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6 Magazine | Editor’s message 

Hello 

Hopefully the new name is settling in, after our inaugural 

refresh issue launched back in December. If the switch from 

Style to 03 Magazine is still new to you, welcome aboard. 

03 is the area code for the whole South Island, usually 

(inexplicably) pronounced oh-three, for those wondering about 

either thing, and seemed the perfect fit for our South Islandcelebrating 

lifestyle magazine. 

Moving on, while we’re not one for over-dominating themes, 

you’ll find this issue has a relaxed architecture/interior design focus 

– but as always aims to include something for everyone, whether 

it’s eye candy, inspiration, insider intel or just interesting people. 

Our cover couple just keep winning awards for their 

innovative, outside-the-box design work, including for their 

own unexpectedly captivating yet still highly practical shed in 

Akaroa (read more on page 22), historian Elizabeth Cox has 

broken ground on showcasing New Zealand women’s significant 

contribution to architecture (page 26), and interior designer and 

The Block NZ co-host Shelley Ferguson shares some expert tips 

on how to best use colour in our homes (page 42). 

There’s also food (Christchurch foodie Sam Parish’s gochujangglazed 

eggplant with chippies on page 61 is of particular note), 

fashion, beauty, books, arts, travel (Central Otago in a Tesla, page 

52) and a bit of booze. 

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8 Magazine | Contents 

In this issue 

32 

FASHION 

34 Sail away 

Get nauti-cool with breezy 

boat-ready style 

FOOD 

59 Looking veg-forward 

Moreish meat-free recipes from 

Christchurch foodie Sam Parish 

COVER FEATURE 

22 Designer duo 

The Christchurch couple with the coolest shed 

in New Zealand 

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COLOURS OF 

THE MONTH 

HOME & INTERIORS 

32 Most wanted 

What the 03 team are 

coveting right now 

38 Remaking history 

An North Otago homestead 

gets a modern makeover 

42 Colour me good 

Interior designer Shelley 

Ferguson’s insider intel 

50 Home & interiors directory 

Where and what to shop 

DRINK 

64 03 mixology 

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66 Mix & mingle 

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10 Magazine | Contents 

68 

OUR COVER 

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lifeStyle 

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Mitchell Coll, Amy Douglas and 

Foster at their award-winning 

shed in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula. 

Photo: Nancy Zhou 

RESENE 

SWANS DOWN 

42 

RESENE 

ZIGGURAT 

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TRAVEL 

52 Central Otago sights & bites 

Taking the road less travelled in a Tesla 

BEAUTY 

36 About face 

The best new beauty 

ARTS & CULTURE 

26 Making space 

Celebrating New Zealand women in 

architecture 

72 Book club 

Great new reads to please even the 

pickiest bookworms 

68 Unsettling landscapes 

A contemporary look at South Island 

landscapes 

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12 Newsfeed 

What’s up, in, chat-worthy, cool, covetable 

and compelling right now 

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Newsfeed 

What’s up, in, chat-worthy, cool, covetable 

and compelling right now. 

A taste of Mexico 

Lucky Wānaka has just been blessed with yet another incredibly 

cool, chic and delicious eatery in the form of Paloma, which 

you’ve likely seen popping up on your social feeds with its curvy 

forms and lush rosy hues. The third venture of James Stapley, 

executive chef and owner of lauded local establishments kika and 

Arc, Paloma’s remit is to make the best tacos possible, using New 

Zealand ingredients (right down to tortillas made using Kiwi corn). 

There’s also the must-try signature grapefruit tequila cocktail the 

taqueria is named for. 

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Covetable collab 

When two of our fave Kiwi brands collaborate, 

you can count us in, and this heaven-scent 

(pun intended) candle created by fashion label 

Shjark and fragrance atelier Arc is going straight 

on the wishlist. Designed to encourage slowing 

down and incorporating ritual into your day, 

the bespoke, locally blended scent, Ambré, 

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New show added 

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tickets to iD Dunedin’s spectacular fashion show at 

the historic railway station will be thrilled to learn 

a second show has been added after the Saturday 

night event sold out super quick. The new show 

will hit the runway Friday March 31 and will also 

include the International Emerging Designer Awards 

winner announcements. Tickets come with a drink 

and access to iD’s exclusive digital goodie bag and 

programme, and attendees can also add food boxes, 

provided by iD’s hospitality partner Vault 21, to 

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New Year 

New Opportunities 

Welcome to 2023: a year that, 

like its recent predecessors, will 

have its very own signature. 

That combination of continuing market 

changes (think price), challenges (think 

interest rates plus inflationary pressure) 

and beauty (or opportunity, as I like to 

call it). 

I’m curious about the year ahead. We 

have an election, always interesting, 

given its potential to hamper major 

decision-making at both an individual 

and a national level, and we have that 

vacuum created when everyone is trying 

to pick the bottom of the market and the 

likelihood of an upswing. 

Which, I might add, will eventually 

happen, as it has every other time there’s 

been a slump in activity – repositioning, 

as some industry experts like to describe 

the current market. 

Last year, at about this time, I looked 

at my very old and battered crystal ball 

hoping for some sort of insight befitting 

my now 29-year tenure. 

I noted that experts were at odds, with 

opinions that ranged from a 4% decrease 

in prices across the board to others 

thinking that the astronomical gains of 

the 2020/’21 period could continue. In 

retrospect, it looks like no-one realised 

the depth of the correction we would go 

on to experience – or the level of zeal the 

Reserve Bank would bring to the country 

with its ‘stop spending’ and ‘beware 

the property market is unsustainable’ 

mandate. 

Frequent increases in our OCR levels, 

interest rate rises (with more to come) 

have all but brought to a halt that 

runaway horse we were riding, one which 

had indulged itself on huge increases in 

property values, cheap money and eyewatering 

auction clearance rates. 

So where are we going? 

A lot of the dialogue is once again mixed, 

so maybe rather than look at data 

(which can be confusing no matter how 

experienced you are) I’d prefer to look at 

opportunities that are being created. 

I’m thinking about you, buyers! 

You are the lucky ones in this orbit of the 

marketing cycle. 

Do not squander your chances while 

standing on the side-line thinking, I’ll 

wait it out, I’ll squeeze every last ounce 

of opportunity out of the seller. 

You have so much on your side, 

especially choice, that most exquisite of 

factors which over the last few years has 

been such a rarity. 

There are large numbers of properties 

on or coming to the market. On 

December 19th, 2022, there were 1,917 

Christchurch homes for sale. 

Owners are also more educated as 

to prices now, many doing their best 

with both their presentation and their 

negotiation opportunities, and you, our 

dedicated buyers, have the chance to 

lock in your interest rate. 

Make the decision to buy and get on, or 

further up, the property ladder, because 

you certainly have that chance. 

It’s perhaps a fact of human nature that 

even when you have everything you 

could possibly want, you’ll still go for 

more. That’s the dilemma I’ve seen with 

some buyers as they challenge prices, 

even those that are vastly reduced, 

whilst insisting on extra chattels to be 

included in the sale. Rather than the 

property, we’re talking fridges, spas, 

trampolines and cushions. 

But there’s a flipside here. Recently 

(January 5th, 2023), CoreLogic noted 

that although there’s been a nationwide 

drop in prices, slowing in December, 

Christchurch bucked the trend (the only 

main centre to do so). 

Here’s the clincher: Christchurch is an 

incredibly affordable city with attractive 

lifestyle options, so despite everything 

that’s happening we are still fortunate 

here. 

With that, I’m keen to make the most of 

what’s ahead. I’ve planned a massive 

year prioritizing health and wellbeing, 

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Meant to be 

Another day, another sweet collaboration, this 

time between iconic Kiwi lingerie label Bendon 

and our own queen of lipstick, Karen Murrell. 

Joining forces to celebrate self-love, with every 

set of Bendon’s new ‘Meant To Be’ intimates 

purchased this Valentine’s Day, you’ll get a 

complimentary Karen Murrell True Love lippie. 

“The power of the red lip is well known,” says 

Karen. “Red gives us confidence, infuses life 

with passion, and combining stunning lingerie 

with a bold, powerful red lip really is a recipe 

for self-empowerment. We all feel great when 

we know we’re wearing stunning lingerie and a 

stunning lip colour.” 

New York, New York 

An homage to New York City, Saben’s 

AW23 collection ‘The Five Boroughs’, 

releasing this month, nods to the Big Apple 

both in colour and design. Think Central Park 

greens, the brownstone facades of uptown 

and the vibrant yellow of the downtown 

taxis, and signature style Claudette’s 

additional feature – a braided handle – which 

can be swapped out for the crossbody strap 

when you need to go hands free to juggle 

a cup of Joe, a pretzel or an armful of bags 

from a shopping spree along Fifth Avenue. 

New and noteworthy this season is Harlow 

(pictured), a sleek shoulder bag silhouette 

adorned with gold chain detailing. 

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‘VAKA ‘A HINA’, 2019, Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine. Image courtesy of the artist 

and SCAPE Public Art. 

No party like a silver party 

Christchurch’s much-loved public art event SCAPE might be over 

for another year but the celebrations continue with a very special 

Silver Urban Art Party in honour of its 25th anniversary, to be held 

March 10 at the Canterbury Museum in conjunction with the new 

SHIFT: Urban Art Takeover exhibition (see page 18 for more info). 

The VIP opening fundraiser featuring an auction, cocktail party and 

live entertainment will be followed by the general admission party 

with DJs, performing artists, food trucks and dancing. Dress in silver 

if you dare. 

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Colour your workout 

Put your boring black workout gear to the back of 

the drawer this season with the arrival of a moodenhancing 

collection update from New Zealand’s 

happiest activewear range Zeenya. Aptly named 

‘Joy’, the five delightful prints embody a Kiwi summer 

mood and are available in full and capri-length 

leggings, shorts and matching crop tops. 

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Bright eyes 

Christchurch-based beauty and wellness company 

Jeuneora has expanded its best-selling range of cult beauty 

classics with the addition of DoeEyes ($87), a multitasking 

revitalising eye serum that brightens, smooths, hydrates 

and de-puffs utilising golden chamomile and beetroot 

extracts, peptides, cucumber seed oil and hydrolysed 

hyaluronic acid. You can also take your eye serum to the 

next level with the brand’s eye-catching reusable eye masks 

($27) – 100 percent high-grade silicone pads that help lock 

product in for maximum absorption. 

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Ocean views 

Kaikōura’s accommodation offering 

got a swish upgrade recently with 

the opening of a new 120-room 

Sudima hotel on the resort town’s 

waterfront. Boasting mountain and 

sea views from every room (some 

featuring generous balconies), the 

$35million, 4.5 star property also 

offers luxe amenities such as a 

heated pool and gym and indoor/ 

outdoor restaurant and bar, Hiku, 

which focuses on local seafood. An 

expansive art gallery-style atrium 

showcases local Māori artworks. 

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Art takeover 

Those visiting the Canterbury 

Museum in the next few months will 

be in for a big surprise. While the 

museum displays have now all been 

removed for a major redevelopment, 

the work of more than 60 

international and local urban artists 

is currently on display in 35 spaces 

across five floors – including rooms 

never seen before by the public. 

