SOUTH magazine Autumn 2022

The lifestyle magazine for southern New Zealand

South AUTUMN 2022

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Double time 40 years of the Dunedin Double.

Life & style Fashion, books, drinks, autumn breaks, and more.

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The lifestyle magazine for southern New Zealanders

South

Welcome

Editor Gavin Bertram gavin.bertram@alliedpress.co.nz

to the first issue of South.

Art Director Michael D’Evereux

It appeared that the New Zealand magazine industry was endangered in early 2020, with some perennial titles threatened.

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Published by Allied Press Ltd, 52 Stuart St, Dunedin 9016. © 2022. All rights reserved.

Printed and distributed by Allied Press. ISSN 2815-7605 (Print); ISSN 2815-7613 (Online).

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ut the medium has undergone a miraculous recovery in this country since, with many of those titles saved and new publications burgeoning.

city during an exciting period of change.

Given the times, it’s no wonder. A magazine is a pretty good means of escape when you’re in enforced hibernation.

With South, we similarly aspire to portray the disparate, colourful lifestyles and interests of those in this part of New Zealand.

The late journalist Warwick Roger wrote that as a child, consuming magazines had become an “insatiable habit”. I confess to a similar addiction.

Roger forged Auckland’s Metro into something that reflected and challenged the

His model for how a magazine can vividly represent a place is still widely admired in New Zealand journalism.

As Roger noted in his tribute to those publications that had opened up his world as a child, magazines are for dreamers.

And the future belongs to them.

Cover: Jane Campion at the 13th Film Festival Lumiere. (Photo: Phillippe Desmazes/Getty Images

Contents SOUTH MAGAZINE #001 AUTUMN 2022

FOREWORD

5 EDITORIAL

FEATURES

24

7 BIG PICTURE

ON THE DOUBLE: Celebrating 40 years of Flying Nun’s Dunedin Double EP.

10 WHAT’S ON:

28

Five things to do this autumn.

12

BOOK: Fiona Kidman’s ‘So Far, For Now’.

17

DRIVE: Taking the scenic route.

19 FASHION:

Local produce; New on the racks.

22 SHOPPING:

Autumn libations; Home styles.

24 DRINKS:

Time for a quiet drink.

25

BIG ASK: Sherwood executive chef Chris Scott.

THE PERFECT LOCATION: Behind the scenes of the southern film industry.

32 HARD HITTER: Suzie Bates on her long career and fourth Cricket World Cup. ENDNOTES

36 LOVE THIS PLACE:Waitaki Lakes.

I WAS THERE: 1992 Cricket World Cup .

37 HOW YA GOING? NZ High Commissioner to India David Pine.

38 LOOSE ENDS.

7 / FOREWORD: Big Picture

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“

...a land untouched, unchanged, its only alteration a footpath so narrow your elbows are forever brushing against ferns and old boughs…

Paul Theroux, The Happy Isles of Oceania.

Photo: Graham Dainty/Great South

”

8 / Colour inspiration with Resene

Don’t look now, but the colours you’re surrounded by are having an effect on your brain.

Colours for bedroom bliss

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right hues tend to stimulate and energise us, while softer ones work to calm and reassure, making them ideal for sleep spaces.

With all that life throws at us, everyone could do with dialling up the serenity and down the drama in their bedroom, and paint is a way to easily and affordably create the relaxing room of your dreams. Consider any of the following shades to help you rest, recharge and reduce stress.

Beige Rarely as boring as its reputation suggests, beige is a fantastic neutral that works well on its own or as a base for highlighting other colours. “Black and beige is just as classic as black and white, but a bit more homely and welcoming,” says Annick. Stony grey-brown Resene Westar and tranquil beige Resene Serene have a certain warmth to them that’s reminiscent of the romantic ambience created by candlelight.

Blue Many of us seek out blue when we’re strung out, via time spent gazing at the sky and sea, say, or in the cool tranquillity of a pool. In bedrooms that get lots of natural light and sun, cool, soft grey-blues, such as Resene Dusted Blue, Resene Casper, and Resene Longitude, are a sophisticated option. Deeper grey-blues like Resene San Juan and Resene Cello have a cocooning effect, which can help you drift off to sleep more easily.

If you’re using blues on your walls, interior designer Annick Larkin recommends opting for off-whites like Resene Rice Cake or Resene Half Spanish White for your ceiling and trims – they’ll create a softer ambience than sharp, crisp whites.

Purple

Using lilac as an accent colour, such as in this stout vase in Resene Mamba, is a clever way to benefit from its calming properties without overwhelming the room. In this room, it’s beautiful against the wall in Resene Gunsmoke and floor in Resene Avalanche, with other purple highlights including the dresser in Resene Chapta And Verse, the small wall-hung platter and small vase in Resene Couture, and the large platter in Resene Sumptuous. Floral cushion from Contempa, bedlinen from Indie Home Collective, lamp from Freedom. (Project by Claudia Kozub, image by Melanie Jenkins)

Pale lilac lavender and violet typically have a blue base, so it makes sense that these colours also have a restful effect. “Using a lilac tone on your walls, such as Resene I Do or Resene Alluring, will evoke feelings of balance and inner peace, while creating a look that’s refined, elegant and romantic,” says Annick. Deeper, duskier Resene Gun Powder and Resene Chapta And Verse will have a similar blanketing effect to the dark blues mentioned above, helping you feel safe and secure.

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Grey

Green

Far from being all stormy skies and moody moods, the right shade of grey on your walls can be the best thing for a bedroom. “Soft, barely there greys like Resene Black White and Resene Wan White from the Karen Walker Paints collection feel clean and are perfect neutrals that go with just about every other colour,” says Annick. Mid-tone greys with red undertones, such as Resene Pale Slate, will add visual warmth to cool rooms, while blue-toned greys such as Resene Neutral Bay and Resene Freestyling can have the opposite effect. For an insulating appeal, go dark with charcoal Resene Shark.

Green is typically associated with nature and a fixture of many places we frequent when we want to decompress – parks, gardens, the bush. “Pretty much any shade of green will leave you feeling calm,” says Annick, who believes muddier Resene greens like complex blue-grey-green Resene Harp and Nordic blue-green Resene Juniper will leave you feeling more chilled out than their cleaner, brighter counterparts. For a more opulent luxury-escape effect, try old college green Resene Palm Green or deep green Resene Midnight Moss on the walls, teamed with tonal, textured fabrics such as velvet.

