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Vietnam<br />
HOW TO PLAN YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE<br />
How much time do I need to see the<br />
best of Vietnam?<br />
To see the main highlights, we<br />
recommend a minimum of 10 days, but<br />
ideally three weeks — to see the very<br />
best of Vietnam in its entirety.<br />
Should I travel north-south, or<br />
south-north?<br />
Either. However, if you want to ease your<br />
way into the Vietnamese lifestyle, start in<br />
Hanoi. The north is less chaotic than the<br />
culture-explosion that is Ho Chi Minh<br />
City, in Vietnam’s south. If you're short on<br />
time, we recommend you spend seven<br />
days in either just the north or just the<br />
south. You could fly into Hanoi or Ho Chi<br />
Minh or start centrally — from Danang —<br />
and work your way up or down via<br />
stunning Hoi An.<br />
North. It's cultural, with must-see sights<br />
such as Sapa rice terraces, Halong Bay<br />
and the city of Hanoi<br />
South. It's more chaotic than its northern<br />
counterpart, but fun. Ho Chi Minh City is<br />
bustling.<br />
What if I want all the best bits, plus<br />
beach downtime?<br />
Definitely allocate three weeks. Start in<br />
the north (Hanoi) or south (Ho Chi Minh<br />
City) and halfway through your holiday,<br />
spend 3 to 4 days at a beautiful Hoi An<br />
beach resort. Conveniently, Hoi An is also<br />
midway on the map.<br />
What’s west? Why does no one go<br />
there? Western Vietnam is rural and<br />
there’s little to explore. If you’re after<br />
somewhere less urban, Dalat is a city<br />
surrounded by farmland, and Quay Nhon<br />
is a coastal city, but the ambience is<br />
sedate.<br />
When is the best time to visit<br />
weather-wise?<br />
March and <strong>April</strong> are the ideal months.<br />
WHERE SHOULD I GO?<br />
Hanoi. The capital. Haggle in the Old<br />
Quarter, where narrow streets erupt with<br />
vendors, and walk around the lake in the<br />
city’s historical centre. Hanoi is also your<br />
easy gateway to Sapa and Halong Bay.<br />
Ho Chi Minh City. Bustling and cluttered,<br />
this city mixes traditional culture with<br />
modern commerce.<br />
Danang. If you’re after some beach<br />
relaxation, Danang Airport is 30 minutes<br />
from Hoi An’s resorts, but don’t spend<br />
long in Danang itself.<br />
Hoi An. The yellow-hued architecture is a<br />
crowd-pleaser, traffic is non-existent and<br />
the food’s sublime. Give yourself time for<br />
beach relaxation, cooking classes,<br />
cycling and exploring.<br />
Halong Bay. Giant limestone karsts,<br />
secret bays, caves, and overnight junk<br />
boat cruises. Spend a night on-board a<br />
junk boat. Fly in by seaplane if you’re<br />
adventurous.<br />
Sara. In the mountains and famed for<br />
emerald rice paddies with beautifully<br />
dressed hill tribes. The trekker’s favourite,<br />
but you’ll want a minimum of 5 days to<br />
hike the best of it.<br />
Hue. The former home of emperors and<br />
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stands strong. Enjoy savoury prawn<br />
pancakes and some tomb tours.<br />
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6 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Editor’s note<br />
As I write this, the leaves that were literally days ago a<br />
lush green swathe are shifting kaleidoscopically into all<br />
kinds of autumnal hues from yellow and gold to orange<br />
and brown, signalling the arrival of what is fast becoming<br />
my favourite season living in the south.<br />
It’s cold but not too cold and the air is crisp and<br />
fresh (but sometimes tinged rather romantically with<br />
woodsmoke), and unless you’re into snowsports, you<br />
might be starting to look indoors a little more.<br />
Perfect timing then, to release a new issue of (South<br />
Island celebrating) <strong>03</strong>, with lashings of authentic content<br />
to keep you content, cosy, informed, inspired and<br />
entertained (and ensuring you and your interiors are<br />
looking chic to boot).<br />
Enjoy!<br />
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FASHION<br />
24 Brown but not out<br />
This season’s delicious chocolatecoloured<br />
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32 Frock stars<br />
Juliette Hogan celebrates a<br />
milestone and her favourite<br />
neighbours with a giveaway<br />
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22 Most wanted<br />
What the <strong>03</strong> team are coveting<br />
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ARTS & CULTURE<br />
34 Pick ’n’ mix<br />
Authors Helen Lehndorf and Liv Sisson<br />
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40 When Jeffrey met Joanne<br />
Jeffrey Harris and Joanna Margaret Paul’s<br />
mutual portraits see the light at last<br />
72 Book club<br />
Great reads to please even the<br />
pickiest of bookworms<br />
MOTORING<br />
54 Red is the new black<br />
Take a ride in the new Alfa Romeo hybrid<br />
FOOD<br />
60 Spice up your life<br />
Ashia Ismail-Singer’s inspired new recipes<br />
REGULARS<br />
14 Newsfeed<br />
What’s up, in, chat-worthy, cool,<br />
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Designing Interiors<br />
to Treasure<br />
Even as a very young child I had a<br />
fascination with arranging things<br />
and, not unexpectedly, with age I’ve<br />
never lost that passion.<br />
Now I’ve found myself in the most<br />
marvellous position of being able to<br />
expand that interest with a trip that<br />
involves meeting (as part of a small<br />
group) some of the world’s foremost<br />
international design icons.<br />
I’m penning this from London where, in<br />
a few hours, this whole design adventure<br />
starts in earnest.<br />
But why bother? Why travel so far when<br />
you could just buy a book, watch a<br />
YouTube video or listen to a podcast?<br />
And that’s true, but the opportunity to<br />
get up-close and personal to the actual<br />
design process was simply too tempting<br />
and I’ve found myself making the 30-<br />
hour door-to-door journey (on my own)<br />
to add to my knowledge.<br />
Maybe in another life I might have<br />
worked in the design industry rather<br />
than property, but there’s significant<br />
crossover which I enjoy.<br />
The English design perspective/style is a<br />
busy one.<br />
There’s a riot of colour, pattern and<br />
texture at times and it’s fair to say it’s not<br />
for everyone, but the principles behind<br />
good design transfer across multiple<br />
countries and circumstances.<br />
One of those principles can be summed<br />
up by Kit Kemp, whose hotels I’ve had<br />
the pleasure of staying in.<br />
She writes that “the best rooms never<br />
want us to leave” and she’s right.<br />
Whether you’re selling or buying or<br />
simply living in them, it’s rooms with<br />
this ethos that provide emotional<br />
connections and those very same urges<br />
can go on to create the competition<br />
that many real estate professionals see<br />
played out in auction rooms.<br />
So where do we start?<br />
Firstly, light. Everything looks better with<br />
good lighting, be it people, property or<br />
objects.<br />
In residential sales there’s an old adage<br />
that if you turn one light on, turn them<br />
all on, and the selling process is always<br />
helped significantly in homes where<br />
natural light abounds. Whether I’m<br />
staging a property or involved in selling<br />
one I try to capitalize on its ability to<br />
appear light and airy, and knowing that<br />
this is a primary consideration from a<br />
design perspective makes perfect sense.<br />
Next, colour. I’ve got to take care here.<br />
I have a high tolerance for colour – in<br />
fact, it’s more a love of colour, lots of it<br />
– and although I admire the structure<br />
and restraint of monochromatic colour<br />
schemes it’s not something I’ve ever<br />
wanted.<br />
Regardless of whether you favour<br />
colour or not, it’s fair to say if you are<br />
choosing colours for a property with the<br />
specific purpose of selling (go gently!) or<br />
planning to experiment, get advice.<br />
Personalization. If it’s your home, enjoy<br />
filling it or conversely restricting it to<br />
what you love. Not what someone else<br />
tells you to do. For me, that always<br />
includes groupings of the same items.<br />
Books, pictures, flowers and art have<br />
been with me since my first flat, back<br />
when I was nursing, through every home<br />
that I have had since.<br />
These familiar objects ground me, as do<br />
items that we’ve collected as a family.<br />
I know we are all being encouraged to<br />
get rid of surplus ‘stuff’ but one man’s<br />
– or should I say woman’s – stuff is<br />
another’s treasure.<br />
So, there you are, finishing with the word<br />
treasure feels perfect as I will treasure<br />
both this opportunity and this chance<br />
to learn new ways of approaching the<br />
wonderful world of interiors.<br />
Stay warm, autumn is here!<br />
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12 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Newsfeed<br />
Newsfeed<br />
What’s up, in, chat-worthy, cool, covetable and compelling right now,<br />
specially compiled for those in the south.<br />
Love & marriage<br />
A collaboration between the NZ Portrait<br />
Gallery and Heritage New Zealand, Love and<br />
Marriage: Images of Romantic Unions showcases a<br />
selection of paintings and photographs depicting<br />
(as the name suggests) love and marriage in<br />
New Zealand from the 1800s to present day.<br />
On at Kate Sheppard House, Christchurch, until<br />
June 23, <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
katesheppard.co.nz<br />
Photo: Matthew Grace, ‘Gregory O’Brien and Jenny<br />
Bornholdt (after Robin Morrison)’, 2015. Collection of<br />
the New Zealand Portrait Gallery<br />
Te Pūkenga Whakaata.<br />
Giddy up<br />
Two of Deadly Ponies’ coveted<br />
favourites are back for a new<br />
season in fresh, soon-to-besought-after<br />
materials. The<br />
timeless Desert Rider jacket has<br />
been updated in sumptuous Burnt<br />
Toast-hued suede leather while its<br />
cool nod to the biker jacket, the<br />
Pony Rider, has been recut in DP’s<br />
iconic and luxurious textured Bulle<br />
leather. The best part? Buy either<br />
topper before <strong>April</strong> 16, <strong>2024</strong> and<br />
get a free ultra-lush mohair scarf<br />
(see full T&Cs online).<br />
deadlyponies.com<br />
Call your Bluff<br />
There’s a new Kiwi-made gin on<br />
the block and as you’d guess from<br />
where it’s made, it’s unapologetically<br />
authentic. Clean, bold and pretty<br />
bloody good, Bluff Distillery’s gin<br />
is made on-site by the sea with a<br />
unique twist – the instantly iconic<br />
custom bottle pays homage to an<br />
old glass buoy, reminiscent of the<br />
(sometimes rebellious) maritime<br />
heritage that defines the town.<br />
bluffdistillery.com<br />
On the West Coast<br />
From our fave South Island<br />
candle co Nevé, new limited<br />
edition fragrance West Coast<br />
pays homage to founder Tessa<br />
Lyes’ home region, with the soft<br />
green earthiness of nīkau palm<br />
and harakeke, crisp top notes of<br />
ozone and sea salt and a deep,<br />
woody base of moss, amber<br />
and driftwood. “This unique<br />
fragrance really captures the<br />
West Coast magic. It’s grounded<br />
but fresh, earthy but clean<br />
and instantly transports me<br />
to the calm of my birth town,<br />
Hokitika,” says Tessa.<br />
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14 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Newsfeed<br />
Dunedin’s new foodprint<br />
Having extended into the South Island across<br />
Canterbury and Nelson Tasman in 2023, beloved<br />
non-food-wasting app Foodprint has now (finally!)<br />
arrived in Dunedin. Whether you’re after a fresh<br />
loaf from the local bakery, a pile of authentic Italian<br />
pasta, a cabinet treat from a top cafe or a full<br />
Chinese banquet to take away, the innovative app<br />
helps you reduce food waste and enjoy delicious<br />
meals from your favourite eateries at a fraction of<br />
the usual price, with tasty new spots being added<br />
all the time.<br />
foodprint.app<br />
Taste Nature owner Clinton Chambers.<br />
Photo: Linda Robertson<br />
Rain on me<br />
Get set to embrace the wet weather<br />
in top-to-toe style with a trio of<br />
complementary fashion rain gear,<br />
with much-loved Kiwi designer Karen<br />
Walker at the helm. All in an on-trend<br />
Ecru/Chestnut colour combo, start<br />
with Karen’s latest umbrella collab with<br />
a monogrammed Metro brolly from<br />
BLUNT, then add a fully waterproof<br />
rain jacket and puddle-ready signature<br />
Tully boots from her partnership<br />
with makers of playful yet practical<br />
outerwear, Merry People.<br />
karenwalker.com<br />
Encountering Aotearoa<br />
In this must-see major body of new work at Christchurch Art Gallery<br />
Te Puna o Waiwhetū, artist Cora-Allan reflects on her recent twoweek<br />
voyage by sea around Aotearoa. Using whenua (land) pigment,<br />
hiapo (Niuean tapa cloth) and other resources from the ngahere<br />
(forest), she has documented the shapes and views of the whenua of<br />
Aotearoa from the perspective of the moana (ocean). Encountering<br />
Aotearoa builds on Cora-Allan’s research into the artists and botanists<br />
aboard the Endeavour during its first exploration of New Zealand’s<br />
waters in 1769, responding to the legacy of colonial mapping and<br />
recording practices and early encounters between Māori and Pākehā.<br />
christchurchartgallery.org.nz<br />
