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16 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Newsfeed<br />
Top tables<br />
Christchurch-based design co Ico Traders, born from a<br />
literal life shake-up post-quakes, continues to deliver stylish,<br />
environmentally mindful furniture and homewares with<br />
the recent release of a side table co-created with The Arc<br />
Department. Set on a base made by Ico Traders with a bespoke<br />
resin top poured by Sally at Arc, each Montalto Arc side table is<br />
a uniquely patterned piece, handmade in considered colourways<br />
of Black, Toffee and White. The chic collab is available online or<br />
from stockists across the country.<br />
icotraders.co.nz<br />
Future fashion<br />
Available exclusively (for now) at top international online<br />
fashion retailer Mr Porter, collectible new Kiwi menswear<br />
brand MANAAKI makes clothing designed to be cherished<br />
and passed down, with 90 percent of the products made<br />
using natural fibres that will biodegrade. Designer Kat Tua<br />
(Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Raukawa) was hand-selected from more<br />
than 1000 applications around the world to be part of the<br />
Mr Porter Futures programme and her resulting creations<br />
nod to inspirations including Bob Marley and the Polynesian<br />
Panthers. Effortlessly cool clothes that bridge a gap between<br />
traditional Māori clothing and contemporary daywear,<br />
MANAAKI’s collections feature colourful knits, hand-drawn<br />
taniwha and maunga prints and ’70s inspired streetwear.<br />
manaakitrading.com<br />
Worm juice<br />
Omihi, North Canterbury, is home to the three vineyard<br />
locations that make up Black Estate, producers of fine organic<br />
and biodynamic vintages. With their natural approach to wine<br />
production, it’s no surprise that the winemakers also practice<br />
regenerative and organic farming, applying their minimalinterference<br />
ethos to crop and soil maintenance, avoiding the<br />
use of systemic sprays or chemicals at their farm sites. Now<br />
you can bring some Black Estate to your own backyard, with<br />
the release of a special drop – Worm Juice Elixir. Produced<br />
from mainly organic scraps from the restaurant kitchen fed to<br />
eight Hungry Bin worm farms, beneficial microbes in the super<br />
juice (not for human consumption!) will improve soil structure,<br />
increase water holding capacity and promote healthy, productive<br />
plants and gardens. During summer, each of the bins can process<br />
2kg of kitchen scraps a day, so the estate is bottling what they<br />
don’t need on-site for home use – and if you buy six bottles of<br />
wine they’ll even throw in a bottle of Worm Juice for free.<br />
blackestate.co.nz
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