Up the luxe with rich greens teamed with tactile materials. This wall painted in Resene Stone Age and ledge in Resene Wilderness combine with the floor in Resene Green White and side tables in Resene Alabaster given a marble treatment with Resene FX Paint Effects medium coloured with Resene Rolling Stone. Other colours in this palette feature in the vase in Resene Toffee, lidded dish in Resene Hampton, small plant pot in Resene Teak, and large plant pot in Resene Celeste. Bedding and cushions from Città. (Project

by Laura Lynn Johnston, image by Wendy Fenwick)

This gorgeous beige room has a feminine vibe, but it could easily be given a more masculine spin with some easy switch-outs, while keeping the main wall, floor and headboard colour the same. Rather than Resene Half Gin Fizz, the accent wall on the right could be painted in a brandy ochre like Resene Stinger. The main wall is in Resene Eighth Stonehenge; the shelf and skirting board are in Resene Ebony Clay; the pendant light, mirror, and tote bag are in Resene Corvette; the headboard is in Resene Double Stonehenge; and the floor is in Resene Colorwood Mid Greywash. Ink Moon artwork by George Sand Studio is from Endemic World, duvet cover, pillowcases, quilted bedspread, rug and tote bag (painted) from H&M, cushions, throw from Collect Living. (Project

by Kate Alexander, image by Bryce Carleton)

White

Yellow

White brings with it connotations of purity and cleanliness, however if you go too white, it can leave a room feeling clinical and cold. For bedrooms, Annick suggests choosing creamier versions such as sweet and gentle Resene Half Bianca, and aged linen Resene Half Albescent White.

Paint your ceiling, skirting boards, window frames and door the same colour to swaddle the room and ensure you really unwind.

Bright yellows are probably more suited to making a statement than sending you to sleep, yet in paler form, they’re just as inviting and inspire the same optimism. Buttery yellows such as Resene Buttermilk are warming, while muddier Resene Golden Sand, creamy ochre Resene Manuka Honey, and desert ochre Resene Apache are on-trend routes to feeling like you’re swathed in sunshine – and it doesn’t get much more relaxing than that.

For more ideas for your bedroom, see the collection of decorated bedrooms online at www.habitatbyresene.co.nz/bedroom and visit your local Resene ColorShop for all the expert advice and products you need.

5 of the Best

10 / FOREWORD: What’s On ANTHONIE TONNON Thursday, March 31 New New New Corp, Dunedin.

A product of Dunedin, Anthonie Tonnon has resided in the North Island for some time now. He returns to the south next Thursday on the Leave Love Out Of This tour, with full band in tow. The album was released last July, reaching the top 10 in the NZ album charts.

See anthonietonnon.com for updates.

Neil Frazer Milford Galleries Queenstown April 29-May 31 After growing up in New Zealand, painter Neil Frazer shifted to Sydney in 1999. Since then he’s maintained successful careers on both sides of the ditch, regularly selling out shows. Frazer’s landscapes are created through an impasto technique that sees the artist applying paint with rags, brushes, and his own hands. Pictured is his studio, with works from the forthcoming Queenstown show.

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Dunedin Fringe Festival

Otago Volts vs Wellington Firebirds

7 Days Live

Various venues

March 20-23

Civic Theatre, Invercargill

Until Sunday March 27

University of Otago Oval, Dunedin

7.30pm, Friday, June 10

As ever, the Dunedin Fringe Festival sees the city brimming over with artistic expression this week. Whatever your flavour, there’s something to entertain and inspire - comedy, music, drama, art, literature, and much more. Last year’s Outstanding Performer JoJo Bellini returns with new show A Nifty History of Evil on March 24/25/26.

Tomorrow sees the beginning of the last home Volts game of the summer, in a first class clash against Wellington. Neither team have performed amazingly in the Plunket Shield this, but this could be the last opportunity to see the Volts’ Neil Broom and Anaru Kitchen before they retire.

The 7 Days Live tour is your annual chance to see your New Zealand comedy heroes up close. With 13 shows around the country, Jeremy Corbett, Dai Henwood, Paul Ego and the team are bringing a much-needed dose of comedy to the country. Part quick-fire stand-up, and part unedited 7 Days, these shows in Invercargill and Dunedin on June 10 and 11 are a must see.

12 / FOREWORD: Books

IN THE

midst of life From grief and change, author Dame Fiona Kidman has found new challenges and stories to tell in So Far, For Now.

By Gavin Bertram

T

he story is never really over, Dame Fiona Kidman writes in the third installment of her memoir.

“Things keep on happening,” the Wellington author notes in the preface to So Far, For Now. The book covers a period of immense change in her life, with the loss of husband Ian, journeys into the past, and a constant engagement with the present.

There is pain and grief, coming to terms with change, and being grateful. Re-exploring earlier works, researching family, and making new connections. And visits to Pike River, and Dunedin, where Kidman was the inaugural Irish Writing Fellow in 2021.

So Far, For Now gradually emerged as she wrote various essays, before realising they fitted together with some coherence. After the previous volume of memoir, 2009’s Beside the Dark Pool, Kidman had believed that not much of further interest would happen in her life.

“However I always find life interesting, and so things have kept on happening, and I’ve kept on writing books.”

“However I always find life interesting, and so things have kept on happening, and I’ve kept on writing books,” she says. “I realised I was recording some sort of account of the last 12 or so years of my life. Once that occurred to me I started to put something together that had more shape.”

As Kidman relates, central to that time in her life was the death of Ian, her husband of 57 years, in 2017. Naturally that event wrought

huge change. While painful to relate, she has movingly written about that event, and about facing the new reality of widowhood.

Although saying that she didn’t “tell all of it”, Kidman reflects that she was reaching out to the similar experiences of many other people.

It was a cathartic exercise that she is glad to have written.

Having launched a freelance journalism career in the early 1960s, Kidman has risen to be one of New Zealand’s preeminent writers over the subsequent six decades. As well as work in journalism and radio theatre, she has published over 30 books, including novels, poetry, and non-fiction.

“I decided when I was 22 that I was going to be a writer; that was going to be my passion and also my vocation,” Kidman says. “Having made that decision, there’s not ever any looking back really. I did other jobs at various points in my life because I needed more money than being a

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writer in New Zealand brings in.”

While writing can be punishing, the author also derives a lot from sitting down to the “joyful process of writing”. And she is grateful for the many other rewards that writing has brought.

The opportunity to travel internationally, to book festivals, readings, and fellowships. And also the chance to meet many people.

Although it was curtailed by the lockdown, Kidman loved her time in Dunedin last year. As the inaugural Irish Writers Fellowship recipient at the Centre for Scottish and Irish Studies, she had a strong feeling of connectedness.

To be invited to the Fellowship, a writer either has to have done previous work in the Irish field, or be of Irish descent. Kidman ticked both boxes. Her 2018 book This Mortal Boy was about Belfast native Albert Black — the secondto-last man hanged in New Zealand. And her father was Irish.

