Verve November 2015. Issue 117.

November 2015

Auckland’s Free Lifestyle Magazine. Issue: 117

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Everyone knows why Wills are important, but fewer people understand that enduring power of attorney is just as essential, because it dictates who looks after your financial and personal affairs while you are alive but incapable.�

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Charlotte Lockhart’s

STRENGTH OF WILL As the sales and marketing director of New Zealand’s leading statutory trust business, Perpetual Guardian, Charlotte Lockhart is accustomed to a rapid pace: on any given day, her work can involve a quick trip to Dunedin to oversee the company’s new sponsorship of Otago Museum’s Perpetual Guardian Planetarium; interviews with candidates for a business development role; or helping to lead the charge on the company’s digital strategy to make estate planning services more affordable and accessible to global citizens.

While on the surface she may appear to live a fortunate life as a woman in the senior leadership ranks of a booming business and as mother to two sons, Andrew (19) and Jack (17), Charlotte has encountered — and seen off — her share of adversity, and now dedicates her professional life to parlaying what she’s learned into services that will help others.

THE WORST OF TIMES In 2004, seemingly out of nowhere, Charlotte was diagnosed with breast cancer. The news came as a huge shock not only because of her age — she was only 37 — but also the lack of a history of the disease in her family: the cancer was detected by a compulsory medical check-up attached to a review of her insurance policies.

At the time, Charlotte was self-employed within the Mike Pero Mortgages group, both helping to direct the group’s larger strategy and advising individuals on home loan structuring and management, and taking a break wasn’t an option.

Fortunately, Charlotte says now, she was surrounded by a strong team and an “amazing” husband and family, and as it often goes, in the midst of treatment she received some of the greatest professional accolades of her career, and marked her most successful year in business. Charlotte was named Mike Pero Mortgages’ top broker by value in 2004, and won a national quality award in the same year. She was also regional broker of the year in both 2001 and 2008.

Charlotte acknowledges today that her children played no small part in her recovery: “Having two precious boys gave me an incentive to get out of bed every morning.” Her tenacity and resilience have not ebbed in the years since.

WHERE THERE’S A WILL, YOU HAVE YOUR SAY This is the mantra that now guides Charlotte’s work within the country’s leading statutory trust business, which she joined last year. Estate planning has long been of personal importance to Charlotte, who made her first Will at an unusually young age. “I was 22 when I got married, and I set up my Will because of that.

My husband and I were going to be living overseas, in the Middle East, so we did enduring power of attorney at the same time. It meant that our affairs were easy to manage back in New Zealand.

“I reviewed my Will again when we came home some years later.

By then we had a young family and had guardianship orders to add — I wanted it to be my choice as to who would care for my children and take responsibility for the money we were leaving behind.

Earlier this year Charlotte played an instrumental role in Perpetual Guardian’s acquisition of Mai Chen’s My Bucket List, which now sits within the business as one of several accessible online services to easily prepare, update and store Wills. The company is evolving rapidly as it confronts the substantial task of bringing two (now combined) brands — Perpetual Trust and Guardian Trust — fully into the 21st century, while preserving the values and heritage that have been painstakingly formed and protected over 130 years of service to New Zealanders.

THE NEXT FRONTIER Charlotte is not stopping there. While, in part thanks to Perpetual Guardian’s work to bring a renaissance to the sector, the numbers of Kiwis making Wills is steadily increasing, there is still an alarming gap, which the company is filling with its own products and services and through targeted partnerships.

An example of the latter is Perpetual Guardian’s sponsorship of the Superdiversity Stocktake, this year’s inaugural analysis of the implications of an ethnically superdiverse New Zealand for business, government and citizens. Perpetual Guardian’s fellow sponsors include Chen Palmer, BNZ, Xero, the Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Education.

There’s much more to do in educating Kiwis on estate planning as well, Charlotte says. “Everyone knows why Wills are important, but fewer people understand that enduring power of attorney is just as essential, because it dictates who looks after your financial and personal affairs while you are alive but incapable.

In our business we see and hear all the horror stories, and I feel so passionate about helping people avoid the pitfalls by making their wishes explicit in properly structured legal documents that are based on sound advice from experts.”

“We’re conscious as well that these services cannot be prohibitive in cost or time. We’ve conducted research to find out why New Zealanders, young and old, avoid making Wills and EPAs, and some of the most prominent reasons are that people think it’s too expensive and has to involve extensive work with lawyers.”

“The onus is on us to properly communicate that this isn’t the case and that we have a whole suite of solutions that make creating and updating a Will as easy as opening a bank account or updating an insurance policy. The challenge is ours, and we’re up for it.”

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Strength of Will

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BLOOMSBURY BAG $1500 The latest IT Handbag from the 2015 London Catwalk! Made from antique kilim & high quality leather. Fully lined & zipped. A Must for all bag-addicts! 42cm x 48cm. $380

SONG SONGSTORE.CO.NZ SONG 28 JERVOIS ROAD | PONSONBY 021 653 672 | CLAIRE.CROSKERY@GMAIL.COM MON TO FRI 10-6 | SATURDAY 10-4

BEADED COASTER $45

VINTAGE SILK KANTHA THROWS $190 - $280 HANDWOVEN RUG $280 SILK KANTHA CUSHIONS $80 - $110

YOYO YOYO.CO.NZ

DESIGNPILOT, FLEET at YOYO Design by Kiwis $3,990

YOYO 24A WILLIAMSON AVE | GREY LYNN 09 376 4884 | AUCKLAND@YOYO.CO.NZ

PAINT BY NUMBERS CLOCK at YOYO Design by Kiwis, 100% NZ, $89

FLAMINGO WALL CHART at YOYO Design by Kiwis, 100% NZ, $149

THE BAY TREE CONCRETE LAMP More styles in store. $275

THEBAYTREE.CO.NZ THE BAY TREE 62 A BENSON ROAD | REMUERA 09 522 2991 | THEBAYTREE@XTRA.CO.NZ OPEN 7 DAYS

IRON SIDE TABLES Other styles available. $189 & $149

GOLD WASHED LANTERN Get ready for summer, we have a great selection of lanterns in store. $89

FRENCH COUNTRY WWW.UNDEUXTROIS.NZ UN DEUX TROIS 6 JERVOIS RD | HERNE BAY 09 376 7580

TURTLES Evoke the Bahamas coastal style with French Country’s handpainted polyresin turtles.

Diving turtle on stand $199 Turtle on stand $115 LANTERNS Lanterns are essential for enjoying long summer evenings and alfresco dining. French Country’s Arc Lanterns are available in two sizes.

Arc Lantern small $99.50 Arc Lantern large $129

MARBLE French Country’s marble pinch pots and cheese boards make the perfect gift for someone special.

Available in two colours.

Pinch Pots $49 Boards $59

LUJO SUN LOUNGER Lujo’s luxury sun lounger is the ultimate furniture for decadent summer relaxation. Hand crafted in NZ using beautiful Kwila hardwood, Sunbrella marine fabrics and quickdry outdoor foam. $2195

CLOUD CUSHION Lujo’s uber-comfortable foam-filled ‘Cloud’ Cushions have been designed for lounging both inside and out. Sink into one this summer! Available in two sizes. from $845

LUJO.CO.NZ FACEBOOK.COM/LUJOLIVING 0800 426 6625 | INFO@LUJO.CO.NZ

OUTDOOR BEAN BAG CHAIR A classic favourite in the Lujo outdoor furniture range, their outdoor bean bag chairs will make amazing stocking stuffers this Xmas. $545 HAMMOCKS & STANDS Kick back in a Lujo hammock this summer. Available with the option of side pockets & attachable Bluetooth speaker to stream your favourite music.

From $995, or $2990 with Kwila stand.

BEAN BAG LOUNGER Lujo’s curvaceous outdoor bean bag lounger is ideal for relaxing on the deck or by the pool. Designed and made in NZ with a 5 Year Warranty. $625

GUSTO & GRACE GUSTOANDGRACE.CO.NZ GUSTO & GRACE WESTFIELD ‘TWO DOUBLE SEVEN’ SHOPPING CENTRE | 277 BROADWAY | NEWMARKET 09 524 5766 | 277@GUSTOANDGRACE.CO.NZ

CLASSY 34mm rose gold with Swarovski crystals on 'St. Mawes' brown leather. $299.90*

- DANIEL WELLINGTON Scandinavian minimalism and the quest for perfection. Beautiful watches with interchangeable leather and nato straps.

36MM CLASSIC SILVER On nato 'Canterbury' Strap. $259.90*

CLASSIC BOLD 40mm classic silver on 'Sheffield' black leather. $349.90*

*With Japanese movements and two year warranty

BAOBAB PEARLS COLLECTION SCENTED CANDLES Create an interior accent with the luxurious pop of colour and tone from Baobab’s exquisitely scented Pearls collection candles.

6 colours available. $124.90–$174.90 each

CORSO DI FIORI CORSO.CO.NZ CORSO DE’ FIORI | THE FOUNDATION 8 GEORGE ST | NEWMARKET | 09 307 9166

EGIZIA TRATTO ARGENTO PITCHER & TUMBLERS Hand-blown and silk-screened by hand, these silver and glass Tratto Argento tumblers and pitcher are a collaboration between Italian glass makers Egizia and designer Paola Navone.

Pitcher (30cm high) $319 Tumblers (set of 6) $210

MOULIN ROTY BAKING SET Your little one will love this baking set – with child-size versions of real, usable cooking utensils – in a sturdy, vintage-looking cardboard case from French toy makers.

Moulin Roty. $129.90

ARTEK ZEBRA IPAD COVER Go stylishly wild with this iPad cover from Artek, featuring zebra archival textile design from 1936 by design icon Alvar Aalto. $75.90

INDUSTRIAL 4 BIN BRASS TV CABINET Organize your Entertainment Station with our classic black iron drawers with bold brass features. $950

JESSE BUFFALO LEATHER CHESTERFIELD A Vintage European Design upholstered and hand tufted in Italian Buffalo Leather.

Available in Gunmetal and Light Brown Leathers $4460

KOKO CLASSICS KOKOCLASSICS.COM 350 BROADWAY | NEWMARKET | 09 523 0990 2 WILLIAMSON AVE | PONSONBY | 09 378 6451

SARGENT & FREEMAN CRANK DINING TABLE The Sargent & Freeman Safe Collection features a unique blend of iron and distressedwood. Available in 2m Dining Table and matching Bar Leaner $3650

GRAHAM WHITE BUFFALO SOFA Create an earthy industrial mix with a lush reindeer skin, cowhide and horns mixed with the softest buffalo leather & black iron $5990 Cowhides from $395

VINTAGE JODHPUR STEEL PADLOCKS Keep your treasures under lock and key with our new range of vintage locks and brass accessories. All in working order and a great little stocking filler!

From $15

TRADE AID TRADEAID.ORG.NZ TRADE AID 28 HIGH ST | CITY | 09 307 0884 370 BROADWAY | NEWMARKET | 09 523 2605 172 PONSONBY ROAD | PONSONBY | 09 378 4471

CHILDRENS Cute puppets, part of a wide children’s selection.

CHRISTMAS See in store for our full Christmas range.

HANDMADE Great personal hand-made gifts..

GIFT WRAP Hand made gift wrap, and other paper items.

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from Westfield Newmarket and Nuffield Street 01 — Delta Small Necklace, Swarovski; 02 — Glam and Soul Bracelet, Thomas Sabo; 03 — Pendant Sun, Thomas Sabo; 04 — Pendant Teddy Bear, Thomas Sabo; 05 — Silver Bauble Charm, Pandora; 06 — Jolly Santa Charm, Pandora; 07 — Glam and Soul Ear Studs, Thomas Sabo; 08 — Delta Pierced Earrings, Swarovski; 09 — Glam and Soul Pendant & Karma Beads, Thomas Sabo; 10 — Bleeker Street Crossover Slide, Decjuba; 11 — Plug Wall / Table Clock Marble, Superette; 12 — Marble Fan Necklace, Decjuba; 13 — Now Or Never Notebook Black, Superette; 14 — Contrast Panama, Seed; 15 — Parisian Leather Document Holder, Barkers; 16 — Wide Strap Watch, Flo & Frankie; 17 — Metalic Silver Flats, Nine West; 18 — Oils of Life, Intensely Revitalising Bi-Phase Essence, Body Shop; 19 — French Lavender Massage Oil, Body Shop; 20 — Exfoliating Mit, Body Shop; 21 — Honey Bronze Tanning Spray, Body Shop; 22 — Egyptian Milk & Honey Bath Set, Body Shop; 23 — Japanese Camellia Cream, Body Shop; 24 — Ruby Red Rosehip 250g, T2; 25 — English Breakfast Tea 250g, T2; 26 — T24U Tri-Teas Red, T2; 27 — Downtown Blooms Red Tall Cup & Saucer, T2; 28 — Downtown Blooms Tea for One, T2; 29 — White Tea Gift Set, T2; 30 — Downtown Blooms Milk Jug, T2; 31 — White Tea Tin, T2; 32 — Downtown Blooms Tea for One, T2; 33 — Downtown Blooms Sugar Pot, T2; 34 — Laurel Wreath Silver Ring, Pandora; 35 — Silver ring 14k, Pandora; 36 — Silver Ring with 14 Carat Gold and Diamond, Pandora; 37 — Silver Ring, Thomas Sabo; 38 — Glam and Soul Rose Gold Ring, Thomas Sabo; 39 — Glam and Soul Sterling Silver Ring, Thomas Sabo; 40 — Rose Gold Ring, Thomas Sabo; 41 — Ready Bangle Rose Gold, Swarovski; 42 — Diapason Bangle, Swarovski.

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Creating beautiful homes.

Cavit&Co provide the finest furniture, lighting and accessories from around the world. We can assist you in creating a world class interior from our collection of premium international brands.

Auckland 547a Parnell Road, Parnell 1052 | Tel +64 9 358 3771 | Email info@cavitco.com | www.cavitco.com

Christchurch Knox Pavilion. 148 Victoria Street, Christchurch 8013 | Tel +64 3 371 9320 Arrowtown 18 Buckingham Street, Arrowtown 9302 | Tel +64 3 442 0128

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You’d think that in this high-tech world, we’d be populating our homes with movie screens, personal robots and other Jetson-like gadgets. To the contrary, there’s actually a reaction against electronics and a move toward old school home comforts, with the use of natural textures, pattern and colour.

We’re now creating sanctuaries at home. Say goodbye to cold, sterile whites and minimalism and hello to calming colours, cosy feather cushions and natural woods.

NURTURE WITH NATURE Use yellow based greens with copper and brass mirrors, light shades and bowls. Darker shades of timber furniture work well in this ensemble, such as the Vega sideboard and copper console from Republic Home. Throw in palm print cushions and wall hung planters to complete the nature vibe in your home.

SUMMER SORBET Soothe your soul with a cluster of cushions in sorbet hues of coral, blue and green. Combine with light timber and white wood furniture such as the Rebel pieces in the United Strangers collection at Republic Home.

CREATIVE AND KOOKY Put your personality into your home with quirky accessories and artworks. Mix random treasures and photographs from your travels with creative wall hangings such as Juju hats, ceramic crosses and tiles. Industrial furniture is ideal for this look. Check out the New York Loft and District Eight collections at Republic Home for a functional modern-retro twist on the trending industrial style.

Did you know that Republic Home has an affordable interior design service?

Special pre-Christmas offer ONLY $125.00 (includes a house visit within central Auckland, a Republic Home store tour and a presentation of multiple suggestions for your home).

Vega Sideboard RRP $3895.00

REPUBLIC HOME PONSONBY | 3 POMPELLIER TCE + PARNELL | 56 PARNELL ROAD WWW.REPUBLICHOME.COM

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Leopold Hall welcomes you into a delightful world of natural living with a European, eco feel. The store, which is named after Elizabeth’s grandfather and Amanda’s great grandfather opened its doors in November 2014 after a complete makeover and fit-out of what was the old Macpac site on Morrow Street, Newmarket. The store is light and bright with subtle and earthy tones.

