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BRIGHTEN UP YOUR HOME Great variety of cushions and pouffes to brighten up your home.

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CLASSES FOR ADULTS @ KAMO HIGH SCHOOL Unleash your creativity and explore the fun of digital art collage. Combine photos, textures, drawing and text to create a printable collage using Adobe Photoshop. For further information or to enrol online visit www.cew.ac.nz or contact Shona – email cew@kamohigh.school.nz or ph 09 435 0889

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DRESSES FOR EVERY OCCASION Come in and discover how affordable luxury can be at Red Ruby. We stock a premium collection of high quality garments and dresses to ‘WOW’ your special day. If you are unsure of what to wear, don’t worry – our professional style consultant is in store to help youwith tips on colour, shape and size.

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INDULGE SWEET TREATS! Indulge yourself or someone special with an array of both NZ and overseas hand-made chocolates, creamy and mouth-watering old-fashioned fudge. Gifts baskets available. Plus don’t forget our popular icecreams, coffees and other sweet treats.

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NEW STOCK ARRIVED! Funky Naga pants and skirts in many different prints and models – in store now!

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STUNNING BRACELETS This Jae Black jewellery collection of fun, bold and sexy jewellery is not only incredibly striking, it makes a ‘stylish’ statement. The sleek silica wrist bands, and stainless steel magnetic clasp, combined with sterling silver and pave set CZ are the perfect choice for day wear, or evening glamour!

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CONSCIOUS LIVING

Fast fashion awareness

Fashion

8 Winning designers 9 Young talent 11 This season anything goes

by SHARON GIBSON

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TALENT in the spotlight 2014 -2015

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Having worked in the Fashion industry for over 20 years, I came to know much about retail principles, stock-turn analysis and even predicting the new season’s range in advance.

For me, I guess the piece about working in this environment that I really enjoyed was the creativity involved in visual merchandising and how clever combinations and stock rotation created the illusion of new stock arriving, to boost sales. Even better, commission!

Over time, I noticed how the trends changed. At the time of the economic crisis, there was a very distinct turn around on the quality of garments being produced and off the back of that, the introduction to prolific sales.

We saw two seasons change to four and now it seems we have 52 — something new coming in weekly.

My advice is to be aware of the Fast Fashion Fads; the rapid release of style from the latest runway trends at very affordable prices. There is a downside to the industry and a realization that child labour is still being used to produce some of the garments.

Fast Fashion is designed to make you feel out of trend after a week or so. Educate yourself about where you are spending or ‘investing’ your money in retail.

Take good care of the garments you have and they will last longer.

Employ your nana or great-aunts to sew from patterns, creating one-off pieces as well as knitwear, blankets, cushion covers and bags. They are more likely to be original, made with love and last a lot longer.

For more awareness here is a valuable resource: The True Cost — Fast Fashion. This will change the way you view clothes.

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Meet the JUDGES

Introducing this year’s Whangarei Racing Club’s Spire Fashion Fiesta’s judging panel

BRENT COOPER

Brent has been involved in the Fashion Industry since 1980, predominantly marketing youth brands, he established the JET street wear stores in 2004 which he has recently sold. Brent is a familiar and friendly face as he and his family are keen race goers. He has raced around 30 horses in his own right and is currently a Member of the Auckland Racing Club Board of Directors and is running the “Social Racing” programme for NZTR. Brent will be looking for individuality and suitability and an outfit with coordinating accessories and “just like racehorses, spending the most money won’t always guarantee success.”

JUSTINE SEABROOK

Justine has successfully competed in Race Day Fashion competitions over the years, and has taken out the prestigious Auckland Racing Club’s Competition. Justine has a keen eye and a great feel for the right look, and has developed an avid interest in what is presented off the track each racing season.

Justine will be looking for a well thought out outfit that also expresses what is happening in main stream fashion this season.

“The right headwear is essential

THE JUDGES, from left Justine Seabrook, Brent Cooper and Paula Davies. in completing the perfect race day look. I can’t wait to see what the contestants bring to the catwalk.”

PAULA DAVIES

Well known local identity Paula has been on the judging panel since the Whangarei Racing Clubs Fashion Fiestas inception, so definitely knows what she is looking for. Paula has recently sold her hairdressing salon, but is still involved in the beauty industry specialising in make-up and beauty, so will be on the lookout for immaculate grooming. (think hair, nails and make-up) Paula will be looking for someone who can act naturally, carry themselves well and display a positive and confidant attitude combined with an appropriate and tasteful ensemble.

BE IN TO WIN Be in to win some great prizes at the Whangarei Racing Club’s Spire Fashion Fiesta.

This leading fashion event will be held in conjunction with the club’s meet on September 13.

With over $10,000 worth of prizes, and plenty of fun, it makes for a great day out.

All ladies who enter receive a luxury pamper pack provided by Envy on Vine and Dr David Van Buuren.

There’s all-day entertainment and spot prizes; $1500 of jewellery from Steve Hayward Master Jeweller; Polwarth Design clothing; treatment packages to be pampered at Envy on Vine; and accommodation at Quality Hotel Oceans

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There are bar vouchers from Split and The Surf Emporium plus the chance to dine out on quality cuisine at Outboards Restaurant.

All you have to do is dress up, smile and have a go. Come and have a great fun day and a strut down the catwalk while you’re there!

The Supreme winner goes on to compete at the Prix De Fashion at Ellerslie Races on Derby Day. The kids don’t miss out either with 10 Pin Bowling, Events Cinema and Aquatic Centre vouchers up for grabs.

You can enter the Spire Fashion Fiesta online @spirefashionfiesta.co.nz

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Fashion fiesta shaping up to be better than ever One of Northland’s largest fashion events is on it’s way. Premier racing, high fashion and all day entertainment is on offer at The Whangarei Racing Club’s Fashion Fiesta. This year it has a fresh new look, a new major sponsor and is shaping up to be better than ever. Be on course at Ruakaka racetrack Saturday September 13, first race approximately midday.

Whangarei Racing Club are thrilled to welcome Spire Chartered Accountants as the major sponsor. The total prize pool is approximately $10,000, with Steve Hayward Master Jeweller donating $1500 of jewellery to the supreme winner, who will also gain automatic entry into the Prix De Fashion on TV3 Derby Day at Ellerslie Races in late February. Envy on Vine are donating hair and beauty products, Cara J fishing charters and Split bar vouchers are

up for grabs for the guys, plus goodie bags for all the entrants including the children, and its free to enter. So grab your glad rags and glam up for the day even if you are not competing the Savvy spies will be on course picking the best race day headwear so don’t be afraid to stand out in the crowd - you might win a fantastic prize basket.

Tickets for exclusive seating in the Spire Marquee are $100 per person, this includes drink and nibbles on arrival, a fully catered luncheon, private bar and betting facilities and of course all day racing and fashion excitement, spot prizes and a celebrity tipster definitely a day not to be missed.

For further information or bookings email info@ruakakaracing.co.nz or phone Nicci 021715198

SPRING OUR AUTUMN RACING GUIDE

What’s in season and what to wear FOR THE GIRLS : From PHOTOSs years’ previou Fiestas.

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Remember when putting your outfit together everything should complement each other. Think a little bit formal and very lady-like.

Dress to Impress: The cooler months call for a bit more coverage, opt for a sleeve and keep hemlines at the knee, pantsuits are hot this season.

Hats: leave the fascinators for summer, ladies. Autumn is all about hats and hairpieces.

Shoes: Swap summers strappy wedges for closed toe pumps or cute ankle boots.

Accessorise: Your handbag or clutch should be an elegant extension of your outfit. Choose jewellery that compliments.

Gloves add a touch of glamour and sunglasses are a must if the sun is shining.

Makeup: A bit of bronzer is fine but leave the tropical island look on the beach and go for fresh, dewy natural skin and a tangerine or deep plum (colours of this season) to finish your look.

Add the final touches: Immaculate grooming is as essential as what you wear, well manicured hands,

perfect make up and opt for a hairstyle that compliment your ha t – a low chignon or ponytail are popular options. Remember with hair and makeup simple and less is the best motto.

Okay now you look stunning. Keep a tailored jacket or chic pashmina on hand to keep the goosebumps at bay, eat a good breakfast and stay hydrated through the day (champagne doesn’t count as hydration!)

FOR THE GUYS

Take time to pick a great shirt and tie combo.

