photo Simon Larkin Photography 

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10 Style | Newsfeed 

NEWSFEED 

Photo: Onsen Hot Pool Facebook 

Serenity 

Believe the hype – Onsen Hot Pools (162 

Arthurs Point Road, Queenstown) is an incredible 

experience. This mum-of-two was more than ready 

for a little pampering. The experience began as soon 

as I walked into the lounge gallery, where scented 

candles filled the room and soothing music played as 

I gazed out to the hills. Once you have chosen your 

spa package, you are served a drink and snack of 

choice – wine and chocolate for me. It was bliss! It 

was such an amazingly serene experience to be in a 

hot pool while overlooking the Shotover River – can 

I go back now, please? 

– Style designer Emma Rogers 

Festival alert 

We feel this is a suitably epic way to start compensating 

for the year 2020 that wasn’t. Europe’s biggest music 

festival Snowboxx, in collaboration with Rhythm & Alps, 

is making its southern hemisphere debut right in our 

own backyards. Cardrona Alpine Resort (Cardrona 

Valley Road) will play host from September 7–14 to DJs, 

parties and pistes. We reckon you better get planning 

now because it’s time to party like it’s 2021. 

What the word? 

Octothorpe (n.) 

Another term for the hash sign – #whoknew 

Struggling to 

find a 

Shopping is easy at the 

Avonhead Shopping Centre 

Gift? 

Gift Vouchers 

available from Piccadilly Books or the 

Centre Management Office 

AvonheadShoppingCentre 

www.avonhead.co.nz 

Cnr Withells Rd and Merrin St 

Avonhead

28 Helwick Street | Wanaka 

www.deval.co.nz


NEWSFEED 

Churros cheer 

You have to check out Gatto’s Churros along Queenstown’s waterfront 

(21 Marine Parade). It’s in the cutest little retro trailer. I tried one of the dulce 

de leche churros and was in absolute heaven. The owner is super lovely, too, so 

go on and support local. 

– Style designer Emma Rogers 

In other news... 

Here are some days to mark in your calendar, which are reportedly 

actual things. We feel the second one is particularly poignant. 

April 6: New Beer’s Eve 

April 7: National No Housework Day 

April 17: Blah, Blah, Blah Day 

Noteworthy 

Wānaka bookworms are 

enjoying the arrival of 

The Next Chapter, an 

independent bookshop 

that’s popped up at 72 

Brownston Street. With its 

own book club and author 

events, it’s a hub for literary 

excellence. 

Have you found yourself 

lost in Christchurch’s 

Stranges Lane? It’s all 

different – Capa, Strange 

& Co and Orleans are no 

more. Instead, find café and 

cocktail/wine bar Rascal 

(225a High Street), cocktail 

bar Cascade (219 High 

Street) and its courtyard 

A Little Strange, and 

restaurant Soul Quarter. 

A luxury pet grocer and boutique 

offering a lovingly curated collection of 

stylish functional products for 

discerning pets and their owners. 

03 925 9957 | Mon - Sat 9am – 6pm | Sun 10am – 4pm 

3/54 Holmwood Road, Merivale, Christchurch 

charliandcoco.com 

CharliandCoco 

charliandcoco


NEWSFEED 

The best jeans? 

You can call off the search. Our 

advertising executive Janine Oldfield 

thinks she has finally found the 

perfect pair of jeans. She has been 

raving about IVY Copenhagen jeans 

and she is one of those fashionistas 

who does it all so effortlessly that we 

trust her when it comes to all things 

threads-related. She found hers at 

Fashion Society in Christchurch but, 

for our readers further south, they 

are also available from the DEVàL 

Boutique in Wānaka. 

Float away 

We know. The school holidays have rolled around again and that jolly 

autumn chill is creasing your brow. Try floating your troubles away. 

The doors have opened at City Cave Queenstown (Remarkables 

Park Town Centre, 12 Hawthorne Drive). Its float pools are filled with 

1000 litres of water and 400kg of Epsom salts, in rooms (not enclosed 

floatation tanks) heated by infrared panels and offering the sensory 

deprivation that triggers deep relaxation. 

New arrival 

With the right mix of raw beauty 

and tough femininity, Aje has 

found a place in our fashion hearts. 

Fortunately for us, Lynn Woods (182 

Papanui Road) now has this label in 

store and online, which means our 

wardrobes are going to need a bit of 

Marie Kondo-ing to make room.

for a unique engagement ring or a 

special piece for your mum or partner 

Marc Bendall 

is the place to go 

UniqUe: Your custom piece is something no 

one else has owned or worn before. Even if it’s 

just a little different than a ring you’ve seen at 

the store, it still has your own unique input and 

creative thought woven into it. 

roMantic: Although not all bespoke 

jewellery is bridal jewellery, a large proportion 

is engagement rings and wedding bands. 

There’s just something extra special about 

creating a ring for your loved one. 

cost effective: Yes, you read that 

right. Jewellery stores mark up their prices 

extensively to cover their costs. Work with 

Marc Bendall and you’re likely to find the final 

cost surprising. 

UnliMited: Creating bespoke jewellery is 

a completely different experience that goes 

far beyond the standard ‘jewellery shopping’ 

experience. It’s a very personal journey that 

involves your creativity and imagination. 

95 main roaD, reDcliffs 

www.marcbendall.co.nz 

mon-fri 11am-5pm or by 

appointment, 03 384 5156 

nZ made. *all images are copyright by marc Bendall, all rights reserved.

BANK OF 

Every week in our auction rooms I get 

to see a huge range of emotions playing 

out. I’m often very moved by the drama 

that a competitive process can create for 

attendees and my heart goes out to them. 

There are tears about missing a muchwanted 

but very sought-after property, 

there’s elation at successfully purchasing, 

there’s a genuine pride at finally getting on 

the property ladder and, for some parents, 

there’s the realisation that without them 

the purchase would not have been possible. 

These are tears that I can definitely relate to. 

It seems more and more parents are seeing 

withdrawals from the trusty, rusty or even 

crusty ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ and as we 

personally get a little bit nearer to that time 

ourselves, I thought I’d take a closer look. 

Obtaining funds from family is not a new 

phenomenon, but it is a very important 

one for some first-home buyers – and with 

lofty deposits often required, it can involve 

big numbers. It’s essential parents are 

aware of this and that’s why we will often 

see parents not just on auction day but 

throughout the whole process, including 

open home attendances, and second and 

third visits. Being part of a very close family, 

I imagine that I’d want to do this as well 

and whilst some real estate professionals 

struggle with large family viewings – and 

even larger post-visit family debates – best 

you get used to it! 

During my research, I’ve also discovered that 

providing funds is not as straightforward as 

it once was. 

Originally the main means of assisting 

were, firstly, contributing to the deposit, 

to a level the lender was happy with, and, 

secondly, supplementing additional funds 

to ensure the debt-servicing criteria were 

met. It’s often referred to as a guarantee. 

This second method needs to be carefully 

thought through by parents, as a default by 

their son or daughter (and much as we don’t 

like to imagine it, this can happen) could 

see them shouldering the responsibility 

for the loan themselves. This can become 

extremely uncomfortable, especially if they 

have their own financial commitments 

and pending retirement. To address this, 

there have been changes to the legislation 

deeming that any and all guarantors to 

a loan need to demonstrate the ability 

to meet the required loan payments to 

avoid the worst from happening. 

As much as we all love our families, if you 

are considering helping in this particular 

way it’s essential to get independent advice. 

So, what are these purchasers buying? 

It seems they are trying everything. 

First-home buyers with limited budgets 

are thinking outside the square and in 

some cases the market is giving them a 

robust education in looking at properties 

that buyers might have had the luxury of 

excluding in the past. 

Varied locations, new subdivisions made 

infinitely more desirable due to improved 

motorway access, new schools and 

communities, are all hugely popular. 

