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Spring / Summer 2015 Volume 01 1
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Contents 10 Snippets
46 Who’s Changing the World?
16 Press
48 Global Roaming
18 Hair – Chelsea Rock
50 Mod’s Posse
24 Local Content 26 What’s Happening? 32 Know Your Arts
Design McCarthy
34 Who Dat? 35 Unearthed 36 Ask the Experts 8
Publication Management Brown Bread
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(from left to right) Designer Richard M. Burson (McCarthy), editor at large Julianne Liebeck (Mod’s Hair) and editor Marcia Butterfield (Brown Bread).
Let’s party like it’s 1889! Starting early evening with croquet, cucumber sandwiches and gin and tonics on the lawn, this sumptuous event, especially for all our Rangi family and friends, is not to be missed. The party has been designed to constantly evolve and surprise you. Rumour has it there will be dancing flapper girls, a 1940s piano bar, 1960s mods to entertain you and by midnight we’ll have you licking the wallpaper (yes, really!) in our future-themed room. We guarantee you won’t be left wanting anything as all food and drinks are included in the ticket price. For more details on this unique and glamorous event please check out rangi125.co.nz/houseparty
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Joska & Sons Joska & Sons is a design company based in Lyttelton, focusing on objects that are simple, refined and raw, practical rather than decorative, but with close attention paid to every last detail. All lamps are made with bamboo plywood off-cuts from Kingswood Skis, a boutique ski manufacturer, also based in Lyttelton. Shades are hand spun locally from copper and aluminum. joskaandsons.com
Light Hearted: Shop Eight Dinners
The Fringe Fringes are the latest fashion trend this season led by the famous Japanese designer Junya Watanabe. 10
It goes without saying that Christchurch is a unique place to live, so the folks at Shop Eight have created an equally unique experience for locals who may be feeling a little socially disconnected. They have created a series of dinner events where for $75 you’ll receive a three-course meal, two glasses of Waipara wine and the opportunity to meet and mingle with new people.
shopeight.co.nz 8 New Regent Street, Christchurch Photographer NayHauss
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Coffee to Your Door Avoid stale coffee and ditch the supermarket beans which may have been sitting on the shelves for weeks, and sign up to Underground Coffee’s
delivery service. The coffee subscription will have you enjoying fresh and quality espresso every day of the week. deliverance.co.nz
One Pig. One Day. Located in a volcanic crater in the heart of Charteris Bay, the Preserved Cook School offers up unique and interactive ‘Pig in a Day’ courses. Brush up on your sausage making and curing skills at these
daylong classes which will take you through the process of making pancetta, prosciutto, chorizo, salami and sausages, using meat from a once happy free-range pig.
Coco-Mat Eco Residence on the Isle of Serifos Vagia, 840 05, Serifos, Greece
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On the beautiful beach of Vagia off the track with the company of the sun, sea and sand is the Coco-Mat Eco residence. The simplicity encourages only relaxation.
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Fix and Fogg With so many nasties in everyday peanut butter, Fix and Fogg is a welcome addition to a market saturated with low quality nutty spreads. A small Wellington-based company, Fix and Fogg is stocked in some of the best speciality food stores around the country. Specialising in peanut butter which is free of preservatives and comes in two options: super crunchy and smooth, the choice is small but the quality immense. fixandfogg.co.nz 5 Eva Street, Wellington Photographer Alyssa Boobyer
ArtWeek Auckland 10th — 19th October 2014
Chez Dessance A new concept in the heart of Marais that is shaking up the Parisian Foodie, Chez Dessance is the very first bar-restaurant dedicated exclusively to gourmet desserts. 12
All the desserts are made at the counter that looks like a creative laboratory! 74 rue des Archives, Marais 75003, Paris dessance.fr
Now into its fifth year, visual arts festival Auckland ArtWeek continues to surprise and delight its participants. Expanding the visual arts audience through discovery and discussion, prepare to be thrilled by ten days and nights of the best art Auckland has to offer. Bringing together an eclectic mix of artists from the city’s
visual arts community, expect to be entertained and informed by free art exhibitions, talks, late night openings, tours, pop up spaces and public artworks. artweekauckland.co.nz
(Clockwise) Christchurch Hospitality Awards Brand Rangi Ruru Rebrand Retrace Posters Neat Places Illustration Royal New Zealand Navy Book
Best design Our design partner McCarthy have being putting their stamp on local and national clients since 2009. As well as designing our new look Société they have 5 finalists in the NZ Best Design awards this year with the winners announced in early October.