Shoes should be clean and polished and compliment your outfit.

Suits are not mandatory, but if you invest in a suit be daring and step away from traditional black.

Accessories aren’t just for the ladies, stylish hats, sunglasses, pocketsquares and cufflinks are all great ways to help you stand out as a stallion amongst the colts.

Make sure you are well groomed, splash on some aftershave and go for it.

Have fun, organise a safe ride home and don’t forget to post a photo on facebook

Whangarei Racing Club’s Fashion Fiesta.

Ruakaka racetrack Saturday September 13 For further information or bookings email info@ruakakaracing.co.nz or phone Nicci 021715198

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By Cheryl & Karen from Polwarth Design

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eing at the bottom of the world barbecueing while our Northern Hemisphere friends are pot roasting has its definite advantages. Not only do we get to see those morning rays of sunshine first, something to look forward to for the next millennium, but more importantly for the fashion world, we get the advantage of previewing the International runway trends before deciding on what local styles to purchase; taking some of the ‘hope we get it right’ out of buying.

If we look at what the runway trends are focusing on internationally for Spring 2015 - it’s all about comebacks.

The fashion circle continues to rotate creating an ongoing state of deja-vu for the ardent fashion followers; and almost a sense of relief as mothballed styles long thought defunct make their grand resurgence. Go the jumpsuit and maxi skirt!! {Stirrup pants and massive shoulder pads – have patience your turn is coming}.

The trends this season are as numerous as they are diverse: ■ Harem pant ■ Lourex dress/top/bomber jacket in silver or gold ■ Sheer banded skirt, dress or top ■ Fringed hemline ■ Ethnic pattern boldly symmetrical for dresses tops or shirts ■ The ever popular active wear catwalk style worn with heeled sneakers Black and white ‘everything’ combination ■ Large floral with attitude ■ Mesh ■ Broidery anglaise ■ Short short or skort with midriff top ■ Boyfriend jean in pale denim

Come backs are

BACK! teamed with the white shirt with button collar ■ Colour strengths of tangerine, peach and every form of pink, pink, pink … bold brights in blocks of yellow, lime, fluro, or over-the-top abstract bright brights as seen on the cover of the latest Simply You

■ Maxi top ■ Leopard face t-shirt oversized it?

All sounding pretty busy isn’t

For those of you who do not wish to bob along in your fringed symmetrical fluorescent Aztec slip dress with sheer sleeves in

heeled sporty sneakers, there are always the trusty basics; those tried and true numbers — seven/eighth pants with detailed pocket and/or hemline, bright linen/cotton t shirts with natural fibre sweaters.

The embossed cotton shift dress is still here to take you to

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the barbeque or coffee with the girls and the golfer or tennis champ can still purchase a great knee length short or skirt.

So what of the most shocking comeback of all? Stuff.co.nz identify this as being the oh so very comfortable masculine slide sandal — usually associated with the middle-aged tourist scene who place high priority on comfort … treat yourself with Givenchy’s $1081 floral rendition — please, please, not teamed with woollen work socks!

Yes it’s a great season for diversity, and it’s up to you what nostalgic combinations you wish to re-invent from these old comebacks this season as you tuck into those saute´ed shrimps sipping your pinot gris — then again with the return of the midrift — perhaps it had better be a salad!

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PICTURED FROM ABOVE: Top Model Lauren Christie wearing Lipstick On Your Collar designed by Lorraine Kevey, Designer of the Year 2014 Lorrain Kevey and winning Open Fashion Design In Flanders Field, modelled by Mikayla Smith, designed by Lorraine Kevey. (PHOTO/ Rachael MacLennan). One Half of Endangered Species, 2nd place Open Wearable Art. Steampunk Pirate — ‘Captain SP’. Student Wearable Art winner — Meg Lyon designer & model, Phenakistocyclotrope. Open Wearable Art winner , ‘The Cocktail Sausage’, designed by Sandra Guest, modelled by Natalie Wilson.

(PHOTOS/ Sarah Marshall).

Fashion designers in the spotlight

Northland’s talented designers were on show at the 37th annual Rotary Club of Whangarei South Bernina Fashion Awards.

There was a range of entertainment provided by the Whangarei Youth Orchestra, the local Steampunk group Krakens Lair, alongside Whangarei’s Shaan Antunovich.

The event is proving more and more popular with many local businesses getting behind the night. One sponsor commented:

‘‘Next year I want to double my input’’.

This year’s sponsors included: Bernina Northland Sewing Centre, Steve Haywood Master Jeweller, Arthurs Emporium, People Potential, Polwarth Design, Henderson Reeves Connell Rishworth, Northland Document Solutions Limited (Ricoh), Cocurullo’s Limited, Sarah Marshall Photographer, Inprint Graphics, Channel North, More FM, Belltech, and many others, in which this type of show could not be completed without them.

Rotary Club of Whangarei South BERNINA NORTHLAND FASHION AWARDS 2014

The Rotary Club of Whangarei South would like to thank all the participants, sponsors & volunteers who helped make the 2014 show a success.

There have been many local supporters putting not only cash, but time and energy into making this a crowning achievement for Northland over the years.

Look out for a bigger brighter show next year - see you there.

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WINNERS Student Wearable Art, sponsored by Channel North: Meg Lyon, Phenakistocyclotrope 1; Chloe King 2; Casey Zimmer 3.

Junior Masquerade, sponsored by Arthurs Emporium: Ellie Brock, Hungry Croc 1; Leo Scott 2; Brodie Cochrane 3. Highly commended, Jacob Bracey.

Student Street Wear, sponsored by Northland Document Solutions: Briah Peterson, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch 1; Megan King 2; Tennille Nisbet 3.

Illuminescent, sponsored by More FM: Sarah Barnes, Admit One 1; Haylee and Kelly Jelavich 2.

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by Belltech: Kaylee Powell, Floating Punk 1.

Student Evening Wear , sponsored by Bernina Northland Sewing Centre & Bernina: Briah Peterson, Lace Be Honest 1; Kate Stanley 2; Danica Sketchley 3.

Intermediate/Senior Masquerade, sponsored by Cocurullo’s: Kaitlyn Matoe, The Eyes Have It 1; Emma-Lee Marsh 2; Gemma Brock 3. Highly commended, Lucy Perrin Fashion Accessories, sponsored by Polwarth Design: Chloe King, The Inner Workings 1.

Open Fashion Design, sponsored by Polwarth Design: Lorraine Kevey, In Flanders Fields 1; Michelle Robinson 2; Rachael Pedersen 3.

Trash to Fashion, sponsored by Henderson Reeves Connell Rishworth: Pearl Regeling, Vinyl Shatters Digital 1; Kaelym Power 2, Adriana Hayden 3.

Open Wearable Art, Sponsored by People Potential: Sandra Guest, The Cocktail Sausage 1; Shelley & Sharon Williamson 2; Dawn Eades 3. Highly c ommended, The Papermill Overall prize winners.— First Time Entrant – Junior, sponsored by Whangarei South Rotary Club: Haylee Jelavich.

First Time Entrant – Senior, sponsored by Whangarei South Rotary Club: Elizabeth Adams.

Top Model, sponsored by Sarah Marshall Photography: Lauren Christie.

Top Student Technical Ability, sponsored by Bernina: Briah Peterson.

Extreme Elegance, sponsored by Steve Haywood Master Jeweller: Michelle Robinson.

Designer of the Year, sponsored by Bernina: Lorraine Kevey.

■ The Rotary Club of Whangarei South would like to thank all those that attended and participated in the Awards, as we all know that the talents that we have in Northland is amazing and should be rewarded and acknowledged.

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orthTec fashion students showed they had designs on a commercial future when they took part in a competition to create a bag for a Whangarei supermarket.

Regent New World approached NorthTec’s Fashion Department to design and create a unique fabric bag, to be sold in the supermarket later this year.

Store owners, Lillian and Todd Leathem, chose the winning design along with fellow judge Laura Burns, from Creative Northland.

Second-year Fashion Design students presented four designs each, with Kuulei-Aloha Werohia’s design, inspired by Northland’s majestic kauri trees, selected as the winner.

Kuulei will now perfect her design, which will be screenprinted onto hand-made calico shopping bags — crafted by NorthTec students — and sold instore. Kuulei also received a prize cheque for $1500 from the Leathems.