We are also encountering parents looking 

on behalf of overseas offspring with British 

Pounds and American Dollars burning a 

hole in their pockets and those budgets are 

extraordinary when compared with what 

was once considered necessary for making 

a purchase in our local market. 

So much of what we achieve as human 

beings relates to how we have helped or 

been helped by others, and I imagine one 

day I’ll be in an auction room helping one 

of our family members make a withdrawal 

from the trusty bank of Mum and Dad too! 

So, to all those parents in the same position, 

well done, without you a whole generation 

wouldn’t get to enjoy what we thought of as 

a right – and that’s home ownership. 

Lynette McFadden 

Harcourts gold Business Owner 

027 432 0447 

lynette.mcfadden@harcourtsgold.co.nz 

Whangaia ka tupu, ka puawai. 

That which is nurtured, blossoms then grows. 

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PARKLANDS & NEW BRIGHTON 383 0406 | GOLD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 352 6454 

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www.harcourtsgold.co.nz

Style | Feature 17 

King craftsman 

Had Kingswood Skis’ Alex Herbert not experienced disappointment as 

an 18-year-old, it may have taken him longer to find his true passion. 

Words Shelley Robinson 

ABOVE: Alex Herbert turned his love of snow into a career creating bespoke skis.

18 Style | Feature 

You can imagine it in your mind as Alex Herbert 

describes the scene. His three-year-old face 

forlornly pressed up to the back of the car window 

as his parents drove away from the snow. They were 

in Europe, Alex can’t remember exactly where, but 

he does remember the feeling that came with his first 

experience with snow. 

“I was so amazed by it [the snow]. We didn’t have 

any gear with us or anything, so I slid around on my 

tummy and on my back. It was probably only a really 

small patch of snow and seeing it through kids’ eyes 

made it bigger, but I think that’s what triggered my 

desire to chase the snow. I remember it having a 

profound effect on me – when we were driving away 

I was looking out the window back at it,” he chuckles 

from his Lyttelton home. 

And he has turned it into one heck of a relationship. 

Alex is the owner and creator behind Kingswood Skis, 

where you won’t get a factory-created pair of skis, but 

custom fat skis created by Alex’s own hands. 

It was disappointment as an 18-year-old that actually 

sent him into the industry of ski repairs and then ski 

creation. After spending time each year in Austria, 

where his mum Heidi Herbert is from, Alex was more 

than a bit handy on the old skis. In Austria, he says, 

skiing is the national sport, with people popping out in 

their lunch break to have a play. In spite of this, when 

Alex went to get a coveted gig as a ski instructor at 

Thredbo, a ski and resort village in Australia, he didn’t 

make the grade. So, he had to do something – it was 

either washing dishes or ski repair. 

He chose the latter and it turns out that things really 

do happen for a reason. 

“It was a pivotal point in my life. I really got into ski 

repair and learned that I’m better using my hands,” 

he says. 

Alex worked in Austria, Canada and Australia, 

honing and developing his skills. He did insurance 

work; damaged snowboards would be replaced with 

new boards. But this gave him an opportunity to 

develop his repair skills. 

“Even if it was pretty minor, they’d throw it in the 

bin. So, I started taking it out of the bin and fixing it 

up,” he says. 

“It was really good gear, so I’d ride on it. When I left, 

I just gave it all back.” 

While the pinnacle of tuning and repair work is 

considered to be out on the competitive circuit with 

professional teams, that life didn’t appeal to Alex. He 

wanted something different and so went about quietly 

developing his own way of doing things, evolving his 

skills with what he learned on the way. 

Fast forward to 1996, when Alex was competing 

in the World Heli Challenge in Wānaka and was a 

touch frustrated at how the United States team was 

“blitzing” his team on their “fat skis” – a wider ski than 

New Zealanders had at the time. 

Alex couldn’t find fat skis anywhere and wholesalers 

told him there wasn’t a market for them in New 

Zealand. So in the summer of 2002, he sourced the 

material to make a pair. Then, it was off to the Broken 

River skifield to test them. 

ABOVE & OPPOSITE: The tools of the trade. Each pair of Kingswood Skis takes about 10 hours to make, 

with Alex at the helm for most of the process.


“It was off-piste, no groomers. I tested them out by 

going skiing with my mates – it wasn’t a clinical test. 

And then I could see why the US team was blitzing 

us – the skis really made a difference. I was like, ‘No 

wonder they had the upper hand!’” 

Alex’s mates asked for a pair and word spread. So 

much so, Alex’s wife Kris suggested it might be time he 

started charging for them. 

Things evolved from there. Along with his ski repair 

shop, Ski & Snowboard Surgery, Alex now crafts 

custom fat skis under his Kingswood Skis brand. It 

takes between 10 to 12 hours for him to create a pair 

of skis. 

“It is quite a meticulous job and can be quite boring, 

but I get a real buzz when I peel off the protective 

layer – as long as I still get that buzz, I’ll keep doing it.” 

With success, it would be easy to get caught up, as 

some do, in that need to go “bigger”. But Alex wants 

to keep his business in a model that is authentic to him. 

“I‘ve seen businesses where they start out with a few 

guys and got bigger and bigger and they said the best days 

were actually the early days, when they had spare time to 

do their own thing. I’m acutely aware of that,” he says. 

So, he wants to keep it just him because that is 

what brings him the joy – though he feels a “bit 

guilty” for not employing anyone and “giving back to 

the community”. But he does in a way, because he 

outsources the screen-printing and shaping of the cores 

to local businesses. 

Alex spends his days working away in the factory, on 

the lower storey of his family home, which used to be 

the Lyttelton Rugby Club’s rooms, creating bespoke 

skis for people like him who love to look up at the 

mountains and see them blanketed in snow. 

And with that, it’s time for him to finish chatting 

because his coffee is finished and he has a factory full 

of materials waiting patiently to be crafted into skis. 

The slopes are beckoning. 

Greg and lyn marshall 

Good old fashion service from a 

owner/operated local business. 

• Full mechanical repairs • Vehicle servicing 

• woF repairs 

• Tyres 

• wheel alignments • Puncture repairs 

stockists of all brands of tyres 

walk ins welcome. Greg and Lyn Marshall and their 

experienced team look forward to welcoming you. 

496 Wairakei Road, Christchurch | Ph: 03 359 4114 A/h: 0274 356 484 

office@marshallautoandtyres.co.nz www.marshallautoandtyres.co.nz 

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crumbed or battered. 

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Wednesday - Sunday 12pm – 8pm 

Phone: 03 328 7530 

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Wrap up in nature. 

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The homestead 

It looks like an overseas ski lodge, but it is very much in our own backyard and 

has the history of Wānaka woven into its architecture. 

ABOVE: Built on part of the historic Wānaka Station is the picture-perfect Wānaka Homestead. 

Photo: Oscar Hetherington


Kaalene Shale may have been from Auckland, but she 

was a South Islander at heart. All she wanted was a 

ute, two dogs and a gravel driveway that crunched to let 

you know your children had made it home safely at night. 

It is apt, then, that she and her Scottish husband, Allan 

McAndie, found themselves the owners and operators of 

Wānaka Homestead Lodge and Cottages. 

It is a beautiful sprawling getaway built on Wānaka 

Station – a former sheep station that once covered the 

south side of Lake Wānaka before the township was even 

a twinkle in the eye of developers. 

The lodge at the homestead is like something straight 

out of those ski brochures you had on the kitchen bench 

before you turfed them out because of Covid-19. With 

rustic schist stonework combined with earthy timbers 

on the exterior, you’d be forgiven for thinking you had 

inadvertently wandered into a Hallmark Christmas special. 

Inside, soaring exposed rafters and wrought-iron light 

fixtures continue the ambience, while a sense of replete 

luxury is brought in with soothing colour hues. If that 

wasn’t enough, there are also two delightful self-contained 

cottages: Ruby and Lismore. 