Cora-Allan ‘Ko ao, ko ao, ko Aotearoa!’ 2023 (installation view, Dunedin Public<br />
Art Gallery, 2023). Whenua and kāpia ink on birch plywood panels. Courtesy<br />
of the artist. Photo: Justin Spears
16 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Newsfeed<br />
Art for art’s sake<br />
Yes, it may be held in Auckland, but we’re able to overlook<br />
this unfortunate detail, as the Aotearoa Art Fair is one of the<br />
most significant art events in New Zealand’s cultural calendar,<br />
and as well as welcoming thousands of local and international<br />
visitors each year, it also represents a wealth of South Island<br />
artists and galleries. The Fair spotlights the breadth and diversity<br />
of contemporary art in our region, bringing together leading<br />
galleries from New Zealand and Australia to showcase a range<br />
of works by emerging and established artists. Whether you’re a<br />
seasoned collector, occasional buyer or just curious about art,<br />
this is your opportunity to browse and buy from hundreds of<br />
works, from painting to sculpture, print to ceramics. Viaduct<br />
Event Centre, Auckland, <strong>April</strong> 18–21, <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
artfair.co.nz<br />
Nuts about chocolate<br />
Get ready to indulge your taste buds once again as nutty<br />
Nelson-based Pic’s announces the triumphant return of its<br />
beloved Peanut & Chocolate Butter made with Whittaker’s.<br />
After a hiatus that left taste buds longing and pantries<br />
incomplete, an army of peanut butter lovers persuaded Pic’s<br />
(yet again) to run an encore release. Pic’s founder Pic Picot isn’t<br />
a chocolate lover himself, so it took approximately every other<br />
Peanut Butter Maker on the team to convince him it deserved<br />
a comeback. And this time it’s here to stay! Packed with<br />
protein from Pic’s signature fresh roasted Hi Oleic peanuts and<br />
mixed with Whittaker’s chocolate, this scrumptious spread is a<br />
perfectly balanced addition to your morning toast, afternoon<br />
snacks, weekend baking or late-night cravings.<br />
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Kick it<br />
One heck of a cool Kiwi footwear collab is back<br />
by pre-order. Staying true to the Commonplace<br />
intention of producing thoughtfully considered<br />
pieces designed for the everyday, the timeless<br />
Commonplace x McKinlays Anderson Slip On<br />
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18 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Newsfeed<br />
Seeing stars<br />
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Get fizzed<br />
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says Lizzy Yeo, CMO of Natural Sugars,<br />
who now manufactures, distributes and<br />
markets Mac’s soda range.<br />
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Counting sheep<br />
Two of New Zealand’s most innovative wool brands have come together<br />
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Open doors<br />
With 50 open buildings, four<br />
guided walks, three landscapes,<br />
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Former Law Courts Building<br />
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22 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Wishlist<br />
Most wanted<br />
From things that sparkle or add glow to objects of desire in mood-enhancing hues<br />
– plus a biscuit-scented candle – here’s what the <strong>03</strong> team are coveting this month.<br />
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1. Deadly Ponies Poucheroo bag in Granite Python, $339; 2. Diamond Trio 14kt white gold and 0.36 carat diamond stud earrings, $1510 at<br />
Polished Diamonds; 3. Teva Hurricane XLT2 Revive sandals in 90s Archival Revival, $170; 4. Domino ceramic mug, $33 at Any Excuse;<br />
5. Acne Studios blanket scarf in Turquoise/Camel, $479 at Workshop; 6. Wallace Cotton Dreamscape cushion cover, $50;<br />
7. Dyson Solarcycle Morph desk light in Black Brass, $999; 8. Emma Velde Schaffer ‘All in a Flush’ mixed media on canvas, 900 x 400mm,<br />
$950 at Little River Gallery; 9. Kathryn Wilson MW Brigid boots in Black Suede, $359 at Wink; 10. Guerlain KissKiss Bee Glow lip oil in<br />
Honey, $71; 11. Moochi Frame sequin skirt, $350; 12. Diptyque & Café Verlet Collection Limited Edition Biscuit candle, $137 at Mecca;<br />
13. ghd Chronos hair straightener in Black, $500; 14. Le Creuset 26cm cast iron round casserole dish in Rhône, $750
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24 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Fashion<br />
Brown but not out<br />
From chocolate, chestnut, cola and caramel to rich raisin and a spectrum of coffee<br />
hues, this season’s most delicious colour palette is all about beautiful browns.<br />
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1. Storm leather skirt in Chestnut, $449; 2. Stolen Girlfriends Club Talon Cluster sterling silver and cola quartz hoop earrings, $499<br />
3. RUBY Rue blazer in Donkey, $369; 4. Kireina Gwyneth coat, $509 at Zebrano; 5. Briarwood Camilla top in Camel Velvet, $499, and Cynthia<br />
skirt in Camel, $289; 6. Maryse Mineral Tint multi-use tint in Dahlia, $59; 7. Juliette Hogan Mei crushed satin dress in Bronze, $529;<br />
8. Adidas Originals SL72 RS sneakers in Maroon/Almost Yellow/Preloved Brown, $170; 9. Marle Emelio alpaca and wool sweater, $380, and<br />
Penn pants, $300; 10. Karen Murrell lipstick in Graceful, $32; 11. Sophie Super scrunchie in Goldie, $24; 12. Moochi Reply merino sweater in<br />
Chocolate Marle, $350; 13. Kate Sylvester Gloria dress in Espresso, $579; 14. Liam Omnia wrap dress in Chocolate, $369;<br />
15. Nicole Rebstock Aloe suede ankle boots in Chocolate, $399
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26 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Feature<br />
Down to the wire<br />
The Christchurch earthquakes were a catalyst for creative soul Miranda<br />
Osborne to take a new direction – and the result is renowned furniture and<br />
homeware company Ico Traders, which focuses on community, sustainability<br />
and celebrating our chic and unique Kiwi lifestyles with family and friends.<br />
INTERVIEW JOSIE STEENHART<br />
Miranda, you have a background in art, textiles and<br />
fashion – tell us a little about that…<br />
My first career out of art school was painting, selling my art<br />
through galleries in and around New Zealand and the UK.<br />
My second ‘career’ was creating fabric designs (painting<br />
patterns by hand) and buying ranges for James Dunlop<br />
Textiles. I travelled overseas on buying trips and became<br />
involved in sales and marketing too. That gave me a<br />
great base of experience across all aspects of the design<br />
business. It also gave me my first taste of working with<br />
international manufacturing companies.<br />
My next career was as a womenswear buyer in the<br />
clothing industry. This involved lots of overseas travel,<br />
selecting, curating and designing ranges for New Zealand<br />
clothing companies and managing the offshore production.<br />
And how (and when) did that evolve into Ico Traders?<br />
When the Christchurch earthquakes turned our lives<br />
upside down, it forced me to rethink many aspects of my<br />
life. I decided to leave my job, which required frequent<br />
overseas trips, and look for a more sustainable career<br />
that allowed me to stay closer to my husband and two<br />
young daughters.<br />
In 2012, I founded Ico Traders. I was working from<br />
home so it was a natural progression for me to start<br />
designing for in and around my environment. Wire<br />
furniture became my obsession and continues to this day.<br />
How has the business evolved over the years?<br />
I actually started selling vintage-style lighting for a short<br />
while, but then I found a factory making wire furniture<br />
and decided this was what I wanted to do. It’s still the<br />
same factory I work with today and we have been able<br />
to build a strong working relationship over the years.<br />
In 2023, we made the exciting step into the Australian<br />
market, joining forces with Forj Living Australia, who<br />
distributes the Ico Traders brand over there.<br />
What do you think sets Ico Traders apart in the market?<br />
I strive to be authentic and transparent in our everyday<br />
running of Ico Traders.<br />
My furniture designs are simple and because they<br />
don’t follow fast trends, I hope they are timeless. My<br />
aim is that a customer will invest in our pieces and keep<br />
them forever. After time they can be recoloured to<br />
bring new life, passed on to others or recycled.<br />
You still run the whole business from home (and<br />
even make team lunches most days?!)…<br />
I wouldn’t have been able to do this for so long if<br />
Bridgett and Georgia were different personalities.<br />
They have worked through renovations of the house<br />
and are surrounded by family life.<br />
Animals are a big part of all of our lives and now<br />
Bridgett brings her new puppy to doggy daycare.<br />
Ted is obsessed with Alfie and cries to get out of the<br />
truck as soon as he realises they’re coming to work.<br />
Making lunch each day is my language of love and<br />
appreciation of those who work with me.<br />
What was the very first Ico Traders piece you<br />
designed, and do you still produce it now?<br />
I started with three designs, I imported them in<br />
and stored them in my mother-in-law’s sitting room<br />
that had been boarded off and deemed unsafe from<br />
the earthquakes (it was later rebuilt). One of those<br />
designs was the Coromandel chair, which is still one<br />
of our favourite Ico Traders pieces.<br />
Tell us about the range of colours you offer…<br />
I hand-mix all the colours myself and they are then<br />
matched into powder paint. These are used in factory<br />
production, but we also work with industrial painters<br />
in Christchurch who hold stock of my powder for<br />
me. This means that if you see a style you like, but it<br />
doesn’t come in the colour you want, we can custom<br />
colour it for you.<br />
What are some of the current bestsellers?<br />
Always the Hokianga hanging chair, it’s a statement<br />
piece and a chair you can take time out in.<br />
The Benmore bench because it’s so versatile, these<br />
are used in so many different ways (at the table, in<br />
hallways, at the end of beds, outside).<br />
The Piha lounger, it looks like it came straight out<br />
of the ’60s (the inspiration came from someone’s<br />
veranda chair I used to walk past all the time, it had<br />
big mattressy cushions on it when in use and a wire<br />
skeleton when not. We modernised it and made it<br />
comfortable to sit in without needing cushioning<br />
(it’s something we pride ourselves on – all of our<br />
chairs are super comfy to sit in, with or without<br />
another layer).
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Quite a number of your designs, including the wood<br />
pieces, are made in Christchurch…<br />
Yes – we work closely with Christchurch craftspeople to<br />
create original designs exclusive to Ico Traders. All of our<br />
cushions and chair pads are made here in Christchurch<br />
too, and a few of our smaller metal designs are made<br />
here too.<br />
Lately you’ve been strongly focused on sustainability<br />
across the business…<br />
Ico Traders is only a small company, but I care deeply<br />
about this issue and I know that lots of small companies<br />
can add up to big numbers of people making changes.<br />
At Ico Traders we design furniture made from steel, a<br />
sustainable resource and a recyclable material. We audit<br />
our business yearly and positively contribute 120 percent<br />
carbon credits to offset our footprint.<br />
All of us at Ico Traders have ties to Banks Peninsula.<br />
Our funds help to grow and protect Waipuna Bush, part<br />
of the Te Ara Pātaka Summit Walkway. Thanks to the<br />
generous hospitality of Bob and Carol, owners of the<br />
land, we have become personally involved, walking the<br />
land, understanding the pest control programme and<br />
learning about the native environment of Waipuna Bush.<br />
We are by no means perfect but we are constantly<br />
reviewing the way we work, removing plastics in our<br />
packaging and reducing waste.<br />
You’ve also done some very cool collaborations with<br />
other Kiwi brands over the years, tell us a bit about<br />
some of those…<br />
Yes it’s pretty amazing to work with the likes of Tanja<br />
from Misery who has a large international following for<br />
her artwork, collaborating with her on our Kailani Girl<br />
range of sand-free towels and sun umbrellas.<br />
Another favourite was working with Wellington artist<br />
Greta Menzies who generously donated her time and<br />
talent, creating an original art piece for the lining of our<br />
charity Sophie tote bags, raising money to buy SOS<br />
HaloGuard smart watches for victims of domestic abuse.<br />
You’re a Canterbury girl, right?<br />
I’m originally from a farm in Woodbury, my husband<br />
Richard is from Christchurch. We moved back down<br />
from Auckland 15 years ago for the quiet life (not so<br />
quiet with all the Christchurch events that life has thrown<br />
us). We said we would only be here for five years, but<br />
both of us have close family around and we’ve become<br />
attached to the place.<br />
What do you love about living here?<br />
It’s exciting to be part of a new city which has still held<br />
onto its community vibe. We’re surrounded by magic<br />
scenery and places to discover that are close by and we<br />
have an incredible close network of family and friends.
