Verve. July 2022. Issue 188.

An uplifting monthly eclection of life, style and happenings.

JULY '22

We find out what’s hot in fashion for this winter issue, take a trip to Bali, and hear from Mel in Helsinki.

We also discover what makes Waiheke Wild, how to handmake smiles, and very nearly join The 5am Club.

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Editors’ Notes Fran Ninow

Jude Mitchell

My brother who lives in Christchurch texted me the other day to find out if I was okay. The news was reporting that a multiple stabbing had taken place literally metres away from where I live on North Shore, and that much of the action had taken place at a cafe I frequent. He was relieved to hear that I was in the office that day – safe and uninjured.

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Co-editor

It was only one of saddening reports in the news that week, including the devastating confirmation of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a loss, many believe, for society as a whole.

This brings me to a question that bugs me daily: why is it that the news is almost always in a bad mood? Honestly, I do not believe our world is getting worse, but it’s the nature of most mainstream media that makes us feel this way. The saying “if it bleeds, it leads” has never been truer.

If ever there was a case for optimistic, inspiring and upbeat media, it’s now, and we hope that Verve, with positivity at its core, offers just that.

This month’s stories, rich in resilience, compassion, and innovation, I hope will inspire you as much as they did me. We speak with clever Maggie Grout who at just 15 years of age saw an opportunity to improve education for those living in poverty, and followed through with it, and Kiwi writer and photographer, Mel Dower, who tells us of life in Helsinki. Plus, we have recipes

by Solla Eiríksdóttir, the highly respected Icelandic chef who for 40 years has specialised in vegan and plant-based food – they’re a treat to behold, and I know I’ll be trialling them all!

Wishing you happy reading, and a safe, upbeat month.

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This is a short note — a tipping of my hat to the joys travel. Last week I boarded an international flight after three years, and what a feeling it was.

It’s difficult to describe the mix of trepidation of stepping back out into the world and the excitement of reconnecting with family overseas. I boarded the plane with my eldest son and his wife, and my daughter and her husband along with my 10-month-old granddaughter, Moss. It was pure joy to be together as we made our way to the US to see my other son and his family, who as you can imagine, I hadn’t seen in the longest time.

I had the most incredible time in Palm Springs with my family, staying at a wonderful Airbnb, eating many tacos, and drinking margaritas and Californian wine. Although many locals tend to leave the desert due to the extreme heat of this time of the year, for me, driving into that dry furnace was exhilarating.

Fundamentally, reconnecting with family after so long apart was what it was all about, and we didn’t do much more than enjoy each other’s company and swim in the pool, whilst watching hummingbirds dart around and being leapt on by my two US-based exuberant granddaughters!

So, I write this sitting at the airport heading home. My family have scattered in multiple directions for a while, and I’m both reflecting on how fortunate we are to have been able to make the time to see each other in such an amazing context and thinking about where to next! Welcome (back) to the world!

Jude xx

Fran x x

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Banish the Belly Fat! Handmade Smiles

Open House 44

Queen of the Curve Fashion 60

Education 94

Three-Dimensional Thinking 96

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Packing for the Sun What Dreams Are Made Of

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Transform your living room into a tranquil yet light-filled cocoon that soothes and revitalises its occupants by employing multiple tones of creams and whites – or ultra-pale pastel shades – in combination with natural textures and details.

PASTEL PERFECT (previous page) Combining a secluded location with spectacular views and layered interiors, this holiday home has a glamorous, contemporary spirit. An enclosed porch forms part of the main living space, and is light-filled all year round. The French Burgundy stone floor adds texture, while the built-in couches were designed to keep a low line to draw the eye to the horizon beyond the windows. The soft green shades used for the upholstery and cushions help ensure that the space blends beautifully into its natural surroundings.

TONE ON TONE (pictured left) Situated in an apartment with a layered aesthetic that is designed for laid-back family holidays, this living room’s original period features – including traditional floor tiles and pressed ceilings – enliven a neutral palette of creams, beiges and pale bamboo tones. An inviting L-shaped couch prompts thoughts of lazy lounging, and the walls have been plastered but left unpainted, giving them a subtly textured look.

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SERENITY RULES (pictured left) The living room of an urban cottage reveals its creative owner’s passion for layering earthy elements into a serene, monochrome palette. Light floods the space thanks to large windows, whitepainted concrete floors and the high, open-truss ceiling – and the eye-catching centrepiece is a beautiful contemporary chandelier made from clay beads. The wall-mounted mirror is inspired by the form of an anemone and made of coconut sticks, adding further natural texture to the space, as does the rustic wood side table.

SCULPTED CHIC (pictured above)

In a mountainside holiday home that clings to a terraced hillside and sports spectacular sea views, the cosy living room is situated two steps lower than the dining area, and features a sculptural fireplace, curvaceous built-in seating and floors combining polished stone and microcement – all in shades ranging from pure white to natural stone. Punctuated by traditional wooden ceiling beams and softened with a grass rug and fluffy sheepskins, it’s a study in effortless ease.

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SENSE & SENSIBILITY (pictured above)

This country house teams its idyllic location with an earthy yet contemporary decor sensibility. Of particular note is the allnatural, hand-polished, traditional lime-based plaster – tadelakt – used on the interior walls throughout, including in this secluded living area. Featuring built-in banquettes and designed for relaxing and reading, the space contrasts soft wall, floor and upholstery tones with a textile wall hanging, cushions and old glassware that add interest to the scheme.