The journey to this idyllic slice of Wānaka life was equal 

parts Hallmark and hard work for this duo. 

Kaalene and Allan met when he lived next door to her 

sister in Muscat, Oman. Kaalene had popped over to visit 

her sister from where she was teaching in London. They 

became good friends but it appeared as though their 

family had other ideas for the duo. They were made the 

godparents of Kaalene’s sister’s second child, Henrik – all 

part of their cunning plan, laughs Kaalene. 

“We call it an arranged marriage, because our family 

were adamant that we should be together!” 

But it worked. The couple married in the Bombay Hills 

while still living in the Middle East, where Kaalene taught at 

a British International School and Allan worked in oil and 

gas. Fast-forward a few years and along came twin boys 

– and a certain feeling from Allan. 

“He got this look on his face, like, ‘I need to figure out 

where we are going to land, where we are going to be 

and where our littlies will grow,’” says Kaalene. 

So Allan began the hunt. His family had operated a 

guest house in St Andrew’s, Scotland, around the corner 

from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club. He shared 

Kaalene’s dream of a simple, small-town home where their 

boys could grow up running around, perhaps getting up 

to a delightful amount of mischief. In other words, New 

Zealand was beckoning. 

There were two options on Trade Me – a Hawke’s Bay 

property and the Wānaka Homestead. 

“He fell in love with Wānaka and we literally bought it 

online, subject to seeing it. He flew out from Dubai when 

the boys were five months while my mum was with me 

and came here for a week,” says Kaalene. 

A few days later she got a phone call: “Kaalene, I think 

this is it, this feels like home.” And so it was. 

ABOVE: Allan and Kaalene with their twins, Joe and Gabe. 

Photo: Stephanie Hamilton


Homestead beginnings 

Local builder Phil Beaufoy was going about the business 

of building a house, when a man suddenly appeared in 

front of him. He told him that he liked the look of what 

he was building and was after the same kind of thing, 

but across the road. Was the builder free? 

That man was Roger North, who along with his 

wife Shonagh, are the original owners of the Wānaka 

Homestead. As it turns out the builder was free, so he 

walked across the road and began building in 2003. 

The homestead is built on the site where Wānaka 

Station’s sheds, barn and outbuildings once were. 

The buildings had fallen into disrepair, but instead 

of consigning them to landfill, Roger chose to have 

history preserved by weaving the beech and rimu 

timbers into furnishings, the stairway and fences on 

the homestead. 

Kaalene and Allan are grateful Roger embraced the 

heritage of the site. 

“He made sure he kept some of the history in 

alignment with the area – he was really specific about 

keeping these elements which connect the homestead 

to the past very much alive and the property as 

sustainable as possible, with solar power, for example. 

Very forward thinking. There are parts of Wānaka 

that are very new and a lot has been let go, but there 

are people working within the community who try to 

keep it alive,” says Kaalene. 

So, Kaalene and Allan became the owners of a 

beautiful piece of Wānaka history, with Wānaka Station 

Park right across the road in their ‘backyard’. With its 

soaring redwoods, it also has an orchard where people 

can pluck fruit from the trees, while children play in 

the park or people stop to smell the heritage roses. 

Then, they can wander down to the lakefront and the 

infamous Wānaka Tree – a willow that has become 

rather Instagram-famous for growing in Lake Wānaka. 

The couple put a manager in place until they 

came home in July 2019, when they began operating 

it themselves. 

For Kaalene and Allan, the building is only part of the 

experience. They wanted to create a home away from 

home for people. And, after chatting to Kaalene, you 

sense this is something that comes naturally to them – 

an amazing couple who seem able to make people feel 

instantly at ease and know their needs before they do. 

And if you are anything like us when you pop away 

for your winter skifield escape, you want to know, first, 

where to get the best coffee and, second, where to 

find some brews that you haven’t tried before – and 

Kaalene and Allan have ample knowledge on both. 

It is the part Kaalene loves most. 

“The building is the building, the place is the place. 

But it’s about the people, the connection to them. 

Our guests come to our ‘home away from home’ to 

experience Wānaka – they want to know what life is 

like in the area. They want to experience it and talk 

about it... Everything we do is about connection – and 

we wouldn’t have it any other way.” 

ABOVE FROM LEFT: There are also two cottages on the homestead, two-bedroom Ruby (pictured) and three-bedroom Lismore; 

The beautiful exposed beams add to the warmth of the lodge’s interior. Photos: Oscar Hetherington


Kaalene & Allan’s degustation 

guide to Wānaka 

Coffee 

Florence’s Foodstore & Café (corner Cardrona Valley and 

Orchard roads) serves up Atomic Coffee. Their barista, 

Keighley, gives a hug when it is needed (and allowed!) and 

makes a mean flat white. 

For Allpress coffee, head to Pembroke Patisserie 

(20 Alison Avenue, Albert Town). You’ll be hard pressed to 

resist a pastry… or two. The almond croissant is sublime! 

If you want Supreme coffee, visit Kai Whakapai 

(121 Ardmore Street). Look for Cam on the machine, he 

works some serious magic with those beans. 

Talented Bonnie at The Coffee Shack (75 Brownston 

Street) will serve up some delicious Flight Coffee, extracted 

to perfection! 

Food 

For such a small place, we are full of 

deliciousness. 

For cafés, Federal Diner (47 

Helwick Street), Relishes Café (1/99 

Ardmore Street), Ritual Espresso 

Café (18 Helwick Street), Urban 

Grind (72 Ardmore Street), Big Fig 

(105 Ardmore Street) and Alchemy 

(151 Ardmore Street) each offer 

something a little different, but all 

serve great food with a friendly smile 

– and, later in the day, a brew or two. 

If you are talking restaurants, KIKA 

(2 Dunmore Street) has good, fresh, 

original food – they just consistently 

deliver and it would be our guests’ 

number one pick, as it is ours. Make 

sure to book in advance. 

The food is amazing at Ode (Post 

Office Lane, 33 Ardmore Street) 

too. We highly recommend their 

‘test kitchen’ nights, at which you 

can provide feedback on their new 

experimental dishes. Certainly worth 

making a reservation for. 

Photo: Nanny Goat Vineyard Facebook 

Wineries 

We’re a bit partial to the Super Nanny Pinot Noir, from Nanny 

Goat Vineyard (68 Queensberry Terrace, Queensberry). It’s a 

superstar in the making. We advise guests to go there because 

it is a bit different. It is about a 10- to 15-minute drive to get 

there, plus the winemaker is awesome and is usually there to 

tell a story. 

A lot of guests also go to Rippon winery (246 Wānaka- 

Mount Aspiring Road) for breathtaking views while tasting the 

fruits of local labour. 

Of course, you have the Maude Tasting Room (76 Golf 

Course Road), which is a lovely wee spot to have an awardwinning 

drop. 

Aitken’s Folly Vineyard (246 Riverbank Road) has lovely 

wines and a great little rosé, if you’re quick enough to get it! 

Drink 

Rhyme and Reason Brewery 

(17 Gordon Road), Ground Up 

Brewing (4 Gordon Road), Wanaka 

Beerworks (891 Wānaka-Luggate 

Highway) and b.effect brewing co. 

(60 Anderson Road) provide great 

tasting experiences and personalities 

that speak to the flavour of where 

we live. 

Notable mention: the diverse 

tastings and platters at Pembroke 

Wines & Spirits (24 Dungarvon 

Street). Sam’s expertise about the 

area’s beverages is impressive and 

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The real 

deal 

Kate Preece’s taste 

buds journeyed to 

Mexico via a food 

trail led by Citlalli 

Fernandez Anaya. 

Photos Catherine 

Ericson 

In a Wigram kitchen, Citlalli ‘Ally’ 

Fernandez Anaya tells tales of a 

childhood in Mexico City, where food 

has its place in the heart of the home. 