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The essence of Leopold Hall is a focus on timeless and beautifully made pieces for the home, which can be passed down through generations.

This works in with the family’s passion for travel and collecting, sourcing one off antiques from around the world so they can have a new home here at the store.

Elizabeth and Amanda work together to design a large proportion of what you see in the store, working with natural, eco-friendly materials such as wool, jute, cotton, linen and recycled timbers wherever possible.

They also have a huge appreciation for the imperfect-perfection of handmade products and stock a wide range of handmade glass and ceramic items, along with beautiful brassware and furniture pieces. For them, one of the joys of having a store is to be able to support local New Zealand artisans, as such, Leopold Hall has some beautiful pieces made by hand in New Zealand, from the milling of the trees to the forging of the steel, all of which is really special.

Leopold Hall really is a one-stop shop for beautiful homewares and gifts. The girls stock everything from furniture, lighting and home décor to that perfect gift for the hard-to-by-for. They often find the

men who come into their store love it just as much as the women!

With new stock unpacked almost daily there is no surface left bare, be prepared for a sensory delight as you wander through.

If there is something you just cannot find, be sure you talk to one of the lovely staff at Leopold Hall, it is amazing what they can source for you. Leopold Hall will also be launching their online store next month, so can have the Leopold Hall experience from the comfort of your home.

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Earthwood Ltd, based in Helensville, restores furniture, from antique heritage pieces, to musical instruments such as pianos and guitars. Mark Biggelaar first opened Earthwood’s doors in October 1991, but has restored and polished furniture for 43 years.

“I learnt the trade from my father, Paul Biggelaar. He was a multi-talented craftsman who passed away last year. His passing brought into sharp relief the influence Dad had on my work and the way I work,“ says Biggelaar, “particularly his insistence on precise craftsmanship right down to the finest, tiny detail.”

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Earthwood’s specialty is the restoration and repair of everyday furniture, and antiques.

Perhaps the most interesting of Biggelaar’s craft skills is his French polishing, done the old way, with exquisite results, additionally, many years of experience has also made him an expert in stain matching.

“It’s not the easiest thing to do,” he says, “but once you understand how modern stain products work, and how furniture was coloured and finished in the past, matches can be made almost perfectly, indistinguishable from the original.”

“I also do special effects which cover a myriad of possible finishes, including painting, and the application of liquid glass — a finish so glossy and impenetrable that it’s virtually permanent.”

Biggelaar and his team have been involved with challenging work over the years, including the recent repair and full restoration of heavily carved and ornate chairs made in 1580 by Dutch craftsman, Hans Vredeman de Vries. With a family crest engraved on them, they were important heirlooms and were brought back to life, keeping the original patina; revived to their original 1580 condition.

“Those are the dream jobs,” Biggelaar says, ”and they don’t come in often. Not many people have 435 year old chairs. This set had been in the owner’s family since they were made, and had passed through 17 generations. The owners were delighted with the result.”

“Other unusual restorations we’ve done include a butcher’s block made of native timbers, which had lived outside as a BBQ table, and now claims central spot in the kitchen, exactly where it should be. More often, we turn old, faded, scratched and dented dining suites, bookcases, side tables, desks and bedroom suites back into stunning pieces of pride-of-place furniture.”

Mark Biggelaar’s experience has earned him a top name in restoration work and he now picks up and delivers to Auckland twice a week.

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Stunning patchwork effect tiles for floors and walls, in pure white; deep black; eye-catching black & white; glamorous black & gold and subtle grey & white.

Reminder: We’ve moved from Orakei Showroom now at 41 Morrin Rd, Mt Wellington. Ph 522 5560 For an online preview of our range: www.jacobsens.co.nz

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Le Monde Parnell | 69d St Georges Bay Rd | 09 377 9518 Le Monde Ponsonby | 36 Pollen St | 09 376 2993

It’s Our Anniversary We’ve been in Newmarket for a year!

To celebrate we’ve introduced a new range

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Latest Techno 10x springs in 7 zones Maximum back, neck & shoulder support Natural latex & cool gel memory foam 3 Luxurious feels

We could go on listing the technical details, but the best bed for you is the one you like best - so come in and try it.

We think Splendido lives up to its name.

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KITCHENS

BY DESIGN DO YOU SEE ANY TRENDS EMERGING IN KITCHENS AT THE MOMENT? Use of larger palettes of materials, colours and textures that form a visual balance between all of the elements used.

Benchtops that look natural, such as honed or leather finishes in granites, marble and engineered stone. There is a sense of character with these materials that help us connect with the space.

HOW DO WE AVOID COMMON MISTAKES WHEN UNDERTAKING A KITCHEN PROJECT? Working with an experienced designer that can let you enjoy the process of a new kitchen renovation.

Engaging a designer will give you the confidence that you have explored all of the right options, from planning the space, materials, colours and appliances, as it is such an important part of the home.

WHERE DO I START? Call in to our Newmarket showroom opposite Martha’s Fabrics in Melrose Street. We would be delighted to help you get started and see your exciting project right through to the stunning end-result.

THE LINEN STORE

Now open at 25 Broadway near the Blind Institute precinct | 0274795000

www.thelinenstore.nz

KITCHENS BY DESIGN 7 MELROSE STREET, NEWMARKET KITCHENSBYDESIGN.CO.NZ MONDAY-FRIDAY, 9AM-5PM 09 379 3084

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Trinket laden trees, twinkling fairy lights, enticingly-wrapped gifts, tinsel trimmings, creamy white lilies and rich red poinsettias….

Christmas is a season of beauty.

It’s also a busy time of year. We have to find time to get all of the shopping done — gifts and food. We need to buy the tree, dress it and the house and outdoors. We might also need to prepare the guest bedrooms, create the Christmas day tablescape and design and plan the dinner…phew! Juggling it all can be difficult.

ARE YOU TOO BUSY FOR CHRISTMAS? Not enough time can be a challenge for lots of people. So the team at Perfect Places got to thinking. They could become Christmas elves and design and dress your Christmas. They could worry about decorating the tree and organising Santa’s fairy lights so you don’t have to.

PERFECT PLACES Perfect Places is a small team based in One Tree Hill who specialise in boutique home staging — both partial and full. They turn houses into homes — indoors and outdoors — revamping living areas and transforming gardens.

“We’ve had a lot of happy clients, and lots of success with preparing homes for sale,” says owner June Nevin. “Last year, some of our customers requested Christmas designs and they were so happy we’ve decided to add it as a service.”

“As the name suggests, Perfect Places are passionate about creating beautiful homes for both Christmas and beyond” Bring in the Christmas Elves todesign and create a festive, decorative look to your home

- Perfect Places Premium Home Grooming WWW.PERFECTPLACES.CO.NZ 021 974 772 | 09 634 6199

“I recently sold my house and I was fortunate to have it staged

by June Nevin of Perfect Places. June did an excellent job and I couldn’t believe how nice my home looked. June is also a lovely person to deal with, very professional and she goes the extra mile. I would certainly use her interior design skills in the future.”

- Ricky Bruining -

WWW.PERFECTPLACES.CO.NZ 0800 775 223

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The Hideaway Chair is a bent plywood and upholstered children’s chair, with an encompassing spherical shell made up of four swooping semi circular sections. Hideaway’s spherical form provides enclosure, for visual and audio privacy, as well as an invitation for children to sit in whichever fashion makes them feel most relaxed. The chair is uncommonly low to the ground, suggesting to children that it’s for them, not for adults. Enchanting!

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Greens are super foods for energy. Our blood is alkaline and our body loves all foods that keep us in the alkaline zone. When we eat acid forming foods such as fizzy drinks, sugar, refined grains and processed foods, our body has to steal alkalising minerals from our muscles and bones to stabilise our blood. This results in tiredness, weakened bones, cellulite and muscle wastage. Cellulite occurs when the body puts a fat layer over our cells to try to protect them from the acid burn in the blood. muscle wastage, sagging and weak bones occurs when minerals are pulled from the muscles and bones.

A 80% alkaline diet will ensure that your blood is happy, your muscles and bones remain firm and strong and cellulite disappears. Greens are wonderful for supporting alkalinity in the blood. Doubling your intake of them is a perfect start to achieving optimal health.

When consumed in the form of smoothies you hardly notice you’re eating them.

This green smoothie is simple, refreshing and a great way to get those beautiful greens into your body. Its also perfect for reclaiming your energy in the afternoon and halting sugar cravings.

INGREDIENTS: 1 bunch (a double handful) of greens (bok choy, spinach or kale) 1/2 a fresh pineapple 2 cups of water Blend and serve Makes 4 (half for smaller portions)

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RAW CARAMEL SLICE This raw caramel slice is simply delicious, keeps well in the fridge or freezer and just one piece instantly satisďŹ es even the most severe sweet cravings. The nutrients it supplies to the body makes giving up sugar easy and nourishes your body in the process.

Caco butter and powder are high in magnesium, iron and good fats. Brazil nuts contain selenium to support thyroid health.

TOP AND BASE CHOCOLATE: 200g cacao butter melted on low heat (to keep raw) 1/3 cup cacao powder 1 tablespoon of honey

Blend together, pour half into a lined dish and place this base in the freezer to set. Keep other half aside for topping. Keep melted by placing the bowl its in warm water.

CARAMEL CENTRE: 1 cup of dates (soaked in hot water for 5 mins) 1/2 cup of peanut butter or almond butter (or seed butter if wanting nut free) 1 tablespoon of honey 1/2 teaspoon of natural vanilla paste 1/2 cup melted coconut oil Blend till caramelised.

Pour caramel layer over set base.

Add 1 1/2 cups of brazil nuts soaked overnight (also great with almonds/macadamias or seeds if nut free) roughly chopped and sprinkled over caramel layer.

Pour remaining chocolate over brazil nuts and place in fridge to set.

Slice and serve.

Keeps well in fridge or freezer.

Recipes and photography

By Abby Soares Registered Nurse | Nutritionist | Health Coach Nourish Holistic Health & Nutrition Ltd 027 276 6268 www.nourishhealth.co.nz

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THE SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR SOFITEL AUCKLAND VIADUCT HARBOUR’S NEW MICHELIN STAR CHEF Excitement is bubbling at Lava Dining, Sofitel’s sumptuous harbourside eatery, thanks to the appointment of the French Café’s former head chef Sebastian Hindrichs. Having spent seven years at the helm of one of Auckland’s hottest kitchens, Hindrichs, who also has a Michelin star to his name, has decided it’s time for a new culinary challenge.

“To me, cooking is so much more than a job, it’s a way of life,” says the Executive Chef. “When I was a teenager I discovered how much I enjoyed cooking for friends and family and how fascinating food can be. Nothing makes me happier than to sit around a table with people I care about to share a delicious meal together.”

After a three-year apprentice stint in his hometown of Cologne, the German chef cut his teeth in the Michelin-starred Lärchenhof before heading to Switzerland where his international career blossomed. Now his tantalising European-inspired dishes with classic Kiwi twists promise to cement Sofitel Luxury Hotels’ reputation as one of the nation’s most revered hospitality hubs. “I’m thrilled to have recently launched the winter menu at Lava Dining,” adds Hindrichs, “to bring touches of my own home in Germany in the form of my favourite dishes, such as the black forest gateau.”

Other taste-bud-tempting creations, such as the seared scallops with anise, orange and liquorice are crafted using seasonal and sustainable produce. “Sofitel’s ethos combines the best local ingredients with French gastronomy, design and culture,” says Wouter de Graaf, Area General Manager New Zealand for Sofitel Luxury Hotels. “We believe that Hindrichs’s fine-dining experience is perfectly suited to our brand. Having earned one Michelin star through his culinary skills and creative launch of restaurants in Hamburg Küchenwerkstatt, we are excited to see what he has planned for Lava Dining.”

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Indoor Shelving Unit Grows 21 Vegetables at Once

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Edn is an educational wall-hanging that grows multiple vegetables at once and teaches users about the process via a companion app.

Urban consumers are largely disconnected from the food they eat, buying mostly prepackaged items from grocery stores and online supermarkets. There are countless greenhouses available for those with outdoor space, but for those without, choices are slim. Now Edn, an educational wall-hanging that grows multiple vegetables and teaches users about the process via the companion app, is changing all that.

Edn is a three-tiered shelving unit with 21 slots for herbs and vegetables of the user’s choice. To begin, they hang the device and plug it in. Then, they choose their seed pods, input their choices into the companion app and refill the water tank. The rest of the process is automated, aside from replacing the nutrients from time to time. The user can learn more about their indoor garden’s process via the app, which will tell them how to recognise germination and when plants are ready to be harvested.

Edn is currently in prototype stage but is expected to ship within nine months, with each unit costing around US$399.

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Barossa has always been about good wine, yet many New Zealander’s have never sniffed the air or ventured into Australia’s most famous wine growing region. Renowned internationally, Barossa provides city dwellers with an idyllic escape, yet it’s the simplistic perspective and the wine culture that will always be the main attraction.

English and Lutheran immigrants first settled here in the 1840s.

Today, many of the surrounding townships remain unchanged, retaining their unique heritage whilst at the same time preserving a distinctive Australian flavour. Spires of fairy-tale churches competing with quaint bluestone cottages dotting the countryside watch over primordial vines and grand gum trees.

Over 50 wineries are located here, with vineyards producing some of the best full-bodied reds in Australia. The winemaking landscape is rich with iconic labels. All the big names are here: Penfolds, Jacobs Creek, Seppeltsfield, Yalumba, Wolf Blass, with each carving out their own identities and producing wines with rich and intense fruit.

If there is one personality more famous than any other, that would have to be Wolfgang Blass, one of the Barossa’s living icons. Arriving from Germany in the 60s with a wine diploma and very little money, Wolf Blass hit the ground running, starting-up his own winery with a few dollars and a $2,000 overdraft in an old army shed outside of Nuriootpa.

His success has been phenomenal, his philosophy has never waned — only the best grapes make the best wine. Fastforward 50 years and the winery has grown to rank as one of the most identifiable South Australian labels. With the BBQ season on our doorstep, here are two that should go on your list.

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SAILS RESTAURANT REVAMPED Evolving to create a new classic.

It’s no understatement to say that diners in Auckland are spoilt for choice when it comes to excellent restaurants. In fact, it’s hard to keep up with the growing list of hip, new ‘must-try’ eateries springing up all over the city.

But amongst the noise and hype of Auckland’s exploding dining scene, one local establishment has been doing what it’s always done: providing a topnotch dining experience in a world-class venue.

Since the early 1980s, Sails Restaurant has been delighting diners with its award-winning menu and iconic view of the yachts moored at Westhaven Marina. Part of Sails’ ongoing success lies in its ability to keep its offering fresh and relevant, without frightening off its many loyal regulars. Sails is doing it again, with a revamped interior, a new menu and style.

Sails’ owner Bart Littlejohn says the new menu is following current dining trends, where starters can be shared amongst a group while mains will stay as single dishes. Sails is firmly focussed on a wide variety of seafood, and by popular demand we have introduced a range of premium beef cuts, and vegetarian options too.

Sails head chef, Jason Blackie says the Sails emphasis on premium ingredients is one thing that will never change. “When dealing with quality produce the less you do to it, the better.

Don’t change the flavour, rather enhance and complement it.”

The Littlejohn family purchased Sails in 1991 and the restaurant has been a family-run establishment ever since, with Bart Littlejohn at the helm. The Littlejohns are one of New Zealand’s leading restaurant families — Bart’s parents Phillip and Valerie owned Wellington fine-dining institution Orsinis, where Bart learned the ropes as an apprentice at 16. He went on to work at famous restaurants and hotels in Sydney and Auckland (including a stint managing Bell House for his friend Simon Gault), and five years in London. Today, three generations of Littlejohn’s are involved in running Sails. Matriarch Valerie is still very much a part of the business and Bart’s teenaged twin sons also work there part-time.

