Style: June 01, 2022

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A note to you 

As I write this, I’m deep in the process of (attempting to) 

purchase my first home, in inner city Ōtautahi, a privilege that 

has previously been entirely out of reach having lived in Auckland 

for the last decade, and one of the major drawcards that tempted 

me south earlier this year. 

And while the actual process is proving fairly scary and horrible 

(OMG the paperwork!) I’m allowing myself just a little taste of the 

fun side of home ownership to (hopefully) come, by poring over 

pictures of inspirational interior design and making myself a bit of a 

moodboard – with accompanying shopping wishlist, of course. 

So it was a double delight to be able to feature Christchurch’s 

coolest, most stylish new hotel, The Observatory, on this month’s 

cover – undoubtedly the jewel in the crown of The Arts Centre’s 

incredible post-earthquake restoration – alongside an interview 

(page 22) with the super-talented interior designer Jessica Close, 

whose unique aesthetic is one I’ve admired for some time. 

I’ve also thrown in a few purchasable pieces that nod to Jessica’s 

gorgeous interiors for extra inspo (page 26), all of which you may 

well find adorning my own home in the not too distant future. 

With the colder days closing in, I hope you find plenty within 

these pages to keep you occupied and inspired too, whether it’s 

through the recipes from local foodie legend Annabel Langbein 

(page 58) or southern wild food chef Angelo Georgalli (page 54), 

the stories of the Dunedin mother-daughter duo behind fashion 

project Thanks It’s Mum’s (page 28) and the two Canterbury dudes 

doing things differently with men’s skincare (page 40) or via the 

latest in fashion (page 38) and beauty (page 42). 

Josie Steenhart 

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CONTENTS 

In this issue 

Cover Feature 

22 IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN 

A peek inside the former 

university building turned 

chic Christchurch hotel 

Fashion 

28 THANKS IT’S MUM’S 

The mother-daugher duo 

with a passion for fashion 

38 COSY COOL 

Warm up with stylish newseason 

knitwear 

Health & Beauty 

40 BOYS IN BEAUTY 

The two dudes behind the 

men’s skincare revolution 

42 ABOUT FACE 

The best new beauty 

Home & Interiors 

26 GET THE LOOK 

Tap into The Observatory’s 

heritage style at home 

44 SAVE OR SPLASH 

Beautiful blues for 

every budget 

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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 across the South Island and beyond. Be assured, the best of lifestyle, home, fashion, food and 

culture will always be in Style.

Lighting festival celebrating Matariki 

24 June–3 July Cathedral Square 

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38 

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GRASS HOPPER 

54 

Travel 

52 STYLE TRAVEL GUIDE 

Funnyman Tom Sainsbury takes 

us on his journey south 

Food & Drink 

52 GO WILD 

Game chef Angelo Georgalli 

shares his delicious secrets 

58 COMING UP PLUMS 

Annabel Langbein’s plum-tastic 

cakes and cocktails 

64 MIX & MINGLE 

Delicious beverages tested 

by the Style team 

RESENE 

ARROWROOT 

Arts & Culture 

66 ART IN THE CITY 

Dunedin creative changemaker 

Simon Kaan 

72 THE READING ROOM 

Our picks of the new book pack 

Regulars 

14 NEWSFEED 

What’s hot and happening in 

your neighbourhood 

70 MARKETPLACE 

Gorgeous wares from local spots 

74 WIN 

Luxury hotel stays, immunity fizz 

stick kits and live comedy tickets 

Our cover 

The Observatory Hotel drawing room, 

newly opened in Christchurch’s The Arts 

Centre heritage complex. 

Photo: Jane Ussher 

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Film fest by design 

Lovers of design and architecture are in for a treat this month 

with the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival popping up 

at locations all across the country, including Nelson (May 26 to 

June 1), Christchurch (June 9-26) and Dunedin (June 2-15) in the 

south, covering talents such as Mary Quant, Maija Isola, Bruce 

Mau, Steve McCurry and Grethe Meyer and notable design/ 

architecture hotspots from all over the globe. 

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Queenstown in a candle 

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winter firesides and spicy mulled wine. 

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Down the rabbit hole 

Running until October 16, Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s new exhibition 

Beyond the Hedge promises to be “an invitation for your imagination to 

take a journey, enriched by knowledge and experience of folk tales, faerie 

tales, myths and legends”. Look out for works such as Michael Parekōwhai’s 

gigantic inflatable rabbit that lies across the gallery foyer, Oliver Perkins’ 

monumental painting on the Big Wall (reminiscent of the yellow brick road 

travelled by Dorothy and her friends in Oz) and Reuben Paterson’s glittercoated 

‘The Golden Bearing’. dunedin.art.museum 

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artist. Photo: Bryan James, courtesy of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Courtesy 

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Let there be music 

2022 is finally making a comeback and for lovers of music, things 

are looking (and sounding) especially bright with Chamber Music 

NZ’s full calendar of fantastic offerings, from stunning multimedia 

performance Bird Like Men (touring until July 23 including Dunedin 

and Christchurch) and the Goldner String Quartet’s Mendelssohn & 

Dvořák, on in Nelson (June 15), Christchurch (June 16), Invercargill 

(June 18) and Dunedin (June 20). To support CMNZ all year 

round, purchase a 12-month subscription. 

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Boots made for walkin’ 

Brighten up the rainiest of days with the latest 

Karen Walker collaboration, in the form of these 

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much-loved Melbourne weatherproof boot makers 

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What’s up doc? 

Whether you’re up for a cinema screening or 

prefer the comfort of your couch, the Oscarqualifying 

international documentary festival 

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with an incredible 113 films offered in-theatre in 

Christchurch (June 15-26) or online from June 

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Bright lights 

Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, Tīrama Mai will 

brighten up Christchurch this winter with a range of innovative lighting 

installations and artworks on display throughout the central city. “This 

year we have all new, never-seen-before lighting installations, illuminated 

artworks and immersive experiences,” says CCC events and arts manager 

Lucy Blackmore. “The country’s best lighting artists and creative minds 

have been working hard to create these pieces in partnership with mana 

whenua.” Running from June 24 to July 3, the opening night coincides 

with New Zealand’s first Matariki public holiday. ccc.govt.nz/whatson 

Photo: CCC Newsline 

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Big mountain energy 

The largest and most prestigious 

mountain film festival in the world, this 

June the Banff Mountain Film Festival 

is set to arrive on our shores with 20+ 

powerful films inspiring Kiwis to dream 

big again, and to remind us how diverse 

and adventurous the world is – both 

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Artistic expeditions 

Deadly Ponies’ final capsule for 

the season celebrates historical 

photographer, explorer and filmmaker 

Frank Hurley’s earliest icy adventures. 

Favoured Deadly Ponies shapes have 

become canvases for remarkable 

images drawn from Frank’s works, 

while other pieces celebrate the 

beloved Emperor penguin, with 100 

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handcrafted Mr Emperor bags and 

charms to be donated to the Antarctic 

Science Foundation’s ‘Penguin Pursuits’ 

project, which researches and monitors 

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Heart-felt 

Felt – New Zealand’s largest online marketplace for locally made goods and gifts 

– celebrates its 15th birthday in June. Founded in 2007 by Canterbury local Lucy 

Arnold, the website showcases Kiwi talents from thousands of small businesses 

and is still New Zealand owned. In Felt’s early days, Lucy personally emailed 

individual craftspeople to invite them to join the marketplace. A decade and a 

half later, makers on Felt collectively make more than $1 million in sales every 

year. felt.co.nz 

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The property market would be defined as one of New Zealand’s most 

significant economic determinants. It requires constant interpretation 

and review, including looking ahead – sometimes well ahead. 

Although stepping into the future is 

potentially scary, long-term business 

sustainability requires just that. Recently 

I got an appreciation of what that future 

could potentially look like using the 

strategic intelligence detailed in a report 

by The Real Estate Institute of New 

Zealand titled Megatrends: A Report 

on New Zealand Property 2022. It’s a 

significant document, of relevance not 

just to those in the real estate sector but 

anyone with an eye on global and local 

property trends. 