Feature | <strong>Magazine</strong> 29<br />
Tell us a bit about the image on our cover…<br />
It started with the tennis shoot, it was meant to be two<br />
models, but friends got involved and it grew from there.<br />
The scenes were meant to be slightly Slim Aarons inspired<br />
but with a comical twist, they have become more slapstick<br />
and less about the furniture over the years.<br />
It’s huge fun to source costumes and dress up and it<br />
means a lot to me as it’s always my friends featuring in<br />
the photos and if we can get the owners of the scene we<br />
are photographing in we will (we haven’t yet failed at this,<br />
Erica is a staff member of Bowls Canterbury and was brave<br />
enough to say yes). You can see the full range of photos on<br />
our website gallery ‘Any Year Anywhere’ page.<br />
OPPOSITE: Miranda’s dog Alfie and daughter<br />
Henrietta, who’s currently interning at Ico Traders.<br />
Photo: Sarah Rowlands<br />
ABOVE: Two recent Ico Traders campaign images.<br />
Photos: Sarah Rowlands<br />
I love the behind-the-scenes/personal vibe of your social<br />
media, how has creating that kind of environment served<br />
you, do you think? (Also, any chance you could share that<br />
carrot cake recipe, even though it didn’t quite work out?!)<br />
I do all the social media myself, I think the behind-thescenes/personal<br />
vibe is really just my unpolished lack of<br />
expertise in this area. Having my friend Sarah Rowlands<br />
who does the majority of photography for Ico Traders<br />
saves me!
30 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Feature<br />
MIRANDA’S CARROT CAKE<br />
Not all things go well on our Ico Traders product shoots. I made this<br />
carrot cake for a project and thought I’d done a pretty good job, but<br />
when we cut into it, the middle was far from cooked. Sign of a true nonbaker<br />
who thinks it will be okay to double the recipe and the size of<br />
the tin. Safe to assume that I did not get the baking gene in our family!<br />
2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour<br />
2 teaspoons baking soda<br />
½ teaspoon fine sea salt<br />
1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon<br />
1¼ cups vegetable oil<br />
1 cup granulated sugar<br />
1 cup lightly packed brown sugar<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />
4 large eggs, at room temperature<br />
3 cups grated peeled carrots (5 to 6 medium carrots)<br />
1 cup chopped walnuts<br />
LEMON CREAM CHEESE ICING<br />
75g cream cheese, at room temperature<br />
1 cup icing sugar<br />
50g butter<br />
Squeeze of lemon juice<br />
Finely grated rind of one lemon<br />
Edible flowers (you can buy these now at the<br />
supermarket in the herbs section)<br />
Double if you want to ice the sides too.<br />
Mix to create icing.<br />
Preheat the oven to 180°C.<br />
Grease two 22cm round cake pans, line the bottom<br />
with parchment paper – do not put in one big tin like<br />
I tried to… I failed, it did not cook all the way through!<br />
Whisk flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a<br />
bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the oil, granulated<br />
sugar, brown sugar and vanilla.<br />
Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking after each one,<br />
then add the dry ingredients in three parts, gently<br />
stirring until they disappear and the batter is smooth.<br />
Stir in carrots and walnuts. Divide the cake batter<br />
between the prepared cake pans and bake for 35–45<br />
minutes, until the tops of the cake layers are springy<br />
when touched and when a toothpick inserted into the<br />
centre of the cake comes out clean.<br />
Cool the cakes for 15 minutes, then carefully turn out<br />
onto cooling racks and wait until cold.<br />
Ice and decorate with edible flowers.
32 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Promotion<br />
Sew much to celebrate<br />
This year, New Zealand fashion designer Juliette Hogan celebrates 20 years of her<br />
much-loved label. We caught up with Juliette at her South Island flagship store to talk<br />
milestones, bringing the brand to the south, how to get yourself a $50 The Crossing gift<br />
card and where to find the best blow-waves and breakfasts in the city.<br />
Congratulations on the brand turning 20! What have you<br />
been doing to celebrate?<br />
It’s both exciting and surreal to have reached this milestone,<br />
and I wouldn’t be here without all the people who have<br />
been such an important part of the JH journey over the<br />
past 20 years. I am so incredibly grateful for each and every<br />
one of them.<br />
We’re currently planning how we want to celebrate and<br />
recognise this support, as well as reminiscing on our past<br />
collections and milestones to see how far we’ve come. We<br />
have some exciting celebratory events in the works for later<br />
this year. Watch this space!<br />
What have been some of the milestones along the way?<br />
There have been so many, but a couple of major highlights<br />
would be the opening of my very first store, and further<br />
expanding into the South Island in Christchurch in 2022.<br />
Each time I’ve shown at New Zealand Fashion Week – there<br />
really is something special about showcasing our clothes on a<br />
catwalk that nothing else can match.<br />
My first magazine cover was an amazing moment, as was<br />
winning the Supreme Business Excellence Award at the<br />
Westpac Business Awards in 2021.<br />
Why did you choose to locate your Christchurch store<br />
within The Crossing?<br />
I believe the unique and natural landscapes of Canterbury to<br />
be some of the most beautiful in the world and I find so much<br />
inspiration and joy spending time in the region. It had long<br />
been a dream of mine to have our own home for JH in the<br />
South Island and we took our time to find just the right spot.<br />
Christchurch and The Crossing felt like such a natural fit for<br />
us, and it has been wonderful to be able to connect directly<br />
with our loyal following down there. The Crossing is a hub for<br />
all things fashion and I appreciate how many local brands they<br />
support. The environment and the people both contribute<br />
to making it a great place to be. Our clientele are strong and<br />
inspiring – as is the team that have chosen to spend their time<br />
with us in the store. The city has an energy about it that I love.<br />
Tell us about some of the special details of the interiors of<br />
the Ōtautahi store?<br />
I’m constantly inspired by the natural world, and as you walk<br />
in the store you’re greeted by this beautifully curved oak wall<br />
with the rings of the tree trunks still visible – it feels strong and<br />
protective. This wall, alongside the marble counter and the<br />
linen changing room curtains, are reminders of the natural<br />
world around us. They also provide a calm, rich and textural<br />
backdrop to showcase our collections from.<br />
We worked with Ōtautahi local Alice Lines to help bring<br />
our vision for a welcoming and sophisticated space to life<br />
and feel that together we have achieved exactly that.<br />
Anything else people might be interested/surprised to<br />
learn about The Crossing store?<br />
Firstly our in-store team is fantastic – Lara and Courtney are<br />
both passionate about fashion, styling and the local industry.<br />
They form such warm and genuine connections with our<br />
customers and have such inspiring and unique approaches to<br />
help with styling to suit the individual for any occasion.<br />
We sincerely believe the in-store experience is just as<br />
important as our product and it’s so wonderful to know that<br />
our South Island customers are in their very capable hands!<br />
What are some of the most popular JH pieces in the south?<br />
Unsurprisingly, our winter layering pieces tend to be popular,<br />
but I do love to see how our Christchurch clientele loves to<br />
dress up for events too – they know how to celebrate<br />
a special occasion.<br />
Our Collection <strong>2024</strong>.TWO has just launched in store and<br />
we’ve had such a great response. Our moody Dahlia Silk<br />
and playful geometric Motif Crepe prints have been really<br />
popular, alongside new cashmere and merino pieces and<br />
wool-rich statement coats and jackets.<br />
Do you get down south often? What are some favourite<br />
places to visit? And what JH pieces do you like to wear<br />
when you’re here?<br />
I do, I wish I could visit more though. We have great<br />
company around us in The Crossing – Twiggi do the best<br />
blow-wave I’ve had in Christchurch, and Bar Franco is the<br />
perfect spot for a drink and an evening bite. I also enjoy<br />
heading out to Estelle for breakfast when I can.<br />
In terms of my favourite pieces, depending on the time<br />
of year, I tend to have a long coat with me and a trusty<br />
turtleneck like our Roland Cashmere sweater.<br />
Whenever I do pop down I try to organise an overnight<br />
hike to be able to soak up some of the South Island’s unique<br />
landscape so a good pair of walking shoes paired with a JH<br />
puffer are always essential.<br />
GIVEAWAY | Juliette Hogan has fifty $50 The Crossing gift cards for Christchurch shoppers – simply make<br />
a full-priced purchase in-store at Juliette Hogan, The Crossing, and mention this promotion to qualify.<br />
For a limited time only. Full T&Cs at juliettehogan.com
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Feature | <strong>Magazine</strong> 35<br />
Pick ‘n’ mix<br />
The popularity of foraging comes and<br />
goes, but for acclaimed authors and<br />
passionate foragers Helen Lehndorf<br />
and Liv Sisson it’s a lifestyle.<br />
WORDS REBECCA FOX<br />
From making your daily walk a bit more<br />
interesting, to creating a dye for textiles or<br />
seeking out a unique ingredient for a gourmet<br />
dinner – the reasons for foraging are many<br />
and varied.<br />
For Manawatū writer Helen Lehndorf, it’s the<br />
medicinal nature of herbs and plants that fascinates<br />
her, while for Christchurch writer Liv Sisson, it’s<br />
fungi and lichen that are her passion.<br />
Helen, author of A Forager’s Life, laughs when the<br />
recent popularity of foraging is mentioned.<br />
“I’m not often a person that hits a trend, so that’s<br />
been delightful and funny. If something is going to be<br />
trendy, I’m really glad it’s that.”<br />
There are many subgroups within foraging<br />
who have different interests such as picking<br />
excess fruit around the neighbourhood, weaving,<br />
seeking out plants for Māori plant medicine,<br />
mushroom-hunters like Liv and people passionate<br />
about seaweed.<br />
“Everyone finds their own way in and some<br />
just want to make their daily walk a little more<br />
interesting or become a little more plant literate.”<br />
Whatever the entry point into foraging, Helen and<br />
Liv say foragers are always learning and expanding their<br />
knowledge of plants and the natural world.<br />
Even now, decades after she began foraging,<br />
Helen, who describes herself as an amateur<br />
herbalist, still makes discoveries as her plant literacy<br />
increases through research.<br />
“All the time I’m finding things that maybe I’ve<br />
been buying to drink as a herbal tea or something.”<br />
Photo: Paula Vigus
Photo: Paula Vigus<br />
“People used to the pace<br />
of everyday life can<br />
struggle with foraging,<br />
as it’s not a fast-paced<br />
activity, even though it<br />
can be fun, joyous and<br />
exciting to do.”<br />
“I’ve thought I had to buy it, then one day I find it out<br />
foraging,” she says.<br />
“A plant you have been blind to before is suddenly<br />
available because of that increased awareness.”<br />
She had that experience with Shepherd’s Purse, a<br />
plant that is good for women’s menstrual health.<br />
“I had always been buying it from the health shop as<br />
I had no idea we could find it locally.<br />
“One day I was down at the Manawatū River and<br />
was absolutely astonished to find it.<br />
“It is a place I forage a lot and had never seen it<br />
before and there it was.”<br />
The question Helen gets asked the most is if she<br />
has poisoned herself or made herself ill from something<br />
she has foraged.<br />
“Touch wood” she never has.<br />
“I see the high level of anxiety around it. It is testament<br />
to how disconnected we are from our food sources that<br />
people have such anxiety about poisoning themselves.”<br />
It is a genuine concern, but she says the golden rule<br />
of foraging is to “never, ever” eat anything you cannot<br />
100 percent positively identify.<br />
“We have some excellent books from New Zealand<br />
writers written for here so they are all excellent sources.<br />
I would say take a foraging book for a walk and really<br />
study those photographs.”<br />
Taking a person with more plant literacy on your walks<br />
is another way to learn.<br />
“Don’t try to learn everything in one walk, as you’ll<br />
just get overwhelmed and confused.”<br />
People used to the pace of everyday life can struggle<br />
with foraging, as it’s not a fast-paced activity where a<br />
person can learn everything in one walk or one foraging<br />
class, even though it can be fun, joyous and exciting to do.<br />
“It’s a very slow practice. That is its beauty. For the<br />
beginning forager I’d say learn one plant a month and go<br />
deep with that one plant. Just 12 a year.”<br />
If people want to get serious about foraging, Lehndorf<br />
advises them to think of plants like a new friend.<br />
“If making a new friend, you don’t meet them once<br />
and go ‘you’re a firm friend’, you spend time with them<br />
and get to know them. And start with something in your<br />
backyard so you can form a deep relationship.”<br />
She recommends starting out with the common<br />
dandelion, as they are very easy to find and easy to dig<br />
up and examine from tip of root to the flower.