Longevity is a theme at Sails, with a number of key staff about to enter their third decade. Managers Gerard Mooney, Justin Green as well as head chef Jason Blackie have all been on board for around 20 years.

With the new design, location, and a la carte style menu, Sails is now also the number one venue to have a function in Auckland.

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LOCAL CHARM IN THE HEEL OF THE BOOT

If the map of Italy resembles a boot, then the heel is the region of Puglia, or Apulia as it is locally known. With its warm climate and fertile soil, the area is famous for its olive oil, cheese, meat and wines. Local durum wheat is used to make the area’s most famous pasta, which is named oricchiette, for its shape like little ears.

The region has two international airports, Bari and Brindisi. From either it’s a short drive to one of the area’s award-winning resorts, Borgo Egnazia. Based on a traditional Apulian village, this resort offers a range of luxurious rooms and villas amid grounds planted with olives, rosemary, pomegranate and prickly pear.

Being the country’s least mountainous region, the surrounding land is easily explored by bicycle, either on your own or as part of an organised tour. Most tours will include a visit to a fortified farm known as a masseria, many of which have been run by the same families for centuries.

At Masseria Maccarone you can learn about olive oil production and the finer points of olive oil tasting. The main house was built in 1745 and the land is home to around 20,000 olive trees.

Of those, 6000 are protected and of those, 600 are over 1000 years old. Originally transported to Italy from Greece by monks, the trees still produce some of the region’s best olive oil, which is nowadays sold around the world. Other masseria produce cheese, made from the milk of cows, goats and sheep. The most famous cheese in the area is burratta, which is made from mozzarella and cream.

Further up the coast, the town of Polignano a Mare sits perched atop cliffs overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Here you can dine in a restaurant tucked into caves before wandering the streets, enjoying delicious gelato and mingling with the locals.

Perhaps the gem of Puglia however is Alberobello, a small town just 55km south of Bari. Its unique trulli houses have whitewashed walls and conical roofs, many of which are marked with symbolic drawings. The trulli were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 for their drywall construction methods that have lasted from prehistoric times and are still functioning today.

Perhaps part of the charm of Puglia lies also in the fact that some of the best things in life have strong ties to the past, while still playing an important part today. Sometimes overlooked, they provide a stabilising balance when compared to flashier counterparts, providing another reason Puglia is in some ways not unlike the heel of a boot.

Words and photos: Melanie Dower Left: Olive tree, cheese with pistachio, cheesemaker Right: Polignano a Mare, Borgo Egnazia Resort

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A SOUTH AFRICAN SOJOURN On arrival in Johannesburg early on a cool but sunny Sunday morning, I could not have imagined what the ensuing two weeks were to bring.

With prolific wildlife, wine, history, incredible landscapes and no less than eleven official languages, South Africa is the very definition of diversity.

There is nothing like rail travel for covering great distances, and there is simply nothing like The Blue Train. I took the overnight journey between Pretoria and Cape Town on this 5-star ‘hotel on wheels’. The suites are luxurious, the butler service impeccable, and dinner is a dress up affair — jacket and tie please gentlemen!

The indulgence continued in the Cape Winelands, home to legendary wines, Cape-Dutch architecture and excellent restaurants. Dinner at the Franschhoek Country House & Villas’ award-winning Monneaux Restaurant was a memorable duck liver burger — mini brioche with pan-fried duck liver, apricot curry glaze, red onion marmalade, mushrooms, rocket and crispy onion rings. Bon appetit!

Back in Cape Town I stayed in the Cape Grace Hotel on the vibrant V&A Waterfront. With stunning views of Table Mountain and complimentary chauffeur transfers within a 10km radius, it’s a great base from which to explore. From glitteringly trendy Camp’s Bay to the sprawling township of Langa, Cape Town’s contrasts illustrate the challenges South Africa faces today.

Replete with urban sophistication, it was time to go bush! I headed for world renowned Sabi Sand Game Reserve, where

the safari lodges offer spectacular game viewing. Full of history, the campfire has burned for over 82 years at Londolozi Varty Camp, and Kirkman’s Kamp was built in the early 1920s, an air of colonial graciousness lingering in the original homestead, which now houses the lodge’s dining and bar areas. Great rolling lawns provide a velvety contrast to the surrounding wilderness.

Home to a host of wildlife, including the ‘Big Five’, Sabi Sand is part of a conservation area that covers over two million hectares, with no boundary fences between it and Kruger National Park.

Game drives are led by experienced rangers and trackers with a sixth sense for finding even the most elusive animals. The exclusive nature of the reserve, and the ability to go ‘off-road’ gives you the best chance of some truly thrilling up-close wildlife encounters. Highlights for me included hyena pups emerging from their den (a rare sight), and a dawn encounter with a leopard at a watering hole — the bush was so still you could hear her tongue lapping the water as she drank.

From Kruger we flew by light aircraft to Phinda Private Game Reserve — a great way to get around when road transport can be quite arduous. My highlights here were being mock-charged by an exuberant teenage male elephant, ears flapping; and the simply stunning sight of a herd of elephants drinking from the swimming pool while I stood literally metres away on the deck taking photos. Magic!

For me, South Africa has it all — stunning natural beauty, awardwinning food and wine, friendly people, and fantastic wildlife.

Ube nohambo oluhle! Have a good journey!

Words: Tony O’Callaghan, World Journeys

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HISTORY AND HONG KONG Though it would be nearly forty more years before the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong back to China, by the tail end of the 1950s its empire’s days were undoubtedly numbered. Businesswoman Mo Morgan has lived in the city since 2000, but she was just ten when she first visited in 1959 with her late father, Wing Commander John H Cook of the RAF, her late mother, Jenny, and younger sister, Alyson. The trip, unbeknown to the family at the time, also coincided with a royal stopover. With Queen Elizabeth II pregnant with Andrew, Prince Philip’s South Asian tour was made alone, his other destinations including India, Myanmar and Pakistan. This collection of never-before-published snaps by Mo’s dad not only capture the prince’s visit, but offer a fascinating glimpse of a city on the brink of an economic boom, a still fertile land upon which the seeds of today’s soaring skyscrapers would be sown to emerge as Asia’s World City, the East-meets-West cultural cocktail for which Hong Kong still remains famed.

“We were stationed in Singapore at the time,” Mo tells me as we sip chilled drinks under the searing sun in Hong Kong’s sleepy fishing village of Sai Kung. “In those days, all troop movement from the United Kingdom was done by ship. The boats stopped at Singapore first, then Malaya (as it was then known) before heading here only about a third full. We were allowed to use the ship just for the cost of our food.” The voyage took four days: “I remember it being rough and dad telling us it was because we had travelled at the tail-end of a typhoon.”

What were your first impressions upon arrival in Victoria Harbour?

“It was such a long time ago! But I remember the ‘Bum boats’ — they’re the ones from which people try to sell you things while on the water, which I thought was fun. What was not so nice was seeing the lepers begging at the Star Ferry terminal.”

Prince’s Philip’s arrival prompted much excitement, especially among the children. “All of the school children were out waving flags,” says Mo. “I remember it being very cold and wet, which was a bit of a shock after living in Singapore for so long. Everyone was thrilled about the royal yacht being in the harbour, that was something that we could relate to, as it was the family’s mode of transport in those days.”

Another holiday highlight was the trip up to the viewpoint of the Peak in Hong Kong’s famous funicular tram which remains one of the oldest and steepest in the world. “That was a real treat,” Mo adds.

“I still enjoy it today, but there are just so many tourists now!” We discuss other changes to the city, and Mo laments the loss of many of the ancient sights. “Sadly, Hong Kong has bulldozed much of it’s heritage,” she says. “I loved the old style shops — the same in Singapore and Malaysia — and you can still see some of the original businesses here in Sai Kung’s old town and also on some of the islands like Cheung Chau.”

I finish by asking Mo her favourite memory of the family trip. “That would have to be the journey from Tsim Sha Tsui to Tai Po on the Kowloon Canton Railway,” she beams. “Though that was as far as it went in those days as China was a closed country so it was a such a huge adventure to get so close to the border.”

Words: Jamie Christian Desplaces

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SEAFARERS Maritime mates Barnaby Perkins and Alisdair MacDonald are both 68, both began their seafaring careers in 1964 and both hail from the United Kingdom. It was 30 years ago when their paths first crossed, not sailing the high seas, but tramping the high slopes of Mount Taranaki near to where the former sea captains now live with their families. What, I wonder, led them to pursue a career on the ocean waves?

“It seemed like a good idea at the time!” chuckles Bristol-born Barnaby, “but it was also a family tradition. I was interested in ships anyway. During the sixties, it was a matter of getting away to see as much as the world as possible, it was an adventure.”

“Global air travel wasn’t around then so you had to run away to sea. In my first two years I went round the world twice and visited all sorts of exotic places that I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to.” Alisdair grew up in a small fishing town on Scotland’s west coast where most of the men ended up working at sea. He fetches his log and notes that his career started on 11 August 1964, joining a ship in London before setting sail for Asia.

“It was a big shipping company with around 30-odd ships, and was based in Edinburgh,” says the skipper. “Sailing out of

London, a round trip to the Far East would take around fourand-a-half months. A lot of the companies at the time would regularly go away for a year, but ours was a lot more civilised!

Our leave was always generous, too.”

Barnaby fell in love with New Zealand very early on. “It was a big favourite,” he says. “I got here at the start my career and I kind of made up my mind then that I would come here to live.” I suggest there’s a certain romance to the notion of sailing.

“When you’re 18 you’re not really thinking about the romantic aspect,” says Barnaby, “but I suppose it is romantic. At the time, though, it was more about adventure.” And was there a girl in every port? “All I can say about that without incriminating myself too much is that there is a slight bit of truth to that!”

Barnaby, now retired, first became a captain in 1975. He’s also worked as a consultant and taught here and in the United Kingdom and was previously head of faculty at a maritime college in Newfoundland, Canada.

Alisdair too is now retired, though still helps out on a floating

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“

A skilled captain needs common sense and good seamanship.

If you have those you’ll never go far wrong" Alisdair MacDonald

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It is romantic. At the time, though, it was more about adventure" Barnaby Perkins

storage tanker close to where he lives. Both men spent their seafaring lives mostly aboard cargo ships and say the industry has changed almost beyond recognition.

“GPS navigation has been used for the past 20 years,” Barnaby tells me, “but I recently read that the American navy, realising GPS can obviously be shut down at any time, are reintroducing celestial navigation. That’s the way we used to do it.”

It’s just one of a collection of skills that the men fear are dying out. “A skilled captain needs common sense and good seamanship,” says Alisdair. “If you have those you’ll never go far wrong.” I ask if he feels a certain spiritual connection with the sea. “I’ve enjoyed my time at sea for sure,” he tells me. “And I’ve never wished to have done anything else. It was a good life.”

It’s a sentiment echoed by his friend and fellow skipper. “I do feel a strong connection with the ocean, but it’s more of a nostalgic thing now,” Barnaby says. “More of a connection with the my seafaring years past, of that sense of freedom, of adventure.”

The odd storm certainly added to those adventures. “I used to revel in severe weather conditions when I was a youngster,”

says Barnaby. “I remember bouncing around in a typhoon in Yokohama and thinking about how glorious it all was, but the same situations nowadays would worry me as I know how fragile life is at sea. As an interesting comparison, I was flying up to Papua New Guinea once to join a ship and I got talking with the chief training pilot, a Welshman, for their airline.”

“His career had been about as long as mine and I asked him how many life-threatening experiences he’d had in the air and he said none, whereas I’d say there were three or four times where I thought, ‘that’s it, it’s curtains’. You do hear stories about ships disappearing, the ocean can be an alarming place at times and I’m quite happy to stay away from it now. But, given the chance, I’d certainly choose to do it all over again.”

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Ayurveda Health’s Perry Macdonald assists her clients to lead healthier, happier, and more energised lives with Ayurveda, hair profiling, meditation, yoga and naturopathic remedies.

Over the past decade, Perry Macdonald has immersed herself in her passion for Ayurvedic medicine, a health system developed some five thousand years ago by the sages of India, and considered by many to be one of the world’s most enduring, sophisticated and powerful mind-body health systems. Perry loves what she does, and it is obvious that she practices what she preaches, as she radiates beauty, calmness, serenity and positivity.

- AYURVEDA More than a mere system for treating illness, Ayurveda is a science of life (Ayur = life, Veda = science or knowledge). It offers a body of wisdom designed to help people stay vibrant and healthy while realising their full human potential. The two main guiding principles of Ayurveda are that the mind and the body are inextricably connected, and that we look at all dimensions of one’s being to see what could have made one vulnerable to getting sick in the first place. It offers countless practices for expanding selfawareness and cultivating an innate state of balance, for instance, through eating well; practicing meditation and getting the right amount of restful sleep. According to Ayurveda, sleep is the nursemaid of humanity, so when a colleague mentioned feeling sluggish, possibly due to poor sleep patterns, it was suggested that she book a session with Perry.

-HAIR TEST Perry works from a tranquil studio with panoramic views across to the sea in Milford on the North Shore. After a friendly introduction, and a brief chat about what was bothering my colleague, Perry suggested commencing with hair profiling: a new technology that measures the resonance of the cells /or the epigenetics of the hair. It is more effective than conventional hair testing — prioritising nutritional needs (vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, anti oxidants, amino acids, EMF’s, toxins and more). You can find out a lot about your present state of health with results of the hair testing during that first session with Perry, who uses the results to assist with treatment advice.

- DOSHA Hair test out of the way, Perry set about finding out more about my colleague and her poor sleep patterns. By working out what Dosha type she is, Perry will have a better insight into what might be causing the problem. The Doshas are the energies that make up every individual: there is Vata, Pitta and Kapha Dosha, and it soon becomes clear that my colleague may need to balance Pitta. Perry continues to ask questions, listens to the answers, frequently suggesting alternative and better ways of doing things, like having a routine around sleep, pen and paper by the bed to write down any bothersome and persistent thoughts, the removal of all technology from the bedroom, and making sure there is some sort of interlude between work and home. She strongly encourages a reflective practice and the use of oils/massage when showering or bathing.

Diet of course is all-important. A combination of muscle testing, and the results of the hair test emailed back to her from Germany all help to make recommendations. Then there is more chat about various herbs, metagenics supplements and Yoga Nidra — a deep relaxation and guided meditation technique.

The session is over for the day and my colleague walks away from this safe-haven with a plan that should help her release what is not working in her life, and restoration of better sleep patterns.

A month has elapsed since meeting Perry, and my colleague is looking more rested and calm, and says that the quality her of sleep continues to improve as she becomes more adept at doing the things recommended in her session with Ayurveda Health.

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VINTAGE FASHION AND CARS COME TOGETHER FOR FAMILY CHARITY

It’s interesting that as our lives change and evolve, we sometimes hanker for something we used to have. Sometimes we get stuck at a time in our lives when life was more fun or when we were younger and actually felt ‘cool’. Perhaps we don’t fully appreciate that as life has changed and moved on, so have we. Never is this more apparent than when looking into a clients’ wardrobe or taking them shopping. Your wardrobe often provides an interesting insight into your life.

Guests will be treated to view a beautiful privately owned collection of vintage garments, displayed amongst a collection of classic Mercedes-Benz motor vehicles.

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Are there garments in your wardrobe that no longer work but you won’t let go of because, “that has been so good — I’d love to find another one just like it”? Or is there a pair of shoes or a bag that is completely worn out but you have loved so much you can’t part with them? Could you be stuck?

Being ‘stuck’ can be problematic for a couple of reasons: you may not actually be able to find the specific, “just like the one I had and loved” item, or if you do find it, among a myriad of more up-to-date options you risk buying an item that’s, well, outof-date. To be blunt, garments or accessories that are out-ofdate will make you look out-of-date, not younger and definitely not cooler.