Her six-person audience has come 

together to absorb the lessons she 

learnt alongside her grandmother, 

mother and sister (now a Le Cordon 

Bleu chef), and gain an understanding 

of what authentic Mexican food is 

really like. 

“I cannot remember a time I have 

not been in love with food,” says 

Ally. “From the time I could reach my 

grandmother’s and mother’s apron I 

was on a stool in the kitchen making 

masa [maize dough] for tortillas, an 

everyday staple.” 

Ally created Kahlo, her Mexican 

cooking school, to pass on her 

culinary secrets, off the back of 

some rather successful Mexican 

Independence Day celebrations. 

Ally would spend days preparing 

food in the kitchen in the leadup 

to the annual event, which 

saw her friends treated to a feast 

that commemorated Mexico’s 

independence from Spain. Being 

able to present an evolving range 

of dishes to households around 

Christchurch seemed just the way to 

extend the party. 

With Mexican ingredients more 

available than ever before, a good 

supermarket is a Kiwi’s pantry for a 

favourable range of dried and tinned 

chillies, and the tomatillo that’s key to 

a true salsa verde. Alongside frozen 

chillies found at Asian supermarkets, 

we have little excuse not to follow 

Ally’s lead. 

While Ally no longer feels the need 

to bring food-filled suitcases back with 

her from Mexico, she is very specific 

about which ingredients are used – 

particularly in the Tacos Al Pastor she 

creates for us. If you haven’t found 

achiote paste (a Mexican condiment 

made from annatto seeds), do not 

even consider making the pork 

marinade that’s essential for this 

recipe. Another sin would be to skip 

topping the taco with pineapple. 

Authenticity is key to what Kahlo is 

all about. Ally’s classes offer a chance 

to learn about the staples of Mexican 

cuisine (chillies, lemon, lime, salt and 

garlic) and how they work together 

– not to create the Tex-Mex recipes 

we are more used to consuming at 

our ‘Mexican’ restaurants. 

Take, for example, Ally’s signature 

guacamole. It includes no tomato 

or red onion. There is white onion 

in the recipe, but it’s blended, not 

diced, into a smooth dip that has 

extra silkiness due to its milk content. 

We can all attest to its taste – chips 

were constantly diving into the 

moreish green mix as the rest of the 

menu unfolded over the course of 

the evening. 

My favourite dish was the grand 

finale to our night of Mexican street 

food. Corn cobs were boiled in a 

mix of herbs and spices, before being 

coated in lashings of mayonnaise, 

rolled in grated white cheese, and 

sprinkled with cayenne pepper. It was 

not only delicious, but brought to life 

Ally’s anecdotes – the real seasoning 

on this insightful experience of life in 

Mexico City.

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See-through 

With a view that could be gazed at all day, Pete Barham wanted to make sure 

this was actually possible – from any room in the house. 

Words Shelley Robinson Photos Simon Larkin Photography 

ABOVE: The holiday home has an expansive view of Lake Wānaka, including 

Ruby Island and the mountains, which is visible from most rooms.

30 Style | Home 

A perfect design for a holiday home, 

where the lure of the water 

will prove to be too much to leave 

those kayaks in storage over winter. 

ABOVE: In Wānaka, views come with wind. The house wraps around the central courtyard to enable outdoor living all year round.


I 

t was a build led by the view. The expanse of 

Lake Wānaka beckoned from the north, with 

Ruby Island beautifully picture-framed by the 

distant mountains. It would have been a shame 

for those who dwelt within the house not to be 

able to see it from every room, so architectural 

designer Pete Barham made it happen. 

Where traditionally there may have been 

walls, Pete and the client decided there 

needed to be three-metre floor-to-ceiling 

windows in order to encapsulate the view. 

This means there is a bit of wizardry going 

on – you can see right through the dwelling, 

from the hidden lounge area at the back of the 

house through to the central courtyard and 

the front living room, out to the stage that is 

Lake Wānaka. 

It’s a marvel for the unlearned, but, according 

to Pete, it makes good architectural common 

sense. 

“You don’t want to be hidden from it 

[the view]; you want to arrange the building 

around these things in order to have the view 

throughout. The east, west and south views are 

nondescript, with large retaining walls and other 

houses, so you have to do what you can to 

look out to that north view,” he says. 

“A lot of structure and work has gone into 

the front elevation to make sure it’s totally 

glazed so every room and every space within 

the house can see the view.” 

The external use of materials also seems 

to build on that view. The cold, solid metal 

exterior alludes to the mountains and the 

stillness of the lake, while the cedar timber 

cladding brings in the warmth of the natural 

environment. The cedar softens the places 

where you may engage with the building: the 

central courtyard and the battens near the front 

entrance. 

“The battens to the entry tie it into the 

ground and create a bit of separation from the 

outdoor living,” says Pete. 

A perfect design for a holiday home, where 

the lure of the water will prove to be too much 

to leave those kayaks in storage over winter.


ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER 

Pete Barham of Open Architecture 

BUILDER 

Christie Brothers Building 

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER 

Nigel Harwood, Engineering Consultant 

LAND SIZE 

997m² 

HOUSE SIZE 

304m² – four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two 

lounge areas, hallway and dining area. 

AWARDS 

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Design Awards 2020 highly commended 

ARCHITECTURAL HIGHLIGHT 

“A corridor runs the length of the house, north to 

south, with a full height window at the northern 

end of it. The intent was for that window to pick up 

Ruby Island front and centre. It is not until you get a 

timber frame on site and scaffolding down that you 

can really assess that and make sure you’ve got what 

you want. 

“And I really enjoyed the process of working 

with the clients and builders. Ideas were challenged 

– we bounced off each other and that saw the 

thinking grow. At the early concept stage, you want 

engagement; you don’t want someone to say yes if 

they don’t mean it.” 

CHALLENGE 

“Though it is a large site, the developers had built 

schist retaining walls to the north of this site and 

the south, which dictated the driveway position and 

reduced the buildable area. Ultimately we were 

working with a tight building platform. What we have 

built is quite an achievement.”


OPPOSITE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Pete designed the home so the view could be seen even from the hidden rear lounge area, by placing 

ceiling-to-floor windows through three areas; The hallway was designed to have a view of Ruby Island; The view from the front living room. 

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A lawn worthy 

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The answer to this is: do you want 

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The two things that grass seeds 

need to germinate are warmth and 

moisture. You want rainwater rather 

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seeds and soil, but you don’t want it 

to be too cold. Now is, on balance, 

the best time. 

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You can also lay an instant turf lawn, 

often called ready lawn. As with 

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in different varieties. Some use coarse 

grasses, which could be great if you just 

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to at least 5cm so the root system has 

had time to develop. After that, use 

sharp blades and set your mower to 

the highest level. You can gradually lower 

this level as the grass settles in. 

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the grass is well established. 

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to three weeks for the weeds to die off. 

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Sow seed on a fine day at the rate set out on the pack. 

Scatter seed by swinging your arm in one direction, then 

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is covered. Then, it’s a matter of watering. Often. Regularly. 

Keep the soil moist on a daily basis during the crucial 

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Blackbirds seem to encourage sparrows. Watch out for 

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What’s your extraction? 

With delivery of whiteware taking as long as six months due to Covid-19, 

now is the time to get ordering. Interior designer Michelle Laming takes a look at 

extraction systems to help guide your buying.


In the kitchen, most of us know 

how we like to cook – be it gas or 

induction. We also know what oven 

size and design of refrigeration we 

are expecting to install. Remember 

that at the end of the day, a kitchen 

is a kitchen and it will encompass the 

typical elements – no matter how 

elaborate the design. 

Extraction systems are sometimes 

the least alluring but one of the most 

important elements in a kitchen. 

Note 

The supply of whiteware and 

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to the global Covid-19 pandemic. 

It is now commonplace to wait 

six months or so for goods, as 

manufacturing has been severely 

impacted due to problems with 

sourcing supplies from overseas. I 

would highly recommend ordering as 

soon as possible. 