INTERIOR DIALOGUE (pictured right) The formal living room of a home that mixes classic elements with vintage and modern pieces features a high ceiling emphasised by off-white walls and full-length curtains in a matching shade of pale, with the entire scheme anchored by a chic Carrara marble coffee table. Inside this refined frame, carefully selected fixtures and furnishings – including an expansively luxurious yet clean-lined sofa, a vintage chandelier and a contemporary standing lamp – make for a very sophisticated space.

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UP & AWAY

A large central living space – open-plan to a dining area and kitchen – forms the heart of this holiday cottage, and is slightly raised to ensure its occupants enjoy sweeping views of the nearby coastline. The room combines a casual airiness with an elegant feel, thanks to its all-white walls and high ceilings, exposed roof beams and sand-grey screeded floors. Likewise, the oversized sofa is ideal for holiday lounging, yet also has sleek, urbane lines.

WHITE HEAT (pictured left)

The main living room in this beachside family home benefits from a double-volume ceiling that creates a spacious feel.

Painting the wooden floors, walls and ceilings all in crisp white pushes the sense of seamless openness to the max, with stacked doors opening up to wooden exterior decks. Instead of using a traditional blue and white ‘beach’ palette, the homeowners chose to punctuate all the white with textures of wood that range from wind-worn and weathered to honed and handcrafted.

DREAM OF GREEN (pictured above) Tucked away behind a stone wall in a lush garden, a discreetly private holiday home celebrates the simple life and includes this enclosed patio, which is an ultra-relaxed space ideal for laid-back lounging. The pre-existing concrete beams from the old porch were reused – finished in a simple lime wash – for the ceiling, and the elegantly pale floors are made from a lime mortar base, in the family of polished cement.

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BLUE YONDER

A boldly conceived holiday home situated on a steep mountainside blends an urbanely contemporary sensibility with elemental ease in its interiors. In the living room, natural textures are deployed with elegant restraint: the floors, for example, are made from polished locally sourced stone that

will age naturally, taking on a unique patina as the years go by. Additional natural materials – wood, rattan, woven grass, leather and linen – add layered depth and a subtle sensuality to this beautiful living space.

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Your living room might include bi-fold or sliding doors or more traditional French windows, a shapely bay, or casement windows. Blinds, shutters, and curtains all provide treatments that can inject colour, patterns, and textures. This is where you can be bold and use your window furnishings to focus on a colour or theme that you can accentuate with other furniture or accessories.

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1. Do you have the time and skills to manage a renovation project? A typical renovation project wastes around 30% of the budget through poor planning, so self-managing can be a false economy.

2. When briefing a designer, make a wish-list for what you want to achieve from the renovation, rather than what you want to change. Your designer may propose more suitable or more cost-effective options you hadn’t considered.

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The total transformation of this urban townhouse has taken it from conventional to contemporary.

It’s now light, bright and the perfect example of how to do minimalism with warmth.

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Finding the balance between chic and laidback is, unsurprisingly, easier said than done.

But it is exactly what Lauren Bolus and her brother, JP, have achieved after the complete renovation and refurbishment of the townhouse that they co-habit in Sea Point, Cape Town.

Opening up the house means that it now takes in iconic landmarks such as Lion’s Head (above) as well as Signal Hill and a snatch of the ocean.

The building’s discreet, boxy façade gives little away of the beautifully designed surprises inside, though the light wood screens and extra-wide pivoting cedar wood front door hint at a prevailing contemporary aesthetic sensibility. The reveal offers a striking sense of openness and sophistication – a clever combination of clean lines, natural light, practical (but beautiful) materials and a neutral colour palette that give the home its less-is-more character as well as belying the narrow proportions of the plot.

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The ground floor is one big airy living area. “As you can imagine, it was a case of bash out whatever walls we could to maximise the sense of space,” says Lauren. “It might also seem obvious, but both upstairs and down I used mirrors to create a feeling of space.”

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The drawers and cupboards are handlefree and appliances have been integrated to enhance the streamlined geometry of the architecture. The vast kitchen island is a bespoke feature piece made up in mirror and white marble. The eye is led outside to the high-walled courtyard. Simple hanging bulbs are a contemporary element.

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“It might also seem obvious, but both upstairs and down I used mirrors to create a feeling of space.”

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The staircase is clad in engineered oak which is continued in the wide oak wooden floorboards, imbuing the spaces with a sense of generosity and warmth and introducing an organic layer to the interiors. The clean-lined sofa is upholstered in a masculine grey fabric.

The tan leather armchair is by Italian furniture manufacturer Poltrona Frau, and the inlaid backgammon set is a family piece.

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Cedar wood screens dapple the light in Lauren’s bedroom and provide a layer of privacy and security.

Upstairs, three small rooms and a bathroom were removed in favour of a tiny gallery landing space that opens on either side onto two generously proportioned master bedrooms that bring to mind all the luxury of a five-star hotel.

Lauren’s knack for maximising space and penchant for open-plan arrangements is evident here too, where she has incorporated the en-suite bathrooms as part of the layout. Cleverly, they are visually separated from the rest of the space by their placement on platforms.

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Lauren’s understated and elegant bedroom has something of a luxe hotel room aesthetic to it.

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A wall of mirrors enhances the sense of light and space.

JP’s bedroom is simple, warm, masculine and sophisticated. A wall of mirrors enhances the sense of light and space in JP’s bedroom. The bed was made to his own design.

As with Lauren's, JP's en-suite bathroom is set on a raised platform. A dark grey colour palette in the bathroom lends it a classic, masculine feel.