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“Dandelions are medicinal powerhouses and full<br />
of beautiful mythology and folklore, art and culture<br />
and medicine.<br />
“I’ve been going a bit deeper with dandelion these<br />
past few years and there’s so much to learn.<br />
“Try to eat different bits of it, try to make different<br />
things with it and then when you feel like you have a bit<br />
of a handle on it try something else.”<br />
It is one of Helen’s favourite plants, along with the<br />
northern hemisphere nettle (not the New Zealand<br />
native nettle).<br />
“I drink a strong infusion of nettle everyday. It is a<br />
strong tonic plant to drink. It’s good for teeth, your hair,<br />
your skin, your vitality and wellbeing, your circulation.<br />
“It doesn’t taste especially good, it tastes like you’ve<br />
made a strong tonic out of grass clippings, but I have got<br />
used to the flavour and if I miss a day I start to crave it.”<br />
Another favourite is the elder tree, which is very easy to<br />
forage in the Manawatū along the river and railway lines.<br />
“If you have a Northern European-Pākehā genealogy,<br />
then it is a sacred tree in our folklore traditions.<br />
“It is another plant full of folklore, history and it’s a<br />
very beautiful, special plant.”<br />
While it does get categorised as a weed in some<br />
places due to its vigorous spreading, it can be harvested<br />
twice a year.<br />
In spring the elderflower can be picked, while in the<br />
autumn its berries can be picked.<br />
“I love that the elderberry can be picked in autumn<br />
when it’s such an amazing cold and flu medicine.<br />
“It appears just before we need it. You harvest in<br />
autumn and make various potions for when struggling<br />
with immunity and cold and flu season.”<br />
She infuses honey with the berries and also makes<br />
oxymels, a mix of honey and vinegar which she adds<br />
the berries to.<br />
Another concern people have about foraging is the<br />
sprays applied by councils and landowners to prevent<br />
weeds growing.<br />
“What I have observed in my wanderings around park<br />
lands and edges, is usually city councils are limited in<br />
budget and time and usually their brief is to make access<br />
ways weed-free, so that usually means about 12m either<br />
side. If walking somewhere frequently, you can see when<br />
the council has been,” Helen says.<br />
“Again, it’s slowing down and observing your local<br />
environment. Generally I advise wandering off the path<br />
a bit, foraging is about wandering off the main paths,<br />
looking around corners and behind things.<br />
“Get out of those spray zones and dog spray<br />
zones. Trust your instincts somewhat and your<br />
powers of observation.”<br />
Having councils take a different approach to<br />
planting fruit trees in reserves is a positive move that<br />
she welcomes.<br />
“There used to be some old-fashioned ideas about<br />
fruit trees on public spaces making a mess, or one person<br />
would strip the tree, that people don’t know how to<br />
share or look after something for all of us and I see that<br />
changing and I’m really heartened by that.”<br />
She’s not concerned about the increased interest<br />
from people.<br />
It is the second “blip” of interest in foraging she has<br />
noticed over the years.<br />
“Because it is such a slow relational pastime, you have<br />
to be committed to go very far and not many people are.”<br />
Richard Mabey, British author of Food is Free calls<br />
foraging ‘inconvenience’ food, which is “hilarious”,<br />
Lehndorf says.<br />
“He’s bang on. You don’t do it because you can get<br />
loads of stuff in 10 minutes. It’s about so many more<br />
things than accessing food.<br />
“Nature is generous – there is plenty there for all of us<br />
and people are pretty good at sharing, on the whole.”<br />
Liv, who grew up in Virginia in the United States, agrees.<br />
“Lots of people think it’s a money-saver, but I haven’t<br />
found that it is. It’s a lovely hobby, but not something that<br />
has saved me any money.”<br />
She became interested in fungi and lichen when<br />
studying geology in the US, especially what she<br />
discovered on field trips in the Blue Ridge Mountains.<br />
“Rocks are changing on a very long timescale, so from<br />
day to day there is little change, so I began to notice all<br />
the cool intricacies in nature around them.<br />
“I’ve always loved nature and tiny things.”<br />
When she moved to New Zealand, she was captured<br />
by the beauty of the country’s native bush and the<br />
“cool” fungi.<br />
She first discovered her interest while living in<br />
Dunedin when she moved here to study.<br />
“I lived on Leith Street North in a student flat and spent<br />
a lot of time wandering around the Botans [Dunedin<br />
Botanic Garden] looking at lichens, moss and fungi.<br />
That’s when I really started researching and getting<br />
very curious.”<br />
While she headed back to the US for a while, she<br />
returned to New Zealand, settling in Christchurch and<br />
picking up her foraging hobby again.<br />
“Dandelions are medicinal powerhouses and full of beautiful<br />
mythology and folklore, art and culture and medicine.”
Photo: Anthony Behrens<br />
“I have been foraging fungi and plants for a while in<br />
Christchurch, it’s been something I’m enjoying and have<br />
been doing for a long time.<br />
“I’m still learning.”<br />
One of her favourites is the werewere-kokako, which<br />
features on the cover of her book Fungi of Aotearoa,<br />
although it is not edible.<br />
“It’s absolutely stunning. The first time I saw it I<br />
couldn’t believe it was that blue. That was pretty cool.”<br />
She was surprised to see one of her favourite eating<br />
mushrooms, porcini, growing in Hagley Park, as it is an<br />
introduced fungi.<br />
“It’s definitely the darling of the edible fungi world as it<br />
is so delicious.”<br />
Lichens are also a passion, as there are so many<br />
interesting ones growing in New Zealand.<br />
Lichens are a fungi and algae living together in symbiosis.<br />
“The colours, textures, shapes and sizes, there are<br />
no bounds.<br />
“I love researching parasitic fungi but I haven’t seen<br />
too many of those in the wild myself.”<br />
The edible fungi Liv does find she likes to dehydrate<br />
and preserve for later use, especially in the winter<br />
to beef up soups and stocks, and for her favourite<br />
porcini pasta.<br />
“I slice them thin and pop on a tray in the sun so<br />
they get a bit of air movement and they dry nicely.”<br />
People often ask her where to find particular types<br />
of mushrooms.<br />
“I’m happy to tell someone where to look, but if<br />
you do that they don’t actually get the joy of looking<br />
for something and they don’t develop the language<br />
of being able to read the land and understand where<br />
to look.<br />
“That kind of learning can be really exciting and fun.<br />
If I told them, they’d miss out on that.<br />
“It’s kind of foragers’ code not to do that.”<br />
She hopes people’s interest in foraging and wild-food<br />
sources translates into a greater passion for protecting<br />
those sources.<br />
“Looking after our wild-food sources is important<br />
for food resiliency. It makes a lot of sense coming off<br />
the back of Covid, when people had more time to<br />
connect with nature.”<br />
The cost of living crisis has also amplified people’s<br />
interest in the food system, which can only be a good<br />
thing if it gets people talking about the issues, she says.<br />
As a result of her interest in foraging, the work she<br />
did for the book, the food writing she does and her<br />
involvement in Eat New Zealand, Liv has become more<br />
aware of the issues with the country’s food system.<br />
“I’m really interested in that topic.”
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When Jeffrey met Joanna<br />
A series of works from the 1970s that celebrated Dunedin-based artists<br />
Jeffrey Harris and the late Joanna Margaret Paul did of each other in the<br />
early years of their marriage are being exhibited for the first time this month.<br />
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Jeffrey Harris was only 21 when he fell head over heels<br />
in love with Joanna Margaret Paul. It was the first time<br />
he had ever been in love.<br />
They met at a party at philanthropist Charles Brasch’s<br />
Dunedin home in 1970. Jeffrey had recently been<br />
invited to Dunedin by mentor Michael Smither, while<br />
Joanna was living in Port Chalmers, part of a charmed<br />
circle of artists which included names like Ralph Hotere<br />
and Colin McCahon.<br />
“I was knocked out by this intelligent person,” Jeffrey says.<br />
“It was all based on art, the same sort of interests.”<br />
The couple were soon sharing a studio in Royal Terrace<br />
and then married in 1971, moving to a small cottage at<br />
Seacliff, where they spent their time painting and drawing.<br />
It only cost $5 a week, and didn’t have hot water.<br />
“It was quite primitive living, but we didn’t mind.”<br />
The besotted artist couldn’t resist sketching his new<br />
wife, whether she was sleeping, reading, playing chess or<br />
just gazing out of the window.<br />
“It was a special time, sort of like a honeymoon period.<br />
It was good times, the best times. There was no pressure,<br />
in a sort of idyllic landscape, a beautiful little house.”<br />
Until now those works have been tucked away in his<br />
studio, but recently Jeffrey felt the time had come to<br />
sort through his studio and exhibit some of the more<br />
historically interesting works. It has also enabled him to<br />
touch up and restore any works that needed it.<br />
“I felt they should be seen. There’s quite a lot of work<br />
that has never been exhibited, it’s time to organise a lot<br />
of it – if I don’t do it, it won’t get done properly. It’s quite<br />
interesting from an historical perspective.”<br />
The drawings and paintings from life are the only ones<br />
Jeffrey has ever done. He has never felt the need to do it<br />
again in other relationships.<br />
“It was just that 12-month, year-and-a-half period that I<br />
did that. I don’t normally paint real people or from life or<br />
real drawings. It was a unique period.<br />
“It was partly the influence of Joanna, she did a lot<br />
of paintings from life. When we met there was this<br />
cross-influence. I was influenced by her work, she was<br />
influenced by mine – but it didn’t last long.”<br />
The exhibition celebrates that period and hence its<br />
name, Portrait of a Marriage.<br />
“It was like a honeymoon period and once it’s over you<br />
can’t get it back. It’s a special time of life if you’re lucky<br />
enough to experience it.”<br />
When the couple moved to Wellington in 1973 life<br />
changed. Children came along, and so did the pressures<br />
of everyday life and a full-time job.<br />
“It was a whole different set of dynamics. That period<br />
of painting, that intimate relationship was over.”<br />
The couple, both of whom were awarded the Frances<br />
Hodgkins Fellowship – Jeffrey in 1977 and Joanna in 1983<br />
– broke up in the 1980s.<br />
In Wellington, Jeffrey moved back to painting in his<br />
own style, based on photographs and featuring religious<br />
iconography such as the crucifixion. He’s not sure where<br />
that interest came from, as he did not come from a<br />
religious family.<br />
“I self-educated myself with art books – I didn’t go to<br />
art school – I used to go to the Christchurch library and<br />
get out all these art books.<br />
“A lot of the ones I was attracted to had religious<br />
imagery, they were of Old Masters and something<br />
connected there with me. So I started doing my own<br />
religious paintings.<br />
“They’re nothing to do with religion, they’re to do<br />
with the intensity and emotions and feelings I saw in<br />
these paintings.”