Work includes Rangi Ruru rebrand, World Buskers Festival, Allright?, Christchurch Arts Festival, Mental Health Foundation, Canterbury University, Royal New Zealand Navy and Christchurch Art Gallery to name a few. We think they’re ace so get in touch.
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Must know! It’s always great to see New Zealanders making a difference outside our country. Cricket Live is a New Zealand based foundation, set up to use cricket to change the lives of children from slum areas of India and Sri Lanka. Visit the Cricket Live website to see how you can make a difference.
CJ Hendry — Pen to Paper Australian artist CJ Hendry creates photorealistic black and white images armed with only a pen and paper. Her subjects are generally high end fashion objects, such as Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Horses Head, Chanel and Gucci bags.
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Neat Places — Where Shall We Go Today? Want to know the best places and events in New Zealand? Local city guide Neat Places is relaunching their beautiful new website which means you can find out what to see and do in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland 14
and Dunedin. Also profiling creative people, companies and products, Neat Places is your cultural guide to New Zealand. neatplaces.co.nz
BearLion Foods Whilst working towards her café opening in New Brighton later in the year, Alesha at BearLion Foods is still busily preparing her range of “real food” options at the Riccarton Farmers Market. The focus of BearLion is on educating people
on making good food choices and ensuring ingredients are high in quality, local and seasonal, so you can be sure that you are eating food that is good for you and the environment. bearlionfoods.co.nz
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Press On the page Guillaume Bérard, artistic director Mod’s Hair, is a historian of the studio Hairdresser since its inception. Here are his latest releases from Harpers Bazaar, L’officiel, Madam Figaro, CR Fashion.
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Gullaume has collaborated with Karl Lagerfield to Sarah Moon and of course a favorite of the lady of fashion herself, Carine Roitfield. 17
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chelsea rock Colour and movement are the most important hair accessories this season. Inspired by the eighties, Mod’s Hair Summer Collection is all about layers. Whether long, mid-length or short, you’re easy going hair will shine at any party.
Photographer Guilaume Berard Cuts and Headgear Olivier De Vriendt Make-up Benoit Guinot
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The Mod’s Summer Collection has an ease of freedom and movement, helped by layers in the cut. So now is the time to embrace your natural curl or wave. Movement is defined by the rich natural chocolate colour, a beautiful contrast this summer.
Tousled texture keeps hair, especially blonde hair, looking modern rather than coiffed and mumsy.
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The rock chick gets out of bed, runs her hands through her hair and leaves the house. That’s carefree, and she wears the attitude. Styling products used to recreate this look: sea salt spray, makeoverspray, messing creme and dry touch up KMS.
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The colour of summer: it’s neither blonde nor brunette, and no chunky foils that give a stripy look. Goodbye to the harsh dip-dye from last season.
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Girls just want to have fun, pink, blue, mauve, all the colours of a Mod girl.
It’s “Bronde” – depth from roots to mid lengths, with highlights blending through to the ends. This is what frenchwomen have been doing for years: Balayage.
This hairstyle looks expensive and flattering. Bespoke and blended with no regrowth line. The plus is very low maintenance and not being at the salon every four to five weeks! 23
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The State of Christchurch Architecture With 80% of the central city’s building almost down, what is the state of architecture going up? It’s certainly a unique time in Christchurch’s architectural history. There has been increasing debate on the quality of commercial architecture going up in the city. The central city is a largely empty space, a blank canvas, waiting for architecture to fill the gaps, so the potential for great architecture in Christchurch is immense. Société magazine got the down low from two architecture firms outside of Christchurch to ask their professional opinion on the state of the city’s architecture. 24
Andrew Patterson from Pattersons Associates Limited, is known for his work on the Christchurch Botanic Gardens and recent award winning Annandale Lodge (among others). For Patterson, rules and regulations, the consent process, and ideas such as urban design and city plans can’t make beautiful architecture. Instead, “it’s the talent, consciousness, and creativity contained in projects” that enable great architecture.
(top) Black Estate by RTA Studio. (right) Christchurch Botanic Gardens by Pattersons Associates Limited.