“We’re asking the artists to respond 

to the Museum as a space, so in 

curating the exhibition we’ve tried 

to include artists whose practices 

contrast or connect with the work 

of museums,” says exhibition curator 

and urban art expert Dr Reuben 

Woods. SHIFT: Urban Art Takeover 

runs until April 11, 2023. 

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‘A Gift from the Night’, Flox and SWEATS. 

Architecture and design 

Wānaka’s Architecture + Design Library is a beautifully designed 

multipurpose space for those in the industry to call their office away 

from home. With a co-working studio, private offices, meeting areas, a 

sample library, exhibition space/showroom and a breakout space to grab 

a coffee, have lunch or an informal meeting, it caters both to individuals 

and independent businesses. “Penny [Calder] and I (both independent 

interior designers) have been working tirelessly to get this exciting new 

concept known by our fellow professionals in the construction industry 

and now to anyone who is building or renovating in the South Island,” 

says co-founder Verity Lawrence. 

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to work blues with a cool and clever 

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in understated shades of sand and 

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ST ANDREW’S COLLEGE 

The St Andrew’s College community has 

welcomed 2023 with great energy and a 

sense of promise and anticipation, says Rector 

Christine Leighton. 

“We are now in the fifth year of development 

under our Strategic Vision, Framing Our Future, which 

continues to guide our priorities for the coming 

year. First and foremost, St Andrew’s is a place of 

learning, with a focus on developing our students’ 

growth mindset and a love of learning. However, 

we’re also strongly committed to the holistic 

development of our students, and central to all that 

we do is our purpose, ‘Together building better 

people for life’.” 

Christine says the College’s co-curricular 

programmes, whole-school celebrations and 

service activities are an important way for 

students to further develop their all-important key 

competencies – managing self, relating to others, 

participating and contributing, which will prepare 

them for life beyond school. 

“Being part of a team, whether that be in sport, 

choir, jazz band, debating, robotics, theatresports or 

community service, to name just a few, helps our 

students to learn many skills and attributes, which 

complement their academic learning.” 

Students enjoy exceptional facilities at 

St Andrew’s College, which has invested $110million 

in its campus over the last decade. A new fitness 

centre opened in 2021, and construction of the 

new Gough Family Theatre is due for completion 

later this year. Boarders are well catered for in 

modern, comfortable boarding houses. 

Along with implementing the Strategic Vision, 

Framing Our Future, there’s a focus for students and 

staff to continue to live the College values of Truth, 

Excellence, Faith, Creativity and Inclusivity. 

“These values mean so much more to us than 

words. They’re a tangible and visible guide to how 

we treat each other every day and remind us of 

the importance of being aware of each other’s 

differences and needs,” says Christine.


Nostalgic noms 

Built in 1911, Queenstown’s iconic 

lakefront Coronation bath house 

has been given a new lease of life as 

The Bathhouse, with a spectacular 

refurbishment and acclaimed chef 

and restaurateur Ben Bayly at the 

helm. The menu, co-created by Ben 

and executive chef Steven Sepsy 

(Aosta, Little Aosta), showcases 

the talented duo’s innovative spin 

on old-school British cuisine with a 

modern Kiwi spin – think elevated 

takes on the Scotch egg, shrimp 

cocktail, Coronation chicken 

sandwich, trifle and knickerbocker 

glory. Open seven days from sunrise 

to sunset for à la carte dining, 

The Bathhouse will transition to a 

wedding and events venue for up to 

100 guests in the evenings. 

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Ebb and flow 

Running until February 20, Ebb & Flow is a 

new exhibition at the Little River Gallery, 

featuring dynamic woodcut prints by Josh 

Bashford and intriguing stone sculpture by 

Dan Summers. Both artists, though unique 

in their respective creative practices, have 

produced work that is inspired by, and delves 

deep into, the currents of life. 

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Building relationships 

Christchurch couple Amy Douglas and Mitchell Coll have only been 

working together a little over a year, but they’ve already notched up some 

big wins for their cool, clever and innovative designs. 

WORDS JOSIE STEENHART 

ABOVE Mitchell Coll and Amy Douglas in their Corten steel-clad Christchurch house. Photo: Stephen Goodenough

Feature | Magazine 23 

“We can’t help but 

imagine everytime 

we go somewhere 

what it would be 

like to live there, 

but I feel that 

nothing compares 

to Christchurch." 

Set like a tiny timber and polycarbonate jewel in the kānuka 

belt wrapping around Akaroa township at Banks Peninsula, 

sits ‘Nightlight’ – designed and built by its owners Mitchell Coll 

and Amy Douglas of Fabric. 

Despite being described as “a shed at heart”, the 

exceptional wee structure was designed as much as a 

practical utility space as it was to be a celebration of clever 

architecture in its own right. 

“Rather than locating this building out of sight like a typical 

shed or using it only for its services, Nightlight was reimagined 

as a light sculpture that will proudly be seen from the future 

outdoor living space,” says Mitchell. 

Not only is it the first building to sit on their site, it’s also 

the couple’s first complete build. And, unsurprisingly, won a 

swathe of significant awards in 2022, including a New Zealand 

Architecture Award for Small Project at the New Zealand 

Institute of Architects awards held at the Christchurch 

Town Hall in November, where the judges described it as “a 

beautifully crafted, experimental stick in the sand and first step 

to building a forever home”. 

“A basecamp, Nightlight is a shed tightly packed with useful 

things, including a kitchen, bathroom and workshop. By night 

it’s a sculptural lantern lending delight to outdoor areas. The 

project’s success extends beyond the shed to an open fire, 

bench seats and in-ground hot tub. The assembly of built 

forms facilitates elemental experiences and connection with 

the landscape,” the judges’ citation reads. 

“[That] was a huge honour,” says Mitchell. “Made even more 

special as it’s our own project.” 

“The site in Akaroa is where we hope to build on further 

and live eventually. We needed to get it established with 

services and a lockable space. Instead of doing something 

temporary we wanted to start off how we intended to finish 

and create something that was worth our time.” 

A key challenge for Nightlight was location. “All materials had 

to be hauled up the steep site, which is 4WD only,” says Amy. 

“The use of polycarbonate for its shell not only allows 

Nightlight to shine bright, but it could be easily transported to 

site and worked with hand tools. The aggregate used for the 

concrete pile footings and columns was wheelbarrowed up 

from the bottom of the site and hand mixed in location.” 

The pair agree that rather than being harder or easier to 

design for themselves as the clients, the experience is “just 

different”, though Mitchell says “some aspects can be harder 

as you don’t get the brief or client driven constraints that you 

can often draw from”. 

ABOVE: The timber-lined interior of Biv in Punakaiki. Photo: Stephen Goodneough

“I love the architectural 

lineage of New Zealand and 

especially Christchurch.” 

“For Nightlight it was different because it’s the first building on site so 

it may (or may not) influence the future buildings that we do,” says Amy. 

“That added an extra layer of consideration for the form and 

material selection; plus the fact that we knew we were going to build it 

ourselves meant we had to design within our abilities.” 

The couple (Amy a designer, Mitchell an architect) have only been 

working together for just over a year, but Amy says she has always felt 

part of Fabric and architecture because of Mitch’s strong relationships 

with other designers, contractors and clients. 

“We have great architecture friends,” she says. 

Mitchell, whose father was an architectural designer, says he “was 

brought up in the industry”. 

“I’ve been working as an architect for 20 years now, and started 

this business, originally called Coll Architecture, in 2009. Last year we 

rebranded to Fabric. My focus is on creating spaces that enhance the 

occupants’ connection to their environment and local context.” 

Amy was previously a graphic designer, and joined the business 

around a year ago “to add a different creative perspective to our 

client’s projects”. 

“My background means I love form and colour, but I am most 

passionate about using design to make people’s everyday lives better 

– it’s all about understanding and empathising with our clients wants 

and needs to then provide something that’s equally functional and 

beautiful,” she says. 

Among Fabric’s recent projects are two 

adjoining residential units in Christchurch known 

as the ‘Corten homes’ for their liberal use of 

Corten steel – one of which they live in – and 

‘Biv’, a collaboration between Mitchell and its 

owner, a Kiwi architect based in Hong Kong, 

nestled in the Punakaiki bush and intended as a 

reinterpretation of the region’s old mining huts. 

Both, like Nightlight, have collected numerous 

awards and accolades. 

“We largely took inspiration from historic goldmining 

huts local to the area,” says Mitchell of Biv, 

which features a mostly timber interior and full 

metal exterior. 

“The form of the building takes cues from 

the exterior chimneys repeated on those huts. 

Internally the sky-facing skylight represents 

the top of a smokestack, while the large 

number of windows offer views into the bush or 

the cliffs beyond for an all-encompassing West 

Coast experience.” 

For those curious to experience this unique build 

for themselves, Biv is available to book on Airbnb. 

Designed with young professionals in mind, the 

two 74m2 Corten homes have been designed 

to prioritise energy efficiency, sustainability and 

durability “without making aesthetic compromises”. 

“These floor plans are small but efficiently laid 

out to give adequate space for everyday living,” 

says Mitchell. 

“Their high skillion ceilings give the feeling of 

space while the low roof pitch keeps the overall 

heated volume of the building down. Strategic 

placement of skylights ensure their low roof pitch 

does not restrict the use of the upstairs floor area 

or restrict movement around the building. 

“We like projects that allow us to consider 

the exterior, interior and landscaping together so 

everything from the big picture to small details 

is cohesive. In this case, special attention was 

given to minimalist detailing throughout to give 

the overall feel of a refined singular ‘product’, as 

opposed to a building which has been pieced 

together from various parts.” 

Amy adds that having no skirtings or large trims 

in the interior, and a palette kept “to a minimum”, 

ensures each room feels large and connected to 

the others. The dark blue from the outside has 

been brought in to connect interior and exterior 

ABOVE: Another multi award winner, Biv gives a nod to West Coast mining history. Photo: Stephen Goodenough


spaces, and the open staircase built from the same materials 

as the rest of the structure merges into the space to lend the 

downstairs living areas a spacious feel. 

The pair recently returned from a trip abroad. 

“We usually travel to see a specific building or style of 

architecture, but our last holiday was to visit friends and meet 

their families in the USA. We did sneak in a few days in New 

York, which has such great big city vibes and art – Claude 

Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ was a stand out,” says Amy. 

Mitchell says there’s always plenty of inspiration to be had 

while travelling (“Everywhere we go we’re taking pictures and 

looking at the detailing of all the buildings around us. Looking 

at a different way of doing things and thinking how we can 

apply these thoughts to our projects.”), but there’s no place 

like home. 

“Having travelled a lot we’ve seen what it’s like to live in a 

large part of the world. We can’t help but imagine every time 

we go somewhere what it would be like to live there, but I 

feel that nothing compares to Christchurch. 

“The location just can’t be beaten, with its proximity to the 

mountains and the sea. I’m a person who needs to be out in 

the outdoors, hunting or fishing. The access to such a vast 

amount of space to do this, while still living in a large(ish) city 

with all its modern conveniences, is quite unique.” 