Fellow fashion students Adriana Hayden and Chantal De Sousa also presented their

Edele MacDonald (NorthTec fashion tutor), Laura Burns (Creative Northland), design winner Kuulei Werohia, Lillian and Todd Leathem (Regent New World). designs, giving the judging panel a very tough decision to make.

Adriana chose natural designs inspired by historical news footage and photos of Whangarei, especially the town basin area, while Chantal concentrated on Ma¯ori images including faces, flax plants and waka, plus local images like the Opononi sand dunes and Whangarei Heads skyline.

Edele MacDonald, NorthTec design tutor, said the contest enabled students to complete two modules of their study; business and production planning, and

screen printing. It involved working with the client to a detailed brief, producing a relevant and marketable design, costing the product and planning its production.

The 10-week project involves everything from design to sourcing materials to production, and each bag will be hand-made by the students.

Todd Leathem said it had been an extremely tough decision choosing a winner.

He and wife Lillian had been inspired to seek a bag representing Northland, after seeing how successfully they were able to sell Trelise Cooperdesigned shopping bags.

He told the students: “We thought it would be easy but it has been very hard to pick a winner. It has been really interesting to hear the story and the passion behind each design. To find our winner we were looking at what we can sell, in terms of who it appeals to and our customer demographics.”

A delighted Kuulei said she planned to use her winner’s cheque to start a fashion and design business of her own.

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WHAT IS ACNE? Acne is triggered by hormones, so can develop at any stage of our lives. So, sorry, not only for your teenagers! Acne occurs when oil and dead skin cells become trapped within the hair follicle, which blocks the pore and creates inflammation.

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STRESS Since acne can develop from hormones, one of the reasons why adult acne is increasing is stress.

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DIET Another reason why adult acne sufferers are increasing is due to diet. Regularly eating food that is processed and high in sugar such as white bread and rice, also increases sebum production which can lead to

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This season almost

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pring is here, which means summer is just around the corner, how fantastic is that.

The promise of warm sunny days, the beach, barbeques and long sun filled evenings, don't you just love it.

The North is a great playground, and we seem to come alive at this time of the year. After hibernating over the wet winter months, we can now step out and be seen in this season’s amazing fabrics and styles — cotton, linen silk rayon, and viscoes — all great natural fibres for our sometimes humid climate.

Ramie is a new fabric making an appearance, lovely to wear, similar to flax in that it is a type of grass, so once again a natural fibre that breathes.

Colours are bright and muted with pastels and a touch of fluro a broad spectrum of shades for everyone.

Patterns are bold and mixed, with florals and stripes, almost anything goes, as long as shades and colours match. If it looks good then it will work, if it doesn't then stay away. It is just a matter of experimenting.

NYDJ (not your Daughters jeans) have produced a great natural jean for spring, looks almost like calico, it is the raw denim before it is dyed, great for teaming with all colours in your wardrobe they look great and feel even better.

Animal print is still very big in Europe worn with anything to anywhere, shoes bags, dresses, accessories, you name it.

Spring is a time to lighten your layers, with cardigans instead of jackets, Merinos to long sleeve cotton tee's, and warm trousers to 3/4 pants, a great way to ease gently into summer.

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Pamper yourself with the Nail Lady Tania is fully mobile – meaning your pamper parties can happen anywhere, anytime!

pay in the city centre. Services include the application and removal of acrylics, rebalancing (back filling), removal of shellac, CND shellac manicures and pedicures, CND Vinylux manicures and pedicures and a simply amazing selection of nail art options. Tania also offers extremely popular deluxe pedicure options, which include sea soak mineral baths and sea scrub exfoliations followed by massage – bliss!

As an added service, Tania is also fully mobile – meaning your pamper parties can happen anywhere, anytime!

For the month of September, Tania is offering Savvy readers an exclusive discount – see her ad on this page for more details.

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Understanding how difficult it is for women to step out of their lives to create time for manicures and pedicures, Tania has set up her salon in such a way that women are able to bring their lives with them. Be it a flying visit between meetings (the parking is free and readily available right outside Tania’s door), a pampering treatment with kids in tow (there’s a beautiful fenced lawn flowing out from the treatment room with a large sandpit and plentiful toys), or an after-hours pedicure (The Nail Lady is open from 9am-7.30pm Mon-Thurs, 9-5pm on Fridays and by appointment through the weekend) Tania has your needs covered.

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With summer looming, thoughts turn to picnics in parks, playing in the sea and cricket on the beach. We all know that the sun, with its high levels of UV, can cause long-term damage to skin and health. UVA/UVB rays can cause sunburn, surface-skin cell damage and premature signs of ageing. Here are 5 skincare tips for summer.

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Father’s Day

Check those reserves of energy and get going – it’s Spring! Your garden should be ready for plantings of flower seeds like gazania, salvia, impatiens, verbena, dianthus and dahlias, and sweet, sweet peas.

To celebrate Father’s Day, do the hard work in the vegetable garden for him, and plant lettuces, leeks, cabbages, tomatoes, capsicums, courgettes, cucumbers and eggplants.

Pots ❀ arrangements ❀ ✿ bunches ✿ ❀ posies ❀

Labour Day is traditionally the biggest gardening weekend of the calendar, so say a prayer for fine weather and sow beans, peas, carrots, spinach and parsnip, and top up your salad greens and herbs. If your irrigation’s not up to scratch, check out your options – more taps, more hoses, more sprinklers or a flash drip system.

If there’s time, deal to your lawn. Spike the brown spots with a fork to aerate, sow more grass seed if you needed to, and give the grass a good feed.

There’s all sorts happening in February but our big day is Waitangi Day. Plant a standout native (kaka beak, puriri, astelia, cordyline) to mark the occasion.

And, as if we need reminding, Valentines Day is the 14th and demands the sowing of flowers romantic fl owers like cornflowers, cyclamen, cornfl owers, marigolds, pansies, and violas.

It’s Chinese New Year on the 19th so plant bok choi as a change from your usual greens. Sow half a dozen seeds every few weeks from late summer into early winter, and pick often.

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Winter’s on its way so make sure you’ve organised drainage for the boggy bits that annoyed you last year. Top up shell and chip paths to cover low patches and prevent muddy holes developing.

Plant hardy greens for winter.

Grab a few punnets of kale, cabbage, silverbeet, onions and leeks and get them in.

You can still sow broad beans, and now’s good for planting garlic in a sunny spot in well drained soil. Put them 3 to 5 cm down and 10 to 12 cm apart.

And plant a magnolia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the 10th. Michelia Y Velvet & Cream is a relatively new one with a highly fragrant, cup shaped cream flower.

It’s a small variety and you could even try growing it in a container.

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Stick with the red theme and pick the last of the beetroot. If you can’t eat it all of give it away, freeze, pickle or preserve it.

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Resolve to learn something new, like collecting and sowing seeds, propagating plants, or grafting. Make plans for new projects, and write them down.

Attach magazine clippings or illustrations to keep you on track.

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Celebrate Matariki by feasting on the food you’ve harvested and stored, and plant more - lots of fresh parsley and coriander for winter cooking.

Both are hardy and they’ll grow outside in a sunny spot.

If you can, locate them close to the house so you don’t have a long trek in the dark or the rain when you simply must have a bunch.

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Lift, divide and replant bulbs, feed Christmas lilies for a great summer show, and prune roses lightly. Spray for insects and fungal diseases.

Light up your garden for Guy Fawkes night not with fireworks but with candles and braziers, and remember to keep cats and dogs inside.

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If you’re going on holiday over summer, give everything a decent soaking before you leave, and organise a garden sitter if you’re going to be gone for more than two or three days.

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If you’re a Francophile, plant a blue, white and red bed to honour the French flag, the Tricoleur. You might just be able to manage it with hellebores. These unusual and subtly beautiful plants come in a huge range of colours and will help beat the winter blues. In warmer areas you can also sow pansies, cornflowers and violas.

Fertilise the ground in preparation for summer flowering fl owering bulbs and tubers, and late in the month plant gladioli, tuberous begonias, dahlias and calla lilies.

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Enjoy your Easter celebrations this year, because April can be a prosaic month in the garden. Remove spent crops and vines of tomatoes, beans, and corn and clean up any diseased foliage.

Dig up rhubarb and divide the crowns

Easter Friday Save seeds from any plants you want to grow again next year.