Air extraction or recirculation? 

The air extraction system (ducting) uses aluminium filters 

to absorb all the grease, which can be washed in warm 

soapy water when cleaning is required. If you are just using 

aluminium filters then you will need a ducting kit for the 

cooker canopy to send the air outside. 

The air recirculation method also uses aluminium filters 

to absorb the grease, but the air is then passed through a 

carbon/charcoal filter to clean it before the clean air is then 

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DEAR NO ONE 03 355 1433 • 188 Papanui Road 

ECCO SHOES 03 356 1020 • 195 Papanui Road 

FLEUR BY DK FLORAL DESIGN 03 355 0464 • 2A/186 Papanui Road 

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MERIVALE TAILORING AND ALTERATIONS 03 355 6818 • 176 Papanui Road 

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OCULA 03 356 2379 • 184 Papanui Road 

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focus is on brands made with high quality leathers and 

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DEAR NO ONE 

For designer clothing that will see you striding out with 

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They are unafraid of colour, so expect to see something 

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ECCO SHOES 

Incorporating Scandinavian design philosophy alongside 

uncompromising quality and innovative thinking, ECCO 

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and comfort. With its stores proudly New Zealand owned, 

the Merivale location showcases its high comfort, stylish 

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Let the experts tailor garments to fit you. The highly skilled 

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SILLS + CO 

Browse the new season collections of cashmere, merino 

and homewares at Sills + Co. Its Merivale branch is home 

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Sills and Sills. Known for its signature understated luxury, 

alongside unwavering high quality, it is the perfect place to 

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Discover Merivale’s only manufacturing 

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For eyewear like nowhere else, look no further. OCULA’s 

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but you’ve always been up to it! Visit the shop across from 

Merivale Mall to support them today. 

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Tucked away in the Village Gate Arcade, discover a 

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The Vintro Room specialises in the desirable, collectable 

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I found this was a light and 

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for my lunchtime walk and 

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so slightly but not enough to 

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Bulldog Original Stubble Moisturiser 100ml 

A stubble moisturiser is not something I would have ever thought 

I needed, but as it turns out, it has been an excellent product to 

use, especially post-shave when my skin feels raw and sensitive. The 

ingredients include camelina oil, green tea and aloe vera, which all 

work in unison to soothe the skin without the common side-effects 

of dryness or flakiness. 

I don’t tend to grow my beard particularly long, but what’s there is 

left soft to the touch with no sticky residue and with a natural, nonoverpowering 

scent. A little goes a long way and it’s super-quick to 

apply so it’s unlikely to add time or hassle to your daily routine. 

Even my hands feel comfortable and moisturised after use. A 

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But this shade was very complementary 

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This formula is so silky and moistening 

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Admittedly, the wear is like a sheer 

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I also value that this product is 

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Well, here’s a game changer – for me 

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56 Style | Wellbeing 

Balance 

It may all turn into a bit of an indulgence haze this month – two long 

weekends plus the school holidays. But naturopath Deanna Copland 

has it in hand for you with these tips. 

It’s that time of the year. 

We have two long 

weekends, with Easter 

(cue chocolate) and then 

Anzac Day, where we not 

only observe the holiday 

but tend to luxuriate and 

treat ourselves. And then 

come the school holidays. 

Phew. So you may find 

yourself in a bit of an 

indulgence haze over the 

next month. Here are 

some tips to help you 

keep the balance. 

Chocolate that satisfies 

If, like me, you love chocolate, 

choose something that is really 

good quality, perhaps a dark 

option. Dark chocolate is an 

acquired taste, but it satisfies you 

much sooner without the need 

to overindulge. Ideally, something 

with at least 70 per cent dark 

cocoa is great because it has the 

added bonus of antioxidants. 

Higher levels of cocoa have also 

been shown to lower blood 

pressure. As a rule, never eat 

chocolate on an empty stomach 

as this will cause havoc with your 

blood sugar levels for the rest of 

the day. And remember, ultimately 

everything is fine in moderation.

Style | Wellbeing 57 

Back to the table 

If reaching or maintaining a healthy 

weight is something on your mind, 

here are a few tips to stay on track. 

The conditions will never be perfect 

– there will always be busy periods, 

trips away, and so on – so making 

good choices the majority of the time 

pays off. Just remember the tale of 

the tortoise and the hare: slow and 

steady wins the race. 

Television is so distracting that 

it makes it harder to realise when 

we’re actually satiated – in addition 

to commercials of unhealthy food 

and drinks increasing our cravings. 

A study in The American Journal of 

Clinical Nutrition says paying attention 

while eating can aid weight loss 

efforts, while distracted eating can 

lead to a long-term increase in food 

consumption. Try to go back to 

basics and sit at a dining table or 

breakfast bar to make the mealtime 

about the meal. Sitting upright with 

a long spine also helps your digestive 

organs to function properly. 

Hard to ignore 

Buy a fruit bowl and place it in a prominent spot on your 

benchtop. You’re more likely to grab fruits and veges over less 

healthy options if they’re ready to eat and in sight. We know that 

eating seven to nine servings of fresh fruit and veges daily helps to 

reduce the waistline and meet our daily fibre requirements. Keep 

washed and prepared veges like cucumbers, celery sticks, peppers, 

sugar snap peas and carrots in the front of the fridge so they aren’t 

overlooked. Bananas, apples, pears, oranges and cherry tomatoes 

fare well as sweet snacks and should be kept on the counter 

where everyone can see them. Aim to have about two pieces of 

fresh fruit each day and then as many veges as desired. 

Be boring 

Repetition builds rhythm. Be boring. Those on a successful weight 

loss journey have just a couple of go-to healthy breakfasts or 

snacks. This might be a smoothie with plant protein powder, 

frozen berries, baby spinach and almond milk; scrambled eggs with 

mushrooms and tomato; or perhaps overnight oats soaked with 

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58 Style | Wellbeing 

Flat or fizz it? 

Choose to drink water little and often, and avoid 

juice and fizzy drinks. A study published in the 

journal Obesity Research & Clinical Practice aimed 

to see whether it could be the carbonation in 

soft drinks, rather than the sugar, that explains 

the link between soft drinks and obesity. 

Overall, the study found that rats which drank 

diet or regular fizzy drinks ate more and gained 

more weight over six months than rats that 

drank flat soft drinks or water. The weight gain 

was associated with increased production of the 

appetite hormone ghrelin, which is produced by 

both rodents and humans. 

The researchers then looked at the effects of 

carbonated drinks in young men and found they 

also had higher blood ghrelin levels after drinking 

fizzy drinks than after flat soda or water. 

Obesity is caused by multiple environmental, 

social and lifestyle factors (rather than 

carbonation on its own), but this is one factor 

we can address by easily switching fizzy drinks 

to water. 

Homemade Fruit 

and Nut Chocolate 

INGREDIENTS 

½ cup coconut oil, melted 

2 Tbsp cacao butter * , melted 

¼ cup nut butter, such as almond butter 

cup roasted almonds, roughly chopped 

cup raisins 

3 Tbsp cacao powder 

2 Tbsp maple syrup/rice malt syrup 

1 tsp vanilla extract 

small pinch of salt 

METHOD 

1. Mix all ingredients together and pour into a tin 

lined with baking paper. 

2. Pop into the fridge for at least one hour to set. 

* 

Cacao butter is optional but helps it to set better 

Quad it 

Move your body, especially when you have 

some time. Interestingly, low thigh muscle mass 

(quadriceps) is linked with insulin resistance, so 

activities like hill walking, swimming, lunges and 

squats are particularly beneficial for improving 

diabetes risk factors, as well as the waistline.

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It seems you have been creating something from the 

heart of late. Tell us about your latest offering, Mapu. 

Yes, it takes time and a lot of courage to start something 

very, very different. But it pays off. I had that when I 

opened Roots – you need to be very persistent with 

what you are doing. 