“Some of my favourite places are old industrial sheds, small quaint cribs, and simple utility buildings, so cost should not be an issue”, says Patterson about achieving greatness in architecture. “Proportion is the critical aspect, not cost. The only thing holding architects back from making amazing architecture in Christchurch is a desire to make beauty the priority. Proportion and thought are the critical ingredients for producing cost-effective commercial architecture.” Richard Naish is the executive director at RTA Studio Ltd also in Auckland. He is responsible for the architecture of Black Estate (North Canterbury), K Road’s award winning Iron Bank and AUT’s lecture theatres (Auckland). Naish believes that the buildings designed and built in the early stages of the city’s rebuild will be the catalysts of the future architectural context of Christchurch. To make amazing and unique architecture, architects must think beyond the boundaries of their given site and engage and consider the urban design of Christchurch. Naish says, “architecture is not a luxury for the high end budget and particularly in a post-earthquake environment where there is so much more necessity to get it right on such a wide scale. The caution is not to exchange greatness for haste. Time and thought can overcome budget but haste and low budget can be problematic.” Photographer
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Christchurch Art Gallery Trust Gala Fundraiser Dinner
The Christchurch City Council Cove dressed for the occassion.
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On the evening of 16 August, the Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation held a sell-out fundraising event like no other. In celebration of a bold new vision, and a way for people to support its collection, the Gallery brought chef super-couple Fergus and Margot Henderson, and New Zealand artist Bill Culbert over from the UK. The gathering consisted of a 250 strong guest list, and the star-studded night was topped off by singing legend Don McGlashan, Culbert’s favourite musician, who played up a storm for the crowd.
The auction raised over $80,000 and over $100,000 with extra cash and in-kind donations—an incredible result that will go towards a wonderful addition to the Gallery’s collection (top) Don McGlashan. (middle) Eccles cakes by Canterbury Cheesemonger. (top right) The Mod’s Hair team in party mode.
The black-tie dinner curated and cooked by the Hendersons featured a sumptuous menu of Bluff oysters, soft-boiled eggs, duck legs, kohlrabi, radishes and bitter-chocolate ice-cream.
The Foundation is building a $5 million endowment fund and is targeting five great works of art in five years. All of the proceeds from the night went towards purchasing Bill Culbert’s stunning, 15-metre-long Bebop, which featured as part of New Zealand’s presentation at the 2013 Venice Biennale. The auction raised over $80,000 and over $100,000 with extra cash and in-kind donations— an incredible result that will go towards a wonderful addition to the Gallery’s collection. Bebop will soar over the foyer’s marble staircase when the Gallery reopens. Now the Christchurch Art Gallery is asking you to help. If you share their obsession with art, with artists and the power of art—and if you believe that art makes a difference—the Christchurch Art Gallery is offering three special ways for you to partner with them to show much good art really matters in Christchurch. To find out how email together@ christchurchgallery.org.nz. 27
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Exchange Christchurch A collaborative work environment for the visual and performing arts, design, fashion, media and architecture industries, has opened in Waltham. Exchange Christchurch Charitable Trust (XCHC) is providing affordable studio, office, production and display space to the emerging creative industries in earthquake-affected Christchurch. The Exchange was founded by Camia Young, a senior architect who has been involved in a variety of global projects including the design of the Tate Modern in London and the Parrish Art Museum in New York. Locally Camia is known for being the 28
lead designer for the Pallet Pavilion, which provided a temporary performance event space in the Central City. A café will be open daily to the public as well as providing another space for tenants to gather and collaborate. Camia states, “We hope that the project will grow from other creative groups outside of Christchurch and to encourage dynamic collaboration across the city and be a space busy with innovative and exciting exchanges!” xchc.co.nz 376 Wilsons Road, Waltham Photographer
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FESTA The über successful Festival of Transitional Architecture is back for its third year. Celebrating all things architecture and transitional, prepare for another fantastic
Labour Day weekend, filled with quirky and unique events. Keep an eye out on the FESTA website for a full programme. 24 — 27 October festa.org.nz
Brick Farm
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A number of bars have recently opened in central Christchurch. Brick Farm is a restaurant and bar located in a brick building where Sol Square once stood. Owned and operated by the Moore family (who used to have Goodbye Blue Monday and still run Smash Palace on Victoria Street), Brick Farm will use local produce from their own vegetable garden to whip up tasty and healthy meals to revelers.
The Stranges Lane Precinct also opened in August and is an example of some amazing restaurant and bar dĂŠcor emerging out of
Christchurch. Strange & Co, Orleans and Lower 9th Diner are the three hospitality businesses that call the Stranges Lane Precinct home.