Remembering that a megatrend is a 

major shift in environmental, social 

and economic conditions that can 

substantially change how we live, these 

are some of the ones that stood out to 

me: 

• The return of the home office – this 

came under the megatrend titled ‘Hybrid 

Working’. 

Due to COVID, home offices have become 

a vital consideration when purchasing 

and I only wish I’d incorporated one 

when we built a new home six years 

ago. At the time of building, I thought 

an office was outdated and would 

never be used, but how wrong I 

was and how much easier having one 

would have made life during periods of 

lockdown and isolation. The reason this 

pre-empts a potential megatrend is what 

would happen if everyone wanted to 

work from home permanently. 

• Digitisation – yes, there’s a strong place 

for digitised processes with automated 

tasks fitting this space. But the report 

noted that people remain essential in real 

estate areas where human connection 

and creativity are required. Phew! I was 

pleased to see that, but it’s really about 

superb connectivity skills and creativity 

aimed at maximizing a client’s returns 

whilst maintaining transparency. 

• Rental Reality – I think this one will come 

as no surprise. Homeownership rates are 

falling and there is a greater acceptance 

of renting rather than owning. 

For the landlord, there’s the benefit of 

a return on his/her investment and for 

the tenant it can allow them to invest 

their resources (given they have them) 

in a more diversified number of assets 

besides a mortgage. 

There’s also the development of 

institutional investment. If you want 

to know more about this practice, I’d 

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report. It details this sector, which in North 

America is considered a major investable 

asset class while being embryonic in 

other parts of the world including NZ. 

So why have I told you all of this? It could 

be because I wanted to get my word 

count up, it could be because it interests 

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22 Style | Feature 

From academia to 

accommodation 

A stylish new Ōtautahi hotel breathes life into a series of beloved old buildings. 

Interviews Josie Steenhart Photos Jane Ussher 

More than a decade after Christchurch’s muchloved 

The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora was 

extensively damaged in the earthquakes, the recent 

opening of the Observatory Hotel marks a significant 

milestone in its $290 million restoration. 

Utilising what were originally three stone-clad, late 

19th Century to early 20th Century buildings that 

once housed the physics, observatory and biology 

buildings of the original Canterbury College (later 

known as University of Canterbury), the 33-room 

hotel offers a truly unique and perfectly balanced mix 

of heritage and contemporary. 

Style spoke exclusively to two central forces 

behind bringing the extraordinary project to life, 

interior designer Jessica Close and The Arts Centre 

director Philip Aldridge.

Style | Feature 23 

Jessica, tell us a little bit about your interior design 

background… 

I trained ‘on the job’ working for Gavin Houghton in 

London. I had seen Gavin’s work in The World of Interiors 

magazine and left for the UK expressly to work for him. 

He is an interiors genius and it was the most incredible 

experience working for him. 

Why did you choose to base yourself in Christchurch? 

I honestly adore Christchurch. I love the community, the 

people, the architecture, Hagley Park and of course my 

wonderful wider family – we all live a few hundred metres 

apart. My husband and I have three small children and I can’t 

think of a better place for them to grow up than in this city. 

As well as some beautiful private residences in Otago and 

Canterbury, local readers may recognise your work on 

the Christchurch Club, tell us about that…. 

I was engaged to design the Christchurch Club soon after 

returning to Christchurch from London, and I imagine it was 

a leap of faith appointing a 25-year-old to the project. 

I set about making it feel like a home, ensuring that spaces 

felt calm and welcoming. 

The Club had a lot of existing furniture, which was a 

blessing, but we sourced additional antiques at auction 

alongside commissioning custom pieces. 

My favourite space is the Rhodes Room, a private dining 

room, where I have upholstered the walls and ceiling – it 

feels like a cocoon. 

What was your brief/concept for the Observatory Hotel 

and how did you achieve it? 

The brief was simply to design a 33-room boutique arts 

hotel. I set out to approach it like I would a large home. 

Thankfully this approach spoke to Philip Aldridge, the Arts 

Centre CEO. 

In my initial pitch I proposed 33 different room schemes, 

which was a mammoth task. 

I liked the idea of visiting the hotel and being able to 

request a particular room that spoke to you. Every room 

has a distinct design scheme and personality. 

The design is my modern take on the Arts and Crafts 

movement. I used William Morris prints throughout – an 

historical nod to the movement and the Gothic Revival 

buildings the hotel is housed in. 

The additional design layers – paint, lighting, furniture 

design and contemporary art – pull the entire design into 

the 21st century. The more layers there are the calmer a 

room becomes. 

Did you do a lot of research into the history of the hotel 

buildings/Arts Centre? 

So much research! All told, I think I would have spent a 

month full-time researching The Arts Centre, the buildings 

themselves (the old biology and physics buildings and the 

observatory), and the Arts and Crafts movement before 

beginning design work. 

I moved into a little office in the clock tower for a year, 

which allowed me to quietly explore and document all the 

unusual architectural features around The Arts Centre. 

The design went through several iterations before I landed 

on the final version. I’ve used paint to highlight the various 

unique architectural features of the three buildings – you 

can see subtle transitions as you walk through. 

Do you have a favourite room/space and why? 

My favourite guest room is the second floor suite. I adore 

the generous proportions of the space, and always have. 

It has windows that look out onto the quad and Hereford 

Street. The scheme is calmer than some guest rooms. I’ve 

used William Morris Melsetter and Wilhelmina mixed in 

with some really luxurious Schumacher velvets.

24 Style | Feature


All the furniture and furnishings have been made 

by local businesses, tell us about some of them… 

I was passionate from the outset about using local 

suppliers for the project. It was so important 

to me that we reinvest in local business, which 

became even more critical during the pandemic. I 

worked with my usual roster of incredible makers 

– some of whom are one-person-bands who 

spent 12 months completing their commissions – 

to execute custom designed headboards, furniture, 

lamps and carpet. 

Their skills are extraordinary and I am so proud of 

what we’ve produced together. 

Paul Gill, who makes all my headboards, was a 

star. He spent the better part of a year templating 

my hand-drawn patterns, working through fabric 

placement and the various details unique to the 17 

different headboard styles. 

David Shaw took on a huge amount of the 

furniture production, both upholstered and 

hardwood. We even made some lacquered turned 

lamps together. 

My curtain maker Lynette Mackie and her 

incredible workshop had a monumental task – no 

single window or room was the same size or 

location – a lot of measuring! 

And there is William Morris in every room, 

what is it about his textiles that are so special 

do you think? 

His prints are iconic and were an important 

historical touchpoint for me. William Morris was 

prolific during the Arts and Crafts movement (the 

historical period in which the neo-gothic hotel 

buildings were designed and built). The movement 

was a revival of traditional techniques, a celebration 

of the handmade and a rejection of industrialisation 

of design. 

This attitude was central to my own design of 

the hotel, a modern take on Arts and Crafts. 

More than anything though, the fabrics themselves 

are marvellous and I loved pulling out colours 

from the patterns and incorporating these in the 

overall schemes. 

Any advice for readers who would like to try 

something similar in their own homes? 

Paint! It would be unusual for me not to paint 

woodwork (gloss!) and walls (matte) different 

colours for a project. It’s a relatively inexpensive 

way of changing the feeling of a room. A lot less 

painful than reupholstering for a second time. 

All the colours for the Observatory Hotel 

are Resene paints, some of which I ended up 

custom mixing with Resene. They’ve created an 

Observatory Hotel colour edit, and some Jessica 

Close custom colours that you can find online or in 

their ColorShops. 

Philip Aldridge, 

The Arts Centre Te Matatiki 

Toi Ora director 

How/when did the idea for the Observatory 

Hotel come about? 

The idea arose from the strategic planning 

undertaken by the Trust Board after the 

earthquakes of 2011. 

The Arts Centre has always been populated 

by a multitude of tenants and visitors, and having 

lost all tenancies with the entire campus closed 

because of earthquake damage it was possible to 

reconsider the constitution of the site. 

The provision of accommodation is part of the 

Trust’s mission and a hotel, an art hotel, evolved 

from those beginnings. 

What were some of the biggest challenges 

along the way? 

Restoring heritage buildings is a long, slow 

and painstaking process. It is also expensive. 

The biggest challenges were buried in those 

descriptors! 

Any interesting little stories related to the 

renovations? 