When they aren’t building in Banks Peninsula, Amy says she 

likes to get out on the Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River trail – “it’s 

Christchurch’s best kept secret” – while Mitchell is currently 

particularly partial to a spot of fly-fishing. 

And their passion for the region extends to its architecture. 

“I love the architectural lineage of New Zealand and 

especially Christchurch,” says Mitchell. 

“We have such a strong aesthetic here from the 

‘Christchurch Style’ initially developed by Sir Miles 

Warren and his contemporaries. I love to draw inspiration 

from the buildings and help add to the continuation of a 

local vernacular. 

“In terms of new buildings, one of my favourites is the 

recently completed Ravenscar House, along with many private 

residential homes designed by some of the talented architects 

around Christchurch.” 

Amy adds that she’s “so stoked” that the city has included 

Te Ao Māori in many of the rebuilt public spaces and buildings. 

“The design narratives and artworks bring so much depth 

to our city, which may be missed by some today, but it will be 

treasured by future generations.” 

Of the last two years, Mitchell says it has been “an absolute 

rollercoaster” of the unexpected, both good and bad. 

“Who would have thought that out of the first Covid 

lockdown that everything would take off. We’re now having 

to deal with challenges that we haven’t in the past, such as 

very lengthy wait times for common materials. But these are 

just the normal curveballs from the industry that you never 

see coming. This is what keeps the construction industry 

interesting and one of the many reasons I love it.” 

What’s on for the year ahead (aside from getting further 

stuck in on the Akaroa site)? 

“This year we have in construction a dentistry and a church, 

which we’re really looking forward to taking shape on site,” 

says Mitchell. 

“We’re privileged to work with many great clients and find 

we all have so much fun that we often end up doing multiple 

projects over time with the same clients. In design we’re 

currently working on a highly detailed bach for some clients 

we have done a few projects for over the recent years.” 

ABOVE: The couple’s very cool Akaroa shed comes into its own at night. Photo: Nancy Zhou

Making space 

Written by 30 leading women architects, historians and academics and including 

more than 500 women in New Zealand architecture, Elizabeth Cox’s impressive new tome 

Making Space is a long-overdue kickstart for the country’s architectural rhetoric. 

INTERVIEW JOSIE STEENHART 

ABOVE: The interior of St John’s Anglican Church in Wakefield, designed by Marianne Reay in 1846.


“From the very earliest days there were South Island women architects. In just the years 

from 1900 to 1940, so really early on, I can name quite a few who made notable contributions 

to the field from Christchurch in particular, but also Invercargill, Nelson and Dunedin…” 

Elizabeth, how and why did Making Space come about? 

I started the project by looking into the life of Lucy Greenish, 

who was the first woman to register as an architect in New 

Zealand, which happened during the First World War. She 

was from Wellington and had an amazing life. 

As I found out more about her I also found the names of 

other women, and from there the project just got bigger 

and bigger. 

I was originally thinking that I would just write about the 

women working in the field of architecture up until the 

Second World War, but when I found a publisher for the 

book, she asked me to come right up to the present day. This 

made the project much bigger, but it allowed me to connect 

these historic women with the women working today. 

I’m an architectural historian who had also trained in 

women’s history, so this project was the perfect combination 

of my two interests. 

How long did it take to write and put together? 

I think it was about four years. I was really lucky because, as 

the project grew, a number of other women agreed to write 

chapters for the book, including architects, academics and 

other historians like me. 

In the end there were 30 women authors in the book, 

and it was so much better for the collaboration. Quite a 

few of the chapters were by architects writing about their 

peers – such as Min Hall, a very influential architect who 

had been based in Nelson and has designed a number of 

sustainable buildings, wrote about her work and those of 

others in her field. 

What were some of the biggest challenges, rewards, 

surprises…? 

One of the best rewards for me was getting to interview 

some really amazing women who told me some great stories 

about their experiences in training to be architects and their 

careers. It was a real pleasure. 

Another was discovering the huge variety of work that 

women in architecture in New Zealand have done, in so 

many fields, including urban design and planning, heritage 

conservation and landscape architecture, in addition to what 

we think of as ‘architecture’. 

Several of the earliest female pioneers in architecture were 

South Island-based, including Marianne Reay, Kate Beath, 

Florence Field (that house is a few houses over from my 

childhood home in Nelson where my parents still live, so 

interesting to learn about it!)... 

From the very earliest days there were South Island 

women architects. In just the years from 1900 to 1940, so 

really early on, I can name quite a few who made notable 

contributions to the field from Christchurch in particular, but 

also Invercargill, Nelson and Dunedin, and some went to the 

United Kingdom to train and succeeded over there. 

Even earlier than those women was Marianne Reay, who 

designed the lovely St John’s Church in Wakefield, near 

Nelson. She was married to one of the Church Missionary 

Society missionaries and designed the church for the local 

congregation in Wakefield in 1846. She wasn’t in any way a 

qualified architect, and is unlikely to have designed any other 

buildings, but it is a very precious place. St John’s is the oldest 

church in the South Island. 

Skipping forward a few decades, New Zealand’s first actual 

qualified architect, Kate Beath (who was Kate Shepherd’s 

niece), was also a South Islander. 

She was trained by Samuel Hurst Seager, one of 

Christchurch’s most notable architects, and completed her 

training in 1908. Seager also trained Alison Sleigh (later 

Shepherd) in the 1920s, who subsequently went to the 

United Kingdom and worked with architect Elisabeth Scott 

on the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, which is 

considered the first important work in Britain to have been 

designed by a woman architect. 

In the 1930s, a number of women trained to be 

architects, including Margaret Hamilton (later Munro) 

designed lots of houses in Christchurch as well as buildings 

for St Andrew’s College. 

Elsewhere, as you mentioned, Florence Field, who trained 

to be an architect in the 1910s, designed an amazing house 

in Nelson in the 1920s for her father, who was the MP for 

Nelson. The house was featured in a ladies’ magazine; the 

article describes the kitchen in minute detail. She designed 

it with the idea of making it a better and safer place for 

women to work, at a time when housework was dangerous 

and unpleasant. 

One of the most fascinating people we wrote about was 

Monica Ford (later Barham) who was trained by her father, 

Invercargill architect Allan Ford, and then set up a practice 

with her husband Cecil designing hundreds of houses and 

churches all around Otago and Southland. We were lucky to 

get the assistance of Monica’s family in writing about 

her work. 

And skipping ahead to today, there are so many women 

working in the South Island doing amazing work, many of 

whom are directors of their own firms. For some reason 

there is a really strong cluster of women architects working 

in Otago, Wānaka and Queenstown Lakes District – such 

as Louise Wright (Assembly Architects), Anne Salmond 

(Salmond Architecture), Stacey Farrell, Sarah Scott (Condon 

Scott Architects), Anna-Marie Chin, Mary Jowett, Bronwen 

Kerr (Kerr Ritchie), Sîan Taylor (Team Green Architects) and 

Andrea Bell (of Bell + Co in Dunedin). And these are just the 

directors of firms, there are heaps of others working in those 

firms and lots of others.

28 Magazine | Feature 

And then again in the Christchurch earthquake rebuild, 

female architects/designers were instrumental… 

They certainly were, in fact there were so many we had 

a whole chapter just about women’s crucial role in the 

rebuild of Christchurch, written by architectural historian 

Jessica Halliday. 

She wrote about the role of women in the rebuild, 

highlighting in particular the women artists and advisors 

from Matapopore, the organisation of Māori experts that 

provided advice on embedding Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāi Tahu 

values into rebuild projects. 

The number of women architects in Christchurch 

has increased out of sight in the last decade or so, such 

as Vanessa Carswell, first as Warren and Mahoney and 

now at Jasmax leading the way on some amazing heritage 

restoration projects, including the Isaac Theatre Royal and 

then St Andrew’s Chapel, Maria Chen at Athfields and Fiona 

Short and Hayley Fisher at Warren and Mahoney. Many, such 

as Kate Sullivan, are also leading their own practices with 

multiple staff. 

Could you touch on a few pre-eminent South Island 

wāhine Māori who have significantly contributed to our 

architecture/design? 

The book took special care to highlight the careers of lots of 

Māori women working in architecture and urban design. 

The chapter about the reconstruction of Christchurch 

highlighted the work of wāhine Māori such as Keri Whaitiri 

(Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu) who was a crucial part 

of the city’s recovery plan as a cultural design consultant 

for Matapopore Trust, and has engaged in architecture, 

installation art and landscape architecture. She has now 

extended her consultancy to Ōtepoti Dunedin, where 

she works with Ngāi Tahu’s Aukaha service, and for the 

Waihōpai Rūnaka in Southland. 

Another is Louise Wright (Te Arawa, Tuwharetoa, 

Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga-ā-Māhaki, Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti) 

whose firm Assembly Architects is based in Arrowtown and 

does some really amazing work. 

How much do you think things have levelled up for 

female architects in New Zealand in 2023? 

The number of registered architects in New Zealand 

who are women still remains surprisingly low – only 27 

percent of registered architects are women, even though 

the graduates from the university architecture schools have 

been roughly equal for more than 15 years. 

So there is still a long way to go before equality within the 

profession. But this number belies the number of women 

within the profession and those involved in the wider 

profession and their influence – as hopefully this book helps 

demonstrate. 

ABOVE: The Matapopore Trust and Ngāi Tūāhuriri were deeply involved in the development of Christchurch’s new public library, 

Tūranga, with Architectus and Schimdt Hammer Lassen (2018). Photo: Adam Mørk

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30 Magazine | DIY 

Flower power 

Christchurch-based florist Alexandra Valle of The Flower Press 

shares some trade secrets to try at home. 

WORDS ALEXANDRA VALLE | PHOTO DIANNE KELSEY 

You’ll need sharp scissors or secateurs, a vase/vessel filled with water, 

chicken wire and/or a flower frog (kenzan), a selection of flowers and 

foliage and a clear workspace, ideally with natural light and time to design. 

Choose your vessel. You don’t have to use a traditional vase to arrange 

flowers in – a breakfast bowl is actually a great size for creating a table 

centrepiece. Second-hand shops are also great for finding interesting vessels. 

Collect your flowers and foliage. Take a jar/bucket of water and some 

sharp snips and wander around your garden. Cut the flowers/foliage low to 

give you plenty of stem length and put them straight into water. If your garden 

is lacking in flora choice you might want to go foraging for some stems or 

picking from a local grower (such as Christchurch’s Moon River Flower Farm) 

or even purchasing from the supermarket. If you’re picking your own flowers, 

early morning or evening is best for freshness. 

When selecting flowers and foliage for design, I find it easiest to think of 

the ‘four Fs’. Foliage, filler, focal and floaty. I recommend choosing one to 

three varieties for each element. 

Foliage is self-explanatory, but if you’re not a big greenery fan consider 

choosing flowering foliage for this element. 

Filler: these flowers are not the 

stars of the show but help to fill out 

the arrangement. Choose colours 

that will support your focal flowers. 

Choosing taller stems for this element 

can add interesting lines to a design. 

Focal flowers are just that, they 

are usually the more dramatic and 

beautiful flowers. They will draw your 

eye in a design, so placement of these 

needs added consideration. 