I was looking at opening a bigger restaurant after 

Roots, but Covid happened and I’m glad I didn’t. It was 

also becoming obvious to me the restaurant system was 

not working because it is dependent on so many things. 

You can have passion and will, but still be dependent on 

the landlord giving you a good price, on produce prices, 

staff, customers and tourists – too many things. I didn’t 

want to do anything like that anymore, but I knew there 

were still people in Christchurch who love to go out 

and eat. 

Photo: Charlotte Clements 

A different 

mentality 

After closing his award-winning 

Lyttelton restaurant Roots, Giulio 

Sturla decided to pare everything right 

back to a new style of dining that 

embraces what he loves – without 

giving him a ‘headache’. 

See Giulio Sturla at The Christchurch Food Show 

April 9-11, Christchurch Arena. 

So, you started exploring other ways of operating? 

Yes, I asked, ‘Why are we being so dependent on all 

this? Why do we continue to have this headache?’ We 

know things will not change, so we need to change the 

mentality around it – it was as simple as that. So I created 

Mapu with a totally different mentality, but still centred 

on making people happy and giving them an incredible 

experience and incredible product. Mapu is a six-person 

restaurant, but I call it a ‘test kitchen’. It is one table so 

it is very different to what people think a restaurant is 

– even the word doesn’t fit what I am doing. It is more 

of a private experience in the kitchen with one person 

operating it. 

You seem to have a real connection to the 

environment and ingredients around you? 

The ingredients are one thing, but the people who 

look after the ingredients are the important part. I love 

relationships with people – if there is anything that 

will save you when things are bad, it is sharing a good 

conversation and cup of coffee with someone. 

I’m using 100 per cent New Zealand ingredients. I 

make my food with whatever I have here. We can’t 

go anywhere else so let’s enjoy what we have here 

– elevate it to the point of being a superstar. It is 

about celebrating what we have here, and this is the 

opportunity we have been presented with Covid. 

What have you been experimenting with lately? 

I’m focusing a lot on fermentation. I love to study the 

chemistry and science behind cooking. For me, soy sauce 

is very important and so I looked into how I can make 

my own. I love creating flavour – looking at all cultures 

but creating flavour with New Zealand products, using 

pāua, clams, kina, crayfish; things that nobody thought 

could be done. And that is the uniqueness of my menu. 

What can we expect to see from you at The 

Christchurch Food Show? 

I want to create a few dishes that are very simple with 

local produce, but will create such a memory that it stays 

in your mind. I don’t want you to tell me this is good; I 

want you to tell me you will never forget this flavour.

60 Style | Food 

Photo: Sarah Burtscher

Style | Food 61 

Lemon Mistakes Cookies 

To help you out these school holidays when your children look like they 

are ready to utter the ‘b’ word, Sarah Burtscher and her daughter 

Edie share a recipe they developed together. 

When mum was developing her cookbook project 

during last year’s Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown, I 

decided I wanted to do some baking, too. 

I thought we had plenty of cornflakes to get through 

and decided that making Afghan biscuits would be 

yum. Mum pretty much said, “Go for it,” and then 

went to hang out the washing or something. 

But as I was creaming the butter, I realised we had 

no cornflakes or cocoa powder left, as well as no 

walnuts for the decoration on top! I thought, ‘Uh oh.’ 

But mum came back in and said, “Don’t worry; we’ll 

just make something up.” 

I made the biscuit base and we added in extra 

flour to make up for the cocoa powder, and then we 

made the icing using lemon juice. I was a little sceptical 

at first, but it turns out they are super tasty with a 

delicious and zesty lemon crunch. 

– Edie Burtscher, 12 

Check out Sarah’s 

new cookbook: 

Fridge Cleaner Cooking: 

Waste Not Want Not, 

published by SJKB Ltd 

and distributed 

by Bateman Books, 

release date 

April 10, 2021, 

RRP $39.99 

INGREDIENTS 

Cookies 

200g butter 

½ cup sugar 

1 tsp vanilla essence 

2 Weet-Bix, crushed 

(or 1½ cups cornflakes) 

1¼ cups plain flour 

Icing 

1 cup icing sugar 

1 lemon (juice and zest) 

1 tsp water (approx.) 

METHOD 

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 

2. Cream butter and sugar 

until it is light and fluffy. 

3. Beat in vanilla essence. 

4. Stir in flour. 

5. Gently fold in the Weet- 

Bix (or cornflakes). 

6. Place spoonfuls of the 

mixture onto a greased 

or lined oven tray, and 

press down gently with 

a fork. 

7. Bake for 15 minutes 

or until set. 

8. Wait until the cookies are 

cold before icing. Mix all 

icing ingredients in a bowl, 

being careful not to add 

too much water. It needs 

to be spreadable, but 

not runny. 

9. Ice the cookies – we put 

on lots of icing!

62 Style | Drink 

Treat me 

Kate Preece enjoys the spoils 

from her birthday, and a glass 

from someone else’s. 

must say, 2021 was a good birthday year 

I for me. No, it wasn’t a significant number, 

but it was just one of those wonderful days 

different enough to mark it as the special 

day it deserves to be. And, of course, who 

can complain when the end result sees 

more gin to enjoy. 

Kelp me 

I first tried the Isle of Harris gin at the Christchurch 

Gindulgence festival some years ago, and it was a winner 

from the first sip. Distilled in Tarbert, on Scotland’s Outer 

Hebrides, it’s the locally sourced, hand-picked sugar kelp 

seaweed that will pique a gin fancier’s interest. 

Smooth and balanced, the citrus notes don’t dominate 

this dry gin. I didn’t have a grapefruit to hand, but I 

appreciate it would be a good way to drink it. 

For those who like a good-looking bottle, it gets the 

tick, with enough finesse to garner a reaction simply by 

putting it on the table. 

Hold the lime, caller 

An established Tanqueray fan, I was unsure 

messing with this recipe could be a good 

thing, even with a high-roller ingredient such 

as lime. I imagined that Tanqueray Rangpur 

had an injection of fake lime essence, which 

isn’t exactly fair, and instead I found myself 

going back for more. 

The drop takes its name from the rangpur 

lime – a mandarin-orange-citron hybrid that 

looks like a mandarin but is as zesty as a lime. 

The result? It’s going to give you more of a hit 

than a slice of lime in your glass, yet it boosts 

the taste like the real deal. 

No. 3 revisited 

This one has me slightly baffled. I have tried the No. 3 

before, but it arrived in a different bottle – and what’s 

inside seems a cut above. Today’s bottle is clear (not 

green), still brandishes the stuck-on key and comes with 

a bevy of awards – the ‘world’s best’ four times at the 

International Spirits Challenge, with the distiller, Dr David 

Clutton, described as the “only man to hold a PhD in gin”. 

When poured today, I can appreciate its accolades and 

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64 Style | Read 

The book nook 

A place to discover what deserves a spot in your TBR pile. 

NEW RELEASES 

WE’VE BEEN READING 

Half Life 

Jillian Cantor 

(Simon & Schuster, $35) 

A sliding-doors reimagining of the passionate life of the 

first woman to win the Nobel Prize – and the life Marie 

Curie might have led if she had chosen love over science. 

In 1891, Marie Curie was engaged to mathematician, 

Kazimierz Zorawski. But when his mother insisted she 

was too poor and not good enough, he broke off the 

engagement. Eventually, Marie Curie would go on to 

change the course of science forever. But what if Marie 

had married Kazimierz and never attended the Sorbonne 

or discovered radium? 

Two Shakes of 

a Lamb’s Tail: 

The Diary of a Country Vet 

Danielle Hawkins 

(HarperCollins, $37.99) 

The funny, illuminating diary of a year 

in the life of a New Zealand farm vet. From calving cows 

to constipated dogs, weddings to weaning lambs, each 

season brings new challenges and delights. Sometimes it’s 

exhausting – but it’s almost always a lot of fun. 