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Six years on from her death, Zaha Hadid’s influence is yet to be fully felt. The British-Iraqi architect and dame, affectionately dubbed ‘The Queen of the Curve’, was only 65 years old when she died of a heart attack, leaving a legacy as incomplete as it is impressive.

Born into a wealthy family in Baghdad in 1950, Hadid’s early life was marked by an almost unobtainable level of privilege.

Her father, Mohammed, was a wealthy industrialist and politician who served as Iraq’s minister for finance in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, and her mother, Wajiha, was an artist. Hadid encountered architecture at an early age, first on family holidays to the ancient Sumerian cities in the southern Iraq, and later, aged six, when an architect friend of her father’s “would come to our house with the drawings and models”. Writing for The Guardian in 2012, Hadid recalls: “I remember seeing the model in our living room and it triggered something.”

In the 1960s, Hadid was sent to boarding school in England – a trip familiar to upper-class children throughout the colonial and post-colonial world – before moving to Lebanon to study mathematics at the American University in Beirut. In 1972, she moved to London and began her studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, a strange, doubly named institution, and one of the most prestigious architectural schools in the world.

There, Hadid fell under the tutelage of some of the leading figures of the time, including Rem Koolhass, Bernard Tschumi and Elia Zenghelis, impressing

them with her brilliance. Koolhass described Hadid as “a planet in her own orbit” while Zenghelis said she was the most outstanding pupil he ever taught.

After graduation, Hadid would go to work for Koolhass and Zenghelis at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam, before founding her own firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, in London in 1980.

For as famous as she now is, it’s peculiar to note Zaha Hadid’s designs remained unbuilt for much of her early career.

Undeniably talented, Hadid’s reputation was initially earned on the strength of her teaching – she would lecture at the AA, Cambridge, Harvard, and Columbia, to name a few – as well as her architectural drawings and paintings, which were widely published in journals at the time. Although she won several major commissions throughout the ‘80s, Hadid’s public breakthrough wouldn’t come until 1988 when she was selected to show drawings and paintings at the exhibition Deconstructivism in Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

In 1991, Hadid’s vision was finally brought to life in the form of a fire station, part of the Vitra Design Museum in the town of Weil-am-Rhein, Germany.

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glass and concrete planes, the station represented an ultramodern interpretation of a wholly utilitarian structure, one more in keeping with the surrounding galleries than any of Weil-am-Rhein’s essential services. While the Vitra Fire Station established a material and visual precedent for several of Hadid’s subsequent projects, such as the Bergisel Ski Jump and Spittelau Housing Project, the hard edges of its concrete form contrast markedly with the sweeping, curvilinear space-age shapes of later projects, serving as a primitive prototype for the graceful, gargantuan creations of the following decades.

This rudimentary form of Hadid’s design language persisted throughout the ‘90s and into the early 2000s, when it began to undergo a transformation with her designs for the Ordrupgaard Museum and BMW Administration Centre. Both designs took the basic oblong shape that Hadid was so fond of, and bent it, rounding the edges and softening the building’s profile to create a new, fluid form disconnected from the legacy of linear, modernist architecture in a way that her previous works were not.

In 2004, despite having completed only four buildings, Hadid was awarded the Pritzker Prize, the most prestigious commendation in architecture. The prize was an accelerant on an already burgeoning career and marked a shift in Hadid’s design style as she engaged in some of her most ambitious projects of the 21st century. Buildings like the Guangzhou

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Opera House served as the proof-of-concept for a flowing, highly futuristic style that would establish Hadid as a public works extraordinaire and architect on a truly global scale. With the completion of the London Aquatic Centre ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games, the Queen of Curves left her inimitable signature on the city she called home.

Throughout human history, our architecture has often served as the truest reflection of ourselves. From sacred temples to stately homes and towering, prideful skyscrapers, the things we build frequently tell us more about the societies that created them than the stories they leave behind. The buildings Zaha Hadid leaves behind tell the story of our culture too: globally connected, grandiose and shamelessly capitalistic, but also adaptable, everchanging and eternally hopeful.

Zaha Hadid not only imagined the future, she built it in a way that no other modern architect has yet managed, and to look at one of her buildings is to be awed and motivated by the brilliance of the human mind. As with all great architecture, her work is a legacy of who we are as humans and of what we can achieve, and will continue to tell that story long after we are gone.

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A Design for Life…

Designer, writer and television presenter, Kevin McCloud leapt into our consciousness with Grand Designs.

This month, the affable architectural business owner talks about the difference between decorative and functional.

The other day I found myself having a conversation about clocks, and it dawned on me how our reliance on them in the home has changed so much over the years.

The reason for this is obvious – we have watches, phones, laptops, and various other timing devices scattered about our personal space. The era of having to get up and walk into another room to discover we’re late for the train, is long gone.

There feels some justice in that, too. After all, the humble wall clock was, for many years, vilified in its role in reminding us that we were behind schedule. It must be relieved to know that it now serves a new purpose as an aesthetic choice. A timeless interior addition that alludes to a tradition of sophistication and style – content, simply, to sit smugly in the background of household life, faithfully ticking away the seconds ad infinitum.

Its riling raison d’être aside, there was a time when large clocks were considered emblems of opulence and although the clamour for small and sleeker accessories has relegated the wall clock to an afterthought, there’s a case for arguing this timeless timepiece can add an eye-catching allure to any contemporary space.

The clock is, in many ways, a piece of moving, evolving art. It can exaggerate, calm or simply just sympathise with a wall.

It can bring out colours and connect furniture, items and artwork in genre or era or style.