Finally, and my favourite step, is 

to add the floaty flowers. These sit 

above the other elements and create 

a sense of whimsy in a design. 

Prepare your stems. Remove any 

thorns, any damaged petals and make 

sure all greenery that will sit below 

the water line is removed. 

Prepare your vessel with a flower 

frog at the base and/or a pillow of 

chicken wire that will provide support 

for your stems in the arrangement. 

You may need to tape over the top of 

the vessel to keep the wire position. 

Give yourself time and a clear 

space to make your arrangement. I 

find working in natural light best for 

floral design. Turn on some music you 

love and take your time with your 

arrangement – literally stop and smell 

the roses, appreciate the miracle of 

mother nature. 

Arrange by working through the 

four elements with your selected 

ingredients, placing and repositioning 

as necessary. If you’re unsure of the 

result, take five minutes and come 

back to it, or take a photograph 

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Most of all – enjoy the process and 

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with water and place in a position you 

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32 Magazine | Wishlist 

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36 Magazine | Beauty 

About face 

From cult capsules and tropical shampoos to fragrance enhancers and 

innovative balms, here’s what the 03 team are trying right now. 

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Capsule collection 

The latest adaptation of Elizabeth 

Arden’s cult classic (first launched 

in 1990!), the new Advanced 

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have an ultra-lightweight texture 

ideally suited for combination 

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strengthening phytoceramides and 

pore-perfecting cyclopeptides, the 

serum glides on and absorbs quickly 

to strengthen the skin barrier, refine 

pores and rebalance. 

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With 11 global studio locations in London, 

Manchester, New York and LA, the first exciting 

addition to the Mecca brand lineup for 2023 is 

FaceGym, the world-first and only “gym studio 

for the face”. Based on the notion of training 

the 40+ forgotten muscles in the face to deliver 

both instant and long-term sculpting, lifting, 

toning and brightening results, FaceGym fuses 

high-performance skincare with expert tool 

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With a deliciously tropical scent and 

signature blue bottles, new New 

Zealand market entrant My Soda 

promises to add good vibes to your 

morning shower, while also being 

good to both your hair and the 

environment. With packaging made 

from recycled and recyclable plastic 

and a formula free of nasties, the 

range currently consists of two sets 

of shampoo and conditioner ($10 

per bottle), in Hydrate or Smooth. 

Balmy skin 

Part of the sought-after new Hyper 

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Skincanvas Balm ($90) is a fresh 

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Expand perfume’s possibilities with I 

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Seth Moltz. “It’s like a building with 

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Health and Te Whatu Ora, the role of Pegasus Health is to make 

Canterbury the best place to receive and provide primary care. 

While the urgent care clinic, 24 Hour Surgery, on the 

corner of Madras and Bealey Streets might be their 

most well-known service, it’s just one of a wide range 

of services Pegasus Health provides. 

Pegasus Health was founded in 1992 by a group of 

Christchurch general practitioners who brought 

together the majority of Christchurch GPs to form 

an independent collective with a strong clinical 

education foundation and a focus on more efficient 

use of available resources. 

These early Pegasus pioneers implemented the 

first free GP visits for under 5s, free mammography 

screening for at risk women (before the national 

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Pegasus innovations continue to lead health service 

design and delivery across the country with the 

Pegasus Small Group Clinical Quality Education 

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Another round-the-clock health service delivered by 

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Remaking history 

Careful and clever renovations ensured this 1880s house not 

only escaped being knocked down or becoming home to 

livestock, but also earned it multiple prestigious awards. 

WORDS KIM DUNGEY | PHOTOS EWEN LIVINGSTONE 

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t’s hard to believe this grand homestead could have ended up housing livestock 

instead of being lovingly restored. 

Co-owner Gloria Hurst says previous generations looked at different options for 

the Papakaio, North Otago, property. One was to knock it down and rebuild. Another 

was to store grain upstairs and pigs below. 

“It was just a general feeling at that time. Where do you start with an old building 

like this?”

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“We’ve bridged the old and the new so the old home is still 

very much as it was but it’s been totally refurbished." 

“And to be fair, the only reason we have our historic 

precinct [in Oamaru] is because there was no money to 

knock the buildings over. It was a different time.” 

Not only did the farmhouse survive, it recently gained 

a sympathetic extension – a two-year project that earned 

Roger Gilchrist Building Services the Renovation Over 

$1.5million and Supreme Renovation of the Year categories at 

the southern Master Builders House of the Year Awards. 

Willow Park homestead was built in 1880 by Scottish 

immigrants Donald and Jessie Borrie, whose family of eight 

children had outgrown a small stone cottage on the property 

dating back to 1865. Archie and Jessie Hurst bought the home 

in 1928. Their grandson, former All Black Ian Hurst and wife 

Gloria took over in 1977. 

“It was old and cold but we could see potential,” Gloria 

recalls. “So we rolled up our sleeves and room by room, we 

painted and papered.” 

Another renovation followed in the early 1990s, with the 

most recent one overseen by architect Ian Perry. Family 

members were also involved: Sean Dixon, of Design Squared 

Landscape Architects, came up with the initial design and 

Jade Hurst of Good Space was responsible for the interiors. 

Roger Gilchrist says the biggest challenge was carefully 

demolishing the interior of the homestead, which had 

exterior and internal walls constructed from Oamaru stone 

blocks. All the internal walls and ceilings were covered in lath 

and plaster and there were timber tongue and groove floors 

on both levels. 

“Basically all the internal walls upstairs and downstairs 

were removed, including the old Oamaru stone chimneys to 

below floor level. New walls were then constructed, along 

with four large steel portal frames, which were bolted to the 

outside stone walls to brace the existing homestead. [These 

are now] hidden.” 

Architraves, skirting boards, windows and doors were 

made to match the existing ones, with the addition of 

double glazing. 

They also removed all the Welsh slates from the roof, 

before straightening the roof framing and rebuilding the 

chimney structure. The roof is now a combination of those

40 Magazine | Home 

“It’s always been a place for all the generations to come and recharge 

and I’m sure that will continue into the future." 

slates that were still in good condition and recycled slate from 

demolished Christchurch buildings. 

In the lounge, a section of original stone was retained and 

glassed over to showcase the craft of the original builders. 

The refurbished home has three living areas and eight 

bedrooms and ensuites. Before, there were four bedrooms, 

so it was “a bit of a squash” when their three adult children 

and eight grandchildren returned home, Gloria says. 

There are also lots of spaces where different generations 

can “sit around and talk and find solutions for the future”. 

“We’ve bridged the old and the new so the old home is 

still very much as it was but it’s been totally refurbished. Then 

we’ve put on a new kitchen, living room, games room and 

patio area. That’s where we were able to really lighten things 

up with glass on the roof and big doors to outside.” 

“We’ve also future-proofed her. She’s not going to fall over 

and she’s warm and solid and she’ll be fine now for another 

100 years without anybody having to worry too much about 

leaking roofs or rotting floorboards.” 

Despite nothing being level, square or built as first thought, 

their builder remained calm, she adds. 

“I’m sure he went home every night scratching his head 

because there was so much problem-solving involved but he 

never showed that to the rest of us. Roger and all those who 

worked with him are the masters of this project and we’re 

just lucky enough to live in what they created.” 

Set on a sheep and beef farm 20 minutes drive from 

Oamaru, the homestead is surrounded by a large expanse of 

lawn, ponds and gardens with some of the trees planted by 

the Borries more than 150 years ago. 

Gloria says they lived off site during the two-year renovation 

and returned with a renewed love for the property. 

“It’s always been a place for all the generations to come and 

recharge and I’m sure that will continue into the future.”

Home | Magazine 41

Colour me good 

Interior designer and The Block NZ co-host Shelley Ferguson on 

understanding colour, and how best to use it in your home. 

WORDS SHELLEY FERGUSON

Interiors | Magazine 43 

“Colour is a personal, emotional, 

exciting and truly transformative 

element of interior design." 

Colour 

Colour is a personal, emotional, exciting and truly transformative 

element of interior design. It has a language of its own, 

communicating a look and feel without the use of words. You 

can use energetic, bright, contrasting colour palettes cleverly 

combined, or use colour to create a calm and soft scheme. 

Pay attention to the colours you naturally gravitate towards. 

While you don’t need to be a colour theory genius like Aristotle, 

you will benefit from a few spins around the colour wheel 

(a handy tool developed by Sir Isaac Newton that shows the 

relationship between colours). 

Knowing the basic colour groups is also useful, especially when 

creating a custom-coloured paint or fabric. The primary colours 

are red, blue and yellow. They can’t be made from mixing other 

colours. The secondary colours are orange, purple and green. 

They can be made by mixing the primary colours together. The 

tertiary colours are red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, bluegreen, 

blue-violet and red-violet – the six shades that can be made 

from mixing primary and secondary colours. 

Once you’re familiar with the colour groups it’s fun to flip 

through a fan deck and see how paint brands have created 

different colours from the same family using the addition of 

neutrals (e.g. primary blue becomes navy blue, classic blue, light 

blue). This realisation of how you can create new colours by 

adding neutrals is a powerful addition to your design arsenal, as 

while you may not be a fan of primary blue, a dusky grey-blue may 

become one of your signature go-tos. 

And remember: tint makes a paint lighter by adding white; shade 

darkens a paint by adding black; tone slightly darkens a colour by 

adding grey. 

Colour schemes 

Complementary colours are any two colours that 

are directly opposite each other on the colour 

wheel, such as red and green, orange and blue, and 

yellow and purple. They should probably be called 

opposing colours because they are completely 

different to one another, create maximum 

contrast, and are perfect if you want a bold, 

clashing, unique interior. 

Analogous colours are any three colours that 

are side by side on a 12-part colour wheel, such as 

yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. As in many 

close friendships, one of the three colours usually 

tries to dominate! The result is a tonal interior – 

imagine soft blues and greens in a coastal home, or 

terracotta and mustard in a bohemian home. 

While many think monochrome refers to black 

and white, it’s actually variations of the same colour. 

I love this type of colour palette, as you can play 

with just one colour family to create a powerful 

visual effect on a room with graduating tones. I liken 

this colour palette to looking at a mountain valley 

for greens, or the ocean for blues – you’ll always 

find several tones of the same colour and the effect 

is serene and restful. 

Understanding undertones 

Ahhh, undertones. Just when you think you’ve 

painted the walls in the perfect white, a sneaky 

yellow colour comes through when you put your 

grey chairs against it. 

Simply speaking, there are two types of 

undertone: cool and warm. If you are doing an 

interior with blue, grey, black, purple or green as 

features, the paints will need a cool undertone, i.e., 

those that have had black added. If you are doing an 

interior featuring shades of yellow, orange or red, 

you will need a warm undertone, i.e., paints that 

have had yellow added. 

Always have a fan deck on hand as the undertone 

is written on the back of each paint swatch.

44 Magazine | Interiors 

“Mother Nature is the ultimate colour 

expert, so start to notice the colour values 

of the outside world in your everyday life 

– consider it free colour training!" 

Three tips for using colour 

1. Use a colour wheel 

It helps to understand how colours work together, the 

effect they have on a room and mood, and how to 

use them to achieve the style you want. One of the 

principles of interior design is harmony, and colour plays 

a big part in this. 