We sought equality but not necessarily predominance,” she says. “But there are probably more successful women writers around now than there are men. The climate is so different from when I was a young woman trying to make my way, and Dunedin I think reflects that really well.”

In a state of “slightly suspended animation” as she awaits the publication of So Far, For Now, Kidman is already contemplating her next project — an idea for a novel has emerged.

Now in her early 80s, the writer continues to be as engaged with life as it unfolds around her.

“You do things, and you realise that you’re right in the midst of it,” Kidman reflects. “And I think I’ve had a fairly fortunate life really; I’ve achieved lots of things that I hoped to do when I was very young. So the idea of true surrender never really sits there for long.”

“As time has passed by, I have a much deeper appreciation of that Irish part of me,” Kidman says.

“But the other part is strongly Scot. We have a habit of not really listening to our parents as closely as we would have liked. But that sense of being Irish in a part of me has grown over the years.”

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The lively and supportive scene there had Kidman reflecting on the vast changes she’s witnessed in the literary world since she was first introduced to it. Young women writers were then frowned upon by the older, mainly male establishment.

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A scenic meander to the Gibbston wineries.

Breathe out and relax in Queenstown this autumn A long autumn weekend in Queenstown will engage all the senses… and see you return home rejuvenated.

Retail therapy in central Queenstown.

Lake Hayes is a favourite for photographers.

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Autumn colours make Arrowtown a majestic destination.

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n autumn, the town and surroundings are transformed into a place that will rejuvenate all the senses, with a broad palette of colours, tastes, and experiences.

With its stunning natural setting, world class food and wine, selection of boutique wellness and active relaxation experiences, make Queenstown your long weekend getaway destination. Here are some suggestions for your autumn itinerary in Queenstown.

Friday Arrive in the Whakatipu Basin, and head directly to The Cottages at Lake Hayes. Opened in 2020, these cottages on the lakefront offer amazing views and luxury interiors.

After check-in, take a quick trip to neighbouring Arrowtown and soak up its adjective-defying smorgasbord of autumn colours. Historic Buckingham Street offers many eating options as well as a chance to view stunning gold mining era architecture. Stretch your legs with a brisk walk up Tobins Track for jaw dropping vistas – well worth the half hour each way trip to the top.

If you are keen to relax after your walk, head to The Spa at Millbrook Resort. This awardwinning day spa has a superb menu of facials, massages, body treatments, spa packages, and more, you’ll be uplifted and replenished.

For dinner, La Rumbla is an intimate tapas restaurant in the heart of Arrowtown. Sample a variety of Latin American influenced tapas complemented with a cocktail from their extensive drinks menu or ask the bartenders to craft one just for you.

To finish off the evening, it’s off to the Blue Door for a drink. This whisky bar is a local institution, and Friday night is live music night.

Kinloch Wilderness Retreat offers four distinct accommodation options.

Saturday After breakfast, take a walk around Lake Hayes.

A favourite for photographers, the lake often is so still that the mountains and surrounds are mirrored on the surface. Follow that with a short detour to Akarua Wines and Kitchen by Artisan for a coffee or wine tasting.

Then it’s time to head to Gibbston for lunch to discover more of the best Central Otago wines. If you’re energetic, bikes can be hired in Arrowtown for a scenic meander along the Arrow River Trail to the wineries.

Mt Rosa Wines is one of the many vineyards in the area, with 22 hectares of vines and its cellar door nestled amongst the picturesque vines.

Sample some wine, enjoy a delicious platter, and take a vintage or two home to enjoy when you return home.

Wind up the afternoon with some retail therapy in central Queenstown then drive along the shores of spectacular Lake Whakatipu to Glenorchy. At the top of the lake, this area is home to the Kinloch Wilderness Retreat, with four distinct accommodation offerings and a restaurant with local, fresh, and delicious fare.

Sunday Begin your day on water with Kayak Kinloch.

They offer one- or two-hour trips, all equipment is supplied, and it is an epic way to experience and take in the local scenery and tranquility.

Following this, make the journey back to Queenstown for some lunch before checking in at Nugget Point Hotel.

The boutique hotel sits high above the Shotover River at Arthurs Point, and as well as the views, there is The Spa At Nugget Point. A modern

version of Roman baths, it offers a salt-water plunge pool, marbled bath, steam room, sauna, hot tub, a range of body treatments, and more.

Later, after a walk around Queenstown Gardens, head to dinner at Sherwood - an award-winning restaurant that as well as growing and foraging, gathers its produce from all over Central Otago. Sherwood was recently recognised in the Cuisine Good Food Awards, who noted that the restaurant is “a salve for the soul”.

And after a nightcap at the Eichardt’s Bar at the historic Eichardt’s Private Hotel on the lakefront, it’s time for bed.

Monday Ease into the day with some breakfast at Nugget Point Hotel, before checking out.

Fill the morning with the 500 metre walk up Queenstown Hill. Or hire an E-bike from Better

by Bike at the Hilton Hotel in Kelvin Heights, and cycle around the peninsula and out to Jack’s Point.

Lunch is at Rātā, a light-filled eatery in the centre of Queenstown serving exceptional cuisine that is the essence of New Zealand (from April).

And so with appetite vanquished, and mind, body, and soul rejuvenated by Queenstown, it’s time to head home happy and relaxed.

(For a more immersive wellness experience in the Queenstown area, Aro Ha offer truly world class retreats of six or eight days) • To plan your autumn Queenstown getaway, check out queenstownNZ.co.nz

Purakaunui Bay in the beautiful Catlins. (Photo: Chris McLennan/Great South)

17 / FOREWORD: Drive

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(Chris McLennan/Destination Queenstown)

Lake Hauroko in Western Southland is New Zealand’s deepest. (Photo: Videocopter/Great South)

Road Trip: Southern Scenic Route Among the greatest road journeys in the world, The Southern Scenic Route offers a leisurely jaunt around our backyard.

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ny time you mention Fiordland and Queenstown in the same sentence, something special is in store.

On the Southern Scenic Route you can add other great attractions to the list - the Catlins, Te Anau, Dunedin, Western Southland, and more. With over 600km of road, there’s a wealth of sights and experiences to discover along the way.

Conceived and developed in the mid-1980s, the journey originally only spanned from Balclutha to Te Anau. Later, Dunedin and Queenstown were added, making it a truly world class itinerary.

Now a U-shaped route, a traveller can begin from either Queenstown or Dunedin. After

spending a few days enjoying all that the resort town has to offer, the drive starts by heading south down SH6, alongside stunning Lake Wakatipu.

Leaving Otago and entering Southland, Fiordland beckons.

There’s no shortage of activities on offer in Te Anau - it’s the perfect base for Fiordland National Park adventures, including tramping, boating, or the mind-blowing drive to Milford Sound.