Even if you’re hoping to emulate uber-minimalist interiors, an elegant or oversized wall clock can offer a break from potential monotony while still appearing a natural extension of its surroundings and theme. Designers now treat these creations as art pieces – ditching the rounded constraints or traditional elements to drag the timing device into the present.

Whichever way you look at it, wall clocks belong in a different era, though that tangible link between functional and decorative is one that we should consider across a number of objects and a number of rooms in our homes.

The truth is, a good home, or house, or space, should combine the two. We need things around us that add to the feeling of being provided for us, yet at the same time we want to enjoy that elegance and beautification.

The secret to any space is finding the correct ratio between the two, and that sometimes can be easier said than done.

Good luck!

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Design of July STYLING — BELLA SAMPSON

Naked Flame Aeris Cocoon Hanging Fireplace

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Cassina Lady Armchair

Resene Black and White Wallpaper Collection 530704

Ligne Roset Au Coeur De La Ville

Ligne Roset Graficos Chest

Ligne Roset Cinetique Floor Lamp

Danish Design Store Battus Throw

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Fashion Statements From silk to denim to slip-on boots, we take a look at what's hot this winter.

Day To Night

Whether you’re travelling frequently for work or enjoying the world opening back up, silk clothing is the perfect addition to your travel wardrobe.

Forget going over your luggage limit; silk’s lightweight nature makes it compact to pack without weighing down your suitcase.

The lightness and breathability of silk also make it the most versatile fabric to travel with, no matter the destination.

Whether you’re heading to hot summers or layering up for cool winters, the right silk piece can provide year-round comfort while offering a stylish and effortlessly chic way to transition from day to night dressing.

For luxurious, travel-friendly pieces, look to GINIA’s beautifully curated collection of everyday silk essentials. Working independently and in combination, these

silk pieces are designed to be worn and loved every day.

Epitomising the comfort dressing trend, GINIA’s Day To Night Slip is the go-to travel piece for those looking for luxury and style. Designed with versatility in mind, this 100% silk slip is ready to take you from business to bar, and back to the hotel room.

GINIA’s Hot Tips For Travelling With Silk

1. Steam is your friend! No one wants to iron when they're travelling (or ever).

Hang your silk garments in the hotel bathroom while showering and let the steam do the work for you. Use the same technique to freshen your bras between wears.

fabric that germs are unable to cling to or grow on as they can with cotton or wool.

Sleep on silk, and don’t be slowed down by the myriad allergy symptoms and illnesses caused by those nasty microbes.

3. Pack your silk camis, always. A classic silk cami can be paired back with a blazer for meetings, a skirt and heel for dinner, over bathers, or as a sleepwear piece. For those days that you don’t know what to wear, this piece always has your back.

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2. Take your silk pillowcase with you.

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Inspired by nature, Tolaga Bay Cashmere is imbued with rare local provence.

Each piece individually crafted to impart a real essence of homegrown luxury.

— Casual weekender in Taupe · Weekend joggers in Taupe · Lace fingerless gloves in Taupe

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1. Husbands Indigo Denim Shirt 2. Alaïa Denim Shirt 3. King & Tuckfield Denim Shirt 4. Strangely Normal Chuck Shirt 5. Valentino Embellished Denim Jacket 6. Feng Chen Wang Blue Denim Shirt 7. Alexander Mcqueen Denim Blazer 8.

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Coperni SSENSE Exclusive Brown Swipe Bag

Acne Studios Suede Tote

Bao Bao Issey Miyake Rockstud Lucent Nest PVC Cross-body Bag

Bao Bao Issey Miyake Black Blocky Messenger Bag

Jacquemus Vague Asymmetric Leather Bag

Botter Yellow Pleated Tote

Valentino Garaxvani Rockstud Spike Quilted Leather Shoulder Bag

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Isabel Marant Fringed Two-tone Leather Shoulder Bag

Bao Bao Issey Miyake Khaki Prism Metallic Tote

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Justine Clenquet White Eva Boots

Valentino Garavani Trackstud Beatle 35 Leather Chelsea Boots

Camperlab Red Traktori Boots

Bottega Veneta Tire Chelsea Boots The Row Zipped Boots

Balenciaga Speed 2.0 Lt Sneakers

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Ann Demeulemeester Alec Lace-Up Leather Knee Boots

Tod’s Logo-Appliquéd Pvc Rain Boots

Camperlab Red Traktori Boots

Christian Louboutin Adoxa 70 Leather Ankle Boots

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1. Birkenstock BEND 2. Paper Plane Ninfa Handmade Lemon Hoops 3. Paper Plane Grown Alchemist Anti-Bacterial Hand Cream 4. Skinara Antioxidants Skin Anti-Aging SPF Sunscreen Filters 5. Vilo Angelou Wooden Sunglasses 6.

Paper Plane Feel Good Inc Sunscreen Lotion 7. George Street Linen Super Pile Cotton Towel in Adobe 8. Paper Plane Brie Leon Check Straw Bag 9. Paper Plane Sophie So Shady Hat 10. AKTIVWORX Seafolly Sea Dive Scoop Neck Swimsuit In Lime Light 11. AKTIVWORX Seafolly Amalfi Check Shirred Longline Bandeau Bikini Lime Light 12. Birkenstock Arizona Soft Footbed Suede 13.

Paper Plane Grown Alchemist Natural Hydrating Sunscreen 14. Birkenstock Arizona Soft Footbed Suede 15. Air Vanuatu Lonely Planet Vanuatu & New Caledonia (Travel Guide) 16. AKTIVWORX Seafolly Terry Dress Green

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Hand Crafted Possum Throw/Blanket We design and hand-tailor our possum skin throws/blankets and cushions to be luxurious, unique, and individual – perfect to pass down through generations. We take great pride in handpicking skins – sourced locally in Central Otago’s Teviot Valley – and creating fur items in the natural colours of greys and reds.