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Later on he saw the religious paintings of McCahon<br />
and Smither, which were not an influence but more of a<br />
“connection”, he says.<br />
“I’ve always been drawn to religious imagery, for some<br />
reason I don’t know.”<br />
He first started painting in high school at the<br />
encouragement of a good art teacher, but studying<br />
art or a career in art was not an option, as his deeply<br />
conservative parents believed a job and earning money<br />
was the right move.<br />
“My father was anti-university, he was a real conservative<br />
person. He took me to Christchurch one day and said<br />
‘you’re going to get a job by the end of the day’.”<br />
About a year later Jeffrey started painting again, and<br />
never stopped.<br />
“I got a job – I couldn’t care less what the job was or<br />
what I was going to get paid. I just wanted to do my art,<br />
so I did it in my spare time.”<br />
He contacted Smither, who encouraged him in his<br />
painting and helped him to start painting full-time by<br />
providing him with studio space. Smither had moved to<br />
Central Otago in 1969 and came to Dunedin in 1970 for<br />
the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship.<br />
“That’s when I came to Dunedin. He got me out of the<br />
job and away from my parents. I owe him quite a bit. My<br />
parents thought I was crazy, that I’d go back to the real<br />
world, but I never did.”<br />
Over the years, Jeffrey’s work, mainly figurative<br />
painting, has gone through many changes and stages, such<br />
as when he moved to Melbourne in 1986, where his<br />
work became more abstract.<br />
“It hasn’t progressed in a straight line, it has dipped<br />
down and gone around. I couldn’t do that work here, I<br />
don’t know why. It doesn’t fit in with my experience here.”<br />
Much of his work is influenced by places, such as Banks<br />
Peninsula, where he grew up. In Melbourne the heat and<br />
landscape of the area were influences.<br />
“Place is quite important, even if it is unconsciously.”<br />
Dunedin, where he has lived for more than 20 years,<br />
has always appealed because of its history and its<br />
“wintery cold” weather. When he returned to the city he<br />
got a studio in Bond Street, not far from where his old<br />
studio in the Skinner Building was in the 1980s.<br />
“It’s not too new, modern or plastic. I don’t like<br />
Auckland, I couldn’t work there. I can’t work with noise<br />
or distractions.<br />
“The landscape is great. It’s my favourite place in New<br />
Zealand – the other place is Banks Peninsula.”<br />
Jeffrey finds today he is still doing crucifixion paintings,<br />
as well as family groups.
PAGE 40: Jeffrey Harris in his Bond Street studio.<br />
Photo: Gerard O’Brien<br />
LEFT PAGE FROM TOP: ‘Joanna’, Jeffrey Harris, 1971,<br />
pencil, watercolour, pastel, 252×197mm. Photo: ODT files<br />
‘Portrait of Jeffrey Harris’, Joanna Paul c. 1971, oil on board,<br />
350×310mm. Photo: ODT files<br />
LEFT: ‘Jeffrey Harris and Joanna Margaret Paul, in Dunedin,<br />
1977’, silver gelatin print. Photo: Marti Friedlander, courtesy<br />
of the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust.<br />
“The couple were soon sharing<br />
a studio in Royal Terrace and<br />
then married in 1971, moving to<br />
a small cottage at Seacliff, where<br />
they spent their time painting<br />
and drawing. It only cost $5 a<br />
week, and didn’t have hot water.”<br />
“I’m looking backwards and going through things. It’s<br />
not really new work, it’s reflecting back. I’m revisiting a lot<br />
of those themes, a summing up of all the work I’ve done.”<br />
He admits to not being a “people person” and enjoying<br />
the solitary life of an artist, although that’s not very good<br />
for relationships or having children.<br />
“I’m addicted to it. I get very fidgety if I can’t paint<br />
or get to the studio, I get twitchy. I find it very calming,<br />
painting. I’m at my happiest painting away and the phone<br />
doesn’t ring. It’s always been like that. It’s my life, painting,<br />
my driving force.”<br />
Until recently he hadn’t really been aware of being<br />
part of a significant time in Dunedin’s art history back in<br />
the 1970s.<br />
“People keep talking about it. I feel lucky in a way to<br />
have been part of it, as there were so many great people<br />
around at that time. It was good to have interacted with<br />
those people. It’s a bit thinner on the ground now. I think<br />
it was isolation then, you were in a pocket, you provided<br />
your own cultural stimulus. You were more supportive in<br />
a way, of each other.”<br />
He hopes Portrait of a Marriage will be the first of<br />
many shows featuring his early work in themed groups.<br />
He has hundreds of works stacked up in his studio to<br />
sort through.<br />
“Time is getting on with me. I walk past a lot of these<br />
works as I pass through the studio, they’re lying there.<br />
You think what’s going to happen to them. Getting older,<br />
you think about these things.”<br />
Portrait of a Marriage runs at Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, until <strong>April</strong> 18, <strong>2024</strong>.
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Thinking inside the box<br />
Having been forced from its original Shirley site to a temporary home after the 2011<br />
earthquake, this year saw Marian College move into its innovative (and world-first)<br />
new space – a retrofitted former Foodstuffs warehouse in Northcote. <strong>03</strong> chatted to<br />
Sheppard & Rout’s design architect/director Jasper van der Lingen and design/project<br />
architect Joff Kennedy about the mind-bending building.<br />
INTERVIEW JOSIE STEENHART | PHOTO SARAH ROWLANDS<br />
First, congratulations – what an amazing space!<br />
How does it feel to have it completed?<br />
It feels great to have it completed. It has been a long,<br />
complex project that we started back in early 2020, so<br />
it’s a real joy to finally see the school fully move in this<br />
year and start to settle in and enjoy the place.<br />
From the largely abandoned, tired-looking, old,<br />
large industrial warehouse that we visited on day one<br />
to the fresh, vibrant place it is now, full of life and<br />
students, it has been quite a transformative journey<br />
and immensely satisfying.<br />
Have you worked on anything (even remotely)<br />
similar before?<br />
We’ve never worked on placing a school within a<br />
warehouse before, however, we were the architects<br />
for the Majestic Church project on Durham Street that<br />
transformed a series of old industrial buildings into a<br />
modern church and events centre.<br />
There were some similarities to the projects, but we<br />
haven’t been able to find an actual example of a new<br />
school being placed within an old warehouse structure<br />
like this anywhere in the world.<br />
Could you talk us through a brief timeline of how the<br />
project unfolded?<br />
We commenced the project in early 2020 and the college<br />
was fully open and operating for the <strong>2024</strong> school year.<br />
Whose initial vision was it to retrofit a warehouse into<br />
a high school?<br />
The original idea to retain the existing warehouse and<br />
place the school within came from the Catholic Diocese<br />
and Marian College themselves, we understand.<br />
Was there a brief, or how/where does something like<br />
this even begin?<br />
The brief from Marian College was for a fully<br />
functioning state integrated Catholic girls’ school for<br />
years 9–13. The roll was set at 430, but we developed<br />
a masterplan for how this could easily increase to 600<br />
pupils in the future.<br />
Being state integrated, the brief included the standard<br />
Ministry of Education requirements for facilities for a<br />
school of this size. However, due to having the school<br />
beneath the all-encompassing roof of the warehouse,<br />
we were able to achieve benefits beyond a standard<br />
school simply because of this situation. These included<br />
large breakout spaces outside the teaching spaces out of<br />
the weather, four covered sports courts, and generous<br />
upstairs spill-out areas for all to use.<br />
A further addition was the school chapel, a generous<br />
gift from the Bishop and Diocese that has become the<br />
central focus and heart of the school community.<br />
What exactly was already in place when the<br />
project began?<br />
The warehouse was old, with the original portion built<br />
in the 1950s, with further bays added over the decades.<br />
In its day it was the largest warehouse in the country.<br />
When we started the job, it had largely been abandoned<br />
and was feeling derelict in places.<br />
What has remained, what was removed/altered and<br />
what is new?<br />
We kept the majority of the warehouse but<br />
demolished some of the early 1950s bays, which were<br />
in very poor condition. This also allowed space for<br />
outdoor grassed playing fields, to balance the interior<br />
nature of the main school.<br />
What were some of the biggest challenges?<br />
The biggest challenges were budgetary. Money was<br />
tight and the build occurred largely through the Covid<br />
lockdowns and beyond, which saw issues with supply of<br />
materials and sharp cost escalations.<br />
The buildings are largely constructed of engineered<br />
timber, grown and manufactured into prefabricated<br />
building components in New Zealand, which helped<br />
mitigate these challenges somewhat while supporting the<br />
local economy and sequestering carbon.<br />
The chapel is obviously the major jewel in the crown…<br />
The chapel was a separate commission to the school,<br />
which we won in a design competition. It is the ‘jewel in<br />
the crown’ of the school, front and centre as you walk<br />
in. The chapel ceiling reflects the cultural narrative gifted<br />
to Marian College from the local iwi, which was centred<br />
around Te Pae Mahutonga, the Southern Cross. The<br />
ceiling is a representation of the celestial heavens as they<br />
were seen on the night Marian College was founded in<br />
1982 and prominently features Te Pae Mahutonga.
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How have the students responded to their new school?<br />
The students have responded positively to the new<br />
school environment, and we understand have settled<br />
in quickly, finding their favourite spots and enjoying the<br />
sense of community it fosters, being under one large<br />
canopy roof.<br />
Also appreciated is the strong sustainability story it<br />
demonstrates with the adaptive reuse of an existing<br />
structure and the use of timber throughout, a learning<br />
tool in itself.<br />
But perhaps the most appreciated place is the chapel,<br />
a serene spiritual place that is the essence and heart of<br />
what Marian College as a Catholic girls’ school is about.<br />
What are you most pleased with/some favourite details?<br />
We’re most pleased with the sustainability outcomes of<br />
this project.<br />
Our favourite details would have to include the chapel<br />
ceiling with its representation of the heavens above, in<br />
the star pattern that occurred on the day Marian College<br />
was founded.<br />
Also, all the additional learning spaces and<br />
opportunities that have occurred due to the school<br />
being within the warehouse have been a real benefit. In<br />
particular, the central atrium, a courtyard gathering space,<br />
has really proved its worth, being used for multiple large<br />
group activities and events.<br />
Anything else people might be interested /surprised<br />
to learn?<br />
One of the most gratifying aspects of the project was<br />
that it was an economic new build. Due to being inside,<br />
the buildings didn’t need weather protection, roofs,<br />
gutter or exterior grade cladding, meaning the new<br />
buildings were constructed at a significantly lower cost<br />
per square metre than other standard school buildings,<br />
yet the facilities provided were well above those offered<br />
in other schools.<br />
Marian College will be open to the public on Saturday May 4, 10am–2pm (last entry at 1.30pm)<br />
– one of 50 buildings open for exploration during Open Christchurch, May 3–5, <strong>2024</strong>. openchch.nz
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Pounamu & plywood<br />
The Wellington owners of this Nordic<br />
cabin-inspired new build in Central Otago<br />
wanted – and achieved, if recent accolades<br />
are anything to go by – a high quality<br />
but not extravagant holiday home that<br />
showcased the area’s stunning views.<br />
WORDS KIM DUNGEY<br />
PHOTOS ISAAC NORTON<br />
T<br />
his holiday home near Queenstown is inspired by simple<br />
Nordic cabins but its architecture and craftsmanship are<br />
anything but basic.<br />
Rich materials and top-notch carpentry are at the heart of<br />
the project, with pounamu-hued marble on the bench tops,<br />
negative-jointed Meranti Marine plywood on the walls and<br />
custom-made furniture in the bunkroom.<br />
Builder Stu Clark, of the Lakes Building Company,<br />
describes it as a beautiful home with “absolutely ripping<br />
views” of the surrounding area.<br />
The firm received the national award in the new home<br />
$1.5million to $2m category of the recent Master Builders’<br />
House of the Year for its work on the Jack’s Point property.<br />
Wellington-based owners Tim and Fiona Arbuckle say the<br />
cabin concept was about building “something simple and<br />
minimal, informal yet stylish” and which would work well<br />
with the alpine setting under The Remarkables mountains.<br />
The couple wanted a house that was warm, natural and<br />
uncluttered and not “over the top”.<br />
“We didn’t need many of the things you may require in<br />
your permanent home like internal access, a kitchen island or<br />
wardrobes in the bedrooms. It was more important to have<br />
quality fixtures and fittings.”<br />
Pods arranged in a T-shape are wrapped in vertical<br />
Abodo timber cladding with steel-eyebrow eaves and corner<br />
windows with concealed blinds. A separate garage pod has<br />
externally accessed mezzanine storage.<br />
The first plans included a spare room above the garage,<br />
which did not meet local design guidelines.<br />
Instead, Assembly Architects added the extra space into<br />
the main house, extending the living area and including a<br />
bunk room – a layout that worked even better.<br />
The 210m 2 home has four bedrooms, including the bunk<br />
room, and an open-plan living area.
“Earthy-toned tiles and<br />
fabrics were inspired by<br />
the alpine surroundings<br />
and are a significant<br />
departure from the<br />
couple’s Wellington<br />
home, an 1890s villa<br />
with a white interior.”