My favourite is from the day of the catastrophic 

earthquake of February 22, 2011. The 

observatory tower had been damaged in the 

previous earthquake of Sept 2010 and security 

camera footage shows two engineers assessing 

the tower from the outside. The camera begins 

to shake violently and the engineers – counterintuitively 

– run into the building, which the 

camera then captures collapsing. When the dust 

settles, all that’s left of the building is the stone 

doorway – and two engineers – who understood 

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of any other hotel in New Zealand quite like it. 

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When style’s in the genes 

And in the jeans, in the case of Dunedin mother-daughter duo Sharon White and 

Makenzi Taylor, whose passion for fashion is a family affair. 

Words Katie Day


“We just hope that someone else might find use for what we’ve looked 

after for so long and had a good time wearing.” 

Glistening jewellery made from precious metals and 

stones hung from a compartmentalised coat hanger in 

my mother’s wardrobe, a palpable memory of my youth. 

Mesmerised by these treasures, I would then find myself 

tangled in the autumnal floral fabrics of the dresses and 

jumpers in her wardrobe, pondering the day I could wear 

her clothing as my own. 

There is little doubt the warm palette and soft woollen 

textures of her wardrobe, influenced by her own mother 

– my grandmother – guided the formation of my unique 

style signature. Perhaps these moments of awe and 

wonder with our caregiver’s wardrobes are collective 

experiences we all share in different ways. 

Mother-daughter duo Sharon White and Makenzi Taylor 

have captured the essence of this relationship through 

their Instagram project, Thanks it’s Mum’s – where they 

share their wardrobe and world of style with the Otago 

community and beyond, through selling their pre-loved 

clothing, accessories and homeware items. 

Thanks it’s Mum’s came to life as the pair were 

clearing and curating Sharon’s wardrobe together. They 

discovered a multitude of beloved clothing items that could 

experience a second or third life, offering others the joy 

they found in their clothing experiences together. 

The title of the project, Thanks it’s Mum’s, flowed 

organically from Makenzi’s everyday conversations, 

noticing the praise she would attract when she donned 

her mother’s clothing. 

“I obviously borrow mum’s clothes a lot and when I 

wear her clothes, I tend to get compliments. So that’s 

always my response. I just say ‘thanks, it’s mum’s’.” 

The duo’s love for fashion was inherited through the 

maternal line, initially passed on from Makenzi’s greatgrandmother. 

Sharon reminisces on how the skills of resourceful 

sewing and values of quality investment and authentic style 

were inherited. 

“I loved having nice style right from the start, I got that 

from my grandma. She was always dressed well, in wee suits.” 

Creativity and cleverness were included generously in 

her grandmother’s approach to fashion. 

“She used to make my mum’s outfits because they 

would dance, every Saturday night. Grandma used to 

make her a new dress nearly every weekend because she 

worked as a seamstress. So she would get a lot of bits 

and pieces and everything, as there wasn’t a lot of money 

around then. So she would work with the bits and pieces 

she had found and put things together and they looked 

amazing. Especially when I look back on old photos,” 

Sharon says. 

Creative capabilities partnered with personality made 

Sharon’s grandmother a fashion force, leaving a legacy of 

authentic expression. 

“She was a bit of a character. She would always match 

her hankie with her outfit and oh, she was wonderful.” 

The legacy of resourcefulness was carried through the 

generations, with Sharon and Makenzi highlighting the 

value of pre-loved clothing in their collective wardrobes. 

“Makenzi and I have always gone op-shopping as well. You 

know, you can get something that maybe costs more than 

you want to pay, but then you can put it on with something 

that was $10 and the whole thing will look amazing.” 

The two also find connection, building meaningful 

memories with each other and with their clothes, in the 

process of op-shopping together. 

Makenzie says: “There’s pieces that I’ve never let go of 

and I don’t know why or where they’re going to go but I 

just don’t want to let go of them. Like, they’re part of me 

in some way, you know? I’ve got a jacket that mum and I 

bought when we were op-shopping together. You know, it’s 

a shared memory and a piece that reminds me of that time.” 

Just as her great-grandmother through to her mother 

have crafted fashion foundations for their kin, the 

relationships are reciprocal. Sharon reflects on how 

Makenzi influences and inspires her sense of style. 

“She’s certainly taught me, since she’s been of an age, 

she knew how to put other things together as well. You 

know, she’s just got this eye. She’s a real style queen, 

OPPOSITE: Sharon White and daughter Makenzi Taylor, East Taieri, 1995.


basically, because it’s amazing what she can put together. 

Whereas I like a whole lot of stuff and sometimes am not 

quite sure how to put it together. As she has grown she’s 

just helped me out heaps, it’s wonderful.” 

As this space of authenticity and connection over 

clothing has been nurtured among their family, they have 

opened the doors of their wardrobes, to share these 

experiences with their community. 

The pair share special memories of these communitywardrobe 

moments. When accompanying her husband on 

a work trip, Sharon had the opportunity to curate a blacktie 

wardrobe for the event. She invited her friends to build 

the wardrobe with her. 

“One time I got all my girlfriends around and asked them 

to help me sort out my outfits for the trip.” 

For Makenzi’s 22nd birthday party, she hosted a 

celebration where she shared occasion outfits her mother 

had previously sewn with her guests. 

“There were enough outfits from mum’s collection that 

she had made, for all of my friends that were coming to my 

party. So I assigned an outfit for each of my friends to get 

dressed into at the front door!” 

“It was the best party ever!” Sharon says. 

“It was so cute how every outfit matched each person even 

though they had been made 20 years prior,” Makenzi adds. 

Family and fun are at the heart of this pair’s style 

philosophy, sharing their passion for how creativity and 

thoughtfulness, expressed through fashion and lifestyle can 

enhance those little everyday moments. 

“We just hope that someone else might find use for 

what we’ve looked after for so long and had a good time 

wearing,” Makenzi says. 

ABOVE: The Dunedin mum and daughter duo’s shared love of fashion has led to their social media project Thanks it’s Mum’s. Photo: Linda Robertson

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Warm up with cool knits 

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hues or extend your winter entourage to include dresses, vests and even pants. 

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40 Style | Beauty 

On the ball 

Mike McRae and Tom Tappen are tackling Kiwi men’s skincare 

one cool, clever, covetable product at a time. 

Words Hannah Brown Photo Charlie Rose Jackson 

From its activated charcoal face cleanser and pōhutukawa 

night cream to a kawakawa body wash and the already 

legendary sweet almond-oil infused ‘ball butter’ (yep, it is 

what it sounds like), Christchurch-based brand Two Dudes is 

changing up the skincare game, teaching men not to be afraid 

to take care of their skin – or their health. 

Two Dudes launched in November 2020, after the dudes 

behind the project, Tom Tappen and Mike McRae, discovered 

the confidence skincare can give. Mike says the duo, who met 

while studying law in Christchurch, were working in Singapore 

when Tom introduced him to men’s grooming products. 

“As I started to use them, I started to notice that not only 

did they work but I started to feel more confident about 

myself in general.” 

Mike says they started to ask each other, “Why can’t all 

guys have this feeling?” 

From there, the co-founders began developing the brand. 

While formulating their products – they uncovered the 

unfortunate statistics around men’s health in New Zealand. 

“We knew our brand had to be underpinned by men’s 

health, which is where we came up with the idea to give 

10 per cent of our profits to men’s health organisations,” 

he adds. 

Mike and Tom started the business working between 

Christchurch and Auckland, selling the products online. 

Mike says the beauty of both being from Christchurch 

was that their families and networks were there to develop 

it with them. Living in Christchurch post-earthquakes gave 

them the resilience they needed to quit their day jobs and 

“sell moisturisers to men”, with the hopes their message 

would resonate. 

And it has. Their research found that men often find 

skincare confusing because they see it as a feminine category, 

they don’t understand why they need it, and they don’t 

know what they should be using. Two Dudes addresses these 

concerns with their accessible range of products that are easy 

to understand and use. 

The brand started with a core skincare line, added 

shampoo and conditioner, and recently launched a shower 

care range. Mike says they knew not all guys used skincare, 

but that (“hopefully!”) all guys take showers. 