Dig over the soil adding compost as you go to aerate and bulk up the existing soil media. If you’re going to have a winter garden, throw in some sheep pellets or other balanced plant food.

As a treat, you can thin out those leeks and eat the babies. Mound up the rest and fertilise them.

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For those who love the weird and quirky, carnivorous gardens are big, although most might find them an acquired taste. Foliage gardens, though, are for everyone, with the emphasis on shape and texture. Rex begonias, the showboats of the begonia world, will be strutting their stuff in the coming months. The foliage is gorgeous and offers another option for shade plants.

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We all know the Welsh love leeks and on St David’s Day they wear leeks and daffodils to celebrate it. Leeks are easy to grow so get some underway in seed trays and plant them out when they’re about 20cm tall. You can harvest them in about 100 days.

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Forget the Aussies and their silly old cup – it’s New Zealand Cup Day and Show week in the Garden City. Wear a smart hat while you’re gardening, and have a little flutter, why don’t you.

Get out in the garden early in the morning to water, using a gentle spray on new seedlings.

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Combating hair loss Hair loss affects many men and women in New Zealand.

Whether it’s caused by a genetic predisposition to thinning, hormonal changes (including menopause), general stress, imbalances of nutrients available to the hair roots, scalp disorders or tension of the skin crownal area, it is clear that the earlier that treatment is started, the better the results.

Clive Hair Clinics use a natural, non-drug, four to eight month therapy depending on the severity of the condition which includes replenishing missing Amino Acids along with stimulation.

Over the 50 years they have been operating in New Zealand, they have found it to be most successful with no detrimental side effects like other prescription drugs therapies.

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Consultations are obligation-free and cost only $35 which is then redeemable against the cost of a treatment programme. So if you are worried about hair loss and would like to discuss your options, call 0800 40 42 47 or visit www.cliveclinics.co.nz to book. One of their Trichologists will be visiting Whangarei on the September 11 and 12. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain!

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Much to my alarm I contracted the Herpes 2 virus last year and have had 2 episodes so far with genital sores which have been very uncomfortable and general pain in my body. I’ve been told that I now have this virus for life but I want to minimise the chance of outbreaks. Is there anything you can recommend please?

— PB, Whangarei.

As you’ve been told once you have genital herpes, caused by herpes simplex virus 2, (HSV-2) you have it for life just like cold sores which are caused by HSV-1.

Luckily, it spends most of its life, and yours, dormant. But, like cold sores, genital herpes can recur up to four or five times a year.

The first episode usually starts within a couple of weeks of exposure, and the initial onset can be pretty bad, including an initial round and then a second round of painful sores, flu-like symptoms, fever and swollen glands.

There are plenty of measures you can take to help deal with this tenacious virus.

Lysine is an essential amino acid, which is not naturally produced by the body and various studies have supported using lysine to prevent recurrence of outbreaks. Most humans consume lysine through meat or veggies, but over-the-counter supplements are also widely available to increase that amount.

Lysine is thought to better prevent an outbreak than cure

Apply aloe vera gel can help ease pain and promote healing. one. Before taking lysine consult a naturopath as it has been known to interact with some medications.

Take Filisa (Sutherlandia frutescens plant) which naturally contains a non protein amino take it initially for a couple of months on the full therapeutic dose and then use it when you feel an attack coming on. Not to be taken during pregnancy or lactation, post transplant or while taking anticoagulant medication.

Apply aloe vera gel directly to herpes sores and allow the gel to dry. Whether directly from an aloe plant or from a commercial bottle, the cooling effect of the gel can help ease pain and promote healing.

Lemon balm can really help.

You can make this simple blend and at the first sign of an

outbreak, apply anywhere you feel burning, itching or pain: 5 drops lemon balm essential oil, 2 drops lavender essential oil, 10 drops olive oil. Blend the essential oils with the olive oil and dab on the sores three or four times a day.

You can’t get rid of the herpes virus, but bolstering your immune system with 1,000 mgs of vitamin C (I like the liposomal version from www.johnappleton.co.nz ) and 50 mgs of zinc a day should help keep the virus dormant.

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Purgatory

by Rosetta Allan Penguin, $30 ...................................................

This is a tale about a murder in Otahuhu in 1865 and is told in two narratives: through the eyes of a young ghost waiting to be discovered, and by recounting the life of James Stack, an impoverished Irish farmer who follows his convict sister to Van Diemen’s Land.

This is a dark tale which I couldn’t say I enjoyed; endured is more the reality. The story is based on true events which make it more dark because of that. At times, as the tale continued to its inevitable horrible conclusion, I had to put it down and read something else.

If your taste is towards the dark, especially the motives behind the perpetration of horrible crime, this could be for you. It wasn’t for me. _ Elisabeth Marrow

The Corners of the Globe

by Robert Goddard Bantam Press, $36.99 ...................................................

This is the second volume in The Wide World trilogy. It is not quite a standalone novel although enough incidental information about the first volume makes the story intelligible.

Max continues to follow the trail of the suspected murderer of his father.

It is spring 1919 and volume two starts its journey in northern Scotland where Max, a retired war flying ace, searches for a German spy who may have answers.

Be warned, there will be no solution before volume three.

Robert Goddard has captured the spirit of the post-World War I era with his formal prose and attention to authentic historical detail.

The slight stiffness and dignity of his characters reflects

a time more concerned with social niceties than today's world.

The pace of the story is leisurely and will appeal to readers who enjoy detailed descriptions of long-gone lifestyles.

The plot takes the characters through England to France and Russian and Asian connections add another dimension. A large cast demands good recall.

This novel, which explores both historical and thriller genres, will satisfy readers who never want the story to end.

_ Mollie Furnell

No Punches Pulled — The Best of Bob Jones

by Sir Robert Jones HarperCollins, $35 ...................................................

I’m not sure how many columnists there are in New Zealand but I’d be surprised if there were fewer than 100. There is a growing trend for more columns in newspapers and magazines.

Excluding Jones’ columns, I read, on a sporadic basis, about 30 of them. All are readable, most are sensible, but I read them only if the subject interests me.

It’s different with Jones. I look forward to his columns and when out of the city Google the Herald every Tuesday to read them because I know I will be amused or stimulated, or both. What puts Jones clear of the field is his general knowledge. He is a voracious reader and widely travelled. He also has expert knowledge in politics and business. This means he has an arsenal of ideas and facts which the others cannot match.

He is unafraid of being controversial, even insulting. He writes what he thinks. That is why even those who resent him or who are diametrically opposed to his views tend to read him nevertheless.

The fact that his columns can be re-read is evidence of their merit. _ Graeme Barrow

Confessions of a Qantas Flight Attendant

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By Owen Beddall (with Libby Harkness) Random House, $38 ...................................................

Qantas pilots won’t thank the author for this book. According to him, the air hostesses want to marry the pilots — but the pilots just want bed, not brides. When they return to Sydney they put back on the wedding rings they had removed on departure.

The book has much of this sort of revelation, even more about the widespread gay culture and a lot about staff hierarchical relationships, difficult passengers, working overtime, and the author’s views on the people who live in the cities to which he has flown. These are Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Stuttgart and the various Asian capitals.

There are also chats, albeit brief ones, with celebrities such as Kylie Minogue, Cate Blanchett, Lily Allen and Venus Williams.

Mildly salacious and reasonably interesting about sums it up. _ Graeme Barrow

Shifting Colours

by Fiona Sussman Alison & Busby UK,$26.99 ...................................................

Shifting Colours is a one session read. I found it impossible to put down. It is the story of a black child adopted by an English couple in South Africa. Miriam is the 5-year-old daughter of Celia, their black help. The adopted child is the panacea for Rita after another still birth but, realising the impossibility of a white couple raising a black child in South Africa and sickened by the continuing violence, they return to England.

There, Miriam faces endless racism and taunts. Rita, her adoptive mother, is no nurturer and Miriam yearns for her real mother back in South Africa.

Michael, her adoptive father, does his best, but is well under Rita's thumb.

After a rocky adolescence Miriam returns to her studies.

Later, as a clinical psychologist, she finds it difficult to help

patients while experiencing such a big gap in her own family and roots and so begins her search for her birth mother.

The story is set in northern England and in South Africa in the turbulence before Nelson Mandela was freed. Racism is at its ugliest in both countries.