Heading further south through Manapouri, and Western Southland awaits. This area also offers great walking and water adventures, including the Hump Ridge Track, and New Zealand’s deepest lake, Lake Hauroko.

Travelling on, and Invercargill

is ideal for an overnight stay.

There’s plenty to see around the city, with museums and parks, and a detour to Bluff.

Next on the itinerary is the rugged beauty of The Catlins. It’s one of the best kept secrets in the country, with the coastal route offering native forest, beautiful beaches, cliffs, waterfalls, lakes, and Nugget Point.

The final leg to Dunedin leaves SH1 at Lake Waihola, visiting the pleasant seaside settlements of Taieri Mouth and Brighton, before terminating in the suburb of Caversham.

And then it’s time to turn around and drive the Southern Scenic Route in reverse… well, only if you feel like it.

19 / FOREWORD: Fashion

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Now on the racks…

Time for a wardrobe refresh? Check out what’s new in the stores for the autumn days ahead.

1. Curate Nobody Does It Sweater dress, available from Hype in Dunedin.

2. Princess Highway’s Crafty Kiwi print, available from Dangerfield in the Meridian Mall, Dunedin.

3. Imogen quilted longline jacket, available from Decjuba in the Meridian Mall, Dunedin.

4. Coop Triple Effect skirt, available from Hype in Dunedin.

2.

Princess Highway’s Crafty Kiwi print, available from Dangerfield in the Meridian Mall, Dunedin.

Bullboxer Smokey boot, available from Merchant 1948 in the Meridian Mall, Dunedin.

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4.

Comme des Garçons socks, available from Plume in Dunedin.

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Comme des Garçons Play tees, available from Plume in Dunedin.

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Display your support for local fashion

Local produce

this autumn.

These items are

Ivy & Jack Breeze chocolate maxi dress, available from Flo & Frankie in the Meridian Mall, Dunedin.

New Zealand designed - and in many cases manufactured here too.

NOM*d Chunk Cardi, made in NZ from 100% Merino wool, available from Plume in Dunedin.

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1.Ricochet Milo tee, available from Hype in Dunedin.

2. Anne Mardell

Jemma blouse, available from Hype in Dunedin.

3. Ricochet

Leander coat, available from Hype in Dunedin.

4. Anne Mardell 1.

2.

3.

Isabella Anselmi Epsom combat boot in olive leather, available from Merchant 1948 in the Meridian Mall, Dunedin.

Isabella Anselmi Alant biker boot in black leather, available from Merchant 1948 in the Meridian Mall, Dunedin.

Kia combat boot in black leather, available from Mi Piaci in the Meridian Mall, Dunedin.

4.

Odessa coat, available from Hype in Dunedin.

22 / FOREWORD: Shopping

FLAVOURS OF Autumn As the summer days fade, it's time to pour something with body and warmth into your glass. Here are some of the best drinks for the autumn months, all exclusively imported by Meenans Liquorland in Dunedin.

La Fiole Chateauneuf Du Pape Rouge ‘Dusty’ The signature twisted bottle represents the gnarled vine of the Chateauneuf-du-Pape region.

Primarily grenache and syrah, this fullbodied wine has lifted aromas and flavours of caramel and licorice, honey and watermelon. Serve with braised meats, mushroom risotto or roasted game bird. The perfect indulgent yet affordable autumn red!

Award-winning Penderyn Welsh Whisky Gold Range At the dawn of the new millennium, a group of friends from Wales became the first Welsh distillers in more than a century. Their motivation was to create a whisky as pure and precious as Welsh gold. Welsh Gold is extremely rare, pure and precious and was worn by legendary Welsh princes. The Penderyn Whisky Gold Range reflects those qualities, through the Madeira, Peated, Portwood, Sherrywood, and Rich Oak bottlings.

MOKO Rum Range (finished exclusively in Peyrat Cognac barrels) In 1869, brothers Ernest and Maurice Lasserre decided to create their own brand of rum. The rums are aged for several years in Panama to achieve maturity, then imported at their full, natural alcohol level to preserve aromatic richness. Then in the cellars of Maison Peyrat they are held for several months in oak casks previously used for aging Cognac to impart an incomparable elegance and greater roundness in the mouth.

Dona Antonia Reserva Tawny A carefully crafted and oak cask matured blend, composed with wines from different ages and origins to achieve a consistency of style and quality typical of Porto Ferreira Dona Antónia Reserve. It is a full-bodied and rich-flavoured wine, extremely well balanced, that combines elegance with a delicate yet persistent finish.

Beehive Brandy Beehive was born in 1852 from the dream of two entrepreneurs, who set sail for Australia from Bordeaux, in France, with brandy on board. With their pioneering spirit, Edouard Adet and Gustave Curcier set Beehive on course for global renown. Beehive XO is a blend of the finest old brandies with a touch of Armagnac XO, long aged in oak barrels, while Beehive Honey is a combination of Beehive sweetened with the taste of honey.

STYLES

HOME

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As daylight saving draws to an end and it starts to cool down, it’s time to get cosy at home. Here are some items that would definitely add some style to your place.

The Humble One table lamp can be charged wirelessly. Available from KG Design in Te Anau.

Tex Tone Console bookshelf speakers are designed and made locally. Available from Relics HiFi in Dunedin.

For beautiful furniture crafted and manufactured in the south, look no further than Ivan Bulling in Invercargill and Dunedin.

The Fitzroy Barstool is full of curves and 1980s attitude. Available from KG Design in Te Anau.

The Technics SL1210-GR turntable combines analogue and digital technology. Available from Relics HiFi in Dunedin.

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Pequeño in Dunedin is a warm and welcoming lounge bar. (Photo: DunedinNZ)

24 / FOREWORD: Drinks

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ou don’t always feel like being elbowed in the back or surrounded by shriekers. Whether a lounge bar, speakeasy, snug, or cocktail bar, sometimes you need a place where the atmosphere is subdued and you can actually have a conversation.

Here’s a guide to some of the best in the south:

A QUIETER PLACE Sometimes you just want to find somewhere to have a quiet drink.

Louie’s Restaurant and Bar

The Bunker (14 Cow Lane, Queenstown)

(142 Dee St, Invercargill)

The cocktail bar at The Bunker is a cosy and intimate space, with a predictably great range of drinks to be enjoyed in front of the open fire. The cocktail menu features the classics and some seasonal favourites, and of course there’s a fine selection of beer, wine, and single malt whisky.

Open late Tuesday to Saturday, Louie’s has been an Invercargill institution for 25 years now. As well as offering a brilliant dining experience, it’s one of the best places in the city for a drink or three, with a fine wine list, classic cocktails (including Long South Island Ice Tea), and craft beers.