If you walk into a room and the colour scheme is 

made up of colours that don’t have a relationship to 

each other, the result will be less harmonious and more 

chaotic. This is great if you want an enlivening and unique 

look – there are some incredible designers who mix 

clashing bright and bold patterns to wow effect. But if 

you want the room to feel calming, the room reveal is 

not going to go well for you! 

To learn about colour, play around with a colour 

wheel. A colour wheel shows one colour’s relationship 

to another and helps us observe the effect colours have 

on one another. You can pick one of these up from your 

local Resene ColorShop. 

2. Use the 60, 30, 10 trick 

If you’re struggling to work out how to distribute your 

colour palette around the house or room, try this trick. 

Use the hue that you want to dominate for 60 percent 

of the room; the secondary colour for 30 percent of the 

room, to provide visual interest; and the final colour for 

10 percent, to sprinkle on some wow factor. 

Let’s say your colour palette is white, blue and brass. 

That could translate to 60 percent white (all of the 

walls plus a chair and duvet cover), 30 percent blue 

(headboard, cushions, quilt, artwork, accessories) and 10 

percent brass (furniture legs, light fittings, candlesticks). 

This way the colours are applied in a nice rhythm around 

the room. 

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Mother Nature is the ultimate colour expert, so start 

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the earthy tones of autumn make a warm and restful 

theme. Soft pinks, saffron yellow and warm white are 

uplifting and inspired by spring. Blue, white and sandy 

tones are a summer classic and why ‘coastal’ is a popular 

interior style. Winter colours are intense blacks, greys, 

white and cool blues. 

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PARK LIFE 

Discover an architecturally designed, new generation retirement village set in Christchurch’s Halswell, 

renowned for its fabulous green spaces, history and fantastic dining and shopping options. 

Banbury Park is a modern and stylish Lifestyle Village 

encompassed by premium service and state-of-the-art 

facilities, offering a relaxing atmosphere, convenient location 

and elegant architecture. 

Banbury Park is a subsidiary of Qestral, owners and 

operators of new generation retirement villages throughout 

Aotearoa including Alpine View and Burlington in 

Christchurch, and Coastal View in Nelson. Qestral believes 

in a unique retirement experience that combines the very 

best in independent living with safe-guarded health. 

Spanning 13.6 hectares within the fast-growing Halswell 

area, Banbury Park offers lush gardens, unique sculptural 

features and state-of-the-art landscaping. 

Resort-style facilities will include an indoor heated pool 

and spa, cinema, bar, café, bakery, gym, hair salon, wellness 

centre and restaurant. 

The fully integrated care centre offering rest home/hospital 

level care, and a boutique dementia facility, are currently 

under construction. The continuum of care is designed so 

that you stay firmly in control, with complete freedom and 

independence to live the life you choose. 

A vibrant and thriving community, Halswell has many 

recreational, culinary and entertainment delights. Banbury 

Park is only 600m to the Halswell Domain, a three-minute 

drive to the Halswell shopping centre and eight minutes to 

the Halswell Quarry.


LIVING OPTIONS 

INDEPENDENT HOUSES 

The first stage of independent houses are now 

available for occupation. Houses range in styles 

with two or three bedroom, single or double 

garage and one or two storey options. 

Space between neighbours is prioritised, as 

well as private outdoor living areas. 

Banbury seeks to provide thoughtfully 

designed, stylish and spacious accommodation 

to village residents. Every effort has been 

made in developing the urban design and 

concept to provide an interesting structural and 

social environment. 

With spacious rooms with plenty of natural 

light, high ceilings, wide corridors, well placed 

storage and space to entertain your loved ones, 

the houses are built to give residents the highest 

quality of living.


SERVICED HOUSES 

As time moves on and some tasks become more 

challenging, there’s no reason why people shouldn’t 

continue to live the life they know. 

To assist with the transition process, Banbury Park 

provides the ‘Butler’ package, which can be personalised 

to individual needs. This package has been designed to 

support confidence and independence. 

SPRITELY 

Banbury Park is a new generation lifestyle village. Part of 

this is incorporating new-age technology. 

In 2016, in teaming up with tech entrepreneur 

Christopher Dawson, Qestral was at the helm of a 

cutting-edge tablet suite called Spritely. The easy-to-use 

software – and winner of the 2020 New Zealand Digital 

Innovation Award – is a remote healthcare monitor in 

the form of a lightweight and easy to use tablet. 

It keeps residents connected to neighbours and 

management through video connectivity, messaging and 

noticeboards. The tablet also provides weather reports, 

games and other useful information. 

CARE CENTRE 

At the Banbury Park Care Centre (currently under 

construction), the aim will be to nurture a friendly, warm, 

homely environment that promotes individual freedom 

and security – an environment in which each person 

can identify their own space and can seek privacy, or 

welcome friends and family in comfort. 

The care centre caters for residents who have been 

assessed as requiring either rest home or hospital care. It 

is integrated with all dual beds for easy transition should 

their care needs change ensuring that residents will 

generally continue to remain in the same room and have 

access to staff members they are familiar with. 

Banbury Park appreciates that every resident has 

unique and different needs and chooses to take a holistic 

approach to healthcare. An individualised care plan is 

designed for each resident’s physical, social and emotional 

well-being and is developed in consultation with the 

resident, family, whānau or representative, medical and 

nursing staff and other health professionals. 

LIFESTYLE 

Banbury Park provides a wide range of activities and 

events that residents are welcome to be involved in. 

These are organised by full-time activities coordinators. 

Alongside a full activities schedule, Banbury also hosts 

and provides exciting, premium events and social clubs. 

Events such as cabarets, talks from celebrity guest 

speakers, gala nights, live music, cooking demonstrations 

and more! Further to this, residents can join any number 

of our interesting and inspirational clubs, such as the 

Travel Club or Wine & Food Club. 

Broaden your social horizons and enjoy peace of 

mind at Banbury Park. Discover how an exceptional, 

independent lifestyle in a beautiful and secure 

environment can make a world of difference to 

your future. 

qestral.co.nz | banburypark.co.nz

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 

with Tim Goom 

Pizza 

El Fresco! 

The weather has been a little unpredictable throughout the country 

so far this summer but February is often the most settled of the 

summer months, providing plenty more opportunities for outdoor 

entertaining. Just last night we had a spontaneous gathering with 

friends, where a huge number of pizzas were cooked to perfection 

using a wood-fired Maximus Prime and it reminded me what a 

wonderful focal point pizza ovens are for entertaining. 

Pizza ovens have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years and provide 

a unique addition to the outdoor dining experience. Wood-fired ovens 

have been present since the dawn of civilisation, and the perfectly 

preserved ovens from the ruins of Pompeii are not so differently 

designed from the brick pizza ovens popping up in many backyards 

across Canterbury. 

Versatile 

Pizza ovens are fantastic at churning out perfectly crispy pizzas in mere 

minutes, making it an ideal way to efficiently cater for large numbers. It 

also becomes a very socially interactive way of food preparation, with 

minimal dishes to wash afterwards. Everyone from old to young, can 

be involved in building their perfect pizza, side by side. Another huge 

advantage of a pizza oven is its versatility, in addition to pizza, bread can 

be baked, vegetables roasted and large cuts of meat slow-cooked as 

embers die down, all infused with a lovely smoky flavour. Pretty much 

anything you can do in a conventional indoor oven, you can do in a pizza 

oven. Guests with specific dietary requirements can be catered for with 

greater ease than with the traditional ‘meat on the BBQ’ gathering. Your 

vegetarian and vegan friends won’t be relegated to the salad and breadonly 

option nearly so swiftly! A pizza cooked in a wood-fired pizza oven 

also retains more nutrients and antioxidants due to the faster cooking 

time as well as enhanced flavour- the delicious smokiness is impossible 

to replicate. 

Year-round 

by Goom 

The warmth emanating from a wood-fired pizza oven extends the 

use of your outdoor area throughout the chilly months by providing a 

wonderful heat source. The ambience created by a ‘real fire’ will draw 

guests in and create a cosy convivial atmosphere. 

Aestheticss 

Many ovens are stand-alone, meaning they can be easily incorporated 

into an existing established outdoor space. However, there are also 

options which can be included in an outdoor kitchen design to create 

a seamless visual impact. There is a vast array of designs to suit every 

style, budget and landscape. From the old-world feel of a brick-domed 

traditional pizza oven to a bespoke modern concrete shuttered oven or 

an easily movable sleek steel oven (such as the locally made Flaxton Fire 

a firm favourite of our team), the options are endless. 

A focal point 

A pizza oven creates a focal point in your outdoor space but its benefits are 

not limited to your own home. At your bach or holiday home, the ritual of 

lighting the fire in the oven and prepping the pizza toppings will help you hit 

‘relax mode’. For those who rent out their bach on a site such as Book-abach, 

a pizza oven is a feature which can distinguish their property from 

others. In a commercial setting, a pizza oven in the workplace provides a 

great alternative to after works drinks inside the office. 

Wood-fired pizza ovens offer so much more than creating perfect 

pizzas for your family and friends. Call the team at Goom Landscapes 

today to discuss the best pizza oven for your needs and property. 

Phone 0800 466 657 

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DIRECTORY 

HOME & LIVING 

LITTLE RIVER GALLERY 

New into Little River Gallery is a range of covetable ceramics by Port Levy 

potter Jim Barribeau. With an aesthetic refined over 45 years working with clay 

and informed by instruction in Japanese techniques, Barribeau’s functional 

pieces are exquisitely simple and finished to perfection with the ceramic artist’s 

own glazes. Priced from $75 to $220. 

littlerivergallery.com 

ANY EXCUSE 

From Lincoln-based contemporary 

homeware store Any Excuse, these 

stackable Hachiman ‘Multi’ boxes have 

a multitude of uses – and look fabulous 

too. Made of high grade polypropylene, 

they have been awarded a long life 

design award for longevity. Available 

in black and white, they come in three 

sizes, from $25.99 to $49.99. 

anyexcuse.co.nz 

SIMON JAMES 

From the Italian designer beloved by Kiwis 

(best known for his Arnold Circus stools), 

comes Martino Gamper’s latest design, 

Hookalotti ($149) – a heavy duty hook 

with a rumbled finish that has been zinc 

die-cast in New Zealand. Perfect as a 

practical yet decorative piece around the 

home, hooks come with a cross-head 

brass screw for installation. 

simonjames.co.nz 

CITTÀ 

The result of a collaboration between 

Città and The Design Chaser (aka interior 

stylist Michelle Halford), the Terrace 

Vase ($149) is a tiered ceramic vessel 

with a minimal, sculptural design that 

nods to both brands’ chic, contemporary 

Scandinavian-inspired style. Available in 

brick, white or beige, this distinct design 

can be filled with fresh or dried flowers or 

left empty. 

cittadesign.com 

NEVÉ 

Create a little luxury at home with 

a Nevé Room Spray ($34). Just a 

spritz or two will instantly refresh 

and elevate your space – perfect 

for when you’re short on time 

and need a quick fix. Available in 

seven unique fragrance blends, 

including the best-selling Kōwhai 

Blossom + Lime. 

neve.co.nz


ICO TRADERS 

A Christchurch institution in stylish wire furniture, Ico Traders have taken note of 

New Zealand’s unique outdoor conditions and added a selection of stainless steel 

variants to their sought-after signature range. The best defence against sea spray, 

humidity and high rainfall, stainless steel is a stronger and more durable base 

material, with increased corrosion resistance. Pictured: Coromandel chair, $660, 

and outdoor chair pad in Marine, $269. 

icotraders.co.nz 

M.M. LINEN 

Lavish and sweet, the new Aster duvet 

set from M.M. Linen features a ditsy 

floral design on a deep navy blue base 

with a plain ivory reverse side and a 

small sham edge. Multi-generational, 

the Aster design can be mixed and 

matched with plain bed linens for a 

fresh, contemporary look. From $250. 

mmlinen.com 

FLEUR BY DK FLORAL DESIGN 

Merivale’s Fleur by DK Floral Design is a 

boutique florist store with beautiful and 

unique bouquets and a gorgeous range of 

decor to add those final touches to your 

home – from lamps to stunning furniture. 