This is a wonderful, but heartrending story, a book to read and remember. _ Margaret Reilly

Ken Ring’s New Zealand Weather Almanac 2015

By Ken Ring Random House, $50 ...................................................

The claim: this book allows readers to reliably calculate the weather anywhere in the country, for any window of days next year. It has day-per-page forecasts, daily fishing and gardening guides, weather maps and a short forecast for each major centre, extreme weather warnings, expected temperatures, and sunshine and rainfall for more than 50 locations.

Is it cynical to ask if this can really be true, when so many forecasts issued daily are wrong? If Ring really is accurate in his predictions everyone who buys this book will be ecstatic, particularly farmers, gardeners, all those on or under the water, skiers, mountain climbers, and all other outdoor sportspeople — especially cricketers and golfers, whose games last hours.

It’s difficult not to be sceptical but Ring’s forecasts have been selling for 16 years, certainly an endorsement. It would be fascinating to make a day-by-day analysis next year, comparing forecast with fact.

_ Graeme Barrow

The Skeleton Cupboard

by Tanya Byron MacMillan, $34.90 ...................................................

‘‘making’’ of a clinical psychologist. It is beautifully written, difficult to read at times but impossible to put down.

Tanya Byron presents the bones of what must be a very hard, but also rewarding profession. She was trained in the Britain around the hard streets of London, in the early 1990s. She reveals here a mix of her clients: the disturbed child, the dying man with HIV, the pregnant drug addict, the Holocaust survivor with signs of dementia, and others.

The writing is plain and focused which means as you read you are drawn into the intimacy of the situation, reliving the experience with the author.

She repeats often that these people are fictional but it is clear that these troubled humans are representative of many similar characters she has met and helped throughout her career.

_ Elisabeth Marrow

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His honest passion set him apart as he contested alongside 12 of Northland’s top baristas at the Northland Barista Championship held at the More FM Home and Living Show recently.

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Olivia Carson, one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most qualified judges, had flown from Wellington especially for the event.

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latte. He ground up fresh masala ingredients in front of judges and then infused into his milk, combining it with beautiful espresso, garnished lightly with fresh Ghana chocolate. The smell was incredible, and Mike explained the unique relationship the traditional masala herbs has on the body specifically with caffeine’s ability to block calcium absorption and how this combination of fresh herbs counteracted that effect, allowing the recipient the full benefit of both milk and coffee.

It is this passion for natural living which has made both Mike and Tulip Espresso and Bakery such a huge hit in Maungaturoto. The cafe´, which Mike manages, specialises in freshly baked goods and produce delicious sour dough breads. The cafe´, of course, serves up 100% Organic Fairtrade coffee, and this partnering of Mike and Karajoz Coffee Company’s Organico blend has worked well.

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Take control of your budget

by JAN BILTON

I

KNOW I’m not the only one guilty of impulse buying. Did I really need that pink chocolate crammed with hundreds and thousands and enticingly displayed near the checkout yesterday? It could have blown the budget (and the calorie intake) for the week. I noted a colleague falling into the same trap.

Flatmates and young marrieds often ask me how they can keep their weekly food bill in check. Here are 10 ideas.

■ Planning meals well in advance eliminates the need to purchase last minute quick-to-prepare but more

expensive convenience foods.

■ Make a rough meal plan starting with dinners followed by breakfasts and lunches. Take into account the number of people at each meal, their ages, gender and the amount of energy they expend during a day.

■ Save fuel by planning some meals to be cooked in your electric frypan, crockpot or microwave oven, all of which use less power than conventional ovens and hobs.

■ Choose seasonal foods — they’re always lower priced than out of season goodies. Grow your own fruit and vegetables where possible.

■ Make a shopping list and stick to it.

Check the pantry to ensure you’re not buying an item you already have.

■ Try to plan menus around weekly

supermarket specials.

■ Check the labels on the packets for “use buy” and “best before” dates. It’s uneconomic to buy an item that will be out of date before you have used the entire amount.

■ Buy only what you require, especially with fresh produce. For example, it’s pointless buying bananas just because they are on special at $3 for two kilograms, they are not going to be consumed before they go black and mushy.

■ Try to cook one evening meal that will last two nights. Stews, casseroles and crockpots are perfect examples.

■ Avoid those tempting displays in your supermarket — just buy what’s on your list.

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First sitting at 1.30 pm Second sitting at 6 pm

RECIPES CURRIED LENTILS & KUMARA

Christmas Function Menu

Lentils and chickpeas provide cheap protein and carbohydrate power.

1st to 19th December

2 tbsp canola oil 1 red onion, diced 1 tsp each: cumin seeds, mustard seeds 1-2 tsp curry powder 1/2 cup red lentils 400g orange kumara, peeled and cut into 3cm pieces 2 cups vegetable stock 400g can diced tomatoes 390g can chickpeas, drained 3-4 tbsp chopped coriander or parsley

3 course menu $45 per person 2 course menu $35 per person

Heat oil in a large saucepan.

Saute onion, until softened.

Add spices. Stir and cook for 1 minute. Add lentils, kumara, stock and tomatoes.

Cover and simmer on low heat for 20 minutes. Add chickpeas and coriander and heat through.

Great topped with extra coriander or parsley and served with plain yoghurt.

— Serves 4.

SAUSAGE NIBBLES WITH SPINACH AND PASTA Choose well-flavoured fresh sausages for this recipe, for example minty lamb or Italian.

2 cups dried pasta curls or macaroni 1 tbsp canola oil 500g well-flavoured sausages 3 cloves garlic, crushed 400g can diced tomatoes pinch chilli flakes 2 cups finely sliced spinach Cook pasta according to packet instructions.

Meanwhile, heat oil in a non-stick frying pan. Squeeze sausage meat out of skins, making about 4 pieces from each. Roll into rough little balls. Pan-fry balls in oil for 6-7 minutes, shaking the pan so they cook evenly.

Add garlic, tomatoes and chilli flakes. Cover and simmer for about 5 minutes.

Add spinach and cook until limp. Serve over pasta.

— Serves 4.

SPICY RICE WITH SMOKED FISH Tip: Cook double the amount of rice you need and store the surplus in the freezer to use in stir-fries.

Or reheat and serve as an accompaniment.

non-stick frying pan. Saute onion, until soft. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute. Stir in spices and well-drained rice.

Fry for 1 minute.

Drain fish and break into chunks. Add with parsley to the rice and heat through.

Meanwhile, lightly poach eggs. Serve rice in 4 shallow bowls, topped with eggs.

Great served with lemon wedges and a salad or steamed greens. — Serves 4.

1 & 3/4 cups long grain rice 2 tbsp canola oil 1 medium onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1/2 tsp ground turmeric Pinch cayenne pepper 210g can smoked pink salmon 1/4 cup chopped parsley 4 eggs

One small cauliflower with leaves and stalks weighs about 600g and will provide about 350g florets.

Cook rice according to packet instructions. Wash under hot water and drain well.

Meanwhile, heat oil in a

1 tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 250g lean minced beef Pinch chilli flakes

CATALAN CAULIFLOWER

Salt and pepper to taste 1 & 1/2 cups (625g) tomato pasta sauce or diced tomatoes 3 cups (350g) chunky cauliflower florets 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs 1/4 cup shopped parsley Heat oil in a frying pan. Add onion and saute until soft. Stir in beef, breaking it up with a fork. Cook, stirring, until browned.

Add seasonings and pasta sauce. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, adding a little water if too thick.

Meanwhile, steam cauliflower until crisp-tender.

Place in an 18-20cm baking dish. Cover with meat sauce, then sprinkle with breadcrumbs and parsley.

The top can be grilled, if preferred.

— Serves 4.

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by DEBBIE OLDFIELD Savage lancewood is only one of many Pseudopanax that we stock here at Alter-Natives.

Pseudopanax are tough, versatile, easy care natives that come in many different shapes and sizes.

These hardy natives will grow in a wide range of soils and situations. Some perform very well in harsh coastal conditions, while others are more at home in more peaceful garden situations.

A lot of the more recently bred cultivars fall into the latter group.

They come in some amazing leaf shapes and colours - yellows, bronze, purple and obviously green. They fit in well in a wide variety of garden ‘themes’.

