THE GOOD LIFE

A life well lived is a life worth living

TOAST THE SEASON These elegant Bridgerton-inspired Cristal d’Arques Macassar Flutes are the diamond of the season this summer, bringing the regal glamour to any soirée with its unique detailed, pleated design to accentuate your tipple for any number of débutante seasons. These flutes are made to optimise the release of bubbles and sparkling wines.

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HANDS-FREE LIVING Raising the bar (quite literally), Twelve South expands the HoverBar range with the introduction of their tower of power for workouts and hands-free iPad use – HoverBar Tower. The tower takes your iPad to new heights, allowing unlimited opportunities for workouts, music lessons and day-to-day tasks, and is compatible with all iPad models (even with some cases attached).

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A SUSTAINABLE START New Zealand design team Made of Tomorrow has a new collection of diaries, this year, with a custom monogrammed option available. With a cult following each year and still the only diary on the market that is completely made right here in New Zealand. As always, the diaries are produced using recycled coffee cups, so you can sip on your oat flat white knowing you’re doing something with the cup at the end of the day!

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SUMMER SOUNDS The perfect partner for outdoor fun this summer, Ultimate Ears has introduced a new speaker into their family with the pocket-rocket Wonderboom 3 speaker. Taking its award-winning design and making it even better, the speaker has notoriously bigger sound, longer play time, season-essential waterproof credentials and can even survive a 5-foot drop.

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SHIELD YOUR SKIN Long summer days call for serious skin protection. Thankfully the new Skin Shield SPF 30 Crème from Emma Lewisham offers a synergistic complex of nine high-performing actives to protect the skin and promote an even skin tone while delivering that muchneeded all-day hydration. This powerhouse formulation is made to protect, repair and brighten skin and reduce the appearance of pigmentation, oxidative damage, collagen degradation and pollution.

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TASTE OF OTAGO

Two iconic New Zealand brands have collaborated this summer to create a limited-edition gin. Lighthouse Gin has taken its signature nine-botanical gin and rested it in pinot noir barrels retired from service at fellow Foley Wines vineyard Mt Difficulty. The result is as delicious as you can imagine. With a light golden appearance, the Lighthouse Mt Difficulty Barrel Aged Gin has a citrus flavour with a hint of thyme and Central Otago red berries.

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NATURAL BEAUTY New Zealand vegan makeup hero Aleph boasts a range that’s as kind to skin as it is to the planet and is proving to be pocket conscious, too, with new product bundles. This divine Lucid Bundle includes the new Lucid Lip Gloss/Balm, the new Hybrid Eye Pigment Atmos to brighten up the eyes and add shimmer while nourishing the eye area and Hybrid Eye Pigment Echo, all bundled together with the new Smudge Brush for easy application.

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DEFINING LIGHT Perfect for framing everything from cabinetry to computers, the new Lines Squared bars from Nanoleaf give users the ability to connect the sleek back-lit light bars at 90-degree angles using square mounting connectors to create linear or “squared” designs to set up clean lines around door frames and corners or experiment with geometric designs for a statement art piece that doubles as mood lighting.

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TOGETHER Food for sharing

By Cherie Metcalfe Publisher Allen & Unwin

There’s nothing Cherie Metcalfe likes more than bringing people together with good food. The chef and creator of Pepper & Me products believes that sharing food with those you love is one of the easiest shortcuts to happiness. With more than 70 beautifully photographed recipes, this is flavour-packed food at its best, with an inspirational twist on the classics we all love.

NEW ZEALAND AT THE BEACH

By Terry Moyle Publisher White Cloud Books

Many Kiwis consider their beach days the happiest of their lives, and this designoriented social history book joyfully combines personal accounts, stunning art and an entertaining narrative. It looks at the pervasive nostalgia of the New Zealand beach and why it remains an essential part of our idea of national identity. Writer and artist Terry Moyle includes galleries of rare beach towels, vintage ads and illustrations of famous New Zealand beaches.