Brydone Hotel (Oamaru) In the historic Brydone Hotel, the Totara Bar is a pleasant and relaxed place to spend a few hours in good company under the stained-glass ceiling.

Refurbished just a couple of years ago, customers can enjoy the good local fare as well as the excellent range of drinks on offer.

Lemon Pie (wherever you are) Or you can bring the drinks to wherever you are, with the cute Lemon Pie event caravan. Perfect for functions of various sizes, the restored 1969 Freeway caravan can be brought to you to serve cocktails, wine, beer, spirits, and more.

Blue Door Bar (18 Buckingham St, Arrowtown) Once a cold storage area, the Blue Door has been transformed into something warm and welcoming.

Loved by locals and visitors alike, this speakeasy is hidden down an alleyway. With the open fire, stone walls, and wooden beams, it’s the ideal place for a relaxed evening in Arrowtown.

Pequeño (50 Princes St, Dunedin) A small wine and cocktail lounge tucked away down an alley, Pequeño has been a favourite central Dunedin destination for 20 years. Excellent cocktails, a great wine list, tapas, and yes, an open fire, contribute to one of the best atmospheres in the city.

Cork Bar (14 Helwick St, Wanaka) Designed to feel and sound warm, Wanaka’s Cork Bar is one of the most welcoming in the town. Friendly staff, Central Otago wine, a superb craft beer selection, signature ‘corktails’, and locally sourced snacks make Cork Bar the place for a memorable night out in Wanaka.

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Sherwood owner and head chef Chris Scott.

Big Ask:

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Chris Scott from Sherwood Last month, Queenstown’s Sherwood scored a richly deserved two hats in the Cuisine Good Food Awards. Executive chef Chris Scott, who owns the restaurant with wife Hayley, faces up to a grilling in the inaugural Big Ask. What inspires you?

My family, and also the team I work with. In a creative sense the produce that each season brings inspires me, as well as a new technique or new business opportunity.

This industry changes and progresses all the time and that keeps me on my toes and inspires me to be better.

And what annoys you?

Mediocrity, people that don’t take every opportunity and give it 110% every time.

Can you recommend a book, a film, and an album (or song)?

Book - The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F**k - Mark Manson.

Film - I’m more a Netflix series guy - Animal Kingdom.

Song - Hurricane by Bob Dylan for a classic.

What’s the most important thing that you’ve learnt?

Resilience, patience (I’m still working on that one), and the fact that the harder you work the luckier you get!

Who do you admire?

People who wake up in the morning and work not just for a living but to make a difference.

What do you love about where you live?

The dramatic landscape here in Queenstown, the definite four seasons and the opportunities each brings with it in terms of produce for work. In a personal sense, I love the opportunities to get outdoors mountain biking, skiing, hiking the great walks, hitting the water, and BBQ. Where are you happiest?

Spending time with family and friends. Working with my team and being part of their journey,

passing on some wisdom where I can, sharing past experiences so they can reach their potential.

When was the best time of your life?

I don’t like to look back too much, there have been a lot of best times in my youth! It sounds a bit cheesy but our kids are at a good age now, and despite the challenges for our industry and country as a whole, now is a pretty good time too!

What are you looking forward to?

Getting back to some sort of normality post-Covid.

What is one thing everybody should do at least once in their life?

Bike to the top of a mountain then bomb down it as fast as you can!

Chris Knox and the four-track the Dunedin Double was recorded on, with Doug Hood reflected in the mirror (Photo: Alec Bathgate)

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I wanna do something new Recorded 40 years ago this month, the Dunedin Double EP pulled together four bands and encapsulated a burgeoning local scene.

By Gavin Bertram

T

he Verlaines’ Graeme Downes admits the bands that appeared on 1982’s Dunedin Double EP didn’t really know what they were doing.

But while the recording was among the first studio experiences for his band, as well as for The Chills, Sneaky Feelings, and The Stones, the end result was epoch defining. And remains a beguiling postcard from a time before the ‘Dunedin Sound’ term was even coined.

“We didn’t even know what mixing was,” Downes said in 2005. “It was all done very quickly, all done in a day. But it was just a huge buzz.”

The Dunedin Double was released by Flying Nun Records, a label launched in Christchurch in 1981. Having already released Dunedin band The Clean’s chartbound first single and EP, owner Roger Shepherd was aware special things were happening in the city.

A wave of young, unpolished guitar bands inspired by The Clean and their predecessors The Enemy had emerged.

“I just wanted to get the stuff recorded really, that was as important as selling enough to cover the costs,” Shepherd said.

That was the early motivation. Everything was done on less than a shoestring.”

The four Dunedin bands traveled to Christchurch over two weekends in March 1982, to play some shows and record a handful of songs each.

All four bands had a cover on the Dunedin Double EP.

At the home of Paul Kean, they worked with Chris Knox (former Enemy/Toy Love singer), and Doug Hood. The bands’ fairly primitive efforts were captured on Knox’s 4-track recorder.

“They really trusted Chris and I,” Hood said. “They were just four little bands from Dunedin, who’d probably done half a dozen gigs or whatever. They were just really happy that it was being documented.”

The Chills recorded three songs, including the classic Kaleidoscope World.

Sneaky Feelings and The Verlaines both recorded three songs, while The Stones had four.

Although they were new to recording, The Chills’ Martin Phillipps remembered it being a great experience.

“It’s a real thrill hearing something back that you’ve just recorded,” he said. “It was a joyous experience, and we had a lot of fun.”

“We pretty much just laid the songs down live,” The Stones’ Jeff Batts reflected.

“Even the lyrics were probably written on the day. That’s the sort of outfit we were — the most spontaneous, throw it together at the last minute.”

While the recording sessions were largely an enjoyable creative experience, Knox recalled that it was difficult for he and Hood to have an immediate empathy and understanding with the bands.

The Stones: Wayne Elsey, Jeff Batts, Graeme Anderson.

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He noted that the four existed in “completely different sonic universes really”.

“But Doug was pretty onto it, and managed to please most people,” Knox said. “Especially considering the amount of time we had and the different set ups that people needed.”

Most of those were happy with the results that were released as the Dunedin Double EP in June 1982. But Sneaky Feelings songwriter Matthew Bannister documented his disappointment in the sound of the record in his memoir Positively George Street.

A Flying Nun Records poster announcing the record’s release.

“Various things went wrong with our tracks and The Verlaines,” he said in 2005. “I was pretty annoyed about that.

It’s just like a bad dream - this was the first recording I’d made and there was something really badly wrong with it.”

Ultimately, those sound issues didn’t impact on how the EP was received.

Released with the bands each having one side over two records, the Dunedin Double was classed a compilation so had little chance of chart success.

But it sold well, and received many positive reviews in New Zealand. Perhaps the EP’s greatest achievement was in

chronicling the Dunedin music scene at a critical point, and exposing to the world what was happening in this small city.