I admit to recently scouring the stores looking for an update on a great wedge I bought a couple of years ago and have worn to death, and if I’m honest I’d replace the shoe entirely if I could (except in a smaller size now I know how much they stretch), but that’s not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about items that are more than ten years old. Things that belong in a life pre-children or even pre-husband. Items that you used to wear to work, bags you used to carry, coats you’ve loved, tops you partied in.

The collection is owned by Hilaire Field, and includes beautiful clothes such as day dresses, ball and evening gowns, wedding dresses, lingerie, gloves and evening bags. Hilaire began collecting when she inherited her aunt’s wardrobe, which included garments made by prominent New Zealand designers such as Bruce Papas and Colin Cole. She kept the most beautiful of her aunt’s gowns, dresses, hats and gloves and has continued to add to this collection over the last 20 years.

The show will be a memorable evening of champagne and canapés, whilst you discover stunning silhouettes and delicate fabrics to reaffirm our love for detail, unique to the 40s, 50s and 60s.

Winners of My Kitchen Rules 2014, Neena and Belinda will be catering the event. All proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the 3,500 families Ronald McDonald House Charities takes care of every year.

Programmes like our Ronald McDonald Houses endeavour to strengthen Kiwi families who are away from home with a hospitalised child, by providing free accommodation and support services. Most importantly, we ensure these families can remain close so that they will be better placed to cope and help their children heal.

If this is you, it might be time to seek some expert advice from someone who isn’t emotionally connected to the items in question.

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SPRING 2016 READY-TO-WEAR It’s time to offset masculine energy and channel a softer look. Think romantic lace, ruffles, and sheer fabrics. Indulge your feminine side with airy textures and leap into spring knowing optic white is the new black.

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The ultimate getaway in the heart of the city Relish in pure bliss at the luxurious So Spa, located at Hotel Sofitel in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour. Attentive, professional staff know exactly how to pamper you. The iconic Greenstone Massage is a must; this one hour fullbody massage is designed to melt away tension with warm greenstones that are believed to possess intuitive healing and harmonising properties. To enhance your experience, finish with the energising facial using French beauty care brand Sothys, the facial features patented Siberian ginseng extract, a plant with miraculous active ingredients. Following your treatments a relaxation room awaits you, So Spa’s serine environment seems to good to be true.

09 354 7440 Energising Facial by Sothys (75 minutes) and SO-SPA.AUCKLAND@SOFITEL.COM Greenstone Massage (60 minutes)

THE ULTIMATE SPA EXPERIENCE Bringing yourself back to a place of solace, self-healing and renewal is something we must do every once in a while. It may be a getaway with your partner or a luxurious facial on your own; Verve has highlighted out-of-theordinary treatments that will do you wonders. After all, it is the season to be rejuvenated and pampered.

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The first true beauty regime for feet East Day Spa offers the outstanding signature pedicure treatment created by leading foot expert Margaret Dabbs. Indulge in the full range of Margaret Dabbs Fabulous Feet products. These luxurious foot care products have been expertly formulated using the key ingredient organic emu oil for its antiageing, moisturising and healing properties.

Followed with a footbath, foot massage and an immaculate toe polish in East Day Spa’s tranquil environment. You will enjoy your transformed feet this summer.

Margaret Dabbs Supreme Pedicure 60 minutes $80

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Choose from seven locations in Auckland to indulge in Forme Spa’s blissful treatments.

The Island Breeze back massage should be at the top of your list, followed by the Ultimate Vitamin C facial. The exquisite signature Island Breeze oil is a custom blend of essential oils made exclusively for Forme. The facial will leave skin invigorated with the concentrated power of vitamin C, supporting the skin’s natural collagen production.

Walk out glowing after what feels like the island getaway you were yearning for.

Island Breeze back massage 30 mins $70 Ultimate Vitamin C facial 60 mins $179

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Spa Divine is the ideal getaway country spa retreat. Located in Kumeu/Waimauku, only 25 minutes from Auckland Central.

Enjoy the relaxation lounge and outdoor fire, indulge in the private spa pool with celebratory champagne and listen to the trickling water feature at the garden massage gazebo. Choose from a full-day spa escape, a package for two or the seldom-solo time you’ve been seeking.

Visit spadivine.co.nz to view a full list of treatments.

Verve’s favourite Spa Divine Package: FRIENDS ESCAPE 2 hrs — $375 for two.

Sip a glass of bubbly or juice while relaxing in the spa pool in the outdoor spa pavilion, then enjoy a side-by-side vinotherapy grape seed oil back and neck massage for relaxation, a beautiful Theravine facial treatment and organic hydrating hand mask each.

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OKEWA RAINWEAR Okewa Rainwear is a Wellington brand dedicated to creating beautifully high-performing rainwear for urban dwellers the world over. Founders Nevada and Nick Leckie live in Oriental Bay and struggled to find raincoats suited for their urban lifestyle that were protective enough for that horizontal rain Wellington is so famous for. A successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2014 brought Okewa to life and the brand began shipping coats to 23 countries worldwide.

Founder Nevada had been sick of having to go into a tramping store to find a decent raincoat that kept you dry and felt raincoats could certainly be given a lot more attention.

The lightweight coats are all cut from technical two-layer Japanese fabrics and made here in New Zealand. Every seam on the coats is heat seam-sealed, waterproof to 10,000mm and breathable to 8,000mm. With options for both men and women from casual styles to the formal trench coat or overcoat, there’s something for everyone.

Working on such a niche product, Okewa has always had global aspirations and plans to develop business in offshore markets. Parts of northern Europe and the Pacific North-West are firmly on Okewa’s radar as they chase rainy, sophisticated cities with high pedestrian populations. Increasing urbanisation and a shift towards slower, longerterm, thoughtful fashion consumption in certain segments are positive factors driving growth in Okewa’s market.

Having recently held a Pop-Up store in Wellington, Nick and Nevada are keenly navigating their way into increased presence in Auckland currently. An Autumn 2016 Pop-Up is a possibility, just in time for winter. The lightweight, breathable nature of the coats also make them perfect pieces for an Auckland summer’s warm-yet-oftenunpredictable summer months too.

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The Nuffield Street Block Party is back with live music from special guest DJs, The Sweet Mix Kids, Cointreau cocktails, Spanish Paella, exclusive in-store deals, treats from our Christmas fairies, and so much more.

Our stores have also come together to create the ultimate Nuffield Street Christmas gift worth over $2500.

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FRIDAY 20 – SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER We’re kicking off Christmas with three fun-filled days the whole family will enjoy. There’ll be a big party for his arrival and free Christmas activities all day. Bring your little ones in to visit Santa in his grotto during the times below: Friday 20: 3pm – 7pm Saturday 21: 11am – 3pm Sunday 22: 11am – 3pm

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“So, what are you doing to make sure that the....does not come back again?”

Fill in the gap with any condition you like: cancer, heart attack, diabetes (yes, type 2 diabetes can be reversed), lupus and on it goes.

How Do Hearing Aids Keep You Active?

If you have difficulty hearing, you are not alone. Hearing loss is one of the most common health problems, affecting 10% of New Zealanders.

Effects of hearing loss include: difficulty following conversation, especially in noise; turning up the television and feeling tired at the end of the day after having to concentrate hard to follow conversations (auditory fatigue).

Something caused your condition to occur.

If you do not change that something, what do you think the chances are of the condition happening again?

Untreated hearing loss can have wide ranging affects including loss of self-esteem, depression and social isolation, as people often withdraw when it all gets too hard.

Okay, now for a quick look at ‘Epigenetics 101’. We are all born with a variety of genes inherited from our parents. Among those genes is the coding for a whole lot of stuff from eye colour to height.

Unfortunately, also in there are things called genetic predispositions.

This means you may have a predisposition or be susceptible to a certain condition/disease. Now the really cool bit is that just because you have a predisposition doesn’t mean you will get the condition/ disease. You have to switch on the gene to get it.

If you are still with me, you should be wondering how you switch on the gene. Usually something in the environment does this.

It could be toxins, chemicals, herbicides, pesticides or other nasties. It could also be your lifestyle: a poor diet, poor living choices, lack of exercise, etc.

“Just because your mother, your mother’s mother and her mother had breast cancer does not mean that you have to get it.”

Have you ever wondered how someone like Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones does not get every diseases known to man?

He has broken every single good health rule and still parties on.

The answer lies in his genetic predisposition. He is in a sense ‘bullet proof’ because he probably does have the genetic predispositions for the major diseases.

Have you wondered why the rate of disease is increasing at an alarming rate? As we move away from healthy living and more towards junk food, use of chemical and minimal exercise, we are switching on more and more disease genes.

I guess the next question is, what can you do about it? Currently, we do not do much. We wait until the condition develops and then reach for a cut, burn and drug solution. We continue our lifestyle until the next episode or a slightly different episode.

How many people do you know that were given a second chance, changed nothing and then got sick again?

At bewell we look for the underlying causes of disease with a series of individualised tests. We then work out a plan to prevent genes being expressed or to silence the genes.

UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS MORE… Recent research by Frank Lin and his team at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found that hearing loss has other ‘downstream’ effects, including memory changes, dementia and increased falls.

Hearing loss increases ‘cognitive load’, where the brain is overwhelmed with demands on its limited resources.

Concentrating hard to follow the conversation means we have less resources for other things like memory and maintaining balance.

“Communicating when you have a hearing loss, takes up lot of brain power. It’s a bit like a computer that runs slower when there is a large programme running in the background.” says Maree O’Sullivan, audiologist.

“Don’t let hearing loss change your life.”

WHY DO HEARING AIDS HELP KEEP YOU ACTIVE? Hearing loss is usually gradual, we do not notice the subtle changes we make to our lifestyle to compensate for hearing loss. Acting early and using hearing aids keeps you active and social. Hearing aids also reduce ‘cognitive load’, as wearers can easily hear the conversation and respond appropriately.

Studies have shown that people who decide to use hearing aids without delaying the decision have a better chance of a higher quality of life, compared to those who delay the decision.

Hearing aid technology continues to develop at a rapid pace.

Current hearing aids are highly effective and virtually invisible.

They automatically adjust to the listening environment you are in so you can relax, engage and be yourself.

Don’t let hearing loss change your life. It doesn’t have to.

Hearing aids can keep you active.

Words: Clive Plucknett

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KEMPT BEAUTY ROOM 70 Health & Beauty Nov 2015

Kempt is the gorgeous new beauty room at Fitness-n-Function, Eden Terrace, offering unparalleled natural-based beauty treatments in a studio environment. We pride ourselves on the highest quality procedures, products and service.

Our specialities are Brazilian waxing, organic facials and spray tans.

We also offer tinting, eyebrow shaping, shellac manicures and alternative waxing treatments.

Owner and head therapist Rebecca has been working in the beauty industry for ten years. She has trained and worked extensively in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom (London) and has gained valuable experience at luxury day spas and boutiques internationally, counting some of the world’s celebrities as her regular clients.

Rebecca took the best experiences from these salons and melded them together to form Kempt in 2014. She ran her successful business in up-market Prahan, Melbourne and has now transferred to Auckland.

-Why would you want a wax from Kempt?At Kempt we use Lycon, the crème de la crème of the waxing world. We specialise in precision techniques, which ensure your comfort, whilst leaving your skin hydrated, silky smooth and fuzz-free. Our signature treatment is our Apricot Brazilian Wax. We use hot wax for all face, bikini and underarm treatments and apply a fine oil under the wax to make the procedure less painful. We pride ourselves on our high standards of hygiene for every beauty treatment. We never recycle wax or double-dip for any intimate waxing service.

- Why is choosing organic products important? As our skin is our largest organ, everything we put on it is absorbed into our body, therefore it is extremely important to know what is in the products we use. We don’t want to smother our skin with toxins, but to nourish it with healthy ingredients, such as coconut oil, aloe vera, shea butter and avocado oil.

These will nourish and protect from the outside in.

Christmas is fast approaching! Kempt will be open until 24 December, so make sure you book in your holiday treatments to avoid disappointment!

We re-open Monday 11 January 2016 and look forward to welcoming you in the new year.

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It is amazing what a good night’s sleep can do and how it makes such a difference to the quality of your life. New Zealand’s first Sleep Gallery concept store has now opened in Parnell. It’s a refreshingly new space with a unique approach in the sleep category.

The Sleep Gallery has a strong focus on what is truly best for the customer, taking into account the customer’s comfort and well-being.

The Parnell showroom has a comprehensive selection of luxury beds, mattresses and accessories all under one roof.

Sleep Gallery by Bedpost is the first of its kind in Australasia and owner/operators Narae and Adam Young both have a passion for quality customer service and have extensive experience in providing sleep solutions. They also have wider support, with a team of experienced staff with extensive industry knowledge and together make customer satisfaction one of their top priorities.

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Are you carrying around the silent killer of teeth around in your mouth?

Periodontal disease (Periodontitis) is a destructive gum disease and one of the leading causes of tooth loss in adults today. It effects around 35% of the population, which equates to roughly 1.5 million susceptible New Zealanders . Most will be completely unaware of the problem as the warning signs are subtle and are often ignored. If you have bleeding gums, persistent bad breath, moving teeth, red or tender gums you should have a gum health check immediately . Book into our Oral hygiene Spa today.

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See what Dental Implants can do for you…

Dental Implants can give you a whole new lease on life and the confidence you have been missing since you lost your teeth. Dental implants can be used to replace a single missing tooth, help stabilize a loose lower denture or replace all of your missing teeth with a fixed implant-supported bridge. The possibilities are numerous, to learn more visit www.implantdentist.co.nz

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SkinDNA

UNCOVERING YOURS SKIN’S POTENTIAL As seen on Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty

Do you have a bathroom cupboard overflowing with cosmetic products? Have you tried everything, but are still unsure if what you’re using is the best for your skin?

Well, worry no more! We can take all the guesswork out of achieving optimum skin health. There’ll be no more trial and error, no more expensive mistakes, just great skin fully customised for you.

How it Works The process itself is very simple, a swab from the inside of your cheek is sent off to our laboratory for processing and testing. The sample is then analysed to see what short, specific DNA sequences called Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNAPs) say about what your skin needs. The test will provide data on your predisposition for collagen production or destruction, inflammation control, sun exposure risk and antioxidant protection.

What Is SkinDNA?

Results Your DNA results are used to scientifically create a personal guide to provide you with a unique regime tailored specially for you. This allows you to advance beyond the ‘one size fits all’ suggestions – using the right skincare ingredients targeted to your own genetic blueprint.

We know that not every skincare product is going to suit everyone, no matter how much the cosmetic industry tells you so. And this is why there are SO many brands out there and literally thousands of different products.

So come and see us at Louise Gray Skin Care for your very own SkinDNA. We can use science to identify the most suitable skincare ingredients — based on your DNA.

SkinDNA is a revolutionary DNA laboratory test that examines 16 genetic markers (SNPs) in five categories associated with skin ageing.

1. Firmness and Elasticity – Are you genetically predisposed to premature wrinkling?

2. Wrinkles (A.G.E.) – Supporting skin damage through a process called glycation.

3. Sun Damage and Pigmentation – How well are you intrinsically protected from the sun?

4. Free Radical Damage – Are you genetically protected against free radicals?

5. Sensitivity and Inflammation – How well are your genes protecting you against irritation?

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SHAPING ANKLES Recently two patients genetically-related presented with otherwise normal ankles but with disproportionate fat deposits. Their paternal grandmother was to blame, according to family history.

As a trial I offered them selective fat removal, under local anaesthesia as a day case procedure, during which excess fat deep to the skin was liposuctioned. The procedure took approximately 60 minutes and was well tolerated. The preshaping and early week two results:

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The era of selective fat removal, exploded with the introduction of the liposuction cannula, two decades later, in the 1980s.