Our seams are sewn with expert tailoring techniques using a waxed thread for strength and durability. Our backing fabric is a luxurious 100% wool with a cashmere finish that create incredibly soft throws and cushions.

Our fabric-covered buttons match the backing fabric and are a unique feature which anchor the fabric and skins, enabling the possum throws to retain shape over time – a unique, handcrafted feature that supports the overall finish of each item.

Throws and cushions are available in various possum skin configurations, sizes, and colours. Woollen fabric used for backing is available in custom colours of your choice.

Skin configuration, sizes, fur choice and custom backing colours are available to view online.

133 Scotland Street, Roxburgh, Central Otago Image — 40 Skin Queen Size Throw

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Made In New Zealand We Offer Made To Measure 1 Seymour Road, Mellons Bay, Howick Auckland | 09 534 8614 Wed-Sat | 10am-5pm kevin@kevinmooredesign.co.nz kevinmooredesign.co.nz

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CLOTHINGGIRL DESIGNER RECYCLE

Clothinggirl Designer Recycle is based at Greenwood's Corner Epsom and open 7 days with free parking right outside.

We have an amazing range of designer labels from NZ and overseas and also stock samples and end of lines.

We cater for sizes 6 to 22 and offer free in-store styling.

553 Manukau Road Epsom, Auckland 09 623 0993

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What Dreams Are Made Of There'll be no need to be counting sheep this winter thanks to our carefully curated collection of sleep aids including supplements, sleepwear and bedding.

Fighting Winter Fatigue Our natural circadian rhythms make it physiologically harder to wake feeling refreshed in winter, which can leave us in a haze of fatigue that’s hard to shake. Here are some of Verve’s favourite sleep saviours, from sleep support supplements to evening beauty routines and sleepwear.

NZ NATURAL FORMULAS SLEEP Spray Natural homeopathic remedies like NZ Natural Formulas' SLEEP can help calm the symptoms of disrupted sleep. Insomnia can take many forms, from an overstimulated nervous system to difficulty getting to sleep, broken sleep, or a busy brain in the night.

Using SLEEP spray before bed helps restore natural sleep patterns without drowsiness the next day. Free shipping in NZ.

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by Natalie sleepwear is timeless, elegant and carefully created to help you unwind without feeling undone. Crafted in New Zealand from sustainable fabric, Tencel, which is silky soft and luxurious.

by Natalie pieces are designed to sleep, live and lounge in.

Use code VERVE for 15% off your order. bynatalie.co.nz

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WINTER FATIGUE The Wright Wool Pillow is the cosy addition you need for your bed this winter! The ethically sourced NZ wool pearl filling is scientifically proven to help you fall asleep faster and for longer.

Sink your head into luxurious comfort that is naturally breathable and thermoregulating for a healthy, restful sleep. Sweet Dreams! wrightwool.co.nz

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LITTLE ELEPHANT TONICS Drift Natural Sleep Tonic

HAPPY MAMA Face and Body Scrubs

Little Elephant Tonics’ DRIFT tonic is formulated with all-natural botanicals to help you get the perfect night’s sleep. A key ingredient is tart cherry, said to improve sleep quality, along with others like valerian root and magnesium, known to aid relaxation and reduce anxiety. Drink before bed for a better night’s sleep!

Great skin starts with exfoliation, one of the most important steps to add to your evening beauty routine. Happy Mama Face and Body Scrubs are conveniently packed for easy home use. Perfect for between salon visits, and spa nights at home.

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iPOP EYEWEAR Blue Light Glasses When the sun goes down and the light fades, our bodies produce melatonin, the chemical hormone responsible for helping us fall asleep. Exposure to artificial blue light slows down its production, causing sleeplessness as well as headaches and sore eyes. iPOP’s blue light filtering glasses filter out this harmful light, reducing eye strain and setting us up for some restful shuteye. ipop.co.nz

Check out their Instagram @happy_mamaclub for more bath salts.

PEMBER SLEEPWEAR Pember Sleepwear is part of the slow fashion movement. Using silk crepe de chine, they produce a collection of elegant, sexy, mix and match sleepwear made in NZ. Silk is a natural textile that breathes, is luxurious, and leaves a small footprint. The ultimate gift for yourself or someone else. Sold exclusively online with free shipping NZ wide. For the month of July use code SLEEPWELL for 20% off. pembersleepwear.com Instagram: @pember_sleepwear

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LA LUNE SLEEPWEAR Luxurious loungewear made in Aotearoa, La Lune is designed for comfort without compromising on style. Their collection can be worn when, where, and how you choose. Their Winter Sleep set is made with 100% organic jersey cotton and features a relaxed-fit tee and bestselling lounge pants. lalunesleepwear.co.nz Instagram: @lalunesleepwear

AVOKADO Hotmilk Dream Maternity Nightie This gorgeous maternity nightie by Hotmilk in soft viscose elastane features a graphic lace trim detailing on the neckline and underbust with a gathered front which allows room for a changing body shape. The perfect option for pregnant or nursing women. avokado.co.nz

LINDEN LEAVES Regenerating Night Cream This is the stuff dreams are made of. Perfect for all skin types and especially sensitive skin, this ultra-rich cream leaves your skin soft and supple each morning. With dreamy marshmallow to hydrate and plump, goji berry to firm and tone, meadowfoam to moisturise and soften, and anti-ageing organic white tea, Regenerating Night Cream leaves your skin soft and glowing. Certified Natural by NATRUE. lindenleaves.com

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All Beds Look the Same?