They wanted to start with skincare because it required high 

trust, which allowed them to build that same trust into their 

message around bettering men’s health. 

On top of donating to men’s health organisations, 

Two Dudes have run a number of campaigns promoting 

conversations around men’s health, including their limited 

edition Ball Butter, a “simple, nourishing moisturiser designed 

to be applied daily” that Mike says was created to “encourage 

dudes everywhere to check their nuts”, and which will 

be back again this June for Men’s Health Month to raise 

awareness around testicular cancer.

42 Style | Beauty 

About face 

Pucker up 

Available in eight shades 

from neutral beige to 

vibrant fuchsia (we’re 

partial to luxe pinky mauve 

Slip, pictured), Hourglass 

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It’s a kind of magic 

With its lightweight, silky and 

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Following two years of research 

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An exciting evolution of 

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Pro-ageing 

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Kiwi brand Essano has introduced its new 

Visible Repair collection, featuring clinically 

proven formulas that are naturally and 

specifically designed for mature skin. As 

well as day, night and eye creams, the star 

of the range is the Facial Elixir ($50), a 

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with goodies to reduce signs of ageing and 

empower wearers. 

Hair hair! 

Dyson always means business when it comes 

to technology and innovation, so it’s no surprise 

they’ve found a way to improve on the already fairly 

amazing Airwrap hair styling tool ($999, available 

from June 16). The new-gen version has been 

given a radical redesign via new and reengineered 

attachments, which means enhanced styling options 

you can personalise to perfectly suit your hair type 

while maintaining its health and shine.

How to ensure you whānau is 

protected this winter 

With the people of Aotearoa coming out of 

their bubbles, and international borders 

opening, it brings a greater risk of people 

catching infections. 

Paula Bruce, Immunisation Coordinator at 

Pegasus Health says over the past two years 

we have seen a decrease in immunisations 

as people isolate at home, general practices 

see fewer people face to face and the focus 

in healthcare has been on COVID-19. 

“We are increasing our focus on Measles, 

Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccinations 

this year along with other vaccines such as 

COVID-19 and the flu. However, MMR is one 

of the most highly infectious diseases,” says 

Paula. 

Sherryn Edwardson, Immunisation 

Coordinator at Pegasus Health says measles 

were considered to have been eliminated in 

New Zealand in 2017 but vaccination rates 

have steadily declined since COVID-19 hit 

Aotearoa. 

“When a disease is not seen for a while, 

populations feel there is no need for 

vaccination,” says Sherryn. 

An increase in measles cases in January 

and February 2022 is a worrying sign of a 

heightened risk for the spread of vaccinepreventable 

diseases. 

There is a national push to get more people 

vaccinated against measles, a disease that 

would put additional pressure on a health 

system already contending with the effects 

of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

“A high number of tamariki under five have 

either not had their MMR vaccine or have 

only had one due to a schedule change in 

October 2020 putting them at risk,” says 

Sherryn. 

Many people aged 17 to 32-years-old were 

not fully vaccinated as children, also putting 

them at heightened risk. 

People can check their Plunket or WellChild 

books or ask their doctors to find out 

whether they have received the two MMR 

doses required to be fully immunised. 

Influenza will also be circulating in the 

community this winter and with a handful of 

new strains already identified at our borders, 

preparation is of the utmost priority. 

“The risk is that COVID-19 is still prevalent 

across our community and the last thing we 

want is for people to contract COVID-19 and 

influenza at the same time, also known as 

‘Flurona’,” says Michael, Nursing Director at 

Pegasus Health. 

The good news is, if you are worried about 

whether you can get the flu or the MMR 

vaccine at the same time as your COVID-19 

vaccine or booster, the Ministry of Health has 

advised that it is safe and there is no need to 

leave a gap in between each vaccine. 

Flu vaccines are available for free for those 

who are over 65, Māori and Pasifika over 

55, pregnant women, those with underlying 

health and tamariki under four with 

respiratory illnesses. 

You can ask your GP for a measles 

immunisation and/or COVID-19 vaccine, 

it is free. You can also get a free MMR 

immunisation at some pharmacies if you 

are 16 or older. 

pegasus.health.nz

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Getting real (estate) 

Tall Poppy’s Dan Gillespie talks the changing face of New Zealand real estate, 

finding the right agent – and agency – and the big appeal of tiny homes. 

What made you decide to go into 

real estate? 

Because I have come from a background 

in construction, small business ownership 

and retail sales, I’ve developed a passion 

for three things which naturally drew me 

to real estate: homes and property, the 

art of helping people solve things in their 

life, and running my own business and 

choosing to spend my time and energy on 

the things I really value. A career in real 

estate affords me the ability to enjoy a 

combination of these. 

How did you plan for the transition 

into commission selling? 

For some people, the thought of 

surviving and thriving on commission 

only is extremely daunting. For me, 

it’s exciting! I’m very self motivated 

and working on commission is a huge 

stimulus for me to go out and do the 

best job I can for my clients. 

Why did you choose Tall Poppy? 

It was a natural choice because it was the 

only real estate agency I could find that 

aligned with my values. When I started 

looking into Tall Poppy I realised there was 

a company actually trying to change the 

way real estate is done in New Zealand 

and I wanted to be a part of it. Tall Poppy’s 

whole business model is based on values 

instead of profit and they are attracting 

agents and clients who want a change in 

the way things are done in real estate. 

What made you decide to join 

Debi Pratt’s team? 

Interestingly enough, Debi’s ‘Join Tall 

Poppy Christchurch North’ page popped 

up on my Facebook feed while I was 

enquiring into different companies. Once 

I looked more into what Debi might have 

to offer as a mentor and leader, I soon 

realised that her wealth of experience and 

reputation in the industry made her an 

obvious choice. 

The difference I saw in Debi was her 

dedication to the growth and nurture of 

her team. This shows in the culture of 

her team who genuinely work together 

as a team – helping one another out, 

not competing with one another, all 

dedicated to ensuring every client 

receives the best service. 

How did you end up building your 

own tiny home? 

Over the past five years we’ve built a few 

tiny homes – a couple as a small business 

where we designed and built for clients, 

a couple that we lived in and a couple 

that were put on Airbnb as a bit of a side 

hustle. Downsizing and minimising for a 

couple of years while living in a tiny home 

afforded us the ability to purchase our 

own home, which was worth the sacrifice 

in space at the time! 

Fast forward a couple of years, now 

with a 2-year-old in tow, I have just 

finished building our own family home and 

prior to joining Debi’s team, completed 

our sixth tiny home out the back that we 

have on Airbnb. 

What are the main reasons you think 

your clients should use Tall Poppy to 

sell their homes? 

Firstly, fairer fees – Tall Poppy doesn’t 

operate out of offices, therefore our 

overheads are much lower, so we’re 

able to keep our service fee down 

while retaining the same level of 

performance and service as any other 

agency. We aren’t the lowest fee, we 

have fair fixed fees. Often low fee 

means you compromise on the quality 

of service. Our fair fixed fees are still 

lower than most but you get the very 

best service 

Secondly, offering New Zealand’s 

number one free marketing package – it 

really speaks for itself. Our in-house 

photo video team are the best there 

is and our relationship with suppliers 

allows us to get your house listing out 

to more people than almost anyone. We 

even offer additional drone footage, 3D 

plans and videography with no upfront 

cost. 

With our free marketing package, we 

don’t need buyers’ agents. At Tall Poppy, 

we do ‘one agent listings’. If you sell your 

house with me, I’m responsible for listing 

it, care for it and ensuring you get the very 

best buyer. 

dan.gillespie@tallpoppy.co.nz

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 

with Tim Goom 

Creating a 

sense of arrival 

Your entranceway is the first thing visitors notice about your 

property, so ensuring it serves your purpose, both in terms of 

aesthetics and function is vital. 

Fencing 

Your fence is important for keeping your family and pets safely within 

and conversely keeping any unwanted intruders out. This can be 

achieved without creating an imposing fortress-like wall that dominates 

your property and street frontage. At Goom Landscapes the ethos 

which generally informs our entrance design is to ensure security but 

in a way, that enhances street appeal. Including a partial setback is a 

wonderful way of giving a little back to the street and creating the space 

to soften fencing with lush planting. This can make a dramatic difference 

to the initial visual impact of your property but also the street. 