The Airia bust in perfectly patinated 

concrete (pictured, $275) makes an 

elegant addition to any house or garden. 

fleurdk.co.nz 

GALLERY DE NOVO 

Sought-after Dunedin artist Philip Maxwell 

has just released a small number of limited 

edition prints. ‘Blue Boat with Clouds’ is 

currently available as a print and is from 

an edition of 30. Printed on fine quality 

art paper, it’s available framed ($595) or 

unframed ($295) from Gallery De Novo. 

gallerydenovo.co.nz 

77 ART + LIVING 

Much-loved Canterbury gallery 77 Art 

+ Living welcomes Dunedin artist Mollie 

Schollum to the mix for 2023. Inspired 

by the natural environments of Aotearoa, 

Schollum’s work focuses on glaze, texture, 

form and intricate detail. Pictured: ‘In the 

Pink’ ceramic forever flowers, $275. 

77artandliving.com

GET SET FOR 2023! 

Deliciously affordable meal inspiration to kickstart you into the new year.

Central Otago sights and bites 

The tagline might be “the road less travelled” but for those in the 

know there’s no better way to travel from Dunedin to Central Otago 

than over what’s now known as the Central Otago Touring Route – 

especially in a Tesla. 

WORDS REBECCA FOX | PHOTOS JAMES JUBB 

O 

kay, so it went like this – would you like to drive through Central Otago in a Tesla while 

stopping off to enjoy some of the region’s best food and wine? 

A stronger person than I might have demurred, but it is the sort of opportunity that does not 

come your way very often, so I accepted. 

The proposal was made even better by the direction to travel the Central Otago Touring 

Route – my favourite way to travel to Central Otago. The expansive blue skies, craggy rock

Travel | Magazine 53 

“The expansive blue skies, craggy rock outcrops and soaring hills made 

famous by Grahame Sydney paintings, as well as the relatively empty 

roads, make taking this route a no-brainer.” 

outcrops and soaring hills made famous by Grahame Sydney 

paintings, as well as the relatively empty roads, make taking 

this route a no-brainer. 

It also seems appropriate to be driving an electric car – 

not adding noise or other pollution – through this beautiful 

landscape, along a similar path to the Central Otago Rail Trail. 

If you’re an EV or Tesla-novice, it pays to have spent some 

time researching the operating instructions of the Tesla (it has 

a few quirks) before you pick it up. It is also a good idea to 

work out where the charging stations are, and how to charge, 

to avoid “range phobia”. 

Happily though, the car can do the maths for you and will 

tell you if you have enough range to get where you are going 

once you put your destination into its GPS. 

Luckily there are no shortage of conveniently-placed fast 

(the most time-efficient way to charge) charging stations along 

the route at Middlemarch, Ranfurly, Ōmakau and Alexandra. 

Once we picked up the Tesla, a model 3 with a range of up 

to 400km on a single charge, tested our research on how to 

unlock the doors and operate the touch-screen, we packed 

the surprisingly deep and large boot with our overnight bags 

and headed out (there is also a “frunk”, aka a front boot, for 

those spill-over purchases). 

We were headed for Waipiata and the local pub for 

lunch, so the trip gave us the perfect opportunity to get to 

grips with sensitive handling of the Tesla and operating things 

like the heating and air conditioning and sound system, all 

from the touch-screen (best left to the passenger rather than 

the driver). 

Our timing could not have been better as Central Otago’s 

popular Eat Taste Central promotion was still on, allowing 

us to taste some specially created dishes that showcase the 

wonderful produce from the region. 

So at lunch it was one of Waipiata pub’s famous pies, the 

‘Hogburn River Pie’, featuring locally grown slow-cooked 

beef and pinot noir, as well as their version of an all-day 

breakfast, ‘The Davy Jones’, a towering burger made with 

local eggs and chutney. 

With the afternoon at our disposal we decided to tour 

around some of our favourite spots, stopping in Ranfurly for 

a coffee while we gave the car a top up (range phobia got to 

us!) and then heading to Naseby to have a look through the 

ABOVE: A lamb dish from the Post Office Cafe in Clyde.

FIVE BUDGET-FRIENDLY 

FAMILY DINNERS 

Friday night BBQ sliders 

For a Friday night treat, gather the whānau to devour these pulled chicken 

sliders! The BBQ chicken pairs perfectly with a zesty corn and stone fruit slaw. 

LAMB KOFTA 

Serves: 

4 

Prep time: 15 mins 

Cooking time: 25 mins 

PULLED CHICKEN 

2 teaspoons oil 

2 teaspoons smoked paprika 

300g-400g chicken breast 

2 tablespoons barbecue sauce 

CORN AND STONE FRUIT SLAW 

2 cobs fresh corn kernels * or 2 cups frozen corn kernels 

⅛ cabbage * or remaining cabbage, sliced thinly 

1 carrot * , grated 

2 large nectarines, cut into small cubes or thin slices 

1 tablespoon sour cream, yoghurt, or mayonnaise 

1 teaspoon mustard 

Salt and pepper, to taste 

½ cup nuts and seeds (if desired) 

TO SERVE 

8 sliders or buns 

SATAY SALAD 

* 

These ingredients 

are shared with 

other recipes from the 

summer weekly 

meal plan. 

Poach chicken breast for about 10 minutes or until cooked, leave 

to cool slightly and shred using two forks or your fingers if it is 

cool enough to handle. 

Boil corn in a pot to heat through and cook, drain. Combine the 

slaw ingredients in a large bowl, set aside. 

Heat oil in a frying pan on the stove over medium heat. Add 

smoked paprika and shredded chicken and stir. 

Add the barbecue sauce and mix to evenly coat the chicken. Test 

taste, adding more spice, salt, and pepper, or teaspoonfuls of 

barbecue sauce. 

Toast the buns or heat them in the oven. 

To serve, scoop generous spoonfulls of the slaw onto the 

bottom half of the bun, top with the BBQ chicken and the top 

half of the bun. Serve any additional slaw on the side. 

Download recipes 

newworld.co.nz/meal-plans

54 Magazine | Travel 

“At lunch it was one of 

Waipiata pub’s famous 

pies, featuring locally 

grown slow-cooked 

beef and pinot noir, as 

well as their version of 

an all-day breakfast, a 

towering burger made 

with local eggs and 

chutney.” 

popular Stardust Gallery. Unfortunately we were way too full 

to contemplate a visit to the Black Forest Cafe, which is under 

new management. 

Instead we decided to head to St Bathans for a walk 

around the Blue Lake before rewarding ourselves with a cold 

beverage at the Vulcan Hotel. The small village was humming 

with visitors enjoying the lake, with a few hardy souls even 

dipping a toe or two in. 

As time was marching on we headed to our destination 

for the night, the quaint township of Ophir, and Pitches Store. 

The store was originally built in 1863 and in 2006 was bought 

by Colleen Hurd and renovated, retaining historical features 

wherever possible while providing luxury touches for guests. 

We were lucky enough to enjoy chef Susan Goodwin’s 

Provenance lamb loin dish, which won Eat Taste Central’s 

main meal section of the competition. Goodwin also received 

highly commended in the chef section. 

The next day we headed through to Clyde where we 

checked in (and dropped off the car) at another historic 

homestead –- this time Hartley Homestead, built around the 

early 1900s by Jack Waldron as part of Molyneux Orchards. 

It is now a lovingly renovated B&B hosted by former 

Aucklander Euan Mackenzie, who the next day showed he 

was very handy in the kitchen when it came to breakfasts – 

lovely, light fruit-filled crepes for us and a cooked breakfast for 

fellow guests. 

There is never any shortage of things to do in Clyde. 

We had the opportunity to take a peek at the Eden Hore 

Central Otago Collection, which was on display at the Clyde 

Historical Museum, before having lunch at Dunstan House 

Cafe. where we tried its beetroot and feta burger. 

Luckily for us, that weekend was also hosting the Alexandra 

Basin Winegrowers New Release Tasting event, which gives 

wine lovers a chance to chat with wine growers about their 

season and the wines they produce, as well as taste the new 

season’s releases. This year there was also the chance to hear 

American Rex Pickett, author of the novel Sideways, speak 

about his time in New Zealand. 

It was a sold-out crowd in the event’s new venue of the 

old Clyde railway station and there were plenty of wines to 

choose from, from Three Miners’ Rocker Box rosé and Grey 

Ridge’s Alchemy white pinot noir to Two Paddocks pinot noir 

and Immigrants’ Ruru Gewürztraminer. 

After an afternoon of tastings, a quiet dinner was in 

order at the Post Office Cafe where we again got to try the 

region’s lamb. 

The following day it was time to head home, but not before 

we got to extend our electric vehicle knowledge even more 

with a blat around Highlands Motor Park’s track in its electric 

sportscar, the Porsche Taycan – going from zero to 100 in 2.4 

seconds, a feeling I can best describe as like being dropped 

from a free fall tower at an amusement park. There’s a reason 

the driver makes sure your head is back against the seat 

before he accelerates. 

After a quick trip to Highland’s toilets with a view – each 

toilet is creatively decorated and has a one-way window so you 

can see the track – I then recovered with a restorative coffee 

and brioche lamb sandwich at Highlands cafe before we hit the 

road again – with a quick look to see where the next charging 

station was, aware that unlike petrol rental cars, you only need 

to return an electric with 20 percent power. Another bonus. 

The writer was hosted by Central Otago Tourism and GO Rentals. 

ABOVE: The ‘Davy Jones’ all-day breakfast at Waipiata Hotel.

60 Magazine | Food 

W 

ith over ten years’ experience in food writing 

and hospo, I’ve made a profession in cooking 

for both media and restaurant dining settings. I was 

crazy enough to train as a chef while also studying 

an undergrad bachelor’s degree in media, writing and 

anthropology. In my time I have worked as a chef, 

consultant, recipe developer, food editor, writer, food 

stylist, podcaster and TV and video producer. 

I have worked as a chef all over Australia, even 

working at the Google Australia restaurant before 

making the cross into food media. This experience in 

the kitchen and on the pass makes me the chef and 

cook I am today. 

