CREATING SPACES
Words VICKI RAVLICH-HORAN Beautifully bespoke solutions, not just kitchens, is what Treetown Kitchens do, says designers Hayley Hohneck and Shannon Meredith. While people know them for kitchens—it’s in their name after all—Hayley and Shannon point out many of the same design principles apply when creating a beautiful and functional laundry, bathroom or wardrobe. And their […]
GOOD TASTES
Words LIZ FRENCH | Images BRYDIE THOMPSON Ensuring you leave happier and more satisfied than you arrived is the driving philosophy Dana and Steve Greer apply in their Rotorua eatery, Scope. A big smile from Neveda behind the counter when I arrived, buzzy atmosphere, table waiting for me, water ready, stuffed kumara from the cabinet […]
CUT THE CUP
Words VICKI RAVLICH-HORAN | Images BRYDIE THOMPSON Remember the good old supermarket plastic bag? Low cost and super convenient. Oh, but yeah, that’s right, they weren’t that good for the environment. New Zealanders used 1.6 billion single-use plastic bags a year. Most were used not only once but for an average of just 12 minutes […]
A VISUAL FEAST
Words LIZ FRENCH Nicola Bennett paints food. Literally and figuratively. If the subject matter includes aubergine, she mixes her water-based oil paints and tests the colour on an eggplant till she gets it right, doing this with every ingredient in the work. This suggests she might paint still life. Anything but! Nicola’s works are an […]
BEHIND THE MARKET
Words VICKI RAVLICH-HORAN | Images ALEX SPODYNEIKO Long before they appear at Tauranga Primary school ladened with beautiful goods, the stallholders of the Tauranga Farmers’ Market have already been working hard growing, maturing, making and baking. We thought we would take a look at what you don’t see at the market to truly understand the […]
SHARE THE WARMTH
Words ANGELA ROGERS “To provide practical opportunities for people to support one another so that lives and neighbourhoods are transformed” is Good Neighbour Trust’s mission, and sharing is a big part of this. Firewood is one element of the local Tauranga charity that has five departments: Food Rescue: Rescues food and redistributes to local charities […]
TE PARAPARA
Words DAVID WRIGLEY | Images VICKI RAVLICH-HORAN It’s Wednesday 28 April, one of those beautiful, early autumn mornings that the Waikato does so well: wispy, high clouds in a glorious deep blue sky, the year’s first threat of frost in the air. The full moon lingers above the western horizon. The Hamilton Gardens are almost […]
SHINING THE LIGHT ON FARM STREET LARDER
Words LIZ FRENCH | Images BRYDIE THOMPSON Let there be light. Let there be sunshine. Let there be an eatery that does the basics beautifully, that leans towards local. Farm Street Larder is all this and more! Farm Street Larder, outside the north entrance to Bayfair, must be one of the lightest, brightest cafes in […]
MOUTH-WATERING MOUNT
Images ILK. PHOTOGRAPHY If this past year has taught us anything it’s to appreciate what we have here. And that doesn’t just mean in New Zealand but in our own region. Tourism BOP Marketing Manager Loretta Crawford and her team have been working on a project to inspire locals to be the region’s tour guides; […]
MARKET MATTERS – Even More 15 years on
Words DENISE IRVINE | Images ALEX SPODYNEIKO On a miserable winter morning 15 years ago, my husband talked me out from the depths of a warm duvet to go to the recently opened Hamilton Farmers’ Market. I was very reluctant. It was a freezing, sleety-wet Waikato day, and I honestly didn’t feel like ducking between […]