There is a wonderful opportunity to add interest by changing materials 

and potentially heights with your fence. Mixing up materials will create 

more visual impact than a plain row of palings or a sea of solid plastered 

block wall. Tying in fencing materials with those used in the exterior of your 

home will also connect your landscape to your house to create cohesion. 

by Goom 

Gates 

In considering your entrance, the age-old challenge is what type of 

gate, if any, will work for your property. Often the back of the property 

may be internally fenced off, potentially minimising the need for a front 

gate at all. If a gate is preferred, then consideration should be given 

to whether a vehicle gate is sufficient, or whether both a vehicle and 

pedestrian gate are required. Having both enhances safety as it creates a 

clear delineation between where vehicles will drive in and where visitors 

will enter on foot. It may be that your frontage does not have the width 

required to accommodate both, and a gate must be fit for its purpose. 

Ensuring vehicle access is sufficient to not clip wing mirrors is necessary! 

From a design perspective, I think any gate should replicate elements of 

the front door to welcome and help guide visitors to your home. Gates 

can be manual or fully automated, as suits your purpose and budget. 

Lighting 

Visitors arriving after dark will be pleased to have your path and stairs to 

your front door well-lit to avoid any unfortunate mishaps and ending up in 

the garden. Having your street number clearly illuminated will also be much 

appreciated by Uber drivers searching for their pickup. Destination lighting 

to differentiate vehicle access from pedestrian access will also enhance 

safety for those on foot. Apart from safety, lighting at your entranceway 

is a fantastic way to completely transform your street frontage after dark 

by focussing on distinctive features, such as up-lighting specific plants or 

trees or an illuminating garden sculpture or water feature. 

Letterbox 

Although the amount of mail received has significantly reduced as online 

transactions have exponentially increased, a mailbox is still a necessity. An 

array of options are available, from the classic separate mailbox to a modern 

letterbox which is incorporated into your wall design to become part of 

the structure. Making a feature of your street number on either your wall, 

fence, or letterbox, (aside from being functional if visible) gives you the 

chance to firmly give the outside world a sense of your style from the street. 

Enhancing the street appeal of your property is an investment in the aesthetic and value of your home. To book a consult to discuss 

improving your entranceway, call Goom Landscapes today on 0800 466 657. 

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IDEATION-GOM0153


Black is the new black 

Fashionistas will be big fans of this sleek, chic, luxuriously innovative ride 

Words Josie Steenhart Photos Hilary Macintosh 

It’s quite a contrast to get behind the wheel of a 2022 

Maserati Levante Gransport Black Edition after hopping in 

straight from my tiny (bright green) city work car (and the 

transition back even harder). 

But despite its glossy newness, high specs and ultra-luxurious 

everything and my nervousness due to the aforementioned, it’s 

a welcoming ride that quickly makes me feel comfortable (due 

in part to features like its active cruise mode, lane departure 

warning and assist, forward collision warning and autonomous 

emergency braking, not that I needed any of them of course, 

it’s just nice to know they’re there) and, within minutes, has me 

thoroughly enjoying the experience. 

Appropriately named for the Mediterranean wind that can 

change from calm to gale force in an instant, the Levante is 

powered by a Ferrari-developed 3.0L Bi-Turbo V6 motor and is 

rich in both style and innovation. 

It’s a dream to drive, responsive, powerful but as smooth 

as silk and effortless to handle, whether you’re cruising in 

cloudlike “standard” drive (what I’m calling purr mode) or in 

the mood to switch things up to Sport (which I’ve renamed 

roar mode), turning the deliciously throaty V6 engine up 

a few notches to ensure no one inside or out misses the 

signature Maserati engine note, while also subtly lowering the 

body of the car. 

In all-black-everything (including 21 inch Anteo alloys, 

exterior badges and trims finished in gloss black, an exhaust 

finished in heat-treated matte black and rear privacy glass) 

the exterior is the ultimate fashionista colourway, and of 

course goes perfectly with whatever you’re wearing (though I 

recommend something glamorous and Italian). 

It’s one of those crisp, bright (read: freezing) Christchurch 

mornings, but inside I’m perfectly cosy, literally right down to 

my fingertips, thanks to adjustable heated seating and – get this 

– a gentle heated steering wheel. 

Having already sorted the beats via the Harmon Kardon 

Premium Audio, and connected navigation with real-time traffic 

info and up-to-date maps through Maserati Connect, which 

seamlessly links up to my smartphone (and smartwatch and 

virtual assistant if you wish) via a built-in wifi hotspot, I’m free 

to relax into the super-cushy, perfectly toasty sports seat and 

sip my caffè – black, of course – for extra sophistication while 

waiting at inner city Ōtautahi’s many, many traffic lights.

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Go north! 

A quick 90-minute direct flight from Christchurch will lead you to New Plymouth 

and Taranaki, New Zealand’s sunniest region, and a stacked events line-up. 

With glorious gardens and rich arts 

and culture, there really is an event 

for everyone in Taranaki. From family 

trips to couple’s getaways, take advantage 

of the many must-see experiences and 

events upcoming in Taranaki. Come for 

the gigs and stay for the picture-perfect 

scenery, decadent dining and fascinating 

local history. 

TEMPT YOUR TASTEBUDS 

You’ll be spoiled for choice when it 

comes to filling your puku, with an 

abundance of cafés, restaurants, bars 

and eateries right around the maunga. 

Taranaki is a foodie’s haven, with paddockto-plate 

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dishes, and locally-made produce regularly 

featured. Rookie Sister Kitchen in Hāwera 

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Brewery in New Plymouth has both craft 

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With bountiful native bush tracks, and 

spectacular coastal scenery, your camera 

will be full of stunning holiday snaps. Take 

on the one-day Pouākai Crossing walk 

for glorious reflective scenes of Taranaki 

Maunga in the Pouākai Tarn, explore the 

Whitecliffs Walkway and find yourself in 

awe of the Three Sisters rock formations, 

or meander the Ōpunakē Loop Trail 

and discover the secret garden and artsy 

mosaic couches. 

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Everywhere you turn in Taranaki, you’re 

immersed in local history. Discover 

more at Puke Ariki or Aotea Utanganui 

museums, or pair the experience of 

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with a boat tour from Chaddy’s Charters. 

The tour heads out of the New Plymouth 

port, into the Tasman Sea and around 

the Sugar Loaf Islands, with the captain 

offering commentary of the local history. 

Then drive an hour south to Tawhiti 

Museum to see the stories you’ve just 

heard about brought to life with life-size 

and scale-model displays. 

WHĀNAU FUN 

Grab a ticket to one of the many great 

events coming up, and bring the kids 

along too. There’s plenty to do to keep 

the kids happy, with indoor and outdoor 

options suitable to all ages. Challenge the 

family to a downhill race at The Hideaway 

luge, or get close to the animals at 

Brooklands Zoo. Challenge the family in 

the laser tag arena at Bowlarama or burn 

off some energy at the epic playground at 

Hollard Garden. 

WHAT’S ON 

SPEAKEASY Literary Festival 

9-10 July 

Taranaki Arts Trail 

28 October - 6 November 

Ōakura Arts Trail 


Taranaki Garden Festival 


Taranaki Fringe Garden Festival 


Sustainable Backyards Trail 


Spiegel Fest 

10 - 20 November 

NZ Tattoo & Art Festival 

26 - 27 November 

UB40 at the Bowl of Brooklands 

30 December 

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Retail therapy, Bianca Lorenne 

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ITS TIME 

TO DISCOVER 

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Just a short direct flight away, you’ll find Taranaki, a region known 

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52 Style | Travel 

STYLE TRAVEL GUIDE 

Tom Sainsbury’s South Island 

Interview Josie Steenhart 

Comedian, Snapchat satirist, dancing 

alien, game show champ and now 

TV foodie Tom Sainsbury is on the road 

with his brand new show Snapchat Dude 

Live! and no stone will be unturned in his 

quest to poke fun at New Zillunders 

With gigs in Ashburton, Christchurch, 

Dunedin, Invercargill, Oamaru, Nelson 

and Blenheim, we caught up with Tom 

to find out some of his favourite South 

Island spots, and what to expect when 

he visits a town near us… 

How/why did you choose which South 

Island spots to take the tour to? 