I can also thank my time on the pans for my 

understanding of food from different cultures, a 

testament to the multitude of chefs I’ve had the 

privilege of working alongside – in this profession it’s the 

ability to share knowledge that sets a chef apart from 

the rest and I’ve been blessed with some incredible 

teachers. For anyone out there thinking about becoming 

a chef, it truly opens up a whole world of possibilities! 

I got my start in publishing working at the Australian 

Women’s Weekly test kitchens, then moved on to 

Donna Hay, where I got to work on my first cookbook. 

From there I applied and got a position on the food 

team for delicious magazine Australia, and worked my 

way up to assistant food editor. 

It was here on this incredibly skilled and experienced 

small team I had opportunities to travel and learn 

from some of the best in food media, and to craft my 

skills in all things food editing, styling and writing. 

Since leaving that role I’ve worked for myself in a 

freelance capacity. I’ve worked as a food producer on 

TV shows, travelled overseas for food festivals, assisted 

on TV segments, written recipes for publications, 

food-styled and directed videos, starred in how-to 

videos, started my own podcast and worked on 

cookbooks for other amazing foodies. 

I’m known for recipes that work, that are complex in 

flavour and simple in execution. It all comes back to this. 

These recipes are all about letting the veggies shine. 

There could easily be more than three recipes but I 

chose three of the best to show off just how damn 

magical vegetables are. Please be upstanding for these 

three legends: corn, eggplant and cauliflower. May they 

always be tender and coated in tasty things.

TUNA EMPANADAS 

Produce 

3 Onions 

250g Mushroom 

4 Courgettes 

3 Carrots 

½ Cabbage 

5 Capsicums 

1 Lettuce 

1 Cucumber 

200g Radishes 

1 Eggplant 

3 Corn cobs 

2 Nectarines 

Grocery 

250g Rice noodles 

160g Red curry paste 

170g Tomato paste 

425g Canned tuna 

6 Eggs 

400ml Coconut milk 

8 pack Pita bread 

8 pack Sliders/buns 

Butchery 

500g Beef, stir fry or 

rump steak 

500g Lamb mince 

400g Skinless chicken breast 

SHOPPING LIST 

Chilled 

250g Firm tofu 

Frozen 

780g Flaky puff 

pastry sheets 

Pantry staples * 

Oil, for frying 

Olive oil 

Salt 

Pepper 

Garlic – fresh cloves 

or crushed 

Paprika – smoked or sweet 

Soy sauce, coconut aminos 

or other alternative 

Peanut butter 

Ground coriander 

Garam masala 

Barbecue sauce 

Sour cream, mayonnaise, 

or yoghurt 

Mustard – Dijon 

or wholegrain 

Your favourite sauce – 

hummus, tzatziki, chutney 

Nuts and seeds (optional) 

Eggs (optional) 

RED CURRY STIR FRIED NOODLES + 

VEGE VERSION WITH TOFU 

* 

These items are usually found in your pantry and not included in the budget. 

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Lunchbox inspiration and quick and easy after-school snack ideas. 

2 chicken breasts, diced 

1 teaspoon dried oregano 

Zest of 1 lemon, plus wedges to serve 

Extra virgin olive oil 

1 garlic clove, minced 

1 large tomato, diced 

¼ telegraph cucumber, diced 

¼ cup finely diced red onion 

¼ cup olives, deseeded and sliced 

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 

4 large pita breads, toasted 

¼ cup cucumber yoghurt dip 

1 cup shredded iceberg lettuce 

50g feta cheese 

Fresh parsley, oregano or mint, to garnish 

Greek chicken salad pitas 

Want to bring the flavours of Greece to your kitchen? These 

Greek chicken salad pitas are zesty, creamy, crunchy and fresh 

all in one bite, and destined to be your new family favourite. 

Serves: 

4 

Prep time: 40 mins 

Cooking time: 15 mins 

In a large bowl, combine the diced chicken, oregano, lemon zest, 

a drizzle of olive oil and the minced garlic. Season with salt and 

pepper, then mix well, cover and marinade in the fridge for 

30 minutes. 

Once marinaded, thread onto 8 soaked wooden or metal skewers. 

Bring a frying pan to a medium to high heat, then cook for 5-6 

minutes each side or until the chicken is golden and completely 

cooked through. 

To make the salad, combine the tomato, cucumber, red onion and 

olives. Drizzle with olive oil, then pour over the red wine vinegar. 

Toss to combine. 

To assemble the pitas, lay each pita on a plate. Spread with 

cucumber yoghurt, then top with shredded iceberg lettuce. Place 

two skewers onto the pita, then sprinkle the diced salad around. 

Crumble the feta cheese over the top, then garnish with fresh 

herbs and lemon wedges. Serve immediately and enjoy. 

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Recipe | Magazine 61 

GOCHUJANG-GLAZED 

EGGPLANT WITH CHIPPIES 

Salt and vin chips are the ultimate crunch-addition to 

this eggplant. Once you pop you will not stop. I could 

definitely eat two of these myself easily – but one per 

person is probably a normal-person portion, or a good 

side/share plate for two to four people. 

Gluten free | Serves 2 

Preparation 5 mins | Cook 30 mins 

2 eggplants, halved lengthways 

½ tsp flaky salt 

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling 

2 tablespoons maple syrup 

1 tablespoon gochujang paste* 

1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar 

1 teaspoon sesame oil 

1 handful of salt and vinegar chips 

chopped chives, thinly sliced red chilli, steamed rice and 

green thangs, like mesclun lettuce and stray herbs you want 

to get rid of, to serve 

*specialty ingredient 

Gochujang is a fermented Korean chilli paste that is 

balanced with sweetness. Found in any good Asian grocer. 

Preheat oven to 200°C fan forced. Grease and line a baking 

tray with baking paper. 

Score the inside flesh of each eggplant half with a knife 1cm 

deep in a criss-cross pattern. Sprinkle with salt and drizzle 

with oil. Massage into flesh, then place cut side down on 

prepared baking tray. 

Bake for 20 minutes or until flesh is softened and the cut 

side is slightly golden. 

Meanwhile, combine maple, gochujang, vinegar and 

sesame oil. 

Flip cooked eggplant and spoon over glaze mixture to coat. 

Turn oven to grill on high and cook sauce side up for 10 

minutes, or until golden and gnarly. 

Crunch up chips and scatter over eggplant. Top with chives, 

chilli and green thangs. Serve hawt with steamed rice. 

Spice it up 

Sub the gochujang for miso, sriracha or even hoisin for a 

change in spicery. 

Jazz it up 

Slice and serve in a bowl with steamed short grain rice, 

edamame, corn, shaved radish and thinly sliced spring onion 

for a glazed-eggplant donburi bowl.

Looking veg-forward 

Christchurch foodie Sam Parish serves up three delicious meat-free 

recipes from her playful new cookbook Cook Me. 

WORDS SAM PARISH | PHOTOS TONIA SHUTTLEWORTH

LOADED CORN COBS 

I should have called these swarm cobs. Cos once they’re finished with grated parmesan, 

watch as people swarm! Such a simple combo of flavours and a classic on any Mexican menu. 

These cobs of glory are a welcome treat to have at home. I just love how they get to have a little soak 

in the ‘bath’ (read sink) first – trust me, it helps with steaming. 

Gluten free | Serves 4–6 as a side | Preparation 10 mins | Cook 45 mins 

6 whole corns, husks intact 

⅔ cup (160ml) mayo 

1 tablespoon sriracha 

½ teaspoon smoked paprika, plus extra to serve 

finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime 

50g finely grated parmesan or pecorino 

½ bunch coriander, leaves picked 

finely sliced chives, to serve 

Preheat oven to 180°C fan forced. 

Submerge corn in water in a large pot or in a clean sink for 10 

minutes to soak. 

Transfer corn to a tray and bake, husk and all, for 45 minutes 

or until corn is tender and husks are darkened slightly. 

Combine mayo, sriracha, paprika and lime zest and juice. 

Remove corn and carefully pull down the husks. Transfer to a 

tray and add mayo, then shake to coat. Grate over parmesan 

and scatter with paprika and herbs. Serve hot! 

Meat lovers 

Finely dice some chorizo and cook it off in a pan, then spoon 

over the corn.

BUTTER 

CAULIFLOWER 

One of my all-time favourite 

curries, this is packed with 

flavour and will have you 

dipping, dipping and re-dipping 

(double dipper!) your naan. A 

celebration of spice, this curry is 

on heavy rotation for us! 

Serves 4–6 

Preparation 15 mins 

Cook 30 mins 

2 tablespoons oil 

1 cauliflower, cut into eighths 

⅓ cup (80g) ghee or butter 

1 brown onion, finely chopped 

4cm piece ginger, finely chopped 

3 cloves garlic, chopped 

400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained 

680g passata 

1 cup (250ml) cream 

juice of 1 lemon 

naan bread and steamed rice, to serve 

Butter up spice mix 

3 teaspoons each ground cumin, ground 

coriander, 

Kashmiri chilli powder* 

¼ teaspoon each ground nutmeg, 

cinnamon, black mustard seeds, 

ground cloves, ground cardamom 

12 curry leaves 

*specialty ingredient 

Kashmiri chilli powder is a variety of 

chilli that is red in colour but more mild 

in heat. It can be found in Indian grocers. 

Heat ghee or butter in a wide saucepan or deep-sided frypan over medium 

heat. Add onion and cook for 3 minutes, or until softened. Add ginger and 

garlic and spice mix and cook for a further 1–2 minutes, or until aromatic 

and seeds begin to pop. Add chickpeas, passata and cream and cook for 15 

minutes, or until reduced slightly. Stir through lemon juice to taste. Add 

roasted cauliflower. 

Serve with naan and steamed rice alongside. 

Make it vegan 

Sub the cream for cashew cream and boom! She’s vegan. 

Meat lovers 

I throw no judgement if you feel like throwing some chicken in with the 

cauliflower and adding it to the sauce. I totally get that sometimes we 

want a little chicken in our butter… chicken. 

Preheat oven to 210°C fan forced. Line 

a baking tray with baking paper and 

drizzle with oil. 

Put cauliflower pieces onto prepared 

tray cut side down. Season with salt and 

pepper. Bake for 20–25 minutes, or until 

golden and slightly charred. 

Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for 

the spice mix in a small bowl. 

Extract and recipes from Cook Me, $49.95 by Sam Parish. 

Published by Koa Press. Photography by Tonia Shuttleworth.

Recipe | Magazine 65

64 Magazine | Recipe 

03 Mixology 

Queenstown’s newest neighbourhood 

local Odd Saint lends us the recipe 

for a suitably outside-the-box yet 

delicious signature cocktail. 

Just like our food, we aim to be a little 

bit different at Odd Saint, so all our 

cocktails are a twist on the usual. We’ve 

named each one after a patron saint and 

Dorothy (shortened to Dot) is the patron 

saint of gardeners, expressed by way 

of fruit trees. Odd Saint is surrounded 

by well-established trees, adding to the 

ambience of our sun-dappled patio space. 