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A pool table positioned between the dining and living<br />
areas, rather than in a separate room, reinforces the idea<br />
that the holiday home is a place “to relax and have fun”.<br />
“When we have friends and family staying, everyone<br />
gathers around it and has a game,” Fiona says.<br />
The use of plywood was suggested by the architects,<br />
to reduce the number of tradies on-site and to avoid<br />
material shortages during Covid.<br />
“It fitted with our brief of wanting something warm<br />
and cabin-like, so it was a good decision all round.”<br />
The biggest challenge for the builders was the level of<br />
detailing required, says Stu, adding there is “not one scrap<br />
of Gib” in the entire build.<br />
Every sheet of ply on the walls and ceiling has a<br />
negative detail – a 2mm to 3mm blank space between<br />
the panels which creates clean lines and the illusion the<br />
panels are floating.<br />
Care also had to be taken when cutting the pre-finished<br />
plywood, as there would be no paint to cover any marks.<br />
The high level of workmanship did not go unnoticed by<br />
the House of the Year judges, who described the home<br />
as breathtaking and skilfully crafted.<br />
Stu, who started Lakes Building Company with<br />
fellow builder Mark Ladbrook in 2009, says the firm has<br />
received gold awards but never won a national award<br />
before, “so it’s big kudos to all the guys in the team”.<br />
The homeowners were advised by the architects to<br />
keep the house as two simple mono-pitch structures,<br />
which would be more economical to build and allow<br />
them to spend more on fittings.
Those fittings include solid bronze door pulls and a<br />
custom brass pendant LED light in the living area.<br />
The entrance has bespoke coat racks and the<br />
floorboards are solid timber.<br />
There’s also a cast iron woodburner, with a glass front<br />
that slides up to give the effect of an open fire. The<br />
enormous fire surround behind it is made of raw steel.<br />
Earthy-toned tiles and fabrics were inspired by the<br />
alpine surroundings and are a significant departure from<br />
the couple’s Wellington home, an 1890s villa with a<br />
white interior.<br />
Framed views of the mountains are everywhere, with<br />
bedrooms looking directly at The Remarkables, Coronet<br />
Peak visible from the deck and the living room capturing<br />
a glimpse of Lake Wakatipu.<br />
The outdoor areas include a conversation pit off the<br />
deck and a barbecue area that provides shade in summer.<br />
Before building in the south, the couple had holidayed<br />
in Queenstown several times. Now able to work<br />
remotely, they visit for four or five days each month.<br />
They also enjoy sharing the house with their friends and<br />
three adult children.<br />
“We’re excited to explore more of the South Island<br />
and do more activities down there,” they say.
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with Tim Goom<br />
SET THE SCENE FOR NEXT SUMMER<br />
Why autumn is the ideal<br />
time to begin your landscape<br />
makeover<br />
Autumn is not the<br />
end of outdoor living;<br />
it’s the beginning of<br />
crafting your ideal<br />
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by Goom<br />
As the vibrant colours of autumn leaves begin to paint the<br />
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taking your coats and scarves out of storage – it’s the perfect<br />
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Embrace the design phase without rush<br />
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54 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Promotion<br />
Red is the new black<br />
The ultimate fashion accessory for <strong>2024</strong>? A new Alfa Romeo Tonale<br />
hybrid in signature Alfa Red, according to <strong>03</strong>’s editor Josie Steenhart.<br />
If you’re looking for a new-car write-up that’s heavy on<br />
reviewing revs, speaking specs and talking torque, this<br />
is maybe not the piece for you (though there will still be<br />
some serious car chat – I’m not completely superficial).<br />
But yes, I am focusing this feature around my<br />
recommendation that a luxe red car – and specifically<br />
this one – might be just the ticket to elevate not just<br />
your lifestyle but also your mood, your driveway and<br />
your wardrobe.<br />
Red cars are obviously not revolutionary, in fact it’s<br />
a paint colour that’s probably considered the ultimate<br />
classic automobile hue, especially for those with a need<br />
for speed, but I personally care pretty much not at all<br />
about pretending I’m in a race car, and instead I’m vibing<br />
on what is, in my opinion, the colour of <strong>2024</strong> (Pantone<br />
be damned).<br />
Ultimate style bible Vogue recently encouraged readers<br />
to embrace this “vibrant and joyful” shade, which it<br />
catalogues under “dopamine dressing” – so perhaps this<br />
is dopamine driving?<br />
Side note: anyone that knows me will know I’m really<br />
going out on a limb with this colour call, as someone<br />
who previously, when it came to clothing and cars, would<br />
almost always have said “black is best”.<br />
Side side note: the new Tonale does have a gorgeous<br />
all-black interior, so still goes a long way to appease<br />
that aesthetic attitude, and some would argue that true<br />
beauty is on the inside anyway, right?!<br />
And side side side note: it does also come in a<br />
spectrum of other still very chic tones (including black),<br />
from rich Montreal Green to metallic Misano Blue and<br />
Vesuvio Grey.<br />
But back to my new red whip (for the weekend,<br />
anyway, thanks to Euromarque), there is actually a lot<br />
more to it than fabulous good looks.<br />
The first thing of note? The price point. I’m quite<br />
clearly not a car guru, but a starting point of $59,990<br />
(+ ORC) for a shiny new Italian hybrid SUV strikes me as<br />
surprisingly accessible.<br />
The excellent Euromarque team, who patiently answer<br />
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highly desirable qualities in the current climate (in both<br />
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the hood) that the Italian powerhouse is renowned for.<br />
The Tonale is what’s known in the biz as a “mild hybrid”,<br />
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looking for a park so you can pop into Estelle for maritozzi<br />
(cream-filled brioche buns, you’re welcome) or Paleta for<br />
gelato (they have Nutella on tap, again, you’re welcome).<br />
It has three drive modes – D (Dynamic), N (Natural)<br />
and A (Advanced efficiency). I stay largely in the sportyfeeling<br />
Dynamic because I like the va-va-voom, but it’s<br />
nice to have options – especially an eco one.<br />
The steering is light and agile (made extra luxe with<br />
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While the interior is spacious, this is unashamedly a<br />
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Promotion | <strong>Magazine</strong> 55
The Paris of the Pacific<br />
New Caledonia’s bustling capital, Nouméa, proudly flaunts<br />
its oh là là influence as a French overseas territory, where<br />
European chic mingles with laid-back Melanesian charm.<br />
WORDS MIKE YARDLEY | PHOTOS NEW CALEDONIA TOURISM<br />
If you want a tropical island getaway with a little<br />
Parisian panache and the best baguettes in the South<br />
Pacific, you’ve come to the right place. Nouméa is an<br />
instantly appealing city with its irrepressible botanical<br />
beauty. You won’t just be fanned by coconut palms, but<br />
banyans, breadfruit trees, and the ever-present column<br />
pines – so iconic of New Caledonia.<br />
I began my city exploratory in the heart of town,<br />
under lush palms and the radiant grace of those<br />
flamboyant trees that flank Place des Cocotiers (Coconut<br />
Square). Meticulously maintained, locals chatted and<br />
munched on lunch under the verdant canopy, while some<br />
played at the pétanque pitch or cooled themselves from<br />
the statuesque Celeste fountain.<br />
At the southern end of the square, two Kanak girls<br />
played at the foot of the Peacemakers Statue. Installed<br />
just two years ago, the statue represents the famous<br />
handshake between the anti-independence leader Jacques<br />
Lafleur and the independence leader, Jean-Marie Tjibaou,<br />
settling the troubles of the 1980s.<br />
From its hillside perch, grand old St Joseph’s<br />
Cathedral, built by convicts in 1888, casts a sentinel-like<br />
gaze over downtown Nouméa, seemingly visible all over<br />
town. There’s a generous sprinkling of colonial heritage<br />
and character villas peppering Nouméa. An evocative<br />
neighbourhood to stroll through is the Latin Quarter,<br />
where storied architecture abounds and the hilltop<br />
views are epic.
Travel | <strong>Magazine</strong> 57<br />
“What really stands out about these glossy beachside<br />
neighbourhoods is they’re so integrated with the<br />
local community, not just tourist confections.”<br />
The buzzing Port Moselle Markets are well worth a<br />
morning visit for the chance to mingle with the purveyors<br />
of the fresh produce on display, from the ocean and the<br />
land. The earlier you get here, the busier it will be as locals<br />
hustle for the catch of the day. Mangrove crab, coconut<br />
crab, lobster and blue prawns are always hot sellers.<br />
The craft stalls are equally enticing, with an enterprising<br />
array of Kanak handicrafts and souvenirs for sale – many<br />
of which are produced in nearby villages. The stylised<br />
and glazed coconut shells, artfully crafted into serving<br />
dishes, are particularly good. Then there’s the profusion<br />
of artisan goods, whether you’re eager to try some local<br />
liqueurs or New Caledonian-grown vanilla beans.<br />
Pull up a stool at the unpretentious central cafe, La<br />
Buvette du Marché, whistle up a croque madame and<br />
café au lait, and soak up the Franco-Pacific vibes. I was<br />
intrigued to discover how incredibly cosmopolitan<br />
Nouméa is, with strong populations of Middle Eastern,<br />
African and Caribbean French nationals all adding to<br />
her melting pot.<br />
There’s no denying a deliciously persuasive reward<br />
for visiting Nouméa is the fact that it boasts some<br />
of the best boulangeries, fromageries, patisseries and<br />
chocolatiers this side of the Arc de Triomphe. Péché<br />
Mignon on Rue Jules Garnier is the fan-favourite<br />
for art-gallery-worthy cakes and pastries, while for<br />
handmade soft and hard centres, the locals swear by<br />
Chocolats Morand in the Latin Quarter. The flavour<br />
range is astounding.<br />
I also took quite a liking to the irresistible range of<br />
macarons at Passion Macaron at the Promenade Complex<br />
in Anse Vata Bay. The macaron masters of Ladurée would<br />
be suitably impressed. Truth be told, they became my<br />
recidivist guilty pleasure while staying at Anse Vata.<br />
Nouméa is blessed with two glittery beach strips,<br />
Anse Vata and Baie des Citrons. They’re like slices of<br />
the French Riviera in miniature, with sweeping crescentshaped<br />
promenades, white-blonde sands and velvety<br />
lawn frontages. Unlike a lot of South Pacific destinations,<br />
what really stands out about these glossy beachside<br />
neighbourhoods is they’re so integrated with the local<br />
community, not just tourist confections.<br />
Fancy a wine and cheese tasting? I highly recommend<br />
popping in to Chai de l’Hippodrome, next door to<br />
my hotel in Anse Vata. Romain Brousseau opened this<br />
convivial wine bar several years ago and as I watched the<br />
friendly locals drift in and out, this place pulses with an<br />
unmistakable feel-good neighbourhood vibe.
58 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Travel<br />
Romain whipped me up a fabulous flight of four wines<br />
and cheeses. The oh-so-gooey brie with a sprinkling of<br />
truffle, accompanied with a glass of cabernet sauvignon<br />
sure worked its magic on me! (If you’re wondering<br />
about the hippodrome reference, Nouméa’s delightful<br />
racecourse is right across the road.)<br />
Another dining must? Le Roof is designed like a<br />
thatched overwater bungalow, reached via a longcovered<br />
pier from Anse Vata beach. Straddling the<br />
emerald-blue waters, the restaurant’s terrace seating<br />
means your dining experience is likely to be accompanied<br />
with an aquatic show.<br />
A splashy, playful pod of dolphins delivered quite the<br />
cabaret act as I blissfully breezed through a selection of<br />
dishes, spanning lagoon fish carpaccio, pan-fried shrimp<br />
in a creamy bisque, coconut crab and the most divine<br />
raspberry nougat ice cream for dessert.<br />
New Caledonia’s World Heritage-listed lagoon and<br />
reef is a colossus. Spanning more than 1.3 million square<br />
kilometres, Le Parc Naturel de la Mer de Corail is one<br />
of the largest nature preserves on Earth – twice the size<br />
of Texas!<br />
“Sitting pretty in a marine reserve, this<br />
alluring island resort has serious bragfactor,<br />
home to New Caledonia’s only<br />
overwater bungalows.”