Christchurch was always a given. I’ve 

performed there half a dozen times 

now and every time I have the best 

time. And then I’m really curious about 

all the other towns we’re visiting. I’ve 

never performed in Ashburton or 

Invercargill. Or Nelson nor Blenheim for 

that matter. I know I’ve got a few fans/ 

followers in those towns so I’m hoping 

they come out for the night. 

Tell us a little bit about what we can 

expect at a gig… 

A lot of laughs and a warm fuzzy feeling. 

It’s like The Avengers movies where all 

the superheroes come together in an 

action-packed, multiverse explosion. But 

in this case it’s all my characters that I’ve 

created over the years and shared with 

the world on social media. It’s a fun ride 

through Kiwiana with romance, hilarity 

and a ginger cat with a bad attitude. 

Which of the South Island gigs are you 

most nervous and most excited about? 

I’m nervous about them all, really. It’s just 

the natural nerves of how they will take 

it. It’s also my experience that the smaller 

towns are more reserved with their 

laughter. So I’m gonna have to work 

extra hard to make them have a great 

time. In saying that, I’m really looking 

forward to performing in Invercargill. 

The venue is just gorgeous and my 

cousin is bringing a big posse of her 

girlfriends to kick off the laughter. 

Any jokes that South Islanders might 

find particularly funny you can share 

with us? 

I do a Simon Bridges impression at the 

start of every show. As Simon I share an 

acrostic poem with the town I’m visiting 

as the central word. So, Christchurch, for 

example will begin: C – Canterbury – is 

where Christchurch is. H – Hagley Park is 

a park in the city, etc. The droll inanity of 

it usually warrants a laugh or two. 

What are some of your favourite spots 

in the south? 

Central city Christchurch. It’s stunning, 

has a great vibe, and has good coffee 

(which I’ll be surviving on). Oamaru 

– love the old town and am a closet 

steampunk fan. And The Remarkables by 

Queenstown. I’ve just spent a week there 

and never got over their spectacle. 

Favourite spots to eat/drink? 

Okay, Giovi Fine Food in Frankton, 

Queenstown – divine. And Portershed in 

Christchurch. I’m a veggo and I felt like a 

pig in muck there. So much good food. 

And Fleur’s Place in Moeraki. What a 

venue! What a hostess! 

Favourite places to stay? 

The Hermitage Hotel in Aoraki. I felt I 

was living out my Swiss Alps/James Bond 

fantasy swanning around in there. And 

the Grand Arden Monaco in Nelson. 

I felt like I was in some very highbrow 

European village. 

Favourite activities/experiences? 

Driving across from Christchurch to 

Wānaka going through Twizel, Lake 

Tekapo etc was phenomenal. Every 

landscape was worthy of a painting. 

And then the Catlins as well. Just 

constantly in awe of the scenery. 

Funniest time? Hanging out with other 

comedians at Good Times comedy club 

in Christchurch. You got some pretty 

funny people down there. Oh, also, going 

to some random all night rave close 

to Good Times. I can’t remember the 

name of the venue but they were playing 

German trance and it was a time! 

Any other “secret” South Island spots/ 

intel you’re prepared to share? 

The abandoned wharf in Oamaru 

where all the seabirds hang out. It’s 

a spectacle. And Pigeon Bay near 

Christchurch. But there are hundreds 

of spots. I can’t believe what a beautiful 

country we live in. 

ABOVE: Left and right: Instagram images from Tom’s recent trip to Queenstown. @thomassainsbury

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54 Style | Food 

Game on 

South Island-based game chef Angelo Georgalli on the challenges of 

Covid, collating a cookbook around hunting seasons and cooking the perfect bird. 

Words Rebecca Fox 

ABOVE: Angelo and partner Sky Horton hunting game birds for his latest cookbook. 

Photo: Richard Cosgrove

Style | Food 55 

Angelo Georgalli loves birds, so hunting them doesn’t 

come easily. So when it came to writing the recipes for 

his latest cookbook The Fish & Game Cookbook, there was a 

lot of experimentation needed. 

It is just one of the challenges Angelo has faced since 

his last cookbook and television show Wild Kitchen were 

released in 2017. 

“I can’t lie, it has been a real struggle.” 

The biggest difficulty was having to sell the hunting and 

fishing lodge he had built up at Cardrona after Covid-19 

and its associated restrictions decimated tourism. 

“It was very much tourism-focused and based and it was 

hit quite badly.” 

He then decided to open a food truck in Wānaka 

offering charcoaled meats, souvlaki, in a specially designed 

charcoal grill. 

“But Covid kept knocking on the door. I thought it would 

go away, little did I know it would be here this long. It 

affected that business too, so I moved the trailer off-site 

and decided to wait until it settled down.” 

It was during this down-time that Angelo, driving up the 

South Island one day, diverted to a Fish & Game office and 

suggested writing a cookbook for them. The organisation 

loved the concept as it was something they had always 

thought would be good to do and the timing was right. 

Angelo had also worked with them as a volunteer ranger in 

the past so knew the organisation and its work. 

“I met a lot of interesting people on riverbanks and lake 

sides. It’s been nice to get involved with them again.” 

It was during this time the idea of a fish and game 

cookbook started to germinate. He often cooked for Fish 

& Game training courses, surprising fellow rangers with 

his skills. 

It took a year to pull together the book as he had to 

work around the hunting and fishing seasons and then 

experiment with different species. 

“Cooking a pūkeko or a black swan, shoveler or mallard 

can sometimes be quite challenging.” 

He said the birds were quite diverse and their 

conditions depended on where they had been feeding, the 

environment and their health. 

“I discovered the easiest way to cook a bird is to put it 

in an oven bag with the other ingredients and put it in the 

oven for two to three hours. That kept the moisture in. As 

we all know with wild meat, there is not much fat involved, 

so they tend to be quite dry. I think with these recipes I 

achieved some great results.” 

He pulled together ingredients from his Greek and 

Italian heritage as well as Middle Eastern flavours to give 

recipes interest. 

“We mixed it up and made some interesting dishes.” 

His interest in his heritage – his father is from Cyprus – 

led his partner Sky Horton to buy him a DNA test for his 

birthday, which he took about nine months ago. He was 

“blown away” by the results which showed there was also 

DNA from Iran, North Africa and even Nigeria. 

“Looking back in my cooking, I have adopted a lot of 

styles and flavours unknowingly from those countries, 

which is quite amazing. Goes to show it is in the blood.” 

In the end, his recipe for a black swan meat loaf and the 

quail recipes are his favourites, but he admits he feels guilty 

shooting quail. 

“They’re adorable.” 

As an early teen in the United Kingdom, he used to study 

birds and went on to keep finches and canaries and breed 

them. 

“So killing birds isn’t the easiest, but I do like eating them 

as well.” 

Alongside the recipes, tips and tricks for cooking, Fish & 

Game have provided information on the species themselves 

and the work the organisation does. 

“It’s not all about hunting and fishing, it’s about 

protecting the environment, so the next generation and 

following generations can carry on harvesting and foraging 

from the wild.” 

The book gave Angelo something to focus on as he 

struggled with his mental health. 

“A lot of men tend to hide it. They say she’ll be right, 

have a glass of wine and a roast, but that is not the case 

you have to research and talk to the right people. 

“I’ve struggled with mental health in the past. I had a 

divorce, I have three children, it’s difficult. But I’ve definitely 

come out the other side.” 

He is aware there are a lot of people in worse situations 

than him, so he seeks to find the opportunities ahead. 

“I’m a great believer in moving on. There is no point in 

holding on to the past as it’s gone.” 

So he moved from Wānaka to Kingston where Sky, 

whom he met on a trip to Kaikōura, has joined him. But 

the pair are about to move to Dunedin so Sky can return 

to study geography and ecology at the University of Otago. 

“I’ve moved houses probably 12 times in 10 years, it’s 

unsettling. But I have no regrets.” 

Angelo will be bringing his food truck with him in the 

hope of finding a permanent space for the 7.6m-long truck. 

Once he finds a place to set up, he will decide what he’ll 

produce in the truck as it can be set up for a variety of 

cuisines to meet the needs of his site. 