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If you share our obsession with art, with artists, and the power of art—and if you believe that arts makes a difference—we’re offering three special ways for you to partner with the Christchurch Art Gallery.
If you want to know more, and want to show how much good art really matters in Christchurch email together@christchurchartgallery.org.nz
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The Sculpture That Will Blow You Away Fanfare, by Neil Dawson, is a visionary sculpture with 360 separate “pinwheels” that spin freely in the wind and are spread over a massive 20 metre diameter. Christchurch will have the unique opportunity to have this extraordinary 24 metre tall sculpture installed permanently beside the Northern Motorway in Christchurch. Once installed, Fanfare will be New Zealand’s largest public sculpture. fanfare.co.nz
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Woods from the Trees Regan Gentry and Brown Bread have brought a little bit of high art in to the centre of Christchurch with their ambitious ‘Woods from the Trees’ project. After a year in the making, the nine metre tall sculpture featuring three replica
Rimu trees was successfully installed at the corner of Tuam and High Streets in August. Go see the sculpture for yourself opposite C1 Espresso. Photographer
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The National The National has recently relocated to 241 Moorhouse Avenue. The gallery, which focuses on exhibiting contemporary jewellery and objects, plays an important role in promoting new works nationally and internationally by its artists. Director Caroline Billing is 32
celebrating the tenth year of her gallery this year and the move sees her back in an independent space (post-quake she was in a shared building), and in a collegial relationship with neighbouring art gallery Chambers241, and Ron Mottram Framers next door. 241 Moorhouse Avenue
COCA — Set to Open in 2015 Canterbury’s oldest art institution is on track to reopen in the third quarter of 2015 with a re-energised and exciting new programme to showcase the latest contemporary art. The modernist style gallery, which sits on Gloucester Street alongside the Christchurch Art Gallery, is currently undergoing significant repair, structural strengthening and upgrading work. Kristina Pickford, chair of the COCA board, says “The ambition is that the
Gallery will make a unique contribution to the cultural life of Christchurch by presenting contemporary art that enriches, stimulates and strengthens our community.” Over the coming months the gallery will advertise for a new director to manage the gallery and its exhibitions. “It will be a significant and exciting day for the visual arts when the doors to the gallery once again open”, said Pickford.
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Unearthed Christy Martin (30) is a native from California and Giulio Sturla (34) from Chile. Together they moved to New Zealand in 2009, and in 2012 they founded Roots Restaurant in Lyttelton. Their unique and forward-thinking restaurant has gained much national attention for their foraging ethos.
What is your experience? I have been cooking for over 15 years and have lived/worked in New Zealand, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, USA and Spain. I have trained in all kinds of kitchens from eco-lodges to cruise ships, small restaurants to one of the best in the world. What is the Roots ethos? Interconnection with our environment, respect for our product and to create a business based on trust with the people around us.
Why forage? There are many reasons to forage. Foraging takes you into the nature that surrounds. Every season Mother Nature provides different edibles. It is fun, refreshing and rewarding to forage your food. It is amazing once you start you see just how much food there is around. Foraging is a daily activity, so the freshness and flavours are amazing. What are the benefits of foraging? We forage because we like to connect with nature, we like to feel the energy of our environment through the seasons. The greatest benefit is that we learn something new all the time. What is Banks Peninsula like for foraging? Abundant. Once you start you find edibles in the different seasons and spots where certain plants thrive at different times. rootsrestaurant.co.nz Photographer Meredith Dyer
What are some of the most exciting things you have foraged? The most exciting thing for us to find was samphire or beach asparagus because we had been looking for it in New Zealand for four years. During autumn mushrooms are the specialty to look for under the trees. What is your advice to those wanting to start foraging? First, read about it, inform and educate yourself, never go to the wild without knowledge. Start with one or two plants that you know and the foraging journey will take your interests further. There are many good native edibles books that can help you distinguish plants as you become a more knowledgeable forager. Do you have others forage for you and then drop off to you to cook? People are always coming into the restaurant and presenting home grown produce. However, really the only foraged ingredients that people have brought into the restaurant have been mushrooms. 35
Ask the Experts Beauty Nicola Quinn from Nicola Quinn Beauty & Day Spa talked to SociĂŠtĂŠ about her inspiration from her recent overseas trips, and how she is using that inspiration in her business here in Christchurch.
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Hi Nicola — tell us about your recent visit to the In-Cosmetics exhibition in Hamburg earlier this year
their intriguing world, the sourcing of next generation skin care actives as presented at the annual worldwide exhibition.