Liposuction is now one of the most common aesthetic surgery procedures practised by plastic surgeons and other doctors for the sculpting of the human body. More extensive liposuction of the neck, chest, trunk and lower limbs requires hospitalisation and general anaesthesia. Selective ankle liposuction is a local anaesthetic day stay procedure if the patient should be healthy with a normal body mass index and good quality skin. Smoking is contraindicated.

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76 Business/ Education & Society Nov 2015

Coco’s Cantina: CATERING, CARING AND COCKTAILS

Coco’s Cantina on K’ Road clearly isn’t a bad place to work. The low turnover of staff is proof of that, along with the owners’ — sisters Damaris and Renee Coulter — egalitarian philosophy. “When I worked in Europe, there was such hierarchical structures,” Damaris says. “I think that’s less prevalent in New Zealand — maybe it happens on the Waterfront or in Federal Street — but certainly not here. Tips are spread half between the floor and kitchen, and everyone from the head chef to the dishwasher gets the same cut.”

For most members of the Coco’s team, it was their first trip abroad, and, good food and wine aside, Damaris says it was such a thrill to be part of their adventure: “I used to live in Rome, so I knew what to expect, but for some of these kids who had never even been on an aeroplane before, they may as well have been dropped off on another planet! It was overwhelming and an amazing thing to see.”

Those tips, coupled with the fruits of some serious budgeting by the staff, were recently put to very good use, for September saw the crew embark upon an once-in-a-lifetime trip to Italy, with the cost of the accommodation taken care of by the sisters. “It was Coco’s fifth birthday last year and a trip was something we’d always wanted to do,” Damaris tells me. “Some old staff members are now living in London, Amsterdam and Berlin, so we thought it would be cool to invite them all along for a catch-up too.”

As well as taking in the likes of the Vatican and Colosseum, the gang also spent time exploring the markets and old towns around Tuscany, Pisa and Florence. Damaris hopes that the trip will have far-reaching consequences, both on personal and professional levels. “It was a great opportunity for us to get to know each other better,” says the boss. “It was interesting seeing their different characteristics and there have definitely been changes since we’ve been back. They seem calmer, with more perspective and are very present.” There is even a video documentary and cookery book to come.

The sisters wanted their staff to experience some traditional culinary methods, to taste history. “We visited little owner operated bars and cafés who use local suppliers,” says Damaris.

“The type of places where the menus and the wine lists are a reflection of who they are and how they operate, just like Coco’s.

We wanted the kids to see that this has been done all over the world for hundreds of years. That it’s nothing new. Kiwis can get too caught up with fads and trends.” It’s also important, she adds, to see that you don’t need a showy establishment to create Michelin quality cuisine: “One night some friends of ours put on a degustation menu with raw beef and the like, stuff our staff had never had before. It was in this tiny ghetto room and it was great for them to see how Europeans have been mastering food and drink, without pretence, for centuries. You don’t need to be flash to be a good restaurant, you just need to be in love with what you’re doing.”

Damaris, who has been in the business for over 20 years (“that makes me feel old!”), says the trip also magnified just what little respect the hospitality industry has in New Zealand, still so often considered a stepping stone rather than a serious career path.

“Being a waitress is not just a job for uni students,” she says.

“You should take pride in it, like you do with anything else.

Hospo attracts a lot of quirky personalities, those who often think differently to the mainstream kids. They learn differently, have different temperaments, but once they get it, they’re fantastic, high in creativity, high in empathy and often destined to make great entrepreneurs.”

Words: Jamie Christian Desplaces

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“The stockings are hung by the chimney with care,

The Rotary Club Of Parnell And Parnell Newmarket City Plunket

brimming with love from hand-picked wares.”

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Brimming with decorations, vintage inspired toys and exquisite Victorian paper crafts.

Open 7 days Why unravel in weekend crowds when you can be charmed by a Christmas wonderland of hand-picked gifts?

Free parking onsite!

On 13 August 2015 the Rotary Club of Parnell held their annual breakfast with The Right Honourable Prime Minister, John Key. Funds raised from the breakfast this year were donated to the Parnell Newmarket City Plunket Group to assist them with improving their local playgroup rooms at 192 Parnell Road.

To date, funds raised have been put towards a new garden shed to house the outdoor toys, sand for the sandpit and wood, soil and plants to make a garden bed and seating area.

To assist the Plunket Group, the local Rotarians held a working bee on Saturday 26 September. The weather was good and allowed them to do an outstanding job of water blasting the building, fences and outdoor play equipment, remove the old rotten wooden shed, install the new shed and build the new garden and seating. This has provided a much cleaner and safer environment for the local children and their families and they have been enjoying getting outside as the weather improves.

If you are interested in contacting or joining the Rotary Club of Parnell, they meet on a Wednesday morning at 7am. Further details are available via the website www.rotary.org.nz/club.cfm?ID=29 The Plunket Group is extremely grateful for the support of Rotary because the playgroup rooms are an important focal point of the local Plunket community. Various playgroup sessions run throughout the week and are open to all children and their caregivers. Anyone wanting more information on playgroup sessions can check out the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ parnellnewmarketplunket or contact plunketpnc@gmail.com.

The Plunket Group will be holding their annual Christmas party on Saturday 28 November 2015 from 10am at the playgroup rooms. This provides an opportunity for all local Plunket families to get together and creates a fun environment for the children, with a bouncy castle, face painter, balloon artist and visit from Santa! They also have a raffle (wonderful prizes donated by generous local businesses), sausage sizzle and cake stall.

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The Parnell Newmarket City Plunket Group is a small group of volunteers that meet once a month and are always looking for more local parents to join with new ideas, enthusiasm and a willingness to help make a difference in the community. Anyone interested in joining the group can contact plunketpnc@gmail.com.

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Eastridge Shopping Centre turns 20!

Eastridge turns 20!

Saturday 7 November 2015, 10am-2pm Eastridge

A stalwart of the Mission Bay community, Eastridge Shopping Centre opened its doors twenty years ago on 7 November 1995. To celebrate this milestone birthday, Eastridge will play host to the biggest party the neighbourhood has ever seen – and you’re invited!

Saturday 7 November, 10am-2pm Eastridge Shopping Centre, 215 Kepa Road, Mission Bay

Keep the whole family entertained with face painting, entertainers, balloon animals, bouncy castle, birthday cake and more, or check out the 360 Fitness Open Day, with outdoor classes, special sign up deals and fun galore! The first hundred people at the centre from 10am will even receive a free goodie bag just for coming down.

Plus, purchase anything at Eastridge Shopping Centre from the 2nd – 7th of November and go in the draw to win a 90 second Snatch & Grab (value up to $500) at New World Eastridge.

Having just welcomed Tank Juice Bar and Browns to the Eastridge family, the centre is excited to have fresh new retailers on board in time for this milestone celebration.

Opening as a convenience centre for locals, Eastridge now boasts a huge variety of stores, from big name brands such as New World to local businesses like 360 Fitness; from fashion to fitness, phones to photos, haircuts to health stores, treats to travel – everything you need is right here at Eastridge.

Eastridge Shopping Centre – where community and convenience come together

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Taking Your Daily Business Booster

Desire) from Napoleon Hill’s famous book Think and Grow Rich, “dreams come true when desire transforms them in to concrete action. Ask life for great gifts and you encourage life to deliver them to you.”

PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.

To be a happy and effective business owner you need to bring your best self to the table. Easy to say, right? So how do you do this, day after day, year after year?

Facebook is a fabulous medium for many reasons. For those of us who are business owners it can also be the perfect way to procrastinate and not achieve some of our daily action items. It is not uncommon to emerge from our mobile device wondering where the past hour has just disappeared to.

How do we remain focussed and motivated when we are forever tempted by life’s distractions? There are many ways to achieve our goals, however, one of the most effective is to follow in the footsteps of others who have done it before us. Success, after all, leaves clues.

Stephen Covey has written extensively on the topic of managing time, naming this as the habit of personal management. It is about always keeping our final outcome (our desires), at the forefront of our mind, then organising and implementing activities that are in line with our desires, our ‘why’.

Many of us have mentors to be guided by or alternatively we can use the work of some of the well-known authors and teachers of our time, such as Covey, Robbins, Frankl, Meyer or Canfield. Each of these extraordinary men and women has provided us with countless resources and clues on how to get (and be), what and who, we want in life.

Seek first to understand, Then to be understood.

Summarised below is a small selection of the basic habits and quotes from some of these great role models to remind us of how we can be successful and satisfied in every area of our lives.

TO BE PROACTIVE. The first time I was ever mesmerised by a keynote speaker was in 2003 when I had the privilege of listening to Dr Ben Carson, who at the time was Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA. Dr Carson overcame his troubled youth in inner-city Detroit to become a gifted neurosurgeon. He has now retired from medicine and is running for the Republican nomination in the 2016 US presidential election.

During his speech Carson openly shared how, no matter what your circumstances or past, you can overcome, and achieve, anything you want in life. In spite of knowing this and already practicing it as best as I could, this particular 90-minute key-note changed the direction of my own life. Carson became one of my silent mentors.

In his compelling book, entitled Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence he states, “I am convinced that knowledge is power — to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.”

This notion of ‘thinking big’ is similar to Stephen Coveys habit of being proactive in daily life, both personally and professionally. To be proactive starts from within, and making the decision to improve your life through the things you can control rather than by simply reacting to an environment, to people and situations.

As Viktor E. Frankl famously quoted in his book Mans Search for Meaning, “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND. Not long ago a colleague said to me, “if only I could feel better about my business, then I am sure I would feel so much better about myself.” The passion he once felt for his work was no longer there; daily anxiety had become a familiar foe and he had forgotten why he was even in business in the first place.

Knowing your ‘why’ and keeping your ultimate vision and desire at the forefront of your mind is a vital tool to keeping your passion alive. As quoted from the first chapter, (entitled

It is always helpful to remember we were given two ears and one mouth for a reason: so that we could listen more and speak less.

To be an attentive and effective listener means to put yourself in the perspective of the other person, whether it is your client, business associate or prospective client.

It is about listening empathetically for both feeling and meaning, so that you can best serve them, not only professionally, but possibly also personally if the need arose.

This was driven home to me whilst listening to Jay Abraham recently whilst at a business seminar in the USA, as he shared his strategy on pre-eminence and the value of building a trusting relationship with a client. Abraham states: “If you truly believe that what you have is useful and valuable to your clients, then you have a moral obligation to try to serve them in every way possible.”

SHARPEN THE SAW. One of Covey’s habits is entitled ‘sharpening the saw’. This is about self-renewal and maintaining balance in each of your dimensions of self-care, namely of the physical, mental, social/ emotional and spiritual dimensions. It is about taking care of your greatest asset, which is you.

The fastest method I have personally found to sharpen this saw is through doing whatever it takes to maintain a positive and healthy state of mind.

The late Dr Robert Schuller instilled in me the belief that “Tough times never last but tough people do.” He wrote and spoke extensively about the importance of a healthy self-esteem and self-belief.

Developing an attitude of gratitude is a fabulous way to start your day, and again, to end your day. The simple act of daily gratitude is a silent secret to instant happiness. Mix this with a daily dose of good old belly laughter and you will be surprised as to how this daily combination can completely change your perspective on life.

Thankfully you don’t need Google to search for this daily habit, simply look inside and it is there. It always has been, and remember: “The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.”

Sebastian Roch Nicholas Chamfort. (1741-1794).

Words: Tanya Unkovich

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Time to be who you Really Are? When Billie was younger she used to rush home from school and turn on her favourite cartoons. She would get out her pad and pencil and draw her favourite characters.

Billy enrolled in the Certificate of Art and Creativity Programme at The Learning Connexion in 2013. Two years on, she is now at the end of the Diploma of Art and Creativity (Honours) Programme.

“It was exactly what I needed, where I wanted to be and what I wanted to be doing with my life.”

Billie’s latest mural project is funded by Creative Communities and is inspired by her love of cartoons and character design. It can be seen gracing the Melling Skate Park in Lower Hutt.

“I had an urge to change my life and I followed that urge.

I am embracing who I am and what I have always wanted to be.”

If you would like to find out more about studying at The Learning Connexion you can request a prospectus on our website: tlc.ac.nz or call us on 0800 ART POWER

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The Evolution of Character:

ARE WE EVER OURSELVES?

“At every stage of our lives we make decisions that will profoundly influence the lives of the people we’re going to become, and then when we become those people, we’re not always thrilled with the decisions we made,” says Harvard professor and writer Dan Gilbert in his fascinating TED Talk The Psychology of Your Future Self. “So young people pay good money to get tattoos removed that teenagers paid good money to get. Middle-aged people rush to divorce people who young adults rushed to marry. Older adults work hard to lose what middle-aged adults worked hard to gain.” The question which fascinates him as a psychologist, he goes on to explain, is why do we so often make decisions that our future selves so often regret?

Gilbert believes one of the main reasons for our seemingly contradictory behaviour is a fundamental misconception about the power of time. He argues that although our rate of change does slow with age, our perception of when change slows — or even ends — is a constantly evolving process. The magical point in life, “when change suddenly goes from a gallop to a crawl is, for people, quite simply ‘now’”, wherever ‘now’ appears to be: “… all of us are walking around with an illusion, an illusion that history, our personal history, has just come to an end, that we have just recently become the people

others on similar life journeys. One common observation is that upon returning home, they feel they have changed so much, their friends so little, that they almost no longer share common ground. Of course, one doesn’t have to up sticks to achieve personal growth, but anything from marathon training to meditation will certainly facilitate greater and speedier change. Then there are the life events which befall us all — love, loss, deaths and births — sometimes from the blind side, compelling us to question what it means, altering our perspective, and, in turn, surely some aspect of our character also. Most of these events will occur after 30, but do they shape our character, or does our already formed character shape the way in which we will react to them? And if our character is constantly evolving, then are we ever really truly ourselves?

“If we do the proper longitudinal research — we follow the same people over time… We see that the very big changes you see from early adolescence to early adulthood are greatly muted after 30, 35,” Paul T. Costa Jr, a scientist emeritus of the National Institutes of Health tells New York Magazine. “There are still changes in personality after that, but they’re very, very modest compared to earlier phases in the life span… It’s not that personality is fixed and can’t change, but it’s relatively stable and consistent. What you see at 35, 40 is what you’re going to see at 85, 90.”

“By the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.”

that we were always meant to be and will be for the rest of our lives.”

In 1890, William James, the forefather of modern psychology, came to the controversial conclusion that with the end of our twenties comes the end of the evolution of our self. “Already at the age of 25 you see the professional mannerism settling on the young commercial traveller, on the young doctor, on the young minister, on the young counselor-at-law,” he writes in Principles of Psychology.

“You see the little lines of cleavage running through the character, the tricks of thought, the prejudices, the way’s of the ‘shop’… It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.”

For over a century since, debate has raged as to the wisdom of this statement, with compelling arguments both for and against. There is no question that with age comes varying degrees of change, but do the fundamental characteristics of our personalities, our core beliefs, really remain resolute? Having spent many years travelling before settling in New Zealand, I’ve met many

Like the plains of Africa, our personalities are also home to a Big Five: openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, extroversion and neuroticism. Studies have shown that around half of these traits are simply down to genes.

“Some features of personality can be detected in the neonatal ward,” writes Brian Little in his book, Me, Myself, And Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being. “If you make a loud noise near the newborns, what will they do? Some orient towards the loud noise, and others will turn away. Those who are attracted to the noise end up being extroverts later in development; those who turn away are more likely to end up being introverts.”

Dan Gilbert tells of a study of thousands of individuals of varying ages who were asked to predict how much they would change — everything from their values to their simple likes and dislikes — over the following ten years and then to question others about the changes that had occurred in the decade prior. This allowed predictions of 18-year-olds to be compared with retrospective reports of 28-year-olds and so on through the age groups.

“At every age, from 18 to 68 in our data set, people vastly underestimated how much change they would experience over the next ten years,” says the professor.