Choosing the right bed for you can appear overwhelming as “all beds look the same”.

Visit us and experience the superb comfort and sleep benefits of a Tempur pressure-reducing mattress and adjustable base.

A Tempur mattress redistributes your body weight and reduces pressure points that on a conventional mattress can lead to numbness and the need to toss and turn during the night.

A Tempur adjustable base takes up no more room than the area of your mattress yet offers the ability to change the contour of both the head and foot sections.

A pre-set position called ‘Zero-G’ is activated by one button on the remote. When your spine is positioned at ‘zero gravity’, full body muscle tension is relieved and circulation improved.

This can also assist your breathing as you sleep while your Tempur mattress gently conforms to the shape of your body offering a perfect balance of total comfort and superior support.

Visit us in Newmarket and find out how a change in your bed can have such a positive influence on your day.

Visit us and experience the superb comfort and sleep benefits of a TEMPUR pressure reducing mattress and adjustable base.

Bedpost, 27 Crowhurst Street, Newmarket. P: 520-2221 E: newmarket@bedpost.co.nz

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Catching the Worm WORDS — JAMIE CHRISTIAN DESPLACES

A survey by mattress-makers Amerisleep found that 67% of people get up between 4am-7am, with most of that group rising at 6am and harbouring the belief that you must be up by 7am to be considered an early bird.

Nearly two-thirds of early riser respondents said they were very productive with work (rising to 71% for the 4am group), while just 49% of later risers said the same.

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Many leaders in their fields are famously early birds. Apple CEO Tim Cook routinely wakes at a time most only need contemplate if they have a flight to catch and it feels kind of pointless even going to bed (that time’s 3:45am, by the way).

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Reverting to Type Studies have shown that whether we choose to hit snooze may be at least partly genetic, controlled by our individual chronotype which refers to our circadian rhythm – or biological clock – that determines when we naturally feel most active. Chronotypes are often broken down into three categories: morning types; evening types; or neither (the most common), while other researchers split them more thoroughly into four animal-themed groups: the bear; the wolf; the lion; and the dolphin.

Bear chronotypes are most common, with sleep and wake cycles that follow the sun, peak productivity before lunchtime and a likely crash in energy sometime around 3pm. ‘Wolves’ are most likely to hit that snooze button, feeling more energetic the later they rise, with an extra energy boost come evening, while lion chronotypes rise early, get their stuff done before noon and go to bed at a reasonable hour. ‘Dolphins’ are all over the place, generally having trouble following sleep schedules, partly due to being highly sensitive to their environment and woken easily by sound or light.

Understanding your chronotype can be vital for not only planning you get enough sleep but tracking eating habits (such as when to avoid carbs and caffeine) and monitoring mental health. Aside from genetics, research has shown that chronotypes can vary according to gender, environment, and age – with sleeping patterns evolving with time (the older we get the more likely we are to rise earlier). Studies have also shown that we can (very gradually) train ourselves to outwit our inner bear, wolf, lion, or dolphin, and choose when we want to feel most alive.

The 5am Club The 5am Club is a 20-years-in-the-making concept created by internationally renowned leadership and performance guru Robin Sharma. It revolves around the widely accepted philosophy that early starts breed success, as Sharma puts it, if you “take excellent care of the front end of your day, the rest of your day will take care of itself”. Sharma’s The 5am Club book, published in 2018, has sold in the gazillions, transferring his concept to an easy-to-digest motivational tome cleverly masquerading as a fictional story. Of course, not hitting snooze is only half the battle, organising those extra hours efficiently is vital too, beginning with dividing your first hour into three equal 20-minute blocks of exercise, reflection, and learning.

Rather than have the book delivered I opted for a click and collect and cycled 20km across Auckland figuring it to be far more fitting, given the subject. Halfway through the 20km ride back, the heavens opened with absolute fury and the rolled-up book in the back of my cycling jersey got soaked to near-illegibility. An omen? Without doubt.

I’m not averse to an early rise, though an early rise rarely means pre-6am. The problem is that I’m not averse to a late night either and often the two overlap. It’s a very hard habit to break, especially as I regularly feel more like writing at night.

Also, 5am is a helluva a lot earlier than 6am. A helluva lot. I don’t care what the clocks or physics say, it’s definitely way more than an hour.

As it turned out, this wasn’t the best month for such an experiment anyway, further shining a light on how I need to up my organisational skills (just like Sharma says). Aside from the bracing cold of winter (and we sure had some cold snaps during June) making it even more of a struggle to roll out of the warmth, we moved house (stressful at the best of times, but in our penny-pinching wisdom my partner and I decided to up the ante and hire a van which wasn’t big enough to do it all ourselves – we’re still arguing about it), and for the week before the move I spent a good chunk of what should have been my sleeping hours tending to our sick dog (he’s okay now). A dog who, I discovered, is most definitely, fittingly, a wolf chronotype who does not appreciate being dragged around cold dark streets while the birds are still a snoozing. (Though he will happily gobble down an early breakfast before retiring back under the sheets.) Throw in the fact that my partner is a midwife who works hospital shifts and it meant several nights on the sofa bed in the spare room. There certainly followed plenty of zombified mornings and one or two afternoon powernaps.

My raging failure aside, a few facts remain resolute. Early risers not only report being more productive, but are higherearners, happier, less likely to suffer mental health issues, and more likely to be more satisfied with the quality of their life.

But at the foundation of all that is getting enough sleep.