It was a game changer, an opportunity to be at the pinnacle of the professional beauty industry and I was certainly very fortunate for the invitation. The makers of O Cosmedics, a highly active cosmedical skin care range, allowed me into
What did you get up to at the exhibition? To be fair, there wasn’t actually a lot to see. No beautiful bottles of glistering creams, fancy packaging or big marketing hyped campaigns. Instead there were
many doctors, R&D developers and scientists talking about their skincare actives they have discovered, tested and poured many years into. Can you tell us more about these skincare actives?! As an example, skin care actives now are so targeted in the specific cell function they are working on, that that they are directed like GPS to
reach the specific goal and the cell or protein they are to reach. No more wishy washy hope in a jar. Now too are actives which work in a similar way to having filler injected, plumping your skin without the need for needles. What other amazing skincare inventions did you discover? O Cosmedics introduced DNA skin testing, an extremely unique and exclusive 37
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way of testing your genetics to understand how your skin will likely age, what your weaknesses and strengths are and then prescribing for you, your very own unique skincare prescription, spa treatment programme, and internal supplements. Forget the crystal ball, and any guess work, this new kind of skin analysis is the future of skincare, right here, right now. There is cream you can apply not only to reduce fat, but to increase muscle firmness. This has been proven to be able to do so to the same degree as having exercised at the gym. Amazing, but then combine that with actually going to the gym, and suddenly your workout is super effective. This is only
a small part of what I saw and learned. But even more exciting for me, was seeing what O Cosmedics are utilising and developing from all of this science in order to bring these products to the customer. What did you take away from your visit to the exhibition? More than anything it confirmed that there was nothing in skin care there that Nicola Quinn Beauty & Day Spa doesn’t already have. In fact, we all felt
that the ranges we work with are well ahead of the field. Having said that, finding Faby, a new nail polish and LED cured gel system, was an absolute highlight and one which we have been fortunate enough to secure for New Zealand. The range is only 12 months old and we’ve just received it. So watch this space for exciting, new and creative ways to have high fashion nails like never before.
Sounds exciting! How do we book in for an appointment? Call us on 03 355 6400 or visit our website quinnbeautyspa.co.nz.
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Ask the Experts Hair
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Ask the Experts Hair Balayage Menu — Mod’s Hair Check out our new season Balayage menu in store at Mods Hair Merivale. There are five seasonal techniques to choose from. Balayage is a hair colour with brunette at the roots and blending to bright blonde through to the ends.
Mods Hair Merivale’s New Generation Stylists are a group of hand picked talented stylists who are trained to an international standard having completed intensive cutting and styling techniques straight from Europe and Tokyo which are exclusive to Mods Hair.
* Not available with any other discounts, offer or vouchers * New Generation offer only available to Students or ages 25 or under. * Mod’s Pricing applies to all other services
The New Generation Stylists are committed and excited to meet with you and share their passion to ensure your Mods experience is like no other. Generation Stylist offer a fantastic new point as outlined: – Womans Cut and Blow Dry $68.00 – Mens Cut $47.50
“We Have Seen the Results” — Densifique Prescriptive Vials Densifique Prescriptive Vials really work. Not only will they add body to your hair after 30 days of using the product, but they will make your hair feel more dense, and after three months you will have up to 1700 new hairs! The small vials contain a blend of vitamins B3, B5 and B6 and are applied daily and massaged into your scalp. These ingredients will activate dormant hair follicles to promote new hair growth.
It’s not cheap at $160 for 30 days (commit to 90 days for true results). It works! Now you will enjoy having noticeably thicker and healthier hair.
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Why is diet and food so important to you?
Ask the Experts Nutrition Rita Connolly has recently been the restaurant manager at Black Estate, one of the leading wineries in Waipara, North Canterbury, and now moonlights with gardening North Canterbury. She is passionate about food and health. Société sat down to talk food, allergies and how your diet can instantly transform you health and wellbeing.
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Hi Rita, tell us about yourself! I’m Rita, married to Jared Connolly, together 11 years. We’ve got two great girls, Harper Grace (10) Keela India (6). We had been living in Central Otago and have recently re-located to Christchurch. Why did you move to Christchurch? In Otago we worked on a biodynamic vineyard and farm. There we grew a lot of our own food including meat and honey. Our move to Christchurch was all about being close to grandparents, having weekends and food! We are enjoying knowing that much of the food we now eat is grown here in Canterbury.