Pseudopanax laetus for example has lush, large, dark green leaves

that look wonderful in a tropical themed garden. Where as Pseudopanax ferox or savage lancewood looks great as the centre of attention in a coastal or minimalistic themed garden – lots of pebble, big rocks, driftwood and low growing grasses.

Looking after your Pseudopanax is pretty easy. They don’t get many insect or fungal problems, can handle quite dry conditions once established, and if you buy the right sized one for your situation they require minimal or no pruning.

About the only thing they won’t tolerate well are wet soil conditions. An added advantage to this family of plants is that they produce berries that feed the Tuis and wood pigeons. Come in and check out our wide range of Pseudopanax

Kathy Mortimer has 25 years experience working with landowners throughout Northland on planting projects involving land stabilisation (especially coastal areas), riparian management, wetland enhancement, shelter and timber.

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by CANDACE STEVENSON

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If you have taken advantage of our low prices on bare rooted fruit trees over the winter period and have established a small or large orchard of pip and stone fruit then take note that we are heading into the season of bud movement. Unfortunately in our warm climate this also means the season of fungal diseases.

When growing peaches, pears, plums, apricots and nectarines, to prevent leaf curl, brown rot and rust, trees should be treated with a copper based spray. Times for these applications are upon bud swell (when the buds burst) and

also when petals are in full bloom.

Once the petals have fallen apply your spray again and then at three week intervals until fruit maturity. Please come and talk to us about the range of fungicides we have available.

Along with fungicide applications you may want to add insecticides to prevent damage to your fruit from pests such as codling moth, aphids and mites.

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Omaha home, like life, brings The joyful terracotta and blue house, far left, sits in a beautiful garden setting on the edge of the Whangateau Harbour; left, the kitchen, dining and living areas all look out across the lawn to the water.

by LEIGH BRAMWELL

T

he home of the late Jane Evans was the inspiration for Jennifer and Peter Froude’s house at Omaha. Friends said the Nelson artist painted life the way she wanted it to be, and her art was full of joy and colour.

Jennifer and Peter have followed Jane’s lead with a house that is similarly full of joy and colour at a time when interior design trends lean towards a pared-back, monochromatic palette.

Jennifer took her courage in her hands when she chose the colours for the house, and mixed a range of warm pinks, apricots and buttery yellows with the fresh blue of the nearby sea.

They’ve wholeheartedly loved the place since they bought it 22 years ago, and Jennifer says it’s been a haven for them, their children and their grandchildren. At a time when the couple are about to move on, Jennifer says she feels privileged to have owned it.

She and Peter weren’t looking seriously for a bach at Omaha, but during a holiday at a friend’s bach there they had a casual look at the local real estate, and spoke to an agent.

“Then one day through the fax machine – yes, it was that long ago – there came a picture of this house,” Jennifer recalls.

Interestingly, Jennifer fell in love with the house despite the fact that it was painted pale pink inside and out (“it wasn’t good,” she smiles) and Peter fell in love with the naked hectare on which it sat. Both, obviously, had enough vision to see what it could become.

Peter perhaps had the biggest job, turning the bare, waterfront section into a secluded, subtropical garden full of ornamental trees, palms, natives, fruit trees and vegetables.

“Peter created all of it,” Jennifer says. “I don’t know if he even knew he could do that. We have A class peat soil so everything grows, and we have lots of produce - blueberries, avocados, orchard fruit, raspberries and strawberries.

Peter has even grown some roses for me.”

Jennifer’s challenge was to choose the colours for the house, and she admits to having quite a few test pots and pieces of cardboard stuck to the wall before asking Peter if he was alright with the colours. He said yes.”

She went ahead with the adventurous colour scheme

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which she says she may not have done in a property in the city.

“But it felt as though this house did it with me.”

Timber accents, Nine years ago Jennifer and Peter extended the building to accommodate a new kitchen, complete with marble benches and a butler’s sink, and it has shifted the house from the ‘bach’ category into ‘well-designed family home’.

Buttery yellow is Jennifer’s colour choice here, which ties in

with a sarked ceiling, timber floors and cane details. Her sea blue accent colour has been used for the cupboards and drawers.

The ground floor has an open plan living, kitchen and dining area which opens to north facing decks and splendid sea views.

There’s also a bedroom and bathroom on this level. Upstairs is the master bedroom and ensuite, and a spacious mezzanine lounge. A separate studio area with its own bathroom is linked by a pergola

to the main house.

“We inherited a happy home and it has continued to be that for us and our family, particularly our grandchildren who love coming to grandma and grandpa’s place at Omaha. The eldest is now 20 years old,” writes Jennifer in her own tribute to the house.

Peter cites the absolute privacy, rich black loam right to the water’s edge, his garden, and the birdlife as the aspects of the property that are special for

BELOW, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The kitchen, added in an extension a few years ago, is an enveloping, sunny space with sarked ceilings and timber floors; A mezzanine sitting area has been accommodated on the first floor, where it’s easy to while away the time reading or day-dreaming; The views from the upstairs master bedroom take centre stage; Peter has turned a completely bare piece of land into a lush, subtropical garden complete with orchard trees, vegetables, and even the roses his wife loves; When Jennifer walks through the house and sees this view, her eyes fill with tears.

him.

And both of them are truly appreciative of the views. The house sits right on the edge of the Whangateau Harbour and the kayaks lined up on the lawn are evidence of the enjoyment the couple’s children and grandchildren have had here.

“When I walk through the door into my house my eyes fill,” Jennifer says. “It’s truly beautiful. And we bought it on a day when the tide wasn’t even in.”

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Install a pool this summer — but make safety a priority N

ow is the time to start thinking about installing a pool for summer.

Before you start, make sure you are well aware of the rules and regulations regarding installing a pool and the fencing.

In New Zealand more children under five drown than any other age group. In the last 10 years in New Zealand 100 children in the 0 to 5 age group have drowned.

The Fencing of Swimming Pools Act has helped to reduce the number of young children drowning in home pools from more than 100 in the 10 years to 1982 down to 30 in the 10 years to 2012.

Safety comes first for the family!

Do not compromise on your families safety in the water.

Although it is lovely to entertain poolside, you must ensure you have followed all the requirements to assisting in making it a SAFE ZONE rather than a danger zone. Accidents do happen, but by following the rules and regulations this can assist in making all the difference when entertaining and having fun poolside this Summer.

SAFETY FIRST The Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987 (the Act) aims to promote the safety of young children by requiring pool owners to fence certain swimming pools.

The Government is changing the Act to strike a better balance between protecting young children from drowning in home pools and making the Act more workable for pool owners and local councils.

The changes are estimated to reduce the risk of young children drowning in home pools by six drownings every 10 years.

Here are some of the changes: ■ There will be clearer requirements for restricting access to swimming pools.

■ Councils will be required to inspect swimming pools at least every five years.

■ Child-resistant spa pools will no longer require an additional means of restricting access.

■ Retailers will be required to inform people who purchase spa pools and portable pools of their obligations.

■ Portable pools will be exempt if they are shallower than 300mm – a depth of pool that is generally practical to empty after each use.

■ Garden ponds and other water hazards will be exempt if they are not intended for swimming.

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need to know Price:Nissan Juke Ti-S, $41,990.

Dimensions: Length, 4135mm; width, 1765mm; height, 1570mm.

Configuration: Four-cylinder transverse, four-wheel-drive, 1618cc, 140kW, 240Nm, sixstep, continuously variable automatic.

Performance: 0-100km/ h,8sec.

For further information: IC Motors, 50 Port Rd, WHANGAREI Phone: 0800 242 668 www.icmotorgroup.co.nz

by ROSS KIDDIE

I

t was with much disappointment that I saw my son’s turbocharged Nissan 200SX/Sylvia disappear from TradeMe. It was a New Zealand-new car which took a lot of finding and it now has a new owner, the sale making way for something else quick and turbocharged.

I’ve long been a fan of the 200SX which, coincidentally, was a car that I had for evaluation at the time my son was born.

During the time my son had his car he worked it hard and it was that which made me realise what an outstanding job Nissan did with that 2-litre, fourcylinder, twin-camshaft engine, it took a lot of punishment and it couldn’t be faulted, it never missed a beat in three years.

Of course, Nissan has long been a pioneer of turbocharger technology and the company has just developed a new engine, it is a 1.6-litre, four-cylinder twincamshaft unit which sits in Pulsar hatchback and is now as an option on Juke.