“To give you an idea of the magnitude of this effect…

18-year-olds anticipate changing only as much as 50-year-olds actually do.” He calls it the ‘end of history’ illusion. While most of us can easily remember our past selves, we understandably struggle to picture future personas and simply convince ourselves that they won’t exist. How dull our lives — and life — would be if our characters were more or less fully formed only halfway through it. “The bottom line is, time is a powerful force,” concludes Gilbert. “It reshapes values. It alters our personalities… Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all the people you’ve ever been. The one constant in our life, is change.”

Words: Jamie Christian Desplaces

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Most of my Verve columns talk about the economy or about pressing social issues like health, education or housing. Raising living standards is a central concern of government.

Another central concern is to preserve what is special about New Zealand and this part of the world.

The quality of our environment is a big part of who we are. And a third of the land mass of New Zealand is devoted to national parks.

But of course, we’re also surrounded by oceans. We all need to do our bit to look after them, and to preserve them.

Pollution and over-fishing are placing increased pressure on the sea. It is home to half of the world’s species, yet currently only 2 per cent of it is protected.

Recently at the United Nations, the Prime Minister John Key announced the creation of a 620,000 square-kilometre ocean sanctuary in the Kermadec region, one of the most pristine and unique environments on earth.

It is home to whales, seabirds, dolphins, turtles, and thousands of other species of fish and marine life that aren’t found anywhere else.

Situated 1,000 kilometres northeast of New Zealand, halfway between the Bay of Plenty and Tonga, the Kermadecs contain the world’s longest underwater volcanic arc and the seconddeepest ocean trench in the world.

The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary will extend out to the 200 nautical mile limit of New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone, and will establish a fully-protected, ‘no take’ zone where all mining, and all fishing is off limits.

This initiative reinforces New Zealand’s leadership in sustainable management of the marine environment.

New Zealand has made good progress in protecting its territorial seas. In the last year, ten new marine reserves have been created in Akaroa, the sub-Antarctics, Kaikōura and off the West Coast, bringing our grand total of marine reserves to 44.

The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary will cover more than 35 times the combined area of our current marine reserves, and it’ll be the first time an area of our Exclusive Economic Zone will be fully protected.

This new sanctuary is part of the National-led Government’s ‘Bluegreen’ approach of balancing environmental protection with economic development. We need to use our ocean resources for jobs and exports with industries like fishing, aquaculture, minerals and energy, but we also need to set aside special areas where nature comes first and marine life is fully protected.

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The City Rail Link (CRL) is the next essential step in developing a modern transport system for Auckland. When the project is complete, the entire rail network will be able to carry twice as many people, and we will finally be able to get trains every five minutes.

It will also vastly reduce travel times across the city. Once complete, we can start to expand the network, with rail to the airport and the North Shore the next logical steps.

The National Government has been holding up progress on Auckland’s rail network for ideological reasons. The number of people taking buses and trains has been growing at a phenomenally fast rate. September 2015 again had over 20% more people taking trains than the same time last year.

Compare this to traffic volumes on the Harbour Bridge, which have shown no growth in the last decade despite a big increase in Auckland’s population.

“The sooner we invest in the network to make trains and buses even more reliable and convenient, the sooner the whole city will benefit.”

Yet National still claims that the CRL doesn’t need to open until 2025 — another decade from now! Trains are already packed full at peak times, and Britomart has reached practical capacity with trains every 15 minutes.

The sooner we invest in the network to make trains and buses even more reliable and convenient, the sooner the whole city will benefit. Rail and dedicated busways are the fastest and least expensive way to move more people at peak time and free up the roads for those who need to use them.

The Green Party has been campaigning for affordable, frequent public transport and safe walking and cycling because we know people want better choices than being stuck in traffic. We hope that National finally gets on board with a 21st century perspective on cities. What’s good for people and the environment is also better for the economy.

AUTHORISED BY JULIE ANNE GENTER, LIST MP BASED IN AUCKLAND. 17 MERCURY LANE, NEWTON.

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THE MIND LAB:

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Inspiring Inquisitive Minds In just a couple of years, The Mind Lab has become the nation’s largest teaching environment and the host of New Zealand’s biggest postgraduate programme.

things. If you’re studying ancient history, you should be able to go to Google Earth and explore historical sites, you should be able to Skype an expert historian, create 3D models and 3D prints of that site.”

The problem with, “digital kids learning within an analogue school system” is finally beginning to be addressed at primary level. “An Inquiry Learning model has been adopted over recent years at most primary schools, and it helps to develop children who look for solutions and not just recollect answers. Failing and finding out how things work is an important part of learning that may also trigger the discovery of another passion.” It is this system from which Frances draws much inspiration.

The growth of the nationwide facility is driven solely by demand from teachers who want to educate their students using bestpractice contemporary knowledge. Founded in Auckland, the technological institution now comprises four national complexes and two virtual sites from which 40,000 kids and 1000 teachers are taught each year.

“It dawned on me watching a two-year-old girl at an airport, how intuitively she worked on her iPad,” says Mind Lab founder Frances Valintine. “However, it also highlighted that in the process of making technology smart, we’ve actually made people less technically capable. People are no longer tinkering or figuring things out; we no longer explore ‘under the bonnet’ to see how technology can make things better, more creative, more impactful.”

The Mind Lab was set-up to enhance and encourage the technological skills of Kiwi kids, but, as increasing numbers of teachers began sitting in on the classes, it became apparent that there was an older, eager group of passionate educators who were also wanting to understand more contemporary teaching practices. “We’re not reinventing education,” Frances says. “We’re just re-examining how people learn and discover.

Rather than using a teacher-directed ‘chalk and talk’ it is important for students to take ownership of their learning and understand how things work within a real-world context.”

Students from all backgrounds attend The Mind Lab and, interestingly, Frances notes the lower socio-economic communities are more willing to embrace new educational approaches.

“Professional communities that have done well under the traditional education model, such as doctors, bankers or lawyers, are less likely to encourage their children to develop new skills for tomorrow’s jobs,” says Frances. “They are less impacted by technological advancement, as other industries who have had to reinvent themselves in light of massive disruption.”

“Older generations were forced to become experts at problemsolving, as technology had to be cobbled together to make it work, but now everything comes pre-loaded, and all you need is a credit card to find an app for every possible problem.”

Frances has two decades worth of experience in education. In her former role as CEO of Media Design School, she worked across the world, where she came to the realisation that the plummeting number of curious and technologically innovative minds was creating a global problem: “Where were the young people who tinkered away to discover new ways of doing things? What happened to those who used to code games for fun, or build prototypes of new concepts? Something had gone wrong.”

Having witnessed massive technological advancement in the past ten years, Frances commented on how unfortunate it was that her teenage boys are learning the same subjects, from the same type of text book, using the same teaching techniques that she was taught with 30 years earlier: “By the time you get to high school, unfortunately techology becomes a subject in its own right, rather than a tool across all subjects.”

“Technology can create music, bring history to life, develop complex 3D models or programme the automation of tasks.

Technology should be invisible, it should be a tool to resolve

As for technology gender-equality? “Unfortunately there is an imbalance in attitude based upon dated perceptions. Our experience is that young girls are just as interested as boys in technology, science and innovation, but parents do not always understand the need to develop this capability for today’s world and steer their daughters to more traditional subjects. Mothers make most of the subject decisions, and they often presume that their daughters are unlikely to be interested in electronics, coding or robotics.”

Knowledge of robotics will be a significant part of ‘tomorrow’s jobs’. “This sector is already advancing at such a rate and demand

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for graduates will just keep growing,” Frances says. “Science fiction is fast becoming science fact. Artificial intelligence is making huge advancements and the point at which a computer can out-think a human is now not so far away.”

I asked Frances, might we not reach a point where robots might be capable of doing all of our jobs? “No, because robotics and automation will mostly focus on repetitive, mundane roles, or high-risk roles where humans should not be working. Having someone sitting in a factory assembling things all day, is not great use of human capability.”

“There will be a transition period as we all learn to upskill for new roles and industries, but long-term I believe that being human becomes all the more important.” Frances believes that jobs will increasingly be about creative thinking, ideation, social discourse and that roles requiring human interaction such as counselling, teaching and physiotherapy will become more highly valued.

As technology becomes more available to more people — such as Google’s plan to give free WiFi to the world — Frances says there will be an incredible benefit for children in developing countries: “It will be no longer just about wealthy kids getting the best education or individuals in developed countries holding all of the power. It will become all about global education equality.”

Closer to home, Frances also holds great hope for the future.

“Here at The Mind Lab we can see just how the next generation have got it worked out,” she says. “These young students are so much more collaborative and so willing to share their knowledge and ideas. This collaborative approach to education makes learning far more engaging and enables the teacher to take on more of a role of a facilitator. We call them self-educating kids.”

Frances and her team have made such progress that she is now invited to advise at a governmental level. “It has taken nearly 20 years of working at the pointy end of education to get to that position and it’s so helpful. There is now a real willingness to change. Our postgraduate programme for teachers only started just over a year ago and nearly 1,400 teachers have signed up. The postgraduate programme is now the biggest in our country’s history, and the course didn’t even exist 18 months ago. Teachers are desperate to make a difference and to make education as impactful for these students as possible.”

Visit www.themindlab.com for more info Words: Jamie Christian Desplaces

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At the end of August, John Key announced that a record three million people had visited New Zealand over the past year. Not only did a record number of people visit New Zealand, they stayed for longer and spent more than ever before. He went on to say that these figures helped boost the New Zealand economy — in the main cities AND in the regions — creating more jobs and income for New Zealanders. (Those three million visitors spent $8.7 billion, which is up 28 per cent on the previous 12 months.)

Quinovic Viaduct specialises in short-term serviced apartments and townhouses. Currently we are experiencing occupancy of 82% to 92% and over the winter months we have not dropped below 70% occupancy across our stock of apartments/townhouses.

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Christmas is sneaking up on us at an alarming rate. This year we’re really getting into the spirit and you will see the welcome return of an old favourite that has not been seen in the precinct for a very, very long time. From Saturday 21 November a giant Christmas tree will adorn Lumsden Green on the corner of Khyber Pass Road and Broadway. The tree will be up until the end of the year, so make sure you bring the little kids to have a look — and the big ones too! Santa’s Post Box will be at the bottom of the tree and every letter to Santa will receive a reply, plus one lucky child will win a $500 toy package. That same weekend will see the launch of Christmas in Nuffield Street and Westfield Newmarket. The following weekend on Saturday 28 November we have the annual Teed Street Party, plus festivities on Osborne Street. In fact we will have something happening every weekend up until the big day itself. Newmarket has Christmas covered.

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Bring the little kids — Santa’s Post Box will be at the bottom of the tree and every letter to Santa will receive a reply, plus one lucky child will win a $500 toy package.

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A record 3 Million Visitors to New Zealand in one Year, what does this mean for you?

We have had some exciting new arrivals in Newmarket in the past month. Iconic Bromhead Design, previously based in Parnell, have moved into 9 Railway Street — be sure to check out their new studio. Linen Store has opened up at 25 Broadway near the roundabout. Our hospitality revolution continues: The Bean Café has moved into 44 Broadway; ‘&Sushi’ is open at 12 Teed Street — plus they get bonus points for a stunning fit out and their recyclable packaging; and Cali has transformed the old Mac’s Brew Bar on Nuffield Street into an oasis of cool with a delicious menu and sophisticated décor — open early till late, 7 days.

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“If we forget that in every criminal there is a potential saint, we are dishonouring all of the great spiritual traditions,” writes prison reform activist and founder of the Prison Ashram Project, Bo Lozoff, for New Renaissance Magazine. “Saul of Tarsus persecuted and killed Christians before becoming Saint Paul, author of much of the New Testament…

Milarepa, one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist gurus, killed 37 people before becoming a saint… We must remember that even the worst of us can change.”

The Prison Ashram Project was the 1973 brainchild of Lozoff and renowned spiritual teacher Ram Dass. The idea was to encourage both prisoners and prison staff to recognise the inmates’ “depth as human beings.” Ashram, which comes from the Sanskrit meaning ‘House of God’, refers to a spiritual space, originally in reference to Hindu hermitages, but now often applied to any retreat where the likes of yoga and meditation are practised.

Prison cells, they argued, had the potential to become such personal paradises (incidentally, the rooms of monasteries are also known as cells). By the time Lozoff passed away in 2012, the programme had been embraced by over 500 US prisons.

Now under the umbrella of the Human Kindness Foundation, the Prison Ashram Project has a sister organisation in the United Kingdom called the Prison Phoenix Trust. Classes are offered in the majority of British prisons.

The Prison Phoenix Trust aims to encourage prisoners, “in the development of their spiritual welfare, through the practices of meditation and yoga, working with silence and breath.” Former head of residence of at Glen Parva Prison, Simon Cass, says that the introduction of yoga paid dividends, contributing to an overall reduction of fighting at the facility: “Some very challenging young men have been able to use techniques learnt in yoga to control some of their impulsive and violent behaviour.” An

Oxford University study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research concluded that yoga, “improves behavioural control and decreases distress in a prison population.”

In Uganda, the introduction of an elaborate prison football league has been hailed as one of the leading reasons for some startling reoffending reforms. Upper Prison in the capital Luzira was once one of the nation’s most unforgiving institutions but has since become one of Africa’s most progressive prisons, with a recidivism rate of less than 30%. To put that into context, Norway has one of the lowest rates on earth with 20%, while in the US, over three-quarters of released inmates are re-arrested within five years (the US also incarcerates over ten times more citizens per 100,000 than its Scandinavian counterpart).

The inmates of Upper Prison are an imaginative bunch, having formed a raft of classes for drama, dance and music played on homemade instruments. The most popular prison pastime, however, is soccer and the most loved league, the English Premier. Though there are prison teams named after the likes of Barcelona and Juventus, the majority of the ten clubs have taken names such as Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea and it is taken very seriously indeed. Each team must have a chairman, coach, secretary and treasurer, with a minimum of 16 registered players and no more than 25. A full-size pitch is accommodated within the main prison yard — Boma A — and though grass grows occasionally during the rainy season, for most of the year it is an earthy orange soil. Crowds are regularly in the hundreds, sometimes over a thousand and fans donate food and kits to their team as a means of enticing the best players.

New Zealand has some of the highest incarceration rates in the developed world, with 155 inmates per 100,000 citizens (nations

PRISON REFORMS “

We must remember that even the worst of us can change.

” such as Japan and those in northern Europe range from 37 to 73 per 100,000), and nearly half of the prison population are Māori.

Earlier this year saw the launch of the Te Tirohanga programme at Whanganui prison, the final stage of a nationwide initiative aiming to better rehabilitate and reduce rates of recidivism through Māori-focussed education, though the programme is open to inmates of any descent. Activities include learning waiata and practising the haka.

“Some of these guys, when they come here they actually have a very distorted view of what it is to be Māori,” director of Māori for the Department of Corrections, Neil Campbell, tells the Guardian, “and those distorted views often justify offending behaviour.” One such distortion, he adds, may be the mistreatment of women, but he says that the programme aims to deliberately turn that on its head: “We actually come from a matriarchal culture that isn’t about suppressing women. In fact, women lead all the events. Men do some of the show-pony stuff, but women are coordinating everything.”

While the Department of Corrections wants to reduce reoffending by 25% by 2017, the Te Teirohanga programme is aiming for 30%. The programme places real emphasis on the involvement of inmates’ whānau, with them playing a leading role in the rehabilitation process. “Being Māori, family is a huge component of our lives,” an inmate at Manawatu Prison tells Stuff. “It gives us an opportunity to reconnect with our families when we’ve made bad choices. This is our opportunity, this is our chance.”

Words: Jamie Christian Desplaces

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According to the Good Neighbour Survey, only 41% of Kiwis considered themselves to be a great neighbour compared with 92% percent of Americans interviewed for a similar US poll.

Don’t Get too Friendly with Your Tenants!