Having worked in the hospitality industry, it is incredible how many people I come across who have dietary requirements mostly related to allergies and health choices. Everyone has a food journey and for my family, our food choices started when we had children. My husband and I are committed foodies and buy food that we believe nourishes our bodies, and that usually means organic, biodynamic, local, seasonal. The biggest lesson so far is that of digestive health. How did you discover that food could help improve digestive health? Our youngest daughter has always had digestive issues. Her moods, immune system and sleep were all over the show. After much reading, internet browsing and talking with friends, doctors, natural practitioners and strangers (some
of the best advice can come from the random conversations you have!) it has lead our whole family down the path of low sugar, dairy and gluten and most importantly the addition of probiotics in the form of foods and supplements. I say ‘low’ and not ‘free’ because we have found being flexible works for us,. We call our family flex-etarians. What do you eat everyday that you would recommend to others? We include some kind of fermented food in our daily diet. For our youngest, she can tolerate yogurt, and we all drink Water Kefir an amazing drink full of beneficial bacteria that tastes similar to home made lemonade. We cut back on all grains, including the gluten free ones. For a while we missed the rice and the breads, but by replacing these with an extra serving of vegetables the cravings have gone.
Who’s Changing the World? Soul Capital is a new non-profit venture run by teenage prodigy Jamie Newth. Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation, which means they invest and support innovative social enterprises, social businesses, and other entities which deliver social (or environmental) impact, as well as financial returns. So if you’re a philanthropist, investor, or corporate looking for a game changing way to make a difference in New Zealand, or in developing nations overseas, you need to meet Jamie.
Hi Jamie! What is your job? I’m one of the co-founders and the Chief Executive of Soul Capital. What do you do in your spare time? In my spare time I advise businesses and NGOs on innovation, strategy, and growth. And I’m finishing up a PhD in social entrepreneurship. How can Soul Capital change the world just a little? We’re aiming for more than just a little! Social enterprises and social businesses are powerful vehicles for delivering positive social change, but because they are trying to ‘do good’ (like fix a societal or environmental 46
“Really it’s about finding innovative ways to solve wicked problems– the sorts of problems that endure despite the best attempts of the market, government, and non-profits” problem) as well as turn a profit, they can’t always get capital from the usual sources. By providing the investment capital to these enterprises and entrepreneurs, we’re enabling them to scale-up their impact dramatically – so that’s changing the world through catalysing entrepreneurship.
The other way we’ll change the world is through leadership. We’re out to prove that you can get a financial return on investment AND have a positive social impact.
With everyone talking ‘social enterprise’ and other buzz words these days – how would you define these terms in your own words: Social Enterprise: These sit in the middle of a continuum between traditional businesses and traditional charities. It’s a business whose primary purpose for existing is to alleviate a social or environmental issue. There are lots of models but examples include using the profits to support a cause, specifically employing people who otherwise wouldn’t be employed, or serving a community group that would otherwise be excluded from essential social services.
Social Entrepreneurship: It’s entrepreneurship first and foremost, but with a social purpose. It’s a process of pursing positive social change using innovation and a market orientation. Really it’s about finding innovative ways to solve wicked problems—the sorts of problems that endure despite the best attempts of the market, government, and non-profits. Name a leader in social enterprise whom you respect a great deal in the world and why? One rockstar social entrepreneur is Muhammed Yunus (of Grameen) for leading the microfinance movement and proving that with an innovative model, you can provide unsecured loans to the poor and that it will help them lift themselves out of poverty. His innovation has led to thousands of microfinance organisations being created and disproven some pretty backward attitudes that people had about people living in poverty. Thanks Jamie! So how can you be contacted? By visiting soulcapital.org
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Global Roaming City of Contrast
Tsukiji Fish Market The world’s largest and busiest fish market, no visit to Tsukiji, Japan is complete without a sushi breakfast. Although the focus here is certainly on fish at this market, it’s also a great place to pick up fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and flowers. 5-2-1 Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan Open daily except Sundays
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Tokyo Shiba Tofunya — Ukai Relive the culture of Edo by taking the day out to enjoy a long lunch. Tofuya Ukai is one of those “only in Japan” experiences. You’ll be amazed how
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10 courses of tofu can taste! 4-4-13 Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ukai.co.jp
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Robot Restaurant Number one must do, the ultimate reaction to Zen culture. 1-7-1 Kabukicho | B2F, Shinjuku, Tokyo robot-restaurant.com
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