Hoot 

Carl Hiaasen 

(Pan Macmillan, $18) 

Roy Eberhardt despised having to move 

to Florida. New school. New friends. New 

bullies. Dana Matherson, the biggest bully in 

Florida, constantly has a bone to pick with 

Roy and will do anything to snag a pack of 

cigarettes. 

One Monday morning, Dana ambushes 

Roy on the bus and smooshes Roy’s face 

into the window. There Roy sees a boy, but 

no ordinary boy. This boy has no shoes, no 

backpack, and if this boy was going to school 

he’d probably be sent back home to change. 

Roy couldn’t stop thinking about the 

running boy all day. He had to investigate. 

Along with Beatrice Leep, Roy uncovers more 

secrets about the boy than you’d think. 

My favourite character is Beatrice Leep, 

because she’s a bit like a Cadbury Dairy 

Milk Caramello in some ways – hard on the 

outside and soft on the inside; strong and 

tough, as well as kind-hearted and friendly. 

– Ava Preece, age 10 

YOU’VE BEEN 

READING 

WINNING 

REVIEW 

The Husband’s Secret 

Liane Moriarty (Pan Macmillan) 

This is a good book to start you reading again. 

Between busy schedules, children and housework, 

the story is captivating enough to make you find 

time to read. Discover the husband’s secret, 

which unfolds from a letter that wasn’t supposed 

to be read until after he died. 

– Sandra Tuckwell

Style | Read 65 

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for Ownership Shaped 

the Modern World 

Simon Winchester 

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This is a fascinating view of how we are attached to 

land and how societies have accepted the concept of 

land ownership. 

Bestselling author Simon Winchester takes us 

across the globe, from the transition of communal 

land to individual ownership – changes brought 

about by kings, queens, invaders, colonisers and 

governments. The effects of mass appropriation 

of land, former and current relocation of peoples, 

pollution and climate change are considered – and, 

with particular relevance for New Zealanders, it 

looks at “Māori approaches to the guardianship and 

preservation of land”. 

– Neville Templeton, Piccadilly Bookshop 

Perfection: The Life and 

Times of Sir William 

Manchester 

Earle Brown and 

Michael F. Klaassen 

(Mary Egan Publishing, $39.99) 

Sir William ‘Bill’ Manchester was born and raised in 

Waimate and trained in medicine at the University 

of Otago. After graduating, he volunteered with 

the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps 

during World War II and undertook further training 

in England. After the war he was instrumental in 

establishing plastic surgery units at Burwood and 

Middlemore, developing a world-wide reputation. 

This biography will appeal to members of the 

medical profession and defence forces, past and 

present – and particularly those interested in plastic 

surgery and the setting up of units at Burwood and 

Middlemore. A good local history for those with 

Canterbury and Otago connections. 

– Helen Templeton, Piccadilly Bookshop 

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66 Style | Travel 

Where in the world? 

We can’t help but think of faraway places, planning for travels yet to come. 

Do you know the destination we’re dreaming about this month? 

CLUES 

• Traditional fare includes 

apple dessert Gâche Mélée 

(pronounced Gosh Mel-are), 

and Ormer Casserole – a dish 

made from abalone found on 

its shores. 

• Known for its beach resorts 

and stunning soaring coastal 

cliffs, it is a self-governing 

British Crown dependency. 

• On the island there is a place 

called Le Creux ès Faies – a 

megalithic passage tomb dated 

between 3000 and 2500BC. It 

is affectionately known as the 

entrance to the fairy kingdom 

in island folklore. 

ANSWER: Guernsey


The wild road trip 

Pristine beaches alongside incredible coastal scenery and penguin watching 

makes Otago Harbour a memorable school holiday road trip. 

Words Peter Janssen 

In recent years the 

Otago Peninsula 

has gained a 

reputation as one of 

New Zealand’s best 

and more accessible 

areas in which to 

see wildlife such as 

penguins, seals and 

seabirds. However, 

the peninsula and 

the harbour are an 

area of outstanding 

natural beauty in their 

own right, and all 

within a short drive of 

Dunedin city. 

Getting there 

Both sides of the harbour 

are easily accessible from 

central Dunedin. However, 

the peninsula is hilly and steep, 

and the roads correspondingly 

winding and often very narrow. 

Sealed for the most part, some 

roads around the Hoopers and 

Papanui inlets are gravel. The 

road out to the albatross colony 

can, at times, be very busy. 

ABOVE: View from Mount Cargill, showing Otago Harbour and Otago Peninsula.

Style | Travel 69 

Mount Cargill and the Organ Pipes 

To drive to the top of Mount Cargill from the city 

centre, travel north on Great King Street and follow 

Pine Hill Road to Cowan Road, which then continues 

to the top; a distance of 10km. This last section of 

road is very rough. 

Looming over Dunedin from the north, 676-metre 

Mount Cargill is very exposed and often shrouded 

in cloud, creating a unique subalpine environment 

on the summit just a short drive away from the 

city. While there is a road to the top (very rough 

on the final section), the best way to experience 

Mount Cargill is by foot via the Organ Pipes. This 

two-hour return walk is not difficult (most of the 

climbing is in the first 15 minutes) and the track 

winds through fine bush, ferns and mosses. What 

look like carefully shaped steps are in fact natural 

formations of broken rock from the Organ Pipes. 

The mountain is part of the rim of a volcano 

and the Pipes are basalt rocks that have been 

shaped into very precise geometric forms during 

the cooling process. The views from the top 

are superb. If you want to walk to the top then 

follow North Road in the North East Valley until 

it eventually morphs into Mount Cargill Road, a 

distance of 8km. The car park is 3km from here on 

the left, but there is very limited parking space. 

Sunset over Port Chalmers and Mount Cargill. 

Aramoana 

From the city centre take SH 88 to 

Port Chalmers and then continue 

following the coast on the Aramoana 

Road to the end; a distance of 25km. 

Essentially, Aramoana is a large 

sandbar protecting the sheltered 

waters of the Otago Harbour from 

the open sea. Facing the ocean 

is a wide sweep of white sand 

broken by the long breakwater, 

constructed to stop the harbour 

channel from silting up. Directly 

opposite Taiaroa Head, Aramoana 

is a good spot to watch albatross 

in flight (binoculars will come in 

very handy), and fur seals and 

blue penguins are not uncommon 

on the beach. Just inside the 

breakwater, a track and boardwalk 

lead through the wide tidal salt 

marshes, home to numerous 

wading birds including godwits in 

the summer months. 

Aramoana Beach and Heyward Point.


Royal Albatross, Taiaroa Head Reserve 

From Dunedin take the Portobello Road 19km east; at 

Portobello, continue east for a further 12km on Harington 

Point Road to the very end. 

The site of an unusual mainland colony of northern 

royal albatross, there are albatross at Taiaroa Head all 

year round, although numbers vary considerably. There 

is also a blue penguin colony at the centre. The best 

time to view the birds is from December to February, 

and you are more likely to see them on the wing when 

the weather is rough and windy. The only access to the 

colony is by guided tour, and bookings are recommended 

as this is a very popular spot to visit. While the albatross 

are the undoubted stars of the show, the reserve is home 

to another 11 bird species, including the rare Stewart 

Island shag. 

Views from the Royal Albatross Centre. 

Otago Peninsula 

Like Banks Peninsula in Canterbury, Otago Harbour is the 

drowned crater of a large ancient volcano formed during the 

Miocene epoch between 13 and 10 million years ago. The 

rugged peaks surrounding the harbour are the relics of the 

old crater rim, and the basalt columns at the Organ Pipes 

on Mount Cargill and the Pyramids in the Okia Reserve are 

graphic reminders of this region’s turbulent geological past. 