DOT’S SOUR 

45ml gin 

75ml grapefruit juice 

15ml rosemary-infused syrup* 

15ml lemon juice 

1 egg white (30ml) 

Add all ingredients to a Boston shaker over 

ice and shake hard for one minute. 

Pour into your favourite short glass and 

garnish with a dehydrated orange peel or 

grapefruit slice (for the perfect dehydrated 

slice, thin is always best). 

*We make our own infused botanical 

syrups – make yours with equal parts sugar 

and water boiled until slightly bubbly and 

syrupy. Cool and transfer to a jar or bottle 

with your herb of choice and leave for a day 

or more to bring out the herbaceous flavour. 

Experiment with time (or even thyme) 

depending on your taste preferences.

66 Magazine | Drink 

Mix & mingle 

03’s merry band of beverage reviewers taste-test the 

latest and greatest drops. 

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Unsettling landscapes 

New Zealand’s national museum Te Papa’s exhibition Hiahia Whenua - Landscape and Desire 

features some rarely seen works with close links to Otago and Southland. 

WORDS REBECCA FOX 

Selected works of significant artists such as Shona Rapira- 

Davies, William Hodges, Shane Cotton, Tony De Lautour 

and others being exhibited at Te Papa all have one thing in 

common – a southern connection. 

Their works are part of 24 being exhibited as Hiahia 

Whenua - Landscape and Desire, which showcases rarely seen 

colonial landscapes alongside contemporary works addressing 

issues around and from colonialism. 

Te Papa curator of historical art Rebecca Rice has wanted 

to show some of the collection’s historical landscapes for 

some time but was unsure of how they could be presented in 

the 21st century. 

“I was very conscious that visitors like to see them but it 

needed to be thought through very carefully.” 

Together with Megan Tamati-Quennell, curator of modern 

and contemporary Māori and indigenous art, they decided to 

show the historical landscapes alongside contemporary works. 

“There is a little bit of a tension in that the historical works

Arts | Magazine 69 

LEFT: Tony de Lautour, ‘Send off’, 1999, 

oil and varnish on an old oil painting on 

paper mounted on board. Purchased 

1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants 

Board funds. Te Papa 

“It’s really saying, actually often these beautiful 

landscapes do not reflect what’s going on socially or 

politically, and didn’t have that kind of commentary, 

so he adds it in, often in a humorous way.” 

are saying one thing and the contemporary, kind of, either 

echoing that, or referencing it, in a different way, or shifting 

what is being said. It’s a nice dynamic.” 

Rebecca, who is from Dunedin, says it is that tension 

between landscape and whenua, the very different ways 

of thinking of the natural world, that is at the crux of 

the exhibition. 

It was a deliberate move to exclude “modern” works from 

the exhibition. 

“It is not about McCahon discovering the New Zealand 

landscape and finding the essence of it. Contemporary 

artists we engage with are looking back to the historical 

landscape and thinking about the way that land was 

encountered and that people tried to settle it, fought over it, 

use it, make a commercial gain through farming or forestry.” 

Megan says the contemporary works complicate the image 

of New Zealand’s colonial landscapes. 

“There are many ways to think about land – its value, its 

ownership, and how it can be lost, sold or stolen. 

“During the colonial period we often speak of Europeans 

as ‘settling’ the land. These contemporary works ‘unsettle’ 

the landscape, revealing complexity and conflict below 

the surface.” 

A work by Christchurch artist Tony De Lautour is based 

on a painting he found in a Lake Wakatipu junk shop and 

revisioned. He talks about colonial artists recording landscapes 

as places ready for occupation and to be used, Megan says. 

“He talks about refilling empty stages with characters, 

slightly darker, kookier characters from our past, heraldic lions 

holding guns, throwing little New Zealands into the water. 

“It’s really talking about not only landscape but what is going 

on in terms of that colonial process and really saying, actually 

often these beautiful landscapes do not reflect what’s going on 

socially or politically, and didn’t have that kind of commentary, 

so he adds it in, often in a humorous way.” 

They have also included works that are not landscape 

paintings such as Matt Pine’s “F” series, which are minimalist 

sculptural impressions of Gate Pa reflecting on the Land Wars 

but not in a way that is “hard”. 

Pine started the works, made from grey PVC pipe, in 1977

70 Magazine | Arts 

but it was while he was the Frances Hodgkins Fellow that he 

evolved them further and they were shown in his Dunedin 

studio for the first time. 

“It’s the original grey pipe. It’s like a line drawing in space 

in a way. He’s interested in fortification, pa sites, how early 

earthworks changed the landscape they lived in. You can still 

see them in the landscape today. He’s a very interesting artist.” 

Rebecca says the conversation begins with William Hodges’ 

1776 ‘Waterfall in Dusky Bay with Māori canoe’, which is the 

earliest painting of a New Zealand landscape that Te Papa has 

in its collection and it has only been shown at the gallery once 

before since it was purchased in 2019. 

It was painted after Cook spent five weeks in Dusky 

Sound, as it was then known, making repairs to their ship 

and mapping the area. Hodges accompanied Cook on his 

exploration of the Sound and painted a view up one of the 

arms of Tamatea with the Southern Alps in the distance. 

“It is a beautiful view up. The artist thinks in pictorial terms, 

not in historical accuracy, although it is quite an accurate 

picture of that site, so he’s put in a waka with a family that 

Cook and his crew did meet but back at their base camp, not 

in the Sound.” 

Megan says the work is also important for southern Māori 

as the site was important for food gathering and as it was 

a friendly and collegial first meeting compared to the first 

encounters on the East Coast, which are believed to have 

traumatised Cook’s crew on his first visit. 

“So three or four years later there is a different approach. 

It is a peaceful, amicable meeting and didn’t shift culturally 

that much although Anne Salmond talks of Cook and his 

crew putting in a garden, making beer, planting strawberries, 

maybe testing, trying things out. So it’s an interesting work 

for Ngāi Tahu. It was a major mahinga kai fishing ground, not 

necessarily a site people lived in.” 

For Megan one of the most significant artists in the exhibition 

with a Dunedin connection is Shona Rapira-Davies, who studied 

at the Dunedin School of Art. Her 1985 oil painting ‘Taku 

whanau, Motairehe, Aotea’, was painted in Dunedin and shown 

here first at the former Marshall Seifert Gallery. 

“Shona’s work has not been on display since Te Papa’s been 

open. The last time it was shown was in the ’80s in the old 

National Art Gallery.” 

While the painting is of Great Barrier Island, she was 

very influenced by the work of Anna Caselberg and 

Colin McCahon. 

“She has riffed completely off Anna Caselberg and 

McCahon’s landscape. She’s gone ‘I can paint that way, paint 

the same way he does’.” 

Rapira-Davies was working in Dunedin at the same time 

as Jeffrey Harris and Joanna Margaret Paul, Ralph Hotere and 

the Caselbergs, enjoying the collegiality of that “hotbed of 

interesting people” in the arts community. 

“When she went north she never found that community 

again although she came back down to do a Frances 

Hodgkins Fellowship.” 

Rebecca says another southern historical work is George 

ABOVE: Gallery view of Shona Rapira Davies’ ‘Taku whanau, Motairehe, Aotea’. Photo: Maarten Holl, 2022. Te Papa. 

OPPOSITE TOP Shane Cotton, ‘Hiahia’, 1997, gelatin silver prints. Te Papa. Photo: Maarten Holl. 

OPPOSITE BOTTOM George O’Brien, ‘Otago landscape’, 1870, watercolour. Te Papa

Arts | Magazine 71 

“During the colonial period we often speak of Europeans as 

‘settling’ the land. These contemporary works ‘unsettle’ the landscape, 

revealing complexity and conflict below the surface.” 

O’Brien’s 1870 early watercolour of Otago 

Harbour. The sometime draughtsman for 

architect R. A. Lawson is known for his 

drawings of Dunedin buildings. 

“O’Brien was influenced by the Pre- 

Raphaelite movement and has that early 

morning or evening dusk light when 

everything comes alight with a magic glow. 

In this one you see the fences delineating 

the landscape, the homestead down the 

valley - beginning the process of being 

tamed and settled.” 

The 24 artworks will be on display until 

mid-2023 when a new hang will bring 

additional works into the exhibition. 

“It is a show that will shift over time but 

the core principal will stay the same.” 

Michel Tuffery is a New Zealand-based 

artist of Samoan, Rarotongan and 

Ma‘ohi Tahitian heritage. He is perhaps 

best-known for his Te Papa-owned 

‘corned beef tin bull’ sculpture, however 

printmaking is Tuffery’s main genre. His 

oeuvre incorporates cultural symbolism 

and environmental narratives from 

Aotearoa and throughout the Pacific. 

Main Rd, Little River 

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art@littlerivergallery.com 

His ‘Enviro’ and ‘Maori Pasifika’ font series are 

intricate woodcut prints which combine the 

alphabet and symbolic motifs. 

Available now in A3 size, printed on handmade 

harakeke or plain white paper, $180 - $140.

72 Magazine | Read 

Book club 

Great new reads to please even the pickiest of bookworms. 

WINNING REVIEW 

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One of the most anticipated titles of 2023, this epic tale 

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long-forgotten kingdoms in 14th Century southern India, a 

nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the 

course of history. Brilliantly styled as a translation of an ancient 

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Jojo Moyes | Penguin Books, $37 

International #1 bestselling phenomenon Jojo Moyes is back 

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and making the most of second chances, Someone Else’s Shoes 

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in an instant when Sam accidently takes Nisha’s bag. Packed 

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A BOOK OF DAYS 

Patti Smith 

Bloomsbury, $43 

As a Patti Smith fan I couldn’t 

wait to get my hands on this 

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chronicles a calendar year of 

the legendary musician and 

writer’s life via 366 photos 

she snapped on her 250 Land 

Polaroid camera, with short 

accompanying captions. Great 

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- Kezia Carpenter 

COLD PEOPLE 

Tom Rob Smith | Simon & Schuster, $38 

Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has 

claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, 

no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All there is is 

a message: humanity has 30 days to reach the one place on 

Earth where they will be allowed to exist – Antarctica. Penned 

by the author of the celebrated Child 44 trilogy, this suspenseful 

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THE QUEEN’S WIFE 

Joanne Drayton | Penguin Books, $40 

From acclaimed Kiwi author Joanne Drayton and based on true 

events, The Queen’s Wife is a modern love story. In 1989, two 

married women meet by chance, and their new relationship 

turns their lives upside-down, threatening to cost them their 

children, families and friends and forcing them to reassess their 

sexuality, identity and heritage. Against the odds, the couple’s 

new life together becomes rich in laughter, travel, unusual 

encounters, investigations into Viking raids, the Kingitanga 

movement, the death of a New Zealand artist and much more. 

A fascinating read on many levels and an important view of our 

country from its very edge.

Read | Magazine 73 

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dating back to their childhood. The telegram in which 

she was asked to be a maid of honour at Queen 

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Her marriage to the eccentric and unpredictable Colin 

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I’m looking forward to reading Lady Anne’s candid 

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ACT OF OBLIVION 

Robert Harris 

Penguin, $37 

Robert Harris has written more than a 

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Two real life regicides, Colonel Edward Whalley and son-inlaw 

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