He is also about to start filming a series of short TikTok 

videos showing how to cook “outdoorsy, wild food” and 

is looking at doing another television show, so he has no 

shortage of things to keep him busy in the coming months.

56 Style | Food 

Angelo’s tips for cooking with game birds 

• For cooking outdoors, make yourself a chef’s pouch. 

Much like a builder’s apron, it holds the tools of your 

trade, such as herbs, spices, oils, knives and cutlery. 

Make sure you are prepared with plenty of water and 

make use of tinned ingredients and pre-packaged products 

to save valuable time. 

• Keep your meat “safe”. If you have a mai mai or space 

at home, use a meat safe if possible to hang your catch/ 

birds. They are great at allowing air to circulate and prevent 

flies or predators from contaminating your meat. 

• If you want to keep them a bit longer, or if it is warmer 

than usual, hang your birds in a chilled environment 

below 4°C for a maximum of 10 days. This will help 

age the bird and tenderise the meat. Anything above 

this temperature can spoil your meat and promote 

the growth of bacteria. 

• Give it a pat. Once plucked and cleaned, always pat 

your bird dry with a paper towel. You’ll get a better 

result from your cooking. 

• Because of the lack of fat in waterfowl, very slow or 

very fast cooking is the way to ensure a tender dish. 

For melt-in-your-mouth goodness make sure you follow 

the recipe guide for heat and cooking times, otherwise 

you could end up with a tough or chewy bird. 

• To check if your roasting bird is done, use a thin sharp 

knife or a skewer and pierce the breast all the way to 

the breastplate. If it bleeds red, give it a bit longer. If it is 

clear, it is done. Light pink juices are fine, but if there is 

no juice, whip it out of the oven quick or you will end 

up with a dry bird! 

• With game birds, to get the most out of the flavour 

and to add a bit of fat to them for cooking, make a 

herb butter of your favourite herbs and spices, and rub 

into or under the skin before cooking. 

ABOVE: Angelo’s honey soy roast shoveler with blackberry and plum sauce and pan-seared pears. Photo: Sally Greer


Honey soy roast shoveler 

with blackberry & plum sauce 

and pan-seared pears 

Healthy, light, delicious and easy, this is a no-fuss meal that everyone will enjoy! 

The sweet flavours will make it a family fave. 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1 whole shoveler 

• 25g butter 

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed 

• 1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce 

• 1 tablespoon runny honey 

• 1 red pear, halved 

• 1 teaspoon butter 

TO SERVE 

• 2 handfuls of mesclun salad 

• ½ handful of mint leaves, sliced 

• ½ tablespoon avocado oil 

• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 

• salt and pepper 

METHOD 

1. Preheat oven to 160ºC. 

2. In a large oven bag, add the shoveler, butter, crushed garlic, sweet 

soy sauce and runny honey. Pierce and tie the bag and carefully 

shake to coat the bird. Place in the oven for 2 hours 30 minutes. 

3. In a hot frying pan, add the butter and place the pear flesh-side 

down and fry for 1-2 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside. 

4. Warm up your blackberry and plum sauce using a hot pan or 

microwave. 

5. Serve with tossed mesclun salad and mint leaves. Drizzle avocado 

oil and balsamic vinegar over the salad with added salt and pepper 

to taste. 

BLACKBERRY & 

PLUM SAUCE 

Sweeter than raspberries 

but with its own heady 

tang, the humble blackberry 

adds a richness to these 

delectable autumn flavours. 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1 cup blackberries 

• 10 plums, halved 

• 3 tablespoons caster sugar 

• 1 tablespoon fig balsamic vinegar 

• 3 teaspoon port 

• 2 teaspoon Cointreau 

• ¼ teaspoon vanilla paste 

METHOD 

1. Place all the ingredients into a 

saucepan on a medium/high heat for 

about 1-2 minutes and ensure all 

ingredients are mixed in. 

2. Lower the heat and simmer for 15 

minutes, stirring regularly. 

3. Take off the heat and let it cool. 

4. Put the mixture in a blender and blitz 

until smooth. 

5. Enjoy heated through as a nice 

addition to any waterfowl dish. 

Extract and photo from The Fish & Game Cookbook by Angelo Georgalli, Beatnik Publishing, $60

58 Style | Drink 

Plum together 

Things are coming up plums for Annabel Langbein, who shares her latest 

creation and two plum-based recipes with Style. 

Interview Josie Steenhart Recipes Annabel Langbein 

ABOVE: Annabel creating her Italian plum and almond cake. Photo Rose Langbein 

OPPOSITE: The Langbeins enjoying the fruits of their labour. Photo Kate Battersby

Style | Drink 59 

Using handpicked wild plums from her property in Dublin Bay, 

Wānaka, New Zealand’s favourite foodie Annabel Langbein recently 

launched gin elixir Bella in collaboration with Queenstown distillery 

Broken Heart Spirits. 

How did your (delicious) Bella gin elixir come to fruition (from idea 

to actual process)? 

I’ve always entertained the idea of our little cabin here in Dublin Bay 

being a distillery, but actually we live there so that’s a no-go. But this 

idea of making really high-quality unique beverages has always been in 

my mind… 

I think being in Sicily about 20 years ago and tasting some of the 

amazing digestif spirits and aperitifs they make there at home that were 

so delicious and so unique, made me think, yes, I can do this. 

And then a few years later I was invited to the 

Slanted Door restaurant in San Francisco, and 

after dinner the owners invited me to their bar 

across the road. It was a bourbon bar and they 

went all around America buying these craft 

bourbons often from moonshiners. I thought, 

wow, this is so much fun. 

Back home in Dublin Bay we started picking wild 

plums from the reserve and from old deserted 

orchards and making this infused gin. We made the 

first batch back in 2015, maybe 2014 even. 

Then we got to know Joerg from Broken Heart 

and he was making some delicious fruit liqueurs and 

he said, “Why don’t we do this together?” It’s such 

a brilliant collaboration. Joerg is a master distiller, 

he’s like a poet in the way he puts spirits together 

with these complex, rich flavour profiles. 

Sometimes I will go around there and he will 

have been up all night experimenting with some 

new brew – I think it was absinthe last time. Bags 

of herbs and spices and this incredible chartreuse 

green booze. He’s so curious and so committed to 

everything being 100 per cent plus. We could not 

have a better partner. 

It’s taken us more than three years to get to the 

point of having a bottle ready for sale. There’s just 

so much work, not just in refining the recipe but 

working through the brand and the packaging – as 

is the case with lots of new projects there were 

glitches all along the way. But now Bella is finally 

here and I feel so proud. 

What makes Bella so special? 

We decided to call it Bella as that’s the name my 

friends call me. It’s something very personal and hand 

crafted. It’s something we love having in our cellar to 

bring out for friends, or to give as a special gift. 

We are hoping to eventually have three flavours 

of Bella made with different fruits, each with their 

own unique taste and story. 

The alcohol content is 25% so it’s much lighter 

than traditional spirits. This was a conscious 

decision, we wanted to make something that 

wouldn’t get you plastered drinking, and it seems 

very popular with the millennials. 

In fact I’ve been a bit taken aback by how much 

everyone loves it… I mean you love it because 

you’ve made it and put your heart and soul into 

it, but Bella seems to hit the spot with men and 

women, across every generation. It gives me so 

much pleasure to know how much it is being 

enjoyed – and going forward, hopefully all over 

the globe.


Italian plum & almond cake 

A wonderfully tender cake that is perfect for a summer picnic or celebration. The 

tartness from the plums balances out the sweetness from the cake perfectly. 

SERVES 

10 –12 

READY IN 1 HOUR 

40 MINUTES 

VEGAN 

INGREDIENTS 

• 180g/6oz butter, at room temperature, plus extra 

for greasing 

• 1 cup sugar 

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

• finely grated zest of 2 lemons 

• 3 large eggs, at room temperature 

• 1½ cups ground almonds 

• 1 cup self-raising flour 

• 2 tablespoons plain yoghurt or buttermilk 

• 8 large semi-firm plums, halved, stones removed 

• 1 tablespoon amaretto liqueur (optional) 

• 2 teaspoons icing sugar, to garnish 

METHOD 

1. Preheat your oven to 160ºC/320ºF fanbake. Line the 

base of a 24cm/9in springform cake tin with baking 

paper and grease the sides with butter. 