So, I’ll put my 5am Club membership to bed for now but will certainly give it another go come summer. With a new baby due in December, I might not have much choice.

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Refining Beauty Nestled in the hills of Mission Bay amongst native bush and birdsong rests The Refinery.

Founded by Sheila Ferneyhough, The Refinery is a place to rediscover face confidence with an experienced practitioner of PhiBrows – eyebrow microblading and machine shading.

Verve sat down with Sheila to chat about her background, eyebrows, and what she loves about her business and career.

Had you always wanted a career in the beauty industry?

My career in beauty started as a nail technician, working out of a hair salon in Dukes Arcade in Wellington in the mid-‘90s.

I was always in awe of Derek Elvy’s team across the road at Buoy Hairdressing - the enigmatic charm that wafted around them as they went about their craft, while I trailed acrylic dust and reeked of butyl acetate. A decade – or two – later I found myself in Kuala Lumpur absolutely fascinated by this new eyebrow tattooing technique, microblading. We were living in Hong Kong where women in their 60s-plus with harsh brow tattoos that had turned green or grey was a common sight.

This microblading seemed remarkably natural in comparison.

Having fallen prey to the fashionably thin brow of the ‘90s, I was now follically challenged and looking for a solution. That seed was sown 10 years ago. In 2020, I decided to take the Phibrows certification.

What is the most rewarding part of running your own business in the beauty industry?

Watching a client’s face light up when they see their new brows for the first time is such a beautiful experience.

The double entendre in our tagline 'FACE CONFIDENCE' perfectly captures this interaction. Running The Refinery is exciting every... single... day. I particularly love the initial client appointment as I’ll design the framework for their new look and draw it directly onto their face (also known as mapping and pre-draw). We’ll make minor changes as we go, to ensure we get the best possible shapefor them.

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What exactly is Phibrows?

Phi Academy’s Phibrows is a style of microblading or eyebrow embroidery. A hand tool containing micro-blades is used to create fine hair-like strokes with pigment which is implanted in the skin. The strokes should mimic the natural brow hair and growth pattern. The overall design should compensate for lack of or uneven hair growth and complement the face shape and bone structure, making it an ideal option for thinning, uneven and patchy brows. However, this treatment isn’t for all skin types and that’s where machine shading comes into play with powder, ombre and combination brow options.

These procedures implant pigment into the skin, therefore, considered a tattoo. I specifically wanted to train in Phibrows as Phi Academy has a reputation worldwide as leaders in the permanent makeup (PMU) field and offered some of the highest quality training available at the time.

Why do beautiful eyebrows give women a sense of confidence and empowerment?

It’s not limited to women. Our faces are our primary visual cues for communicating with each other, the eyes being the first point of connection. By defining and adjusting the brow, we’re clarifying and animating the messages we are conveying, while the brow shape itself might be attributed to perceived personality traits, or flaws. For example, if the tails fall too low, it might be considered a sad expression; fronts too high, maybe fearful; arches too high, perhaps surprised, and so on.

I think the subtleties of our facial expressions can get a little lost in translation, so a fitting set of brows don’t necessarily have to be identical, but I do like them to show a neutral interest. refinerynz.com

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Trusculpt® Flex – The edge you need to look your best Finesse Face and Body Clinic is proud to now offer TruSculpt® Flex, a personalised muscle-sculpting treatment that adjusts to your fitness level, shape, and goals to strengthen, firm, and tone your body.

“We were first in New Zealand with the truSculpt iD treatment from Cutera, for fat reduction. Now we offer the full truBody solution – with our new TruSculpt Flex,” says Finesse owner Sue Crake.

“TruSculpt Flex’s comfortable, safe, and effective technology is clinically proven to increase an average of 30% muscle mass tailored to your individual needs.

Because most clients would have 4x treatments, performed from 5 days to a week apart, one can get excellent results in a fairly short time-frame before a holiday or special function.”

Who Is It Suitable For? Most people can benefit from a TruSculpt® Flex treatment. Before a procedure, our Body Suite expert Sue will spend time with you in a no-obligation free consultation to ascertain your requirements, discuss your goals and create a bespoke treatment plan. This is tailored to your individual concerns so you achieve the best results possible.

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How Does It Feel?

As the treatment begins, you will feel a gentle contraction sensation. As the intensity is slowly increased, the muscle contraction intensifies. The results are even and consistent.

How Many Treatments Are Needed?

Up to 8 muscle groups can be treated in one 45-minute session.

Remarkable results can be achieved with as little as four sessions, but additional treatments may be required depending on the personalised results you desire. This will be discussed during your initial consultation.

Treatments are performed 5 days to a week apart.

Is There Any Downtime?

TruSculpt® Flex is non-invasive and has no downtime, so you can resume normal activities after each treatment. Following each session, you may notice a slight tingling in the treated area for up to a few hours and/or slight muscle soreness or tenderness for 24-72 hours.

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Results may be visible after the second session, with maximum results usually visible 8-12 weeks after the last session.

TruSculpt Flex is often used in conjunction with TruSculpt iD (permanent fat cell reduction) to get the best results in body contouring. Contact us today to schedule a free consultation.

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Bullfrog Be Gone Fullness under the chin, or a double chin, is a common concern for many men and women, usually caused by ageing, genetics, or weight gain.

BELKYRA® (deoxycholic acid), when injected below the chin, reduces fat, resulting in a more contoured neck and enhancing the overall profile and jawline.

Is this treatment right for me ?

The ideal candidate will have minimal excess skin around the neck and chin area. The first step is a pre-procedure consultation with one of our doctors to assess suitability for the treatment and discuss possible outcomes and risks.