And, what’s more, the turbocharged Juke gets allwheel- drive and a few trick goodies which set it apart from the naturally-aspirated twowheel- drive model. The Juke turbo lands here at $41,990, $7700 more than its equivalent Ti stablemate. Incidentally, an ST Juke starts the series rolling at $32,190.

Little has been lost with the newcomer, it still shares the same unusual styling as before with chunky, squat and unorthodox appearance. It is a bit of a standout, which obviously appeals to a wide variety of car buyers.

The turbo model adds a bit more zing, power is up 54kW to 140kW and a maximum 240Nm of torque sits all of the way from 2000rpm to 5000rpm. These aren’t overwhelming figures, other 1.6-litre engines are pumping out more, but they are enough to put a wee bit of fire into the Juke’s performance. A standstill to 100km/h time of 8sec is nothing to be sneezed at

NISSAN JUKE TI-S

A few trick goodies set this car apart

while a quick highway overtake can be achieved in 5sec.

In much the way Nissan are engineering their lightweight models, the engine is hooked to a six-step continuously variable automatic. The gearbox copes well under load and doesn’t let the engine revs run away too high, power is harnessed in seamlessly and drive is initiated quickly.

The Juke turbo doesn’t need to be driven hard but it does

enjoy freedom, the engine is very lively and sings away freely when requested, otherwise it is happy to work the bottom end, that solid flow of torque and even turbo thrust is theoretically available at all speeds. The Juke turbo is quick but it’s not fast, it’s just a moderate balance between controllable power as well as trying to recover reasonable fuel economy figures.

Many manufacturers are

seeing turbocharging as a way of boosting small capacity engines so that fuel waste is minimised.

Nissan’s 1618cc unit fits in the middle and that is a sensible compromise.

During my time with the test car it constantly sat around nine-litres per 100km (31mpg) average. At 100km/h the trip computer readouts sit around 7.9l/100km ( 36mpg) with the engine turning over at just 2000rpm in the tallest part of the gearing. Those figures stack up reasonably well with Nissan’s 7.4l/100km (38mpg) combined cycle claim and weren’t unfavourable given I did drive the Juke turbo far from an efficient manner, the engine is just so responsive that it is a bit of a thrill to feel its mid-range dynamics.

I took the test car through on a series of long sweeping corners mixed with the odd tight one.

Nissan have firmed the Juke turbo underneath, the spring and damper rates are a level harder than the standard model

and you can feel it over slow speed bumps and ruts.

The benefit is the tight handling it imparts and with its torque metering system, shuffling power front to rear, the Juke turbo feels well attached to the road, grip is high and feedback of what the 215/55 x 17in Michelin tyres are doing is well directed back to the steering wheel.

One of the Juke turbo’s characteristics is the drive mode system which can be directed three ways for economy, normal or sports driving.

Personally, I didn’t like the economy mode, it dulls the throttle response, that lovely wee engine delights in performing so I can’t imagine why you would want to numb it down. But in normal or sports mode it fits the character of the car and my highway test was in a combination of both modes.

Performance aside, the Juke turbo is also a handy car for the young family, Nissan describe it as an SUV but I think it’s more of a warm hatchback with styling to envy. It has a good level of fitment, Nissan’s Ti leather trim spec is quite generous, and the many electronic displays and goodies are more than gimmicks, the Juke turbo has a serious role to play and it has functionality which fits with its position.

Personally, I’d do without the turbo and settle for the standard ST model. Its supple suspension and cloth trim makes it just that little bit more user-friendly on our broken roads, but can completely understand how the turbo model temps with its honest, all round performance.

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1. Stylist’s best friend

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L’Ore ´ al Professionnel Infinium, RRP $23 L’Ore´al Professionnel is proud to introduce a package and formula renovation to the stylist’s back-stage best friend and styling innovation — Infinium. With one Infinium hairspray sold every 11 seconds worldwide, it’s not hard to see why 40,000 salons around the world swear by it. Extremely fine, extremely dry with no visible residue or stiffness, the new formula of Infinium fixes hair with flexible hold. With a renovated formula that contains ultra-fine, professional grad droplets, Infinium delivers an invisible result, ideal for creating all types of daring fashion looks: back-combed, tousled, extravoluminous and highly defined.

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Colour Riche Extraordinaire Lipstick, RRP $25.99 The first lip lacquer with micro oils, new Colour Riche Extraordinaire provides high impact colour and breathtaking shine for extraordinary lips like never before. Colour is richer and lip surface is lustred. Colour Riche Extraordinaire infuses lip colour with precious micro oils for an incomparable colour result. The oil base reveals the true depth of the colour pigments, compared to traditionally used waxes that can fade and give dull colour.

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With a super-smoothing, satiny texture, Trilogy Age Proof Hydra-Tone Softening Lotion tones and conditions skin, promoting a healthy pH balance. This certified natural gel-lotion completes the cleansing process while softening and hydrating the skin. As a multi-tasking non-astringent botanical toner, it removes residual cleansing product and make-up (including eye make-up) without stripping the skin. It is suitable for all skin types, and especially beneficial for dry, dehydrated or mature complexions. Trilogy Age Proof Hydra-Tone Softening Lotion also

saturates the skin with moisture, leaving nothing but a soft, clean feel and a radiant glow. Known as ‘nature’s moisture magnet’, plant-derived hyaluronic acid plumps skin to help smooth the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Marshmallow conditions while ylang ylang helps restore balance as you enjoy its sweet, exotic and relaxing fragrance. White tea delivers antioxidant protection and mulberry helps to brighten.

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Bain Fluidealiste, RRP $40, Fluidissime RRP $46, Maskeratine RRP $65, Fondant Fluidealiste, RRP $48 Kerastase is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the ultimate hair care and movement. Its latest collection Discipline is a result of cutting-edge technology and contains the highest Pro-Keratin concentration of any Ke´rastase line.

Discipline products give women lasting control, taming the most unruly hair by successfully bringing together ease of use, while also restoring harmony and the beauty of perfect motion. It helps tame the hair fibres on two different levels: in-depth for a solid structure and on the surface for a flawless finish.

5. Fighting breast cancer

Four limited edition L’Ore ´ al Professionnel gift pack, RRP $58

Four limited edition L’Ore´al Professionnel gift packs designed by Dame Trelise Cooper are to help in the fight against breast cancer. L’Ore´al Professionnel salons are joining Breast Cancer Cure and Dame Trelise Cooper to raise funds to find a cure for breast cancer by 2018. Dame Treliseha designed four limited edition L’Ore´al Professionnel gift packs and from every gift pack sold, $2 will be donated by L’Ore´al Professionnel to the charity. New Zealand has the third highest death rate from Breast Cancer in the western world, with more than 600 Kiwi women dying from the disease each year. Money donated to Breast Cancer Cure will fund scientific research to find a cure for the disease. The packs come in four series expert varieties – with each limited edition pack contains a shampoo and conditione. We have one gift pack to give away.

SAVVY AUGUST WINNERS To enter the SAVVY giveaways go online to www.savvymagazine.co.nz, click on Giveaways and fill out the form. Otherwise send your entry to SAVVY Giveaways, Northern Advocate, PO Box 210, Whangarei. Please note email entries are no longer valid.

■ One entry per person ■ Entries close 5pm, Friday, September 26, 2014 ■ September winners will be announced in SAVVY on Saturday, October 4.

WINNERS Weleda Nourishing Hair Oil: Betty Waldron Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil: Isobelle Cherrington Garnier 5sec Perfect Blur: Dorothy Rowlands Schwarzkopf Extra Care 6 Miracles Oil Essence: Robyn Shanks Matrix Biolage hair treatment: Margaret Sandford

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Sights and sounds – the meeting of two pianos

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he crossing of paths can often be an unpredictable and fortuitous series of coincidences — the art museum presents a particularly distinct space where objects, ideas and stories meet and are exchanged, leaving behind unique, often new and memorable experiences.

As objects and art works come together different perspectives emerge. A recent addition to the art museum is a selection colonial furniture that can now be viewed in the gallery, exhibited with the art works on permanent display, lending a unique window into the arts and cultural developments in early Northland. The furniture was part of an acquisition from the Historical Places Trust, transferred from the Highwic and Pompallier Mission collections.