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While 90% of New Zealanders consider that it’s important to sustain civil neighbourly communication, 42% admit to knowing less neighbours than when they were growing up. A UK study earlier this year discovered one in six Brits didn’t know even their neighbours’ first names and, rather more worryingly, over a quarter wouldn’t trust them to look after their homes while on holiday anyway. The establishment of ‘pocket neighbourhoods’ is looking to reverse this global trend and bring back a sense of good old fashioned community spirit, the idea being to create friendly, sustainable communities within existing neighbourhoods.

Yes, after 16 years in the business I have not learnt this lesson. I try to help tenants who get behind with their rent by allowing them more time to get the money together – most let me down. Some turn nasty and when I eventually get them to out, leave the property in a mess with rent owing. I am a big softie when it comes to their pets – I often pay for desexing and other vet bills.

It is extremely difficult to evict tenants when they are obviously struggling to pay the rent and there are children involved. Also it takes time to get a tenant out of a property – the legal process is not quick. Rent goes on being unpaid getting, more and more in arrears while we wait for Tribunal Hearings, then the actual eviction notice, then the District Court balifs.

I am sure I have heard every excuse there could be uttered, yet I am certain there will be more: nothing will surprise me.

Architect Ross Chapin coined the pocket neighbourhood concept in 1996 in collaboration with developer Jim Soules, establishing a collection of cottages around a shared garden on the north west coast of Washington state. “They just seemed like jewel boxes,” Chapin tells the Huffington Post, “tucked away off of a busy street. And I said ‘this is like a pocket neighbourhood’.”

Tenants can turn on you very quickly and I have an example of this: it was a pregnant tenant whom I helped get into one of my managements. She was living in a backpackers and was desperate for accommodation. I helped her and allowed a friend to stay with her and also her kitten. I was sympathetic when the friend upset her and the police were called in.

Those original eight cottages, measuring just a little over 900-square-metres, generated an unexpected amount of excitement from a wide range of would-be buyers. It wasn’t long before Ross and his team at Ross Chapin Architects, along with Jim Soules, were establishing similar developments of eight to twelve dwellings throughout the Seattle area and beyond.

“Living in a rather larger, high maintenance home is not a dream for retirement,” continues Chapin. “And kids of baby boomers, those in their 20s and 30s, are looking for smaller houses in fullservice neighbourhoods… Think about a small group of people, chatting, conversing — it just happens spontaneously. Now think of a neighbourhood with 200 houses — they don’t come together, they’ve turned their backs on one another.”

I also spoke to WINZ on her behalf. Then rent was not being paid, and I had to take her to the tribunal for rent arrears and termination of the tenancy. Then she filed a tribunal order against me, stating that I had rented her a home that had high readings of meths. She had actually paid a professional company to come in and test the property (they found a small reading).

With just one or two people living in two out of three US homes, pocket neighbourhoods don’t just make environmental sense, but are economically sound too. According to the North Shore Times, Auckland City agency Panuku Development is keen to see them established here. “Pocket neighbourhood projects are seen as a great way to encourage collective guardianship over services and open spaces for the good of the greater community,” says director Allan Young. Roger Levie, chief executive of Homeowners & Buyers Association of New Zealand, adds, “that sort of creative thinking around land development and communities is exactly what Auckland needs.”

The concept is fast gaining traction globally. “There is a universal desire to live in a coherent community,” Chapin tells the Vancouver Sun. “I’m not talking about the next fad. I’m talking about going back to our roots as human beings.”

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Where there’s a will…. it could be challenged

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There’s actually very little that a will needs to make it valid. It has to be printed or written out, signed and dated, plus witnessed by two people who are not named in it. However, being valid does not necessarily mean that it is legally binding.

It’s an interesting fact that around five per cent of the wills that are administered in New Zealand each year are contested. The bulk of these involve wills that left unequal shares to children or involve second families — with the children of a former marriage claiming against a surviving step-parent. There was an unusual case of a South Auckland farmer who left $1 million to his farm dogs, thereby disinheriting his wife and two sons from a previous marriage. His widow and sons contested the will and under the Family Protection Act, the judge was able to overrule the terms of the farmer’s will and include the surviving family.

Writing a will is an important moment in time, when the writer needs to take stock without any undue influence. It requires principled thought; preferably with advice from an unbiased expert, so it has the best potential to stand up to legal scrutiny should it ever be contested. This is where the benefit of good advice comes in rather than writing it yourself or doing it online.

Make a mistake and there is the risk of the will being over-turned at a future date.

THREE LAWS TO BE MINDFUL OF WHEN WRITING A WILL ARE: •

THE FAMILY PROTECTION ACT enables family members, usually a spouse, child or grandchild but sometimes parents and step-children, to challenge a will if it failed to make adequate provision for their maintenance and support. The court then considers if there has been a breach of ‘moral duty’ by the will-maker and takes into account the needs of the claimant, the size of the estate and any other competing moral claims.

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THE PROPERTY (RELATIONSHIPS) ACT is about how property acquired during a relationship is divvied up. Has the surviving spouse or partner been unfairly treated in the will? If so, they might be able to apply for their half share under this act.

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THE TESTAMENTARY PROMISES ACT is about governing promises so they are kept. Did the will-maker break a promise to provide in their will as a reward for services or work? If so, a caregiver (who may have been promised a lump sum payment or gift in a will in lieu of wages) can get it enforced.

A will should be updated whenever there’s a significant change in your life, whether it’s buying a home, having kids, entering into a new relationship or ending an old one. If you marry or remarry, any will you had prior to marriage is automatically cancelled (unless you’ve made provision in your will for this happening).

However, if you and your significant other separate ,your will remains the same until you divorce.

Even if you’re in an established relationship your estate may not automatically go to your partner. In fact, if you have been together for less than three years and you die without a will, your partner may get nothing. With fewer New Zealanders getting married, more people entering into de facto relationships and more people getting divorced each year, there’s greater potential for complicated estate distribution outcomes, so it’s essential to get good advice when writing your will.

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Highwic will burst into flower once again this spring — this time combining a floral extravaganza with all the fun of the festive season.

The first ever Highwic Christmas Garden Festival takes place on the weekend of November 21-22 and builds on Highwic’s Sweet Pea Festivals of previous years.

“The Highwic Christmas Garden Festival will be bigger and even better, with a range of spectacular flowers, including chocolate cosmos and six varieties of dianthus in the Heaven Scent range developed by Dr Keith Hammett, along with a variety of seasonal spring plants,” says the manager of Highwic, Cheryl Laurie.

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In addition to a superb seasonal heritage garden experience and some amazing floral artistry, people can enjoy a range of Christmas-themed entertainment.”

“We’ll also have a show garden of sweet peas grown around our specially constructed teepees, and Christmas-themed flower beds in festive red and white. The overall experience will be stunning.”

Internationally renowned horticulturist Dr Keith Hammett will lead garden tours at 11am and 2pm on both days, and will also have a range of high quality sweet pea seed available for purchase at the festival.

Inside Highwic itself, the living Garden Festival theme will continue with an exhibition of avant garde exhibition pieces created by designers from Auckland Floral Art. “These special pieces are designed to last and will inspire viewers to have a go at creating something similar for their own Christmas décor,” says Cheryl.

In addition to a superb seasonal heritage garden experience and some amazing floral artistry, people can enjoy a range of Christmas-themed entertainment — including harpists, a duo singing carols, hand bellringers, as well as two pipers and drummers from the Auckland Grammar School Pipe Band.

And for people wanting to tackle a bit of early Christmas shopping, an amazing range of retro toys, games and other goodies will also be on sale at the Highwic Christmas Shop throughout the Highwic Christmas Garden Festival and right up to Christmas Eve.

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Don’t miss the Highwic Christmas Garden Festival, November 21-22. Admission — $10 per person including Heritage New Zealand members; children free. Highwic and the Christmas shop will be open seven days a week from October 12.

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COWBOYS ‘N’ COMMUNISM

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“Chuck Norris has a grizzly bear carpet in his bedroom. It’s not dead, it’s just afraid to move”. “When the bogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks the closet for Chuck Norris” and, “Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.” It’s safe to say that Chuck Norris jokes are on the whole far smarter than most of his movies. The all-American all-action actor and revered martial artist (among his many accomplishments, Norris was the first Westerner to be given the rank of 8th degree black belt grand master in Tae Kwon Do), fought his way with fists, fury and fire through a string of 1980s flicks such as Silent Rage, Lone Wolf McQuade and Missing in Action (parts one, two and three). Hardly movies to change the course of human history you might think. But think again.

In communist countries in Cold War times, Western cultural imports were either heavily edited or outright outlawed. One such nation was Nicolae Ceaușescu ruled Romania. During the 1980s, pre-Netflix and various other streaming services of varying degrees of legality, smuggled black market VHS tapes were the only way populations of many nations were able to watch Hollywood romps starring the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and, of course, Chuck Norris. Ilinca Calugareanu’s recent documentary, Chuck Norris vs. Communism, tells of how their heroic adventures inspired downtrodden citizens to rise up and lift the Iron Curtain of Ceasecu’s Romania.

“I was raised in Romania in the 1980s, under a Communist regime that, among countless repressions, reduced television to two hours a day of dull propaganda, traditional music, patriotic poems and censored poems,” writes Calugareanu in the New York Times. She was six when she watched her first forbidden Western flick.: “All the dialogue in these movies was dubbed in Romanian in a husky, high-pitched woman’s voice. Throughout my childhood, these films provided a glimpse into the forbidden West, resplendent with blue jeans, Coke and skyscrapers.”

Chuck and his muscular mates can’t take all of the glory however.

JR Ewing and your cowboy cohorts, take a bow. Television show Dallas was one of the few Western exports actively encouraged to be viewed in the Eastern Bloc at the time, with dictators such as Ceausecu believing the show’s glorification of capitalist excess would appal citizens and thus bolster their communist manifesto. Appal it most certainly did, but not in the way they had hoped. “I think we were directly or indirectly responsible for the fall,” the late Larry Hagman, who played JR Ewing, once told the Associated Press. “They would see the wealthy Ewings and say ‘Hey, we don’t have all this stuff’.”

“Dallas wasn’t simply a television show,” write Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch in their piece, How Dallas Won the Cold War, for the Washington Post. “It was an atmosphere-altering cultural force… viewers in the nearly 100 countries that gobbled up the show, including in the Warsaw Pact nations, came to believe that they, too, deserved cars as big as boats and a swimming pool the size of a small mansion.”

A far earlier cultural phenomenon can also lay claim to facilitating the fall of the Berlin Wall: rock ‘n’ roll. “The Beatles promoted a cultural revolution in the former Soviet Union that played a part in the demolition of communism in that part of the world,” former British Cold War Spy and documentarian Leslie Woodhead tells the Daily News. He confides that during the 90s a Russian Beatles fan told him it wasn’t to be nuclear missiles that ended the Cold War, rather Liverpool’s most famous musical sons. Other musical heroes such as David Bowie followed. Then came Bruce Springsteen. In 1988 around 300,000 souls rocked up to an East German field to watch ‘The Boss’ strut his stuff. “I’m not here for any government,” came his cry, in broken German, from the stage. “I’ve come to play rock ‘n’ roll for you in the hope that one day the barriers will be torn down.”

Soon, they were, for on 9 November, 1989 the dismantling of the Berlin Wall began. The following New Year’s Eve, a bouffanted television superstar by the name of David Hasselhoff (questionably) merged the worlds of screen and song with a performance of his (German) hit single Looking for Freedom as newly freed citizens partied across the former political partition.

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HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE YOUR LIFE IF YOU KNEW YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE TO 100?

Nov 2015

The Retirement Commissioner, Diane Maxwell is asking us that question. This certainly got me thinking!

In our financial space, we need to challenge our traditional beliefs around our retirement.

A BNZ report just released states that almost a third of people won’t have paid off their mortgages by the standard retirement age of 65. This we absolutely have to change.

How much will you need?

This differs from person to person depending on your lifestyle. To fund your retirement you need to have saved enough money or be able to earn enough equity to live the lifestyle you enjoy. You need to understand what you need to be happy now, balanced with what you need to be happy in the future.

Even if you have paid off your mortgage, most people do not have enough money to pay for the sort of retirement they want.

For those of us who think they can rely on an inheritance, you may be sorely disappointed. We’re living longer than ever. By 2050, one in four New Zealanders will be over 65, Maxwell says.

Family homes that in the past have been bequeathed after a retiree’s death are now being re-mortgaged to help fund up to 35 year-plus retirements.

“Education, ‘a bed until you are 30’ and ‘some wise words’ are what many can now expect instead of the family home or assets,” Maxwell says.

In 2013 it was recommended to the government that New Zealand should increase the pension age to 67 by 2017, with a 10year notice period before it came into effect. The core principle is to ensure that each resident enjoys the same proportion of their life receiving government superannuation.

I feel the emphasis should be on us helping ourselves. Kiwisaver is definitely helping, but in general we are not currently saving enough for retirement.

CONSIDER: • How much do you need each year to fund your lifestyle?

• What are your travel plans when you retire and how much will this cost?

• Factor in large one-off costs e.g. car replacements.

• Do you plan on downsizing your home? This is particularly important if you still have a mortgage at retirement age.

• Do you have a superannuation policy? If so, how much are you likely to receive when you retire?

• Some people still factor in an inheritance — this is increasingly unlikely for many people. It’s hard to rely on this when you have no control over it.

To fund an enjoyable retirement you need to have a cash surplus while you are still working, own a property and pay off your mortgage as soon as possible. In conjunction with this you need a savings or investment strategy to ensure you are going to end up with the money you need by the time you need it.

It is scary and confronting for many people when they realise they do not have enough money to pay for the sort of retirement they want.

“It is scary and confronting for many people when they realise they do not have enough money to pay for the sort of retirement they want.”

You need to be able to fund your retirement until the age you are likely to die based on general statistics and your family history. You need to understand what your annual deficit will be in retirement to understand how much your retirement will cost you and if any shortfall exists.

So what next? Act now! Financial success is not about how much money you make, but how much you keep. If this overwhelms you or you simply don’t have time to work out how much you will need in retirement, you should enlist the help of an expert.

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Landlords are commonly heard to criticise the process at tenancy tribunal as being weighted in favour of tenants. Response from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (who administer the tribunal) brings balance to this view by sharing that they hear the same argument from both sides.

Tenants believe that the tribunal favours landlords. In practice however, the tribunal will often come down on the side of tenants when a landlord has not fulfilled their obligations, even when the tenant is also in breach, as the landlord is considered to be running a business. A tenancy dispute is not viewed as a dispute between two individuals; it is a dispute between a business and a member of the public.

Problems can often arise when the landlord holds the rental as a hobby or makes the tenant a trusted friend. Sometimes owners of rentals still consider the property their own home – particularly if they have lived in it themselves.

Some people become landlords by accident. Others think it sounds easy, or have heard of other people doing it. But there is a lot more work in it and knowledge required than they think.

Ignoring your tenants won’t make a tenancy run smoothly – we all know this. Just as ignoring a sound in your car engine won’t make it go away. Managing a rental property is seldom, if ever a rent and forget situation. Damage to the property or arrears can quickly escalate from manageable issues into serious liabilities.

Inspect your property regularly and check payments to your bank account meticulously, immediately following up on unpaid rent. If you struggle to have direct confrontation with a tenant it is time to consider using the services of a professional manager.

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The best thing about being a host is the excitement of having someone come from the other side of the planet and into my world.”

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Airbnb is currently one of the most fashionable and successful names in an ever-growing collection of holiday lodging websites, whereby people can list their properties for shortterm rent. The site currently boasts over 1,500,000 listings in 34,000 cities across nearly 200 nations. Founded in 2008, as of March this year, the company was valued at a cool $20 billion.

Earlier this year it was announced that Paris had become Airbnb’s most popular home-sharing destination with over 50,000 listed apartments.

It’s affecting the city’s hotel trade to such an extent that the nation’s hotel union, UMIH, wrote an open letter to France’s Prime Minister in February requesting such home rental sites be forced to pay their share of VAT, register at the city hall and obtain consent from homeowners’ associations.