On the peninsula itself, the highest peak is Mount Charles 

(408 metres) near Allans Beach and on the mainland Mount 

Cargill reaches over 600 metres. Two shallow inlets on the 

southern side of the peninsula are a haven for aquatic birds, 

while the undeveloped beaches are famed for wildlife such 

as seals and penguins. 

The Penguin Place 

The Penguin Place is 1km from the albatross 

colony on Harington Point Road. 

Otago Peninsula is home to both blue and 

yellow-eyed/hoiho penguins, but in recent 

years the popularity of penguin watching 

has placed undue stress on the birds with 

visitors unintentionally diminishing the 

very wildlife they come to see. There 

is a viewing hide at Sandfly Bay near 

Sandymount, and little blues come ashore 

at Pilots Beach just below the albatross 

colony. However, an alternative is to visit 

the Penguin Place. A working farm with a 

colony of rare yellow-eyed penguins as well 

as some blues, the Penguin Place offers a 

one-and-a-half-hour tour of the breeding 

colony, with specially constructed hides 

that permit very close viewing of these 

stand-offish birds that prefer to keep their 

distance from neighbours by nesting in thick 

scrub. The Penguin Place has substantially 

replanted the dunes, and while the 

replanting takes hold, they have provided 

private nesting boxes for the birds. Groups 

comprise no more than 15 people, and if 

there are no penguins the tours don’t go. 

Only afternoon and early evening viewings 

are available in winter, with all-day tours 

from October to Easter; chicks can be seen 

November to February.

Style | Travel 71 

Okia Reserve, Victory Beach 

Return towards Portobello village and after 9km 

turn left into Weir Road. Follow this road, which 

is gravel but in reasonable condition, 5km to 

the end. 

This large coastal reserve comprises an 

extensive area of dune, wetland and a pristine 

beach, wide open to the Southern Ocean 

and about as wild as it gets on the Otago 

Peninsula. The dunes behind the beach are 

nesting grounds for both hoiho and little blue 

penguins and a resting area for Hooker’s 

sea lions. Easily camouflaged in the scrubcovered 

dunes, be aware that the sea lions 

can be quite aggressive and dangerous when 

disturbed. The volcanic origin of the Pyramids, 

two aptly named small hills guarding the 

approach to the coast, is evidenced by the 

geometric basalt columns on the seaward side 

of the smaller pyramid (similar to the Organ 

Pipes on Mount Cargill). There is a short 

scramble to the top of the smaller pyramid 

that gives a lovely view over the dune country. 

Sandymount 

Return to Portobello village, but instead of heading back 

to Dunedin along the coast veer left into Highcliff Road, 

which runs along the spine of the peninsula. After 5km 

turn left into Sandymount Road and continue 4km to the 

car park. Watch for loose sand over the road. 

As the name suggests, Sandymount consists of windblown 

sand driven up from Sandfly Bay to cover the 

rocky summit that rises to 319 metres. A rough track 

leads up from the car park to the top, with spectacular 

views south to Nugget Point and north to Moeraki 

and a glimpse of Dunedin city. However, the area is 

best known for the Chasm and Lover’s Leap, dramatic 

coastal cliffs over 200 metres high, both reached by 

a short easy walk. The Chasm is a huge slash in the 

hillside dropping to a rock base and beyond that to 

the sea, while at Lover’s Leap a sheer cliff face plunges 

to a large sea arch. From both lookout points the 

views along the high cliffs on the southern coast of the 

peninsula are fantastic, but in windy weather it can be 

very exposed so come prepared. 

Karetai Trig Lookout 

Continue west along Highcliff Road towards Dunedin and 

after 5.5km turn left into Centre Road. Follow Centre Road 

for 3km and turn left into Tomahawk Road. The track to 

the trig starts at the end of Tomahawk Road. 

A steady uphill trudge through farmland leads to a 

clifftop trig with excellent views west over the city 

beaches: Smaills, Tomahawk, St Kilda and St Clair. Far to 

the south lies Nugget Point, and to the east along the 

coast dramatic sheer-faced cliffs descend into a rugged 

sea. This is a good spot to watch seabirds wheeling far 

below along the wave-lashed cliffs, while offshore is the 

tiny and appropriately named Bird Island. 

Sandfly Bay 

Return to Highcliff Road and turn left, and 

after 1km turn left again into Seal Point Road 

and continue 2km to the very end. 

Taking its name not from the bloodsucking 

insect but from the exposed nature of 

the coast that has driven sand high on to 

Sandymount, this beautiful, wide, white-sand 

beach is flanked by steep cliffs at either end, 

while offshore lie several small rock stacks. 

Yellow-eyed penguins nest in the extensive 

dunes and seals are common on the beach. 

You can also walk from Sandymount to 

Sandfly Bay (pictured) in under an hour. 

Extract from A New 

Zealander’s Guide 

to Touring Natural 

New Zealand: 47 

Spectacular Road 

Trips by Peter 

Janssen, photography 

by Andrew Fear, 

published by New 

Holland Publishers 

New Zealand, out 

now. RRP $39.99.

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GROW ŌTAUTAHI 

LAUNCH EVENT 

2 

Grow tautahi held its exclusive preview evening in 

the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, where guests 

enjoyed refreshments from the Ilex Café and were given 

self-guided access to the full festival site prior to the 

three-day public event. 

Photography: Olivia Woodward Photography 

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1. Chris Walsh, Aaron Reilly, Ian Jefferies; 2. Owen and Margie Waters; 3. Lynne McAra Clark, Phil Crisp; 4. Jax Hamilton; 5. Sandi MacRae, Murray Strong, 

Lisa Goodman, Chris Walsh, Kiri Jarden; 6. Julia Atkinson-Dunn, Tonia Shuttleworth; 7. Wayne, Julie and Paulette Double; 8. Tony, Wendy and Sandi MacRae.

LEXUS URBAN POLO 

The Lexus Urban Polo is a contemporary spin on the 

traditional game of polo and returned to Hagley Park 

in 2021 to provide an unforgettable day of sport, music, 

fashion and food. 

Photography: Supplied 

LES MILLS CITY2SURF 

The Les Mills City2Surf in association with Star Media 

marked its 48th year on Sunday 21 March, hosting 

11,000 runners who took part in the iconic Christchurch 

fun run. It was a gloriously sunny day filled with smiles and 

celebration of personal achievements! 

Photography: Karen Casey

74 Style | Win 

GIVEAWAYS 

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 April 30. 

MEAT IN THE MIDDLE 

Silver Fern Farms’ new Honest Burgers range is straight 

up delicious – the perfect choice for burger lovers who are 

serious about quality. Enjoy New Zealand’s finest pastureraised 

beef, lamb and venison with hints of uniquely New 

Zealand natural ingredients like horopito and kawakawa. A 

healthy, convenient, premium-quality option for your next 

meal at home. Be in to win one of six packs ($15 each). 

ADORN YOURSELF 

Known for her use of directional shapes, exciting colour 

combinations and unique, yet wearable pieces, Dunedin’s 

Joanna Salmond is the designer behind a range of stylish 

necklaces, earrings and bracelets that incorporate semi 

precious stones, pearls, sterling silver and gold vermeil. We 

have a pair of beautiful freshwater pearl lace earrings to 

give away, valued at $150. joannasalmond.co.nz 

GO NATURAL 

Based in Motueka, Pete’s Natural produces healthy sodas 

that are traditionally brewed, lightly fermented and 30 to 

50 per cent lower in sugar than other leading brands. Pete’s 

passion is to produce all natural soda drinks using only fruit 

that has been grown in New Zealand. We have two 12 

packs of Pete’s Natural Lemonade, valued at $49, to give 

away to two lucky readers. petesnatural.co.nz 

STEP UP 

Looking sharp has 

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Bullboxer’s sustainable 

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collection. Thoughtfully 

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NESPRESSO: Kirsten Gullery 

THE COURT THEATRE: Deborah Morison 

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may enter all giveaways. If you are selected as a winner, 

your name will be published in the following month’s 

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