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I enjoyed an incredible overnight stay at Doubletree<br />
by Hilton Ilot Maitre Resort. Sitting pretty in a marine<br />
reserve, this alluring island resort has serious brag-factor,<br />
home to New Caledonia’s only overwater bungalows.<br />
Moreover, they’re the closest overwater bungalows to<br />
New Zealand – and unlike other South Pacific overwater<br />
offerings, they won’t cost you the earth.<br />
Just a 20-minute boat ride from Port Moselle in<br />
Nouméa, Ilot Maitre is a stupendous island escape,<br />
with all the trimmings. Stand-up paddle boarding is<br />
wildly popular given the languid, benign waters of the<br />
lagoon, while a spot of snorkelling here is instantly and<br />
repeatedly rewarding with the marine reserve status<br />
revving up the aquatic show. Best of all, the lagoon<br />
brims with green sea turtles. Over the course of an<br />
hour snorkelling in the lagoon, I encountered a dozen<br />
of these graceful mammals.<br />
But the pièce de résistance is undoubtedly the<br />
unfurling necklace of overwater bungalows, fanning out<br />
into the lagoon. Sumptuously designed and generously<br />
sized, savouring a sunset in such a setting is beyond<br />
dreamy – it’s delirious.<br />
“If you want a tropical island getaway<br />
with a little Parisian panache and the<br />
best baguettes in the South Pacific, you’ve<br />
come to the right place.”
60 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Food<br />
Spice up your life<br />
Between cooking feasts for her family and friends and her ‘day job’ as a nurse,<br />
fabulous foodie Ashia Ismail-Singer has somehow found time to cook up a delicious<br />
new book of recipes drawing on her time in Africa, the UK and New Zealand.<br />
WORDS & RECIPES ASHIA ISMAIL-SINGER | PHOTOS LOTTIE HEDLEY<br />
Mine is an immigrant’s cuisine, of sorts, merging old<br />
traditions with new ones, creating food that spans<br />
generations, geography and ethnicities. Food evokes a<br />
passion in me that I cherish, one that has grown from my<br />
early childhood days in Malawi, Africa, to my teenage years<br />
in England, and the last twenty-plus years in my beautiful,<br />
adopted home country of New Zealand.<br />
Being of Indian heritage, my love of cooking first started<br />
at an early age, and some of my favourite recipes are ones<br />
that have been passed down through my family, adapted<br />
by each generation to suit the ingredients available. As<br />
someone who wears many hats, I cook and create recipes,<br />
source props and style. As well as this, I have a ‘day job’ as<br />
a nurse and I have just retrained to start a career in real<br />
estate, with the hope of making real estate and food writing<br />
my full-time gigs.<br />
My grandparents were Memon Muslims who came from<br />
Gujarat, on the western coast of India. Sometime in the late<br />
1930s to early 1940s, they emigrated to Malawi, Africa. My<br />
dad was born in India, in Jamnagar, in the southwestern part<br />
of Gujarat. He was only one year old when his family left for<br />
Malawi, known as the ‘warm heart of Africa’. My mother’s<br />
family was already in Malawi, and she was born there.<br />
My sisters and I were all also born in Malawi. Because of<br />
political instability, we left as a family in 1987 to immigrate<br />
to the UK. We all had British passports, as Malawi is part of<br />
the Commonwealth, and my father had lived and studied in<br />
the UK during the 1960s. It was a chance for a better life<br />
for us all.<br />
Regardless of where we lived, cooking was always a<br />
big part of our upbringing. My parents loved to entertain,<br />
and my mum had no qualms about cooking a biryani, a<br />
layered meat and rice dish, for a hundred guests on special<br />
occasions. Together, my mum and dad always planned<br />
what dishes were to be served at family gatherings. We<br />
celebrated every festival and special family occasion with an<br />
abundance of food. My parents loved having parties for our<br />
birthdays, especially since my sister and I are twins. There<br />
weren’t very many twins in our social circle, so we were a<br />
bit of a novelty!<br />
I loved being in the kitchen with my mum, and with my<br />
aunts who would visit. Families always had an open-door<br />
policy, so you never needed an invite. Our cook, Medson,<br />
prepared the ingredients, and then mum would come in<br />
and finish things off. He would make excellent rotis; my<br />
mum taught him, too. I remember the fragrant smells of<br />
spices cooking, beautifully aromatic, heady, a mixture of hot,<br />
salty, sweet and sour, perfectly balanced.<br />
Recipes were never written down but remembered by<br />
taking part, helping and learning as you went, developing<br />
your tastebuds, which became more attuned with age and<br />
experience. And this led to cooking by instinct, which is<br />
how I cook now.<br />
In Malawi when I was growing up, fruit, vegetables and<br />
meat did not come packaged. We grew our produce or<br />
slaughtered the animals ourselves. We had a chicken coop,<br />
which also housed goats. I have fond memories of going<br />
to the dairy farm with my sisters, my cousin, my mum<br />
and aunt to collect our milk, which we would carry home,<br />
sloshing about in a big aluminium milk pail.<br />
The ingredients we used were always fresh, and the<br />
dishes were predominantly Indian. But Mum was making<br />
‘fusion food’ long before fusion was fashionable. A confident<br />
cook, she effortlessly adapted Western recipes – Sunday<br />
roasts, casseroles and shepherd’s pie – to incorporate<br />
Indian flavours.<br />
Moving to the UK from Malawi was an eye-opening<br />
journey. Although my father had lived in the UK in the<br />
1960s, things had changed a lot when we immigrated<br />
there as a family in 1987. I navigated this new life with<br />
apprehension. But what brought me comfort and joy was<br />
being part of a close-knit family and coming home from<br />
college and cooking dinner. Both my parents worked, and<br />
my sister and I, being the eldest of four girls, would come<br />
home and start cooking the family meal. I was studying<br />
fashion and design at art school, and I loved getting<br />
creative in the kitchen, too. It was here that my love of<br />
cooking blossomed.<br />
There was a large population of South Asians in the<br />
UK, and we could go to the Indian grocery stores and get<br />
spices and vegetables that we were used to. But we also<br />
started using ingredients that we hadn’t been able to get<br />
in Malawi and so the melding of food cultures continued,<br />
creating recipes which built bridges between all the<br />
countries I have called home.<br />
Moving countries on my own in 1997 was probably the<br />
most exciting – and also the hardest – thing I ever did.<br />
Always outspoken, adventurous and passionate, I followed<br />
my wanderlust. I eventually arrived in New Zealand,<br />
falling in love not just with the country but with one Kiwi<br />
in particular, who I ended up marrying and having two<br />
amazing children with. Now, having spent more of my life<br />
in New Zealand than anywhere else, I truly call it home.<br />
But that doesn’t stop me from being an immigrant and<br />
missing ‘home’, which is ultimately wherever the rest of<br />
my family is.
62 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Recipe<br />
PARMESAN-CRUMBED<br />
PANEER WITH CHILLI<br />
& MAYO<br />
Paneer is quite a bland source of protein usually<br />
dressed up with a spicy curry sauce. Using<br />
parmesan in the crumb gives a lovely, strong,<br />
nutty flavour which works well with paneer. It<br />
is a perfect addition to a mezze or finger food<br />
platter. Serve with a chilli and mayo dipping<br />
sauce, or any other sauce that takes your fancy.<br />
Serves 6–8 as an appetiser<br />
2 blocks (400–500g) paneer cheese<br />
1 cup panko breadcrumbs<br />
½ cup grated parmesan<br />
Salt and pepper<br />
1 egg, beaten<br />
Neutral oil for frying<br />
½ cup mayonnaise<br />
1–2 tablespoons Thai sweet chilli sauce<br />
Chilli flakes<br />
Cut paneer in sticks, lengthways, about 2cm thick.<br />
In a bowl, mix together the breadcrumbs, parmesan,<br />
salt and pepper.<br />
Dip each paneer stick into the beaten egg then coat<br />
in the crumb mix. Set aside.<br />
Heat a frying pan with just enough oil to cover the<br />
base. You want to shallow-fry the sticks until golden<br />
all over, turning with tongs.<br />
To make the dipping sauce, simply mix the<br />
mayonnaise in a small bowl with chilli sauce.<br />
Once all of the paneer sticks are fried, place them<br />
in a bowl with the chilli dipping sauce on the side.<br />
Sprinkle with chilli flakes and extra salt.
Recipe | <strong>Magazine</strong> 63<br />
SPICED LAMB SHAKSHUKA<br />
Originally from North Africa, shakshuka is essentially a vegetarian dish, but<br />
I have given it a twist by using mince. Growing up we often had lamb or<br />
beef mince curry with potatoes and peas served with fried eggs and roti for<br />
the perfect Sunday brunch. This is my fusion version of those two wonderful<br />
dishes, combining the spicy tomatoes, mince and eggs.<br />
Serves 4–6<br />
1 tablespoon oil<br />
1 medium onion, finely sliced<br />
2–3 cloves garlic, crushed<br />
1 teaspoon salt<br />
500g lamb mince<br />
400g can diced tomato<br />
1 tablespoon tomato paste<br />
1 teaspoon chilli powder<br />
1 teaspoon ground paprika<br />
1 teaspoon ground coriander<br />
½ teaspoon ground cumin<br />
¼ teaspoon ground turmeric<br />
½ teaspoon rose harissa or harissa<br />
2 small potatoes (200g), diced<br />
½ cup frozen peas<br />
4–6 eggs<br />
Handful of chopped fresh coriander<br />
Heat the oil in a large lidded pan over a medium heat. Cook<br />
onion until translucent, then add garlic, salt and the mince.<br />
Fry the mince until browned, then add the tomato, tomato<br />
paste, spices and diced potatoes. Cook for a further 20<br />
minutes over a low heat. Add the peas. If you need more<br />
sauce, add ¼ cup water.<br />
Cook for a further 10 minutes until the sauce thickens<br />
and the potatoes are cooked.<br />
Make 4–6 wells in the sauce and break an egg into each.<br />
Pop the lid on and cook the egg to your liking.<br />
Sprinkle with a handful of chopped coriander and serve<br />
with kesra bread or naan.<br />
TIP<br />
To make this dish vegetarian, swap the mince for a mix<br />
of butternut squash and diced mixed coloured capsicums<br />
(500–600g combined). You can also swap the peas for red<br />
kidney beans and swap the coriander for parsley.
64 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Recipe<br />
BAKLAVA CHEESECAKE<br />
WITH ORANGE<br />
BLOSSOM SYRUP<br />
Nothing beats the flavours of a gorgeous<br />
baklava – think orange, saffron, honey<br />
and pistachios. Imagine the perfection of<br />
combining those flavours with a creamy<br />
baked cheesecake. A Middle Easterninspired<br />
treat, perfect for a celebration.<br />
Serves 8–10<br />
FOR THE BASE<br />
250g pistachios<br />
200g mixed nuts (e.g. almonds,<br />
walnuts, hazelnuts)<br />
¼ cup sugar<br />
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon<br />
½ teaspoon ground cardamom<br />
12 sheets store-bought filo pastry<br />
125g butter, melted<br />
FOR THE FILLING<br />
450g cream cheese, at room<br />
temperature<br />
120g sugar<br />
15g plain flour<br />
3 eggs<br />
75g double cream<br />
FOR THE ORANGE<br />
BLOSSOM SYRUP<br />
½ cup honey<br />
½ cup water<br />
½ cup sugar<br />
2 teaspoons rose water<br />
2 teaspoons orange blossom water<br />
Pinch of saffron (optional)<br />
Dried rose petals, fresh rose petals<br />
and extra pistachios, to garnish<br />
Extracted from The<br />
Laden Table: Recipes to<br />
share, infused with spice<br />
by Ashia Ismail-Singer,<br />
photography by Lottie<br />
Hedley. Published<br />
by Bateman Books,<br />
RRP$60.<br />
Preheat the oven to 160°C fan bake.<br />
Grease a 22cm loose-bottomed cake tin.<br />
FOR THE BASE: Place the nuts in a food processor and<br />
whizz until finely chopped. Transfer to a large bowl, add the<br />
sugar and the spices and stir to combine.<br />
Place a sheet of filo pastry in the cake tin and brush with<br />
melted butter. Cover with one more layer of filo brushed<br />
with butter – the sheets will hang over the edge. Sprinkle<br />
a layer of spiced nuts over top. Butter 2 more filo sheets<br />
and place them on top of the first layer of pastry and nuts.<br />
Repeat the process with the remaining filo pastry and nut<br />
mixture, ending with a layer of filo.<br />
FOR THE FILLING: Using an electric beater or stand<br />
mixer, whisk the cream cheese with the sugar until fluffy,<br />
about 2 minutes. Add the flour, eggs and double cream and<br />
whisk until just combined. Pour onto the prepared filo base.<br />
Cut the overhanging filo around the edge of the cake tin.<br />
FOR THE SYRUP: In a saucepan, combine the honey, water<br />
and sugar over a medium–high heat, stirring until the sugar<br />
dissolves. Cook until the syrup thickens, then remove from<br />
the heat. Add the rose water, orange blossom water and<br />
saffron (if using). Stir to combine and set aside.<br />
Bake the cheesecake for 45 minutes, then carefully remove<br />
the sides of the cake tin and bake for a further 20–25<br />
minutes until golden. Remove the cheesecake from the oven<br />
and pour the syrup over the edges and sides. Allow to cool<br />
completely and then serve with dried rose petals, fresh rose<br />
petals and pistachios to garnish and a cup of apple tea.<br />
TIP<br />
It’s best to use double cream for the filling. You can find it<br />
near the fresh cream in your supermarket.
