We are individuals

We are individuals

For years now I have fol­lowed the likes of Inter­­net-based blog­gers Scott Schu­man of The Sar­tori­al­ist, Yvan Rod­ic of Face­hunter and Tommy Ton from Vogue.com. These street style pho­to­graph­ers have an eye […]

Community

Community

As we were record­ing his pod­cast the oth­er day, former beer writer of the year Phil Cook said some­thing that has stuck with me. He said that 2014 was the […]

The Larder

The Larder

In the day­time, The Larder’s plain decor and food cab­in­ets suit its descrip­tion as a diner or cof­fee shop, but after dark it has lofti­er ambi­tions. After all, few coffee […]

Say hello to halloumi

Say hello to halloumi

After fla­vour, I con­sider tex­ture to be the most import­ant ele­ment of any recipe. This salad com­bines three lay­ers of my favour­ite tex­ture — crisply crunchy, prefer­ably from being recently […]

The humble rice-paper roll

The humble rice-paper roll

Fresh spring roll, sum­mer roll or salad roll is a Viet­namese dish tra­di­tion­ally con­sist­ing of cooked shrimp, rice noodles, and plenty of fresh herbs and veget­ables for fla­vour and crunch. […]

Let’s Active

Let’s Active

The first pas­sen­ger we put in the rear seats of the new BMW 2 Series Act­ive Tour­er promptly fell asleep before we cleared Ngaur­anga Gorge. “This is good,” I thought. […]

Childspace celebrates 21 years

Childspace celebrates 21 years

In 1994, Child­space founders Toni and Robin Christie were work­ing in early child­hood edu­ca­tion in Christ­ch­urch, but they weren’t as happy as they thought they should be. “We were young, […]

Stranded

Stranded

  Strand yarn was developed in the 1990s by Ruth Mary and Neville Beach in con­sulta­tion with the New Zea­l­and Wool Research Insti­tute as an embroid­ery yarn. They had been […]

Hedge your bets

Hedge your bets

Every garden needs good bound­ar­ies. And while any basic fence can provide shel­ter and pri­vacy, a well-planted bound­ary hedge has added bene­fits of beauty, fra­grance, fruit or flowers, and habitat […]

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