2. Beat together the butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and 

lemon zest until pale and creamy. Next, beat in 

the eggs one at a time. Add the ground almonds, 

flour, and yoghurt, using a spatula to mix until 

evenly combined. 

3. Pour the mixture into your prepared tin, smooth 

the top with the spatula, and arrange the plums 

halves on top, cut-side up (if you press them in, they 

will sink). 

4. Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is risen 

and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre 

comes out clean (about 1 hour 15 minutes). 

Remove from the oven and, if using, brush the 

amaretto liqueur over the hot cake. Allow to cool 

completely in the tin before removing and dusting 

with icing sugar to serve. 

5. If you’re not serving this the same day it is made, 

cake will keep in the fridge for up to two days. 

Simply bring back to room temperature before 

serving with the dusting of icing sugar. 

NOTE If you want to take this to the next level, grind 

your own almonds to a fine crumb in a food processor. 

ABOVE: Wild plums from Annabel’s property in Dublin Bay. OPPOSITE: Annabel’s Italian plum and almond cake. Photo Rose Langbein

62 Style | Recipe 

Bella sour 

For when you want to take Bella up a notch, 

this is our take on an amaretto sour. 

SERVES 

2 

READY IN 

5 MINUTES 

INGREDIENTS 

• 60ml Bella gin elixir 

• 2 tablespoons amaretto 

• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed 

lemon juice, strained 

• 1 egg white 

• ice cubes 

• dried rose petals, to garnish 

(optional) 

METHOD 

1. Place your glasses in the freezer to chill for 30 minutes. If you’re 

tight for time, we like to quickly rinse the glasses with water, then 

place them, wet, in the freezer for 5 minutes. Don’t do this with 

super-fine crystal or it will break. 

2. Place Bella, amaretto, lemon juice, and egg white in a cocktail 

shaker. Add ice cubes and shake vigorously until the mixture is 

completely chilled and foamy. 

3. Use a cocktail strainer to strain into your chilled glasses and 

garnish with rose petals, if using. 

4. Sip the night away. 

Photo Kate Battersby

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64 Style | Drink 

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Style’s merry band of beverage reviewers sips some great new/celebrated drops. 

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spice. You can’t go too far 

wrong with ex-sherry cask 

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and this is certainly one to 

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Straight out of its Canterbury 

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66 Style | Art 

The art of the city 

Dunedin artist Simon Kaan on how his heritage has informed 

his work and the city’s urban landscape. 

Words Rebecca Fox Photo Gregor Richardson 

ABOVE: Dunedin artist Simon Kaan in his Fryatt Street studio.

Style | Art 67 

Dunedin’s new built landscape is starting to feature 

touches of Otago’s diverse cultural history, much of it 

influenced by artist Simon Kaan. 

The artist, known for his paintings using a “soft focus, 

tranquil palette and finely stacked horizons, peppered with 

delicately rendered symbols and icons”, is the design lead for 

Aukaha, an Otago runaka-based consultancy service. 

“I work with the architects to ensure mana whenua 

aspirations and values are embedded within the project and 

can inform cultural change within organisations.” 

It is a role that fits perfectly with his artistic practice, 

which has always been about identity and place and 

influenced by his Chinese, Ngāi Tahu and Pakeha heritage. 

“It’s been a natural process for me over the years. Ideas 

about identity and my own place in the world [are] something 

that [have] dictated my art practice for a long time.” 

His Chinese grandfather came to New Zealand in the 

1890s. His grandmother came out from China in the 1930s, 

and they went on to settle in Sawyers Bay and have eight 

children. They set up and ran a fruit shop at Port Chalmers. 

“They were an integral part of the community.” 

Simon can remember working with his dad, aunts and 

uncles in the shop, and meeting many of the community’s 

characters. 

While he left the city for a while, he returned when his 

father died 25 years ago to be closer to his mother, who he 

gets his Ngāi Tahu whakapapa from, and has stayed, as he 

found the city to be a creative hub – and with cheap rents, a 

financially viable place to be as an artist. 

“There’s enough artists here to not feel isolated and it’s 

also a beautiful place to be. I get a lot of inspiration from the 

ocean and landscapes here. It’s very much part of my being.” 

Simon is proud to be involved in the urban development 

of the city he grew up in and the wider region. 

“There is a cultural change and shift of mana whenua 

being seen within the environment, which has been 

lacking in the past 100 years or so as far as urban 

development goes. 

“It’s really enriching work but it’s taken me out of my 

studio a lot in the past few years. But they feed into each 

other, there is a lot of great research that happens. I end up 

doing a lot of learning and have a deeper understanding of 

Ngāi Tahu values and how they translate into projects.” 

His work can already be seen on the frontage of Ebb 

hotel, along the side of Kaan Catering Supplies’ new 

warehouse and on the new roadside panels at Port 

Chalmers. 

He has also been part of engaging other Ngāi Tahu 

artists to influence new projects such as the George St 

redevelopment, new Dunedin Hospital and the soon-to-beconstructed 

ACC building in Dowling St. 

“It’s going to make a really interesting visual cultural 

presence with the city.” 

Most important, he says, is the development of healthy 

relationships with treaty partners such as the Dunedin City 

Council and Otago University. 

“It’s great to be part of the conversations with those 

design projects and them seeing the value in it. It’s not 

just token anymore. We are having some really robust 

conversations.” 

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large-scale Te Aika 2021 with fellow artist Rachel Rakena. It 

stands outside Christchurch’s new convention centre, 

Te Pae. 

Simon has also been working to build up capacity 

in the organisation, bringing on board young artists, 

designers and architects to take part in these projects. 

Ultimately he hopes this will enable him to spend more 

time on his own art practice. 

“That is where my heart really lies. It is really important 

to me spiritually, I really need it in my life.” 

But most important to him is his partner and three 

boys. 

“They’re my most important job, growing together with 

them, that’s what we all do it for really.” 

He is only able to fit in one solo show a year and has 

one coming up in Auckland, but also co-curated the 

Paemanu group exhibition of contemporary Ngāi Tahu 

artists’ work at Dunedin Public Art Gallery this year. 

“We’ve had a great response. Bringing young artists in 

with us has been important. Working in a community 

as an artist is important rather than just as an individual. 

Having people working on a similar kaupapa to you, you 

are not so isolated and have that support around you.” 

He also, together with Otago Polytechnic lecturer and 

ex-restaurateur Ron Bull, formed the Kaihaukai Collective 

about 10 years ago. It develops indigenous food and 

identity projects, educating not only New Zealanders but 

those overseas about mahinga kai. 

“Consciously or subconsciously food helps make up who 

we are. It is something that brings communities together. 

The food projects have been really enriching.” 

Whether his interest developed from his childhood 

years in the fruit shop, he does not know. 

“That gathering and talking around food then was 

probably quite formative.” 

Simon’s wide-ranging interests are showcased in the 

documentary ASIA: Art Stories in Aotearoa – Episode One, 

Fine Art, which he features in alongside this year’s Venice 

Biennale representative Yuki Kihara and artist Yona Lee. 

“It’s a great honour as there are a lot of great artists and 

other creatives featured, so it’s nice to be included in that.” 

He supported the documentary’s aim to showcase how 

New Zealand’s cultural landscape is shifting and how the 

arts can help the country have broader, more inclusive 

conversations that build better understanding. 

“It’s important for everyone to have a better 

understanding of each other. I like to think a lot of these 

conversations help to bridge those stories that haven’t 

been told before.” 

Producer Arani Cuthbert says Aotearoa’s creative sector 

is so much more diverse than people realise. 

“It is a privilege to help share the stories of these brilliant 

artists and spotlight their achievements. In these challenging 

times the arts are more important than ever and as New 

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Merivale, Christchurch 

www.facevalue.co.nz

BURLINGTON 

A PREMIUM RETIREMENT VILLAGE 

A subsidiary of Qestral Corporation 

BURLINGTONVILLAGE.CO.NZ | 171 PRESTONS RD, REDWOOD | 03 383 0333

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