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The art of seating<br />
A fascinating new exhibition arriving at Objectspace this month will<br />
have Christchurch saying “chairs”. We spoke to curator and gallery<br />
director Kim Paton about The Chair, which showcases a select group of<br />
singular seating from a project collating 110 chairs made across 170 years,<br />
each piece chosen for its expression of design and making in Aotearoa.<br />
INTERVIEW JOSIE STEENHART | PHOTOS SAM HARTNETT
Arts | <strong>Magazine</strong> 67<br />
Kim, what sparked the idea for this exhibition?<br />
It all began with a desire to take a single object form, one<br />
that was recognisable and broadly relatable, and consider<br />
it over an extended timeframe. We were curious about<br />
how one object could express something about material<br />
culture in Aotearoa – what stories and insights might<br />
emerge. The chair was an easy choice. As a design object,<br />
the form jumps across disciplines, speaking strongly to<br />
craft-based practice as well as design and architecture.<br />
It’s also a particular object in terms of how<br />
democratically it is used throughout domestic, public,<br />
and professional contexts – it’s ubiquitous, although<br />
holding a body in a seated position at a particular height<br />
is no easy design task!<br />
For many reasons, chairs remain sought-after and<br />
well-loved objects.<br />
Tell us a little about your personal chair history…<br />
The chairs I remember from my childhood came in<br />
suites. Tightly stuffed armchairs that belonged to a<br />
three‐part set, upright and plump with a pleated fabric<br />
fringe that hovered off the ground. The steel-tube-lines of<br />
the chairs and Formica table in the kitchen. The original<br />
chairs from my grandparents’ Oamaru farmhouse with a<br />
red-chequered seat – these are still used every day by my<br />
children, the tiny matching table long since delegated to<br />
the sewing room.<br />
The most memorable single chair I remember<br />
encountering is the La-Z-Boy. My grandparents each had<br />
one: in prime position by the fire and with a clear line to<br />
the television, the two objects dictated the hierarchies<br />
of the lounge. They were luxurious and costly for the<br />
time; under no circumstances were they to be sat on<br />
by grandchildren.<br />
“Chairs have come from<br />
all across the country<br />
– spotting something<br />
familiar is highly likely!”<br />
The Objectspace website states of the exhibition,<br />
“This is not the definitive history of chair design and<br />
making in Aotearoa. Instead, it is a story of ad hoc<br />
research and discovery that begins and ends with<br />
an evocative whalebone chair that resides today in<br />
Auckland Museum” – could you talk to this a little bit,<br />
and tell us about that chair?<br />
One of the first chairs that made it to the list for The<br />
Chair is the Whalebone chair that resides today in<br />
Auckland Museum. Found in Russell in 1944, it’s thought<br />
to date to before 1880.<br />
Composed of a whale vertebra, with three bones<br />
inserted for legs, the chair is a product of necessity, made<br />
by a whaler needing something to sit on. It’s an evocative<br />
thing, bringing to life a time of early colonial settlement<br />
and the unpalatable conditions of the whaling industry.<br />
Not many of us have seen the Whalebone chair in<br />
real life (myself included) and yet it’s one of the few<br />
pieces of historical New Zealand furniture that have been<br />
documented and written about with some frequency.
Arts | <strong>Magazine</strong> 69<br />
The 1800s whalebone chair is not in the exhibition –<br />
it’s too fragile to be loaned. Instead, a one-to-one replica<br />
is in its place. Made with the benefit of contemporary<br />
three-dimensional printing technologies, the 2023 model<br />
is both one of the oldest and newest chairs on display.<br />
How did you decide what to include/omit?<br />
The research process culminated in a long list of around<br />
300 chairs. Some we couldn’t locate or get access to.<br />
Despite this it was difficult to narrow it down – first to<br />
110 chairs for the Auckland showing, and then harder still<br />
to select a group of chairs to travel to Christchurch for<br />
exhibition in our modestly sized satellite space.<br />
Ultimately each chair was chosen as it offered an<br />
interesting and purposeful reflection on design and<br />
making in Aotearoa – because its story contributes<br />
something meaningful to our material culture.<br />
How did you source so many chairs, and how long did<br />
it take to come together?<br />
It began with the collections of major cultural institutions,<br />
quickly evolved into a series of conversations and<br />
interviews, and ended with a public call-out and hundreds<br />
of suggestions submitted to our tip line. One chair led<br />
to another. Spreadsheets and paperwork grew and grew,<br />
and eventually chairs from across the country (and the<br />
years) were brought together – around a year after our<br />
research began.<br />
Any particularly challenging chairs to source?<br />
There are many chairs missing from historical records<br />
and from this project: we had institutional loan requests<br />
declined, and chairs that we searched for but couldn’t<br />
find. We met many people who no longer design or<br />
make, most of whom shifted course in their careers with<br />
little lasting record of their own work.<br />
PAGE 66 & LEFT: Installation views of The<br />
Chair: a story of design and making in Aotearoa at<br />
Objectspace, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.<br />
Endaxi Design’s ‘Ena’ suite of sofa and chairs from<br />
1988 was commissioned for an Auckland tanning salon<br />
and subsequently ordered by Bev Smaill for her home.<br />
Smaill’s three-piece now resides in museum collections,<br />
split between Te Papa and Auckland Museum. With<br />
its bright-orange ball and cone feet, tubular steel and<br />
excessively bolstered upholstery (the sofa resembles the<br />
back seat of a car), Ena is a stand-alone example of the<br />
Memphis style designed and made in New Zealand.<br />
We were extremely disappointed at not being<br />
permitted to loan an Ena chair from one of our public<br />
collections and couldn’t locate any in private hands. We<br />
decided to include the chair in the publication despite it<br />
not featuring in the show – I’d love to see the suite in the<br />
flesh one day.<br />
Tell us a bit about a few of the chairs travelling<br />
to Christchurch?<br />
The set of chairs en route to Christchurch are diverse –<br />
with the earliest made in the 1870s and the most recent<br />
finished last year. One of the most electrifying objects I<br />
encountered researching The Chair is included – a chair<br />
made around 1890–1910 and attributed to a woman<br />
maker (a rare thing in any decade of the exhibition).<br />
Its base form follows an 18th-century British design,<br />
and it is adorned with intricate chip-carving. Imagining a<br />
woman undertaking the spectacular surface treatment<br />
at this time is awe-inspiring and made me rethink my<br />
assumptions about life in the late 1800s in New Zealand.<br />
The group also includes a significant chair<br />
by Humphrey Ikin, one of our most important<br />
contemporary furniture makers who is often cited<br />
as the forefather of Pacific minimalism or late Pacific<br />
modernism. His singular approach to materials is striking<br />
– he composes furniture to reveal the making process,<br />
resulting in a kind of material intuition.
One of David Haig’s Monogram rocking chairs is<br />
also included. Nelson-based David has a successful<br />
career as a studio woodworker and has made a<br />
significant contribution to craft education. His design<br />
for this rocking chair is a spectacle – to imagine its<br />
making is a marvel and a mystery – David jokingly<br />
laments that this chair is both his most commercially<br />
successful and his most challenging design to make.<br />
Do you have a favourite/s, and why?<br />
They’re all brilliant for their own reasons. I’m often<br />
drawn back to the Studio Furniture movement in the<br />
1980s and ’90s and chairs by Gary Hunt and Marilyn<br />
Sainty that will feature in the Christchurch exhibition<br />
speak to the ferocious energy of this time. Both<br />
chairs originate from significant exhibitions in the late<br />
1980s, and possess the attitude and spirit of this era<br />
– probably the most energetic and interesting single<br />
timeframe in New Zealand furniture history.<br />
Any that have South Island origins/connections that<br />
you know of?<br />
Pre-eminent colonial furniture expert William<br />
Cottrell contributed knowledge and expertise to<br />
the exhibition from the early research stages and is<br />
Canterbury-based. One of the chairs William kindly<br />
lent us will exhibit in Christchurch: a superb rimu hall<br />
chair originally made for William Larnach’s ‘castle’ on<br />
Otago Peninsula, which we hear William intends to<br />
donate back to the house at the close of the show.<br />
Chairs have come from all across the country –<br />
spotting something familiar is highly likely!<br />
“The original chairs from<br />
my grandparents’ Oamaru<br />
farmhouse with a red-chequered<br />
seat – these are still used every<br />
day by my children.”<br />
TOP LEFT: Marilyn Sainty, Cocktail Chair, original<br />
1988; remade 2020, courtesy of Marilyn Sainty.<br />
LEFT: Dunedin Iron and Woodware Company<br />
Ltd, Aesthetic Movement Hall Chair, 1873–74,<br />
collection of Dr William Cottrell.<br />
RIGHT: Carin Wilson, Kura Kōwhatu Chair, 1991,<br />
courtesy of Carin Wilson.
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(with a South Island location in Christchurch’s The<br />
Crossing) are offering the opportunity to light up your<br />
living space with a Curve table lamp in Off-White (valued at<br />
$170) to win. Modern and minimal with a powder-coated<br />
metal base and frosted glass globe, this elegant beauty will<br />
sit perfectly anywhere that needs a little elevating.<br />
achomestore.co.nz<br />
<strong>03</strong> to your home<br />
If you’re reading this, you’ve obviously got your hands on<br />
a copy of <strong>03</strong> – did you know we can also deliver direct to<br />
your door every month? We’re offering one lucky winner<br />
a year’s subscription to <strong>03</strong> (worth $79), which will ensure<br />
you’re among the first to receive your very own issue of<br />
our South Island-celebrating lifestyle mag straight into<br />
your letterbox.<br />
<strong>03</strong>magazine.co.nz<br />
Cookie monster<br />
Premium cookie connoisseur Molly Woppy is celebrating its<br />
recent launch into select Woolworths by giving away two<br />
decadently delicious prize packs (RRP$56), each containing<br />
their range of artisan cookies including Cranberry Dark<br />
Choccy Chunk, Gluten-Free Milk Choccy Chunk, Peanut<br />
Butter Choc Chunk, Zingy Ginger Delight, Gingerbread Kids,<br />
Gluten-Free and Plant-Based Choccy Coconut Ruff, and<br />
Gluten-Free Sticky Date Walnut & Chia. Cookie bliss!<br />
mollywhoppy.co.nz<br />
Garden scent<br />
Glasshouse Fragrances has released its muchanticipated<br />
limited-edition nine-piece collection,<br />
Enchanted Garden, just in time for Mother’s Day.<br />
Exuding “strength, feminine energy and modern twists<br />
from deep in the garden”, we have a beautifully boxed<br />
Moon and Back eau de parfum and candle duo in<br />
Glasshouse’s signature Sugar Dust & Lily fragrance to<br />
gift, worth $100.<br />
glasshousefragrances.com<br />
PREVIOUS WINNERS<br />
Sophie Hansen What Can I Bring? cookbooks: Julie Ahlfeld, Kerrie Jacobs<br />
Karen Murrell lipstick set: Gwenda Hodges; <strong>03</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> subscription: Brendan Barker<br />
Dermalogica PowerBright Dark Spot System kit: Cara Mitchell<br />
*Conditions: Each entry is limited to one per person. You may enter all giveaways. If you are selected as a winner, your name will be published in the following month’s edition.<br />
By registering your details, entrants give permission for Allied Press <strong>Magazine</strong>s to send further correspondence, which you can opt out of at any stage.
Country boots, tweeds, accessories and more.<br />
Available exclusively from Rangiora Equestrian Supplies.<br />
623 Lineside Road | <strong>03</strong> 313 1674 | www.rangiorasaddlery.co.nz
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