While The Stones were a short-lived outfit, The Chills, Sneaky Feelings, and The Verlaines all gained international attention, and toured in the Northern Hemisphere.

The bands and Flying Nun Records have been widely respected on that side of the world since.

English critic Martin Aston described the label in The Guardian as being “surely the label with the highest quality output

“It was a very creative time. The music community was very close and encouraging. It was a great time to be a musician and I feel lucky about that.”

(David Pine, Sneaky Feelings.

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THE PERFECT LOCATION With The Power of the Dog starring at the Academy Awards this month, the southern film industry is in the international spotlight. We take a look behind the scenes.

By Gavin Bertram

Jane Campion during filming of The Power of the Dog in the Maniototo.

(Photo: Netflix)

A strange juxtaposition during the filming of The Light Between Oceans in Port Chalmers. (Photo: Linda Robertson)

Disney’s Mulan included a massive battle scene filmed in Waitaki. (Photo: Disney)

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wo big budget movies made in the south commanded both headlines and international viewers in February this year.

While Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog was being nominated for 12 Academy Awards, fellow Netflix production The Royal Treatment was the service’s most watched film globally.

Both prominently featured Otago locations, including Dunedin streetscapes masquerading as New York, and wild Maniototo countryside cast as Montana.

“I fell in love with it,” Campion said of the property near the Hawkdun Ranges where The Power of the Dog was principally shot. “It’s so remote, and it’s 360 degree empty with an amazing hill range behind it that felt so atmospheric.”

But such huge productions are the exception in the film industry in Otago and Southland, which is largely supported by local drama, commercials, and documentary work. But within the region there has developed a vast wealth of experience, resources, and infrastructure that the international productions benefit from.

“I love New Zealand crews, because they really get involved in the projects,” Campion has stated. “I’m around people that are charged up with that enthusiasm for telling a story really well.”

“We’ve got good crew and good

people,” industry veteran Brett Mills says. “It used to be that film was your side hustle and you’d have something else; now something else is the side hustle. All these people are available on a day-to-day basis to work in the film business.”

Working in the Queenstown film industry since 1981, Mills owns equipment hire firms Queenstown Camera Company and Local Action.

He’s seen the industry grow over the years, with crew honing their skills on high-budget TV commercials.

He reflects that the Queenstown story is a unique one internationally, having “grown from a chrysalis”, rather than emerging from a large urban hub.

When The Royal Treatment crew were working in Dunedin, they loved that it was 10 minutes to Olveston House, and 20 minutes to Larnach Castle everything was just right there.”

Series including Top of the Lake, One Lane Bridge, and Under the Vines, and movies like Vertical Limit, Lord of the Rings, and Mission: Impossible - Fallout, have been shot in the region.

Deaker works within the Economic Development team at the Dunedin City Council. In a unique example of regional collaboration, he works alongside Kahli Scott from Film Queenstown Lakes.

That partnership is under the auspices of Film Otago Southland, a not-for-profit trust that’s long worked to develop the industry in the region.

Kahli Scott notes that the area benefits from a trifecta of factors - amazing cinematic locations, an experienced crew base and top-of-the-line industry equipment, as well as welcoming communities and enabling councils.

“I’m around people that are charged up with that enthusiasm for telling a story really well.”

He says that in Dunedin the industry has been underpinned by a ( Jane Campion) strong foundation dating back to the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation That growth has hinged on the in the 1960s. There’s always been a region’s biggest asset - its diverse strength in the documentary sphere in catalogue of mind-blowing landscapes. the city. That continues today with new Queenstown Lakes have a natural company Nature Film Limited, NHNZ advantage, but Central Otago, Waitaki, retaining a presence in the city, and and coastal Otago and Southland are the University of Otago’s Science and also favoured locations - all within a Natural History degree. relatively compact geographic area.

“There’s pretty much everything you need within a half-day drive,” Dunedin Film Coordinator Antony Deaker says. “And there are no traffic jams.

The Royal Treatment saw Dunedin’s Vogel Street become a New York streetscape. (Photo: Netflix)

Meanwhile the industry in Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes has depended on commercial work, drama, and the occasional international blockbuster.

The Ahuriri River Valley set for Mulan.

(Photo: Stephen Jaquiery)

“But what is needed are built facilities and infrastructure,” Scott says.

“There’s plenty of talk about film studios being developed. And alongside that something that is needed is a physical base, where productions can set up offices. We’ve got a lot of things that make this region a really attractive place, but that is the missing piece at the moment.”

Brett Mills also highlights the lack of office facilities, and especially a large weather cover shed, so productions can keep working when outdoor shooting is impossible.

He’s skeptical about the need for a large studio in the area, describing them as being “an enormous industrial complex - like a freezing works”.

A potentially exciting development for Otago is the Silverlight Studio proposed for Corbridge Estates on the edge of Wanaka.

The development is fronted by Dunedin-bred Mike Wallis, along with Ra Vincent and Jonathan Harding. All have worked extensively in the New Zealand film industry.

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With a fast-tracked consent application given approval last year, the $280 million film park concept includes replicas of Paris, New York, and Venice, a medieval village, sound stages, postproduction facilities, an exhibition centre, a film school, and tourism facilities.

The application document said Silverlight could create 4000 jobs in the Queenstown Lakes district, and add almost a billion dollars to the region’s economy over its first 11 years.

It’s an intriguing proposition for the film industry, but it hasn’t been met with universal acclaim.

However, in December Wallis said earthworks could begin this year.

In the meantime, those charged with growing the film industry in the south are involved in various initiatives. Film Otago Southland has several screenwriting programmes aimed at developing local storytelling.

They continue to compile an extensive online location directory, with over 20,000 listed for production companies to search. Deaker says they work with the New Zealand Film Commission to bring big budget productions to the region.

Mills is forming Screen Queenstown, an organisation that aims to actively promote what the town has to offer the industry internationally.

“We’re growing,” he says. “And it would be good to get some recognition nationally, internationally, and especially locally. People have to realise what we’ve got here.”

New Zealand’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni says that the government is committed to the continuing growth of the country’s film industry.

A graphic of the proposed Silverlight Studio.

(Photo: Tilt Architecture)

“We are immensely proud of the way our homegrown stories and distinctive culture are told at home and abroad,” Sepuloni says. “That’s why we’ve launched a review of the way we fund parts of the film and television industry to ensure the screen sector has a more secure long-term future.”

• At the Academy Awards on March 29, The Power of the Dog is nominated in 12 categories including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography.

Olveston House in Dunedin was used as a location for The Royal Treatment. (Photo: Allied Press)

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big budget movies filmed here

Over the years, this region has been the setting for various large-scale productions, along with many local films.

Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) A big-budget action flick shot around Queenstown, this stunt-laden co-production had big name actors like Donald Pleasance and George Peppard.

Sylvia (2003) Coastal Otago was the scene for this biopic about the brilliant, tragic poet Sylvia Plath and husband Ted Hughes, played

by Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig.

Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) The sixth instalment from this huge franchise starring Tom Cruise included scenes shot around Queenstown and Milford Sound in mid-2017.

Battletruck (1982) Set in a dystopian future, this local production in the wake of Mad Max’s success across the ditch was dubbed “a thinking man’s action movie”.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) The South Island is not only Middle Earth, it’s also Narnia, with locations in North Otago and the Catlins featured in the first Chronicles of Narnia.

A Wrinkle in Time (2018) Something of a flop, this Disney sci-fi adventure partially filmed in Central Otago starred Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Chris Pine.

Willow (1988) An American production directed

by Ron Howard, this included scenes from Queenstown, Cardrona Ski Field, and kayaking at Milford Sound.

Vertical Limit (2000) Filmed in the Southern Alps, this massive budget US production starred Chris O’Donnell and Bill Paxton. The climbing action is extreme.

Lord of the Rings (2001) One film to rule them all. The first of Peter Jackson’s Tolkien epics changed the face of the New Zealand film - and tourism - industries. Otago remained a favoured location for The Hobbit trilogy.

X Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) Hugh Jackman has made the Marvel legend his own, including in this prequel, partially filmed in Dunedin and Central Otago.

The Light Between Oceans (2016) Starring Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz, and Alicia Vikander, this drama was filmed around Dunedin, and the isolated lighthouse at Cape Campbell in Marlborough.

Alien: Covenant (2017) Ridley Scott’s return to the Alien franchise saw the principal photography happening around dramatic Milford Sound landscapes during 2016.

Mulan (2020) Directed by Nicki Caro, Mulan was a staggeringly expensive film to make. Southern locations included the clay cliffs of Omarama, and Poolburn in the Ida Valley.

The Power of the Dog (2021) Nominated for multiple Academy Awards, Jane Campion’s western epic filmed in the Maniototo, Dunedin, and Oamaru cost around $40 million to make.

The Royal Treatment (2022) Rick Jacobson’s romance was Netflix’s number one film globally upon release. It cast Dunedin as New York, with filming also on the Otago Peninsula and Oamaru’s Victorian precinct.

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STILL LOVING EVERY MOMENT Now playing in her fourth World Cup, Otago cricket legend Suzie Bates reflects on an outstanding international career.

By Gavin Bertram

(Photo: James Allan/Getty Images)

I

T WAS a rain-shortened match in a series that the White Ferns had already won, but that didn’t mean anything.

Even in a game of so little consequence, it was still evident. The exhilaration, the unbridled joy as the ball came her way twice in two overs. Two chances, two catches. Suzie Bates doing what she does best in her natural habitat.

(Photo: James Chance/Getty Images)

“In the last couple of years, having had the game taken away through injury and Covid, you realise how much joy it gives you,”

That match against India in Queenstown last month was the Dunedin allrounder’s 134th one-day international, in a career spanning 16 years. But jaded the 34-year-old is not.

And that’s just fielding; her favourite part of cricket is batting. That’s been the case since backyard cricket as a kid in Dunedin, when Bates had to fight brother Tom to even have a swing.

“In the last couple of years, having had the game taken away through injury and Covid, you realise how much joy it gives you,” Bates reflects. “Whenever you take a catch - and I’ve been lucky this season - I still get the same amount of joy that I did in my first ever game.”

With the bat is where she’s most excelled, with 11 ODI centuries and an average of over 40 runs per match.

It’s a record that sees the former White Ferns captain revered internationally twice voted the Women’s ODI Cricketer

of the Year by the ICC, as well as being Wisden’s Women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2015.

Not bad for a player who didn’t have any particular international aspirations when first selected for the White Ferns as an 18-year-old in March 2006.

“At the time I was happy to be in the Otago Sparks, and to play basketball in the winter,” Bates, also a former Olympic basketballer, recalls. “I hadn’t seriously thought I was ready to play for the White Ferns. But I remember loving the intensity. It was the quality of cricket that I loved, and I knew I wanted to play that as much as I could.”

That first match was against India at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, where she took one wicket and didn’t have a chance to bat as New Zealand won easily.

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Alongside her were the likes of Haidee Tiffin, Emily Drumm, and Rebecca Rolls - all veterans of the victorious 2000 World Cup side. They’d been an early inspiration for Bates, as she’d watched that final on TV. “It was the first time I’d seen female international cricket on TV,” she remembers.

“There’s that saying ‘what you see, can be’, and I guess that showed me the pathway that I could play international women’s cricket.

They were definitely role models growing up, whether they were on TV or not.”

Over two decades on, women’s cricket has a far higher profile. The international game has become professional, with players getting fitter, faster, and stronger as a consequence.

Current White Ferns captain Sophie Devine, with former captain Suzie Bates.

Bates has watched that progression from up close, from the amateur era when international players had to sacrifice a lot to play - and in many cases gave the game away as career and family responsibilities took precedence.

She’s grateful to have experienced it from both sides of the ledger. And while being professional comes with more pressure to perform, it hasn’t affected Bates’ love of playing cricket.

Even as a child Suzie Bates loved the game.

(Photo: Supplied)

“If we’re not enjoying our cricket, if it’s a job or not, we’re going to struggle,” she says.

“There’s pressure and external things that we can’t control. Having the World Cup in New Zealand we’ve had to talk about and identify

those pressures, and try to stay in our own little bubble and focus on what we can do and the enjoyment that we get from playing with each other.”

The Whites Ferns had tough but competitive tours of England and Australia last year, and they looked sharp against India on home soil recently.

Being sequestered in Queenstown for the series was good preparation for the side as the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup beckoned.

And Bates was looking in good nick leading up to the highly anticipated tournament being hosted in New Zealand, collecting a century in the first ODI of the India series.

The World Cup has long been her focus, as both Covid and a shoulder injury have disrupted her career in recent times. But although Bates says her body sometimes feels every moment of her long career, she’s not quite done yet.

“I’ve always had this home World Cup in my mind,” she says. “And then having a reassessment phase of what the next 12-18 months will look like. I know that once you’re done, you’re done. But right now, it’s about this World Cup and enjoying every moment of it” • ICC Women’s World Cup Final: Sunday, April 3. Hagley Oval, Christchurch.

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Three of the best… so far

Suzie Bates picks a few of her proudest moments from 16 years as a White Fern.

ODI vs India, March 2007, Chennai.

World Cup Final vs England, March 2009, Sydney.