One of the objects acquired is a small upright piano dated 1842, believed to be the first piano brought out to Russell. Made by Robert Warham and Sons, the piano was nearly lost when it was taken to be dumped in the harbour after having sat in a house in the Russell district for years.

Fortunately a “thoughtful launchman” informed the Pompallier House caretaker just in time to save the piano from a watery end. The piano is

currently stored at the art museum awaiting conservation before beginning its new life in the gallery.

The meeting of music and art has been explored in a diverse range of art forms, such as performance art, installation art and sound art. On an everyday visit to the art museum you would find yourself surrounded by walls hung with art works to be gazed upon, viewed from a distance or scrutinized closely.

Sound art referred to the expression of hearing as another way of seeing.

Michael Parekowhai’s art work He ko¯rero pu ¯ ra¯kau mo te awanui o te motu: story of a New Zealand river – an intricately carved, boldly red concert piano, invites the viewer not only a visual but also a musical experience. A fully functional Steinway concert piano, it was originally selected by renowned pianist Lili Kraus in London for her performances.

Born in Budapest in 1903, Kraus entered the Franz Liszt Academy of Music at 17 where she studied with Bela Bartok.

After WWII she settled in New Zealand for a time before moving to North Carolina where she died. Inscribed with a message from Kraus wishing the piano to bring happiness and inspiration, Parekohwai intended the piano to be played as part of experiencing the art work.

Michael Parekowhai, He ko¯rero pu¯ra¯kau mo te awanui o te motu: story of a New Zealand river, 2011 . Original Steinway grand piano (Model D), brass, added timber, cast and flat bar steel, resin, ivory, ebony, mother of pearl, paua and lacquer Purchased 2011, with the assistance of the Friends of Te Papa, Te Papa (2011-0046-1/A-N to N-N) Drawing upon the long history of Western music and his own bicultural background, Parekowhai creates a distinctly contemporary NZ viewpoint, creating dynamic meeting points of music and art, crosscultural and cross-generational

perspectives.

Michael Parekowhai’s He Korero is currently touring as part of the exhibition Black Rainbow: Ralph Hotere and Michael Parekowhai, developed by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Borrowing

Lili Kraus’ words, may the two pianos — one saved by a launchman and the other by a contemporary NZ artist – continue to inspire visitors with their music and their stories.

— Yu-San Kang

Closing soon final two weeks

A Symphony of Culture: Treasures from the Heart of Taiwan Open 13 July – 21 September 2014 A major exhibition from Taichung City, showcasing the vibrant arts and cultural treasures from Taiwanese artists and indigenous communities.

Exhibition Open One of New Zealand’s best-loved painters, Rita Angus is the third artist to feature at the Whangarei Art Museum as part of a rotating programme of art from the Museum of Te Papa Tongarewa, featuring her remarkable painting Fay and Jane Birkinshaw (1938). A different art work from the national collection will be displayed every three months in a dedicated space at the art museum.

Exhibition developed by the Cultural Affairs Bureau Taichung City Government and co-organised by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Auckland.

Mei-Ru Fan, Yearning for Autumn, 2001, ink wash

For further information please contact 09 430 4240 whangareiartmuseum@wdc.govt.nz

Rita Angus, Fay and Jane Birkinshaw, oil on canvas, 1938, Purchased 1998 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

WHANGAREI ART MUSEUM Te Manawa – The Hub, Town Basin, Dent St, Whangarei

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An up-and-down day in the life of Little Miss Expecting of. Make your own dinner, I’m not hungry.

Wide, mother, journalist ... and pregnant.

PHILIPPA MANNAGH reveals the highs and lows, and the challenges in life ...

Dear Diary: Afternoon

Dear diary: Morning I am over this. I am so sore and stiff.

I can’t remember being this slow and aching this much with my last two at the end? Is it a third child thing or is it that I am that much older than last time? I am struggling to get out of bed, I’m so used to jumping out! Each time I need to roll over I wake up and the restless leg syndrome has started to creep in at night… My memory foam bed doesn’t help with my extra weight, by the morning I am so sunken that I look like a flapping stranded whale on a beach trying to return to the tide. I eat that treat again and again, but now realise that I have little time left before I am trying to work those giant pieces of cake straight back off again.

I need some time to myself please, even to walk from one end of the house to the other. Don’t call me and expect me to come quickly, good things take a lot of time. Strangers, please don’t watch me as I try to get out of the car, it is not a graceful exercise anymore.

Who made the rule that women should go through all of this? Oh yeah, God. I want to go for a run. That would look stupid.

I want to be on my bike as the family heads off around the block, but the lower

back pain and lack of breath as a baby pushes on my lungs wouldn’t get me out of the driveway and man would that hurt the bum!

I close my eyes and imagine her here.

No third-trimester, no labour pains just

GIRL POWER JO DANILO escaped to Northland from wintry England three years ago and finds the Kiwi way of life refreshingly different.She shares with SAVVY readers the things that make her stop and smile.

I spent four years living in Switzerland, where I was shocked to discover that women were only given full voting rights in ... wait for i t... 1971 — the last European country to do so. Interestingly, part of the reason for this late gift was because there were too many women’s groups against getting the vote. They thought it would lead to neglect of the family, and that women had ‘enough to think about’.

New Zealand, in contrast, was a pioneer of women’s rights, and maybe that was because the female population was of a different mindset. The Maori women were from a strong warrior nation, and the Pakeha women were adventurous pioneers, as brave and hardy as their pioneer husbands. In 1893, a quarter of the female population — 32,000 women — signed petitions to be granted the right to vote. The Electoral Bill was passed that same year.

They had earned it.

New Zealand led the world on women’s rights in 1893, and continued to do so. From 2005 to 2006, all the highest offices were occupied by women. The Queen, the Governor General, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice. Another first.

Writing this article makes me realise I’m taking all this girl power completely for granted because I haven’t enrolled to vote in the General Elections yet. If you haven’t either, they close enrolments on the September 19. Make your ancestors efforts worthwhile!

ta-da here she is….

I am sad that this is impossible. I fight away the baby brain creeping in, I have too much to do for that. Let’s hire that Au Pair I say! Let’s do it! And now, I will go and have a hot bath… that I can’t get out

I feel her as she wakes and sleeps. Her silent reminders that she is there, she is present already and she looks forward to meeting her family. She can hear her brother and sister, she can hear the dog bark… and she and I are working ever so hard as she develops into a ful- sized newborn ready to meet this world. I feel your hiccups, your hands and feet… I can almost make out a small personality.

Thank you. Thank you that our bodies are made this way. Every moment is one to treasure as life goes so fast, a mere nine months to create a human being! I look down and a little chubby hand creeps across my belly as I write. It pauses and settles in to feel a kick from his new sister. I watch as Miss 7 cradles her dolly and rocks her gently in her small arms.

“Shhhhhh,” she whispers, still practicing for the real thing. This is so wonderful for our family. We are so lucky. Hubby lights up as we talk about his next daughter.

Excitement is growing as well as my beautiful pregnant shape which brings an exciting time of new beginnings, more laughter, joy and family time.

I can’t wait to meet you. But stay in there a little longer… let me feel that next kick, let me set up your room and let me acknowledge more and more that you are a miracle and were sent to us for a very special and specific reason.

Keep following my journey at www.facebook.com/littlemissexpecting LIKED MEDIA, 0212960496 likedmedia@gmail.com, www.likedmedia.co.nz

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(Watch that it doesn’t boil over) In a separate jug mix 2 1⁄2 heaped tablespoons of cornflour with a 1⁄4 c milk to make a paste add to this 2 eggs, 1⁄2 tsp vanilla and a pinch of salt and lightly beat.

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When it has cooled down a bit pour into the uncooked base and sprinkle with remaining base mix to give the crunchy topping.

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DIANNE HARRIS is a budget advisor for the Anglican Care Centre Everyday we choose how we will react to situations. We choose how people affect our mood. We choose to be in a good mood or bad, what to have for breakfast, how much we will spend on food, our clothes, a new phone etc The bottom line being “it’s our choice” Among those choices is budgeting. Budgeting is not just for those on a low income, it’s for everyone and the choices that are available to us are, or should be made to fit within the budget that we have.

“A good financial plan (budget) is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future” Alexa Von Tobel Take supermarkets for example, they cater for everyone’s taste and income but we are the ones who make the choice as to what we buy. And the choices that we make will therefore reflect the outcome be it a positive or a negative.

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