03 Magazine: July 07, 2023

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What’s up, in, chat-worthy, cool, covetable
and compelling right now.
Nice knits
Everyone’s favourite
way to get warm
– and give warmth
– is back, with the
return of Standard
Issue’s Jumper for
Jumper initiative
in partnership
with Middlemore
Foundation. For every
jumper purchased
online or instore, the
local label will knit
and gift another for a
Kiwi kid in need. This
year’s goal is to knit
3000 jumpers for the
cause by the end of
this winter.
standardissue.co.nz
Cafe fair
From much-loved local hospo legend Tom
Worthington (of Tom’s) and Will Lyons-Bowman
(the new cafe’s head chef and winemaker for
Vita Wines) comes delish new weekday hotspot
Estelle. Named for Tom’s niece, Estelle is all
about chicly presented, contemporary comfort
food – think inventive things on toast, honey
cake, rice pudding and cream-filled maritozzi.
@estelle_southwarkst
Sail home
‘Te Rā’, an extraordinary piece of Māori cultural
heritage, is returning to our shores this month,
and, yay, Christchurch gets to see it first. Held
in the collection of the British Museum, the
more than 200-year-old taonga (the only known
customary Māori sail in existence) has been shown
to the public only once in its lifetime. Te Rā: The
Māori Sail, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o
Waiwhetū, July 8 to October 23, 2023.
christchurchartgallery.org.nz
Makers unknown, ‘Te Rā’ [‘the sail’] c.1770–1800. Harakeke,
kererū, kāhu and kākā feathers, dog skin. On loan from the
Trustees of the British Museum. © Whakaarahia anō te rā
kaihau Te Rā Project. Photo: Cultural Heritage Imaging