“My first tour of India. I was 19 and I’d only been to Australia. My dad actually made the trip over, and I scored my first century for New Zealand while he was there. That was a pretty special tour, and just to experience how much India loves cricket.”

“Although the game wasn’t a highlight, playing in my first World Cup when we made the final against England in 2009. That was my first World Cup and we didn't have a great game, but to make the final and to contribute with the bat at a world event was pretty special.”

(Photo: Allied Press)

(Photo Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

T20 vs Australia, March 2016, Wellington.

“I think any series we’ve beaten Australia in.

We haven’t beaten them in a one-day series, but we got them a few times in T20. I’ve always considered them the best team in the world so that was nice, especially as captain.”

(Photo: Hagan Hopkins/Getty Images)

Tourism Waitaki general manager Margaret Munro’s favourite place is… the Waitaki Lakes District.

SOUTH / Autumn 2022 “There are lots of favourite spots I enjoy – such as the walking track at Benmore Dam, Pumpkin Point, and Sailors Cutting.

I first went there many years ago as a child. I grew up on the Waitaki River in a settlement called Ikawai.

On summer outings we would often head to the Waitaki Lakes.

There are so many perfect places around the Waitaki Lakes for picnics, jet boating or passive water craft, and swimming.

The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail now offers another opportunity; I love to get out and enjoy a scenic bike ride or a leisurely walk on a nice day along the trail.

Lake Benmore on the Waitaki.

(Photo: Rebecca Ryan)

This time of year is the best when the trees are literally dripping gold and the calm autumn days make the lakes like mirrors - it makes for a really rewarding encounter with nature - and also a great photo opportunity!”

I was there…

Cricket World Cup, Carisbrook, March 12, 1992

T

he end of summer 30 years ago was a golden moment for New Zealand cricket. Co-hosting the Cricket World Cup, the then ‘Young Guns’ unexpectedly performed out of their skins, winning seven ODIs in a row, before falling to Pakistan.

Otago’s Ken Rutherford was part of that New Zealand team, which was brilliantly captained by the late Martin Crowe.

In Dunedin, they beat a quality Indian side in front of a packed Carisbrook crowd that included a young Grant Robertson - now Deputy Prime Minister.

“My only memory of that game was dropping Kapil Dev,” Rutherford recalled in 2012. “There was a huge southerly blowing and Kapil went for a big hit and it came off the edge of the bat. I was fielding at backward point and the ball was held up in the breeze and I never got a hand on it. I probably disappointed my family and friends hugely.

But I don’t remember a lot – that whole six weeks was huge and a fun time to be part of the team. For all the guys it was a hell of an experience to look back on.”

Ken Rutherford at Carisbrook during the 1992 Cricket World Cup. (Photo: ODT Files)

Love this place

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How ya going, David Pine?

Dunedin bred David Pine was a member of Sneaky Feelings during the 1980s. Now a diplomat, since 2020 he’s been New Zealand’s High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh, and Ambassador Designate to Nepal.

So, how are you going?

Thanks for asking! Up here in New Delhi we’ve just come through the third wave of Covid. After the tragedy of the second wave in April and May last year there was a lot of nervousness when we started getting a sharp spike in cases at the start of the year. But far fewer people got sick this time round and the health system has stood up well. It was short and sharp and we’re all getting out and about again. In Delhi there are only two or three precious weeks between the cold and smoggy winter and the scorching heat of summer.

So we’re all keen to make the most of the pleasant weather while it lasts.

coming up over the next few months. We also want to see a bit more happening culturally.

What’s been keeping you busy recently?

When you have visitors, where do you take them?

For the last year or so Covid has dominated our work. But we’re moving to a new phase now and the relationship between India and New Zealand is starting to get busy across all fronts. The two foreign ministers met in Paris, which has pushed things along over a range of areas from cooperation in solar energy to defence. We’ve got important political and economic talks

You’ve touched a nerve… here I am in one of the most diverse and culturally rich countries on earth and I’ve hardly got out of Delhi. Agra is a few hours down the road; the Taj Mahal is every bit as fascinating as it’s cracked up to be. Mumbai is becoming a thrilling modern city. Apparently there’s not much left of the old ashram in Rishikesh where The Beatles hung out, but I’m still keen

to pop over for a look. What I’m most looking forward to is taking someone to an IPL game.

What do you miss about New Zealand?

Family and friends. But the other ‘f’ word is freedom.

I’m not talking about the philosophical guff around political or economic freedom – though I would disagree strongly with anyone who suggested that New Zealand is lacking in either respect. I just mean the ease of getting around. I think we take it too much for granted.

Quiz Time

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1.

One thing about… Nightcaps

Who co-captained the Highlanders in their 2015 championship Super Rugby season?

2.

Two what were shot in Lawrence in 1978, and are now exhibited at Otago Museum?

3.

What political office did current Labour MPs Grant Robertson, Ayesha Verrall, and Rachael Brooking all previously hold?

4.

Which Dunedin writer and publisher walked the length of New Zealand at the age of 85?

5.

Fort Taiaroa on Otago Peninsula was built in 1885 due to fear of who invading New Zealand?

6.

Belinda Colling and Suzie Bates are respectively known for playing international Netball and Cricket. In what other sport have they both represented NZ?

The Takitimu Mountains in Southland. (Photo: Jeremy Pierce/Great South)

7.

The discovery of what delayed construction of the Clyde dam?

C

heap housing? Those are words to prick the ears up in these times when a roof over your head almost seems a luxury.

8.

In Nightcaps, nestled under the Takitimu Mountains in Western Southland, housing affordability wasn’t an issue in the late 1980s.

9.

The coal mining town suffered under Rogernomics, and big changes in the mining industry.

What city other than Invercargill was Tim Shadbolt formerly mayor of?

What other country did the 1981 Springbok rugby tour visit besides NZ?

10.

Where was New Zealand’s lowest temperature (-25.6 °C) recorded in 1903?

Redundancies saw many longtime residents of the town depart in search of work.

The resulting bargain basement prices for houses were reported nationally, with some selling for $1.

Now Nightcaps has a population of just over 300 people, and the small town is in good spirits. No more $1 houses though - now they’re more likely to be over $200,000.

5 Truths in 5 Words Love all, trust a few. (Shakespeare) Wisdom begins at the end. (Daniel Webster) Stars can’t shine without darkness. (D H Sidebottom) Screw it, let’s do it. (Richard Branson) Let go, or be dragged. (Zen proverb)

ANSWERS: 1. Ben Smith and Nasi Manu; 2. Lions, escaped from a circus; 3.

President of the Otago University Students’ Association; 4. A.H. Reed; 5. Russia; 6.

Basketball; 7. An earthquake fault; 8. Waitemata; 9. The United States; 10. Ranfurly.