Legendary establishments such as Le Bristol and the Plaza Athénée claim that they’ve had to slash their prices to compete with the raft of luxury Parisian apartments on offer. Under French law, homeowners can sub-let their main residence for up to four months each year without being taxed the same rate as hotels. A five-bedroom apartment near the city’s glamorous Avenue Foch is listed on Airbnb at a rate of $30,000. That’s not for the four months, but per week.

The site has caused plenty of controversy in New York, with debate raging about the legality of renting out apartments and the establishment of illegal hotels. In New Zealand, the craze is catching on and with property laws varying between districts, potential part-time hoteliers are encouraged to seek advice before listing.

At the other end of the home-sharing spectrum, Couchsurfing has achieved cult status. Since the foundation of the movement over a decade ago, the home-sharing system has also become a social networking site with travellers paying the favours forward by giving fellow unknown travellers a couch or spare bed for a few nights for free. “The best thing about being a host is the excitement of having someone come from the other side of the planet and into my world,” says avid couch surfer James Murray, who hails from Scotland. “I’ve been known to throw the odd party, and, keeping my friends — and surfers — in the dark, it’s pretty hilarious when they’d ask ‘why are there three Lithuanian girls in your kitchen?’”

James says his favourite couch surfing destination so far is Göteborg, Sweden: “My host was an artist with dreadlocks down to his feet and was so welcoming and informative, and the city itself is beautiful, intriguing and mysterious.” The 30-year-old musician has met “an array of interesting characters” from far flung destinations such as Estonia, Germany and Colombia. “A guy from Brazil really stands out,” adds James. “He was a yoga master and also made his own musical instruments.” James tells me there’s far more to couchsurfing than just free digs, it’s about finding authentic experiences and long-lasting connections. “Having a local host means you get to make the most of your time in the city and get the best of the culture,” he says. “Sometimes, it’s just a pit stop for the traveller, but most of the time we develop a strong bond and you end up with a friend for life.”

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The Mercury Bay Art Escape

OPEN STUDIO TOUR 2016

Plan a trip to the Eastern Coromandel over the first two weekends of March and enjoy visiting the studios of the talented artists who are members of Mercury Bay Art Escape. The area between Tairua, Whenuakite, Cooks Beach, Hahei, Hot Water Beach, Whitianga and Kuaotunu is well known for its immense artistic talent and this opportunity to interact with the artists in their studios and purchase work from the artistic source should not be missed.

The Mercury Bay Art Escape Open Studio Tour 2016 will be launched at the opening of the Taste of the Tour Showcase exhibition at Hot Waves Café, Hot Water Beach, on Friday March 4 at 5:30pm. Guest speaker is Matt Gauldie, artist, sculptor and official New Zealand Defence Forces artist. All of the Art Escape’s 47 members will be represented in the exhibition, which runs until April 3. The opening is a sellout event and the place to meet and mingle with the artists and artistic community and have first opportunity to purchase artworks.

The self drive Open Studio Tour is a free event, but it is recommended that you purchase a copy of The Guide 2016, a 156 page full-colour reference manual that includes artists’ biographies, easy to read maps and images of a selection of their work. It also lists many cafes, galleries, breweries, wineries and accommodation in the area. The Guide is an all year round reference to the creative talent in Mercury Bay and, along with tickets for the exhibition opening, is available on www. mercurybayartescape.com or at the artist studios, i-sites and selected retailers on the Coromandel Peninsula.

This Art Tour has a long history for creative flair and for revealing up and coming artists that makes it a unique event, so mark the 5, 6 and 12, 13 March on your calendar now. The area also offers a wonderful variety of attractions that complement the artist’s work and we encourage you to book in for the weekend and enjoy the total package that is the Mercury Bay Art Escape.

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JOHN ECUYER New Zealand Wood Artist “Wood is fragrant,” says John Ecuyer. “You can smell it when you walk in the door. It’s a sensual, soft, smooth, beautiful material and I’m surprised more people don’t work with it.”

“In the late 80s I discovered lots of wood lying around the countryside — lots — it was just incredible. I was photographing pohutukawa trees at Wenderholm Park, north of Auckland, entering competitions and exhibiting regularly, and remember thinking what a waste it was, so I began to collect logs and to chainsaw fallen branches and dragged it all home. I ended up with a lot of pohutukawa, and the Auckland Regional Council was pleased to see it removed.”

Teaching himself wood-turning skills, Ecuyer became involved with a small, active group of wood artists in Whangarei, including Tom Capey, Graeme Priddle, Rupert Newbold and Alby Hall. “We were all headed along the same path and woodgathered and attended a lot of seminars together. We invited international wood artists, such as David Elsworth (USA) to visit, and he had a strong influence on us. This was all pre-internet, so contact with overseas makers was by snail-mail. We approached Auckland galleries and set up group shows, and we met for discussions and ran slide shows. We invited Rolly Munro up from the Coromandel and he became another big influence. He’d come through Otago University’s art school and took a sculptural approach to woodcraft; that was a revelation. Alby Hall came through art school too, so he brought yet another style.”

“As woodcraft moved into a decorative era, we began to look further afield, particularly to the United States. Americans impacted our work substantially; Wendell Castle, a furniture maker, and Knox Bennett for instance. The group worked cooperatively and we all learned together for a good couple of years, but slowly we drifted off and began to work independently.”

Turned wooden work was eminently collectible in the early 90s and New Zealand wood artists enjoyed a worldwide reputation.

Their work appeared in books and magazines, and collectors contacted craftsmen directly, often purchasing for museums.

American, Canadian, British and a few New Zealand collectors bought regularly and Ecuyer was fortunate to have a good patron in ex-prime minister, Helen Clark, who often bought his works through the shop at Museum of New Zealand — Te Papa Tongarewa, when she sourced gifts for overseas embassies.

Today Ecuyer has an international reputation as a wood artist. His works are held at the Detroit Institute of Art, the Miaoli National Wood Sculpture Museum in Taiwan, the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo, and many private collections. In New Zealand, works are held in the collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Whangarei Art Museum, Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt, and

at Auckland’s Vero Centre. His influence is also apparent in the Fijian Kauri-clad inverted dome inside Auckland Museum’s atrium.

Shields are a favourite form for Ecuyer, the concept coming out of research in Auckland Museum’s Pacific collection whilst he was there studying head-dress (Kali).

“I was lucky to be able to study them first-hand instead of through a glass case. I also got the chance to study breast-shields made from shell and sperm whale teeth. Environmental integrity began to inform my work. I loved the symbolism of a shield’s protection being ideologically connected to the environment.”

By incorporating patterns in his shields, Ecuyer delivers the human element; a statement that we are the only ones capable of creating these types of patterns, and, we are the only ones who can solve environmental problems.

“The environmental degradation we’ve allowed to occur interferes with the rights of creatures to evolve,” he says.

Working occasionally with different media, mostly used as decorative additions, provides texture and variety and captures a range of aesthetic tastes. He says, “wood has a certain aesthetic. So does metal, and if you do it right, the combination of the two materials creates a new aesthetic. It’s a challenge to combine materials well.”

“Over the years I’ve incorporated copper in many of my mixed-media works, and became keen on copper spinning, which is how copper pots are made. I’d studied Celtic shields and wanted to introduce a bit of metal, so began to spin copper onto the shields. Many Western shields are metal, but I’m enjoying connecting Europe and the Pacific with a hybrid.”

Having always produced one-off individual pieces, each one a challenge, Ecuyer’s artistic works frequently imply function, yet exude a preciousness, often expressed by tall stems. “That look came from contemplating Pacific vessels in the Auckland Museum. You could see they were important. I loved the suggestion of ceremonial ritual use.”

Choosing hard woods because they are more durable and easier to work with, he is slightly embarrassed that his preferred oak, walnut, kwila, sapelle mahogany, ebony, lignum vitae from old bowling balls, and purple heart, are all exotics.

“Most New Zealand trees are soft woods,” he says, “but I do like maire, kauri, and pohutukawa. Many decking timbers such as kwila are very hard woods and lend themselves well to the making of high value objects.”

Now based at Matakohe in Northland, much of Ecuyer’s spare time is spent with his family developing a small acreage they purchased a few years ago, and building a gallery. His creative urge comes out of nature, out of seeing growth.

“Creative craft keeps me real,” he says. “It’s hands-on, keeps me in touch with materials, and aware of where things come from. The recognition that nothing is easy; that a tree, from a seed, grows for a long time. All these aspects of handcrafting keep me grounded. It’s good for the planet.”

“I love art as it is expressed in today’s world,” he says. “Everyone is lumped in together now, including craft artists, and that opens up so many possibilities. The barriers created by specialists are gone and the degrees in art really don’t mean anything now, even though the institutions would say otherwise. The internet has opened everything up so that art is not run by institutions anymore. That’s exciting.”

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New Zealand Poet Laureate, Ian Wedde, Steve Braunias, Peter Lange and Nicky Pellegrino. There are also a number of children’s authors, including award winning Leonie Agnew, Waiheke’s own N.K. (Sam) Ashworth of The Falconer’s Daughter fame and Mike Johnson, who will be launching his new picture book The Taniwha.

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The Festival opens with a Gala Evening at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery during which noted filmmaker and writer Roger Horrocks will discuss his latest biography of the internationally acclaimed artist, sculptor and filmmaker, Len Lye.

WORDS, PLAYS, POETRY AND MORE ON A SMALL ISLAND

The three-day event will enable visitors to meet nationally and internationally acclaimed writers, including some who call Waiheke Island home. Audiences will be inspired by a feast of author sessions and conversations, book launches, writing workshops, children’s events, playwriting and poetry readings at both free and ticketed events.

Other highlights will include a first ever reading of Carl Nixon’s new play Matthew, Mark, Luke and Joanne delivered by Waiheke thespians; Greg O’Brien tracing an imaginative encounter from New Zealand to Raoul Island in The Whale Years; a Literary Lunch at Cable Bay with journalist and satirist Steve Braunias on his new book Scene of the Crime and sculptor Peter Lange on ‘the crunchie bits of my life’. And for those who love graphic novels (comics for big people) Dylan Horrocks, son of Roger, will discuss his latest works with Waiheke librarian Eledir Seren.

The annual Waiheke Literary Festival — Words on a Small Island, from 13 – 15 November will celebrate the best of New Zealand art and literature.

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WANDERLUST Do you find yourself looking for a spark, something to ignite change, a break from the routine and a breath of fresh air? Then check out Wanderlust, the world’s largest yoga and lifestyle festivals!

Wanderlust will kick off their global 2016 event season right here in New Zealand for the second annual Wanderlust Great Lake Taupo. The four-day festival, taking place from 4 – 7 of February, will gather together yoga enthusiasts, hike leaders, top musical acts, foodies and mindful adventurers for an unforgettable Waitangi weekend getaway.

Wanderlust’s mission, Find Your True North, is a call to navigate life with the best of intention and realise your most authentic self. They stay true to this mission by inviting participants to unplug from the ordinary and seek out adventure. Whether your experience starts on your mat, on a stand up paddleboard or on the dancefloor, Wanderlust will get into your mind, body and soul!

This year’s line-up features some of the biggest names in yoga, such as Shiva Rea, Maty Ezraty and Duncan Peak alongside local favourites Nikki Ralston, Vincent Bolletta and Jase Te Patu. Dance the night away to legendary Thievery Corporation playing live for the first time in New Zealand! Local musical acts include Tahuna Breaks, Aroha, Sweet Mix Kids and Tali.

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Suffragette is a thrilling drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. These women were not primarily from the genteel educated classes, they were working women who had seen peaceful protest achieve nothing. Radicalised and turning to violence as the only route to change, they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality their jobs, their homes, their children and their lives.

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Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey (Alison Brie) and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

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THE ART OF RECOVERY November 5

Set during the demolition of post-quake Christchurch, The Art of Recovery follows a dynamic group of artists and entrepreneurs bringing life back to the streets of the central city and fighting for a place in its future. This lively and beautifully filmed documentary, tells an uplifting story of resilience and community spirit that informs a greater conversation about how we live together, and how we build our cities. Directed by Peter Young (The Last Ocean).

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The Bélier Family premiered at the Alliance Française French Film Festival in New Zealand earlier this year, and became the best attended film in the event’s history. It is also France’s most successful film of 2015, with over 10 million admissions to date. In the Bélier family, everyone is deaf, except dutiful sixteen-year-old Paula. She acts as an indispensable interpreter for her parents and younger brother, but her close bond to her beloved family is challenged by the discovery of an extraordinary talent for music.

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PHYSICAL MEDIA — RECORDS, TAPES, CDS This is what many of us grew up with, and still have collections of. Vinyl records are making a comeback, for those who love the tactile nature of a record, and the activity of cleaning, and turning records over at the end of each side. CDs promised better sound quality, but we’ve also found that they scratch, and still require a lot of interaction to change from album to album. This is the format that makes artists the best return, so if you like a band, it’s most helpful to buy their CD.

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MUSIC FILES The next stage in the evolution, was shifting the digital music from CDs into files stored on a computer hard drive. This could be done as an exact copy, with no loss of quality, but to get a reasonable number of songs stored on early ipods, most files were reduced in size and quality to MP3 type files, which can tend to sound thin and harsh if reduced too far. These music files are what we transfer to portable devices like phones and ipods, or play with music streamers. If you buy music off itunes, you are buying these music files, which then get transferred to whichever device you purchased it on. Musicians tend to make reasonable money from selling digital albums, as the distribution costs are quite low.

STREAMING SERVICES The next stage in this change was the introduction of online streaming services. The first of these, like Pandora, were more like radio services, which didn’t let you choose what you were listening to, or browse the full library of songs. They were however, very good at reacting to your preferences, and playing you more music that you liked.

MUSIC SOURCES There are a huge range of ways to get your music these days, some of which can be baffling to figure out and get under control. Here’s a quick tour of the main methods, in the order that they evolved.

Full online streaming came of age with Spotify. Having this service bundled with mobile phone contracts has let a lot of people experience having access to a vast library of the world’s music, for a low monthly fee. Rather than buy specific albums, you have access to everything, and then sort it out by tagging the artists or albums that you‘d like to listen to. This opens up a new social aspect to online music listening like sharing your playlists, or following what your favourite artists or DJs are listening to.

Spotify is a lower quality music source though, similar to an MP3 file. Some artists have issues with making money from Spotify, as each play of a song makes them only about half a cent.

Finally, newer streaming services like Tidal are now offering full CD quality streaming, which compares very closely to the sound directly off a disc. This means that there is no longer a compromise between ease of use, and sound quality. Because Tidal is owned by a group of high profile recording artists, it pays much more to artists per song play than Spotify. and charges customers more as a result.

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by Labrum. But even better or an added bonus, if you like, are the photographs and illustrations from the archives and personal collections she has gathered, which not only give a sense of time and place, but show how New Zealand in that era was really the paradise of the Pacific. It was a time where anything was possible and hopes were high. This is a book for all ages and one that will be devoured for hours on end. Well done Te Papa Press!

We all know flowers bring lots of pleasure and make a house feel like a home, and Carole Bowden knows this better than most. She sets up her wonderful flower truck weekday mornings down Shore Road, Parnell. Bowden sells the freshest flowers in season and the selection changes every day. In this sumptuous book she shows what goes with what and how to do informal, casual displays that are breathtaking. Now that the secret of the best florist is out, you will be able to recreate her wonderful colour combinations. A good book to give and an even better one to keep.

Who would have thought we needed a book on etiquette in this day and age? Believe me, on reading this brand new book you will realise that manners really do matter. Kate Spade takes you through all the modern scenarios, from party giving to what to put in your guest’s room. Not at all fuddy-duddy but a gentle reminder that there are right ways and wrong ways to do things. So, if you break your host’s crystal or stand on the cat’s tail, this smart on the button book will help you sail through the trickiest of tricky situations.

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