How many treatments are needed ?

Many people will see visible improvements in the appearance of their chin profile after 2-4 treatments.

Sessions are usually about eight weeks apart and a maximum of six treatments can be given. Fat dissolving takes time, it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and it’s important to understand that it’s not a one-off treatment.

But once desired results are achieved, retreatment is not expected as results are maintained long-term.

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What is the cost of treatment ?

Initial consultation: $120 Treatment: $1,500 (minimum of 2 treatments required) Treatments take around 45 minutes with a local anaesthetic being administered to help reduce discomfort.

Possible side effects may include headaches, difficult swallowing, nausea, skin tightness, and hypertension. It’s also completely normal to have a loose or jiggly feeling underneath the chin.

Possible side effects to the injection site include bruising pain, swelling, numbness, redness, tingling, itching, discolouration, formation of small areas of hardness/warmth, and temporary injection site nerve injury.

It is likely you will feel pressure or stinging, and your chin will swell. To minimise pain and swelling after receiving injections, some patients find placing an ice pack on the area helpful. Avoid strenuous exercise for the first five days or so following treatment.

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Mild-to-moderate exercise may be safe after 48 hours, depending on the degree of swelling.

To find out more about any of the treatments available at Clinic 42 visit our website at clinic42.co.nz , or contact reception on 09 638 4242 or reception@clinic42.co.nz BELKYRA® injection is a prescription medicine containing 10 mg/mL deoxycholic acid. It is used for the improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe convexity or fullness associated with submental fat in adults. Do not use in people allergic to this medicine, with infection at site of injection, pregnancy and lactation. Possible side effects include headaches, difficulty swallowing, nausea, skin tightness, hypertension, injection site bruising/ pain/ swelling/ numbness/ redness/ tingling/ hardness/ itching/ discolouration/ formation of small areas of hardness/ warmth and injection site nerve injury. BELKYRA® treatment is not funded on the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule. You will need to pay for this medicine. Normal Doctors visit fees apply. BELKYRA® treatment should be administered only by trained medical professionals.

Speak to your specialist about your own situation and about the benefits/risks of this procedure in appearance medicine. For further information, the Data Sheet and Consumer Medicines Information can be accessed at www.medsafe.govt.nz or ask your doctor. If you have any side effects or concerns speak to your doctor. Note: Results from BELKYRA® treatment usually last up to four years. Allergan, Auckland.

IS BACK No strangers to the haircare game, the team at Shampoo ’n’ Things in Newmarket is embracing the prestige haircare boom.

Having been in Newmarket since 1998, they’re now situated in a stunning new shop at the Westfield Shopping Centre.

You’ll find a range of the world’s leading haircare brands including Kérastase, ghd, L’Oréal Professional, Pureology, and Redken. There’s also a host of

AHN: “Every hair type requires different care!

Embrace your hair type – it’s unique!”

GEORGIA: “I’m loving that people are more comfortable being experimental with their hair these days. We’re seeing styles like braids at the front, hair jewels and accessories.

Just having fun with it!”

specially curated professional haircare products for use at home without compromising on the health, integrity, or beauty of your hair. Verve chatted to the team who are experts at finding the right salon-quality haircare products to enhance the natural beauty of your hair.

CHLOE: “The number one thing I wish more people knew about haircare is that you can’t just use moisture on damaged hair, it needs protein! If you have a bucket filled with holes (damaged hair) and you pour water in (moisture), no matter how much you use the bucket won’t hold the water. Hair needs protein to repair.

ALEX: “When I’m running short on time I like to run a GHD Glide through my hair for a sleek, frizz free style quick and glamorous.”

Shampoo ’N’ Things is easily located in the Westfield Shopping Centre on Level 2, around the corner from the big COS Store.

Enter the Orange Car Park via Morrow Street and receive 3 hours free parking on weekdays, 2 hours free parking on weekends.

Walk past POLITIX, Witchery and MECCA and turn the corner when you see COS. If you’d rather shop from the comfort of your own home, phone consults with delivery are available: 09 5202687.

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Spring Spa and Sanctuary springspa.com

A short boat ride from Sanur, on the east coast of Bali on the shores of Nusa Lembongan, awaits Spring Spa and Sanctuary. Within this idyllic, seaside village, the sanctuary boasts views across the azure sea and Mt Agung. Barefoot luxury at its best, the property, which only opened in June, sets a new benchmark in wellness for the island.

“The spa menu has been designed for clients to enter our world of slow island living,” says Andy Grant, COO for Spring.

Personalised treatments are carried out by expert hands in openair or airconditioned treatment huts with breathtaking views, cocooned from the crowds. Signature treatments are regionally inspired and use locally grown, green, and ethically sourced katoni seaweed. With a menu that includes Spring’s famous massages, facials and body treatments, the sanctuary main pavilion houses manicure and pedicure stations and a hair spa.

“As our company extends its wellness services, we’ll introduce personalised yoga, meditation and sound healing sessions for

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individuals and couples,” says Grant. “We’re beyond excited to finally be opening our first sanctuary.”

Great Skin, Great Dermal Nutrition “Topical treatments work to an extent but when you start deep diving into dermal nutrition everything starts improving remarkably!”

It’s the correlation between what is happening internally, within the body, with what is happening externally that has always fascinated the team at Louise Gray Skin Care. The same goes hand-in-hand with great skin and dermal nutrition.

Your skin needs to be supported internally to reap the rewards of total skin health. A wide range of nutrients is required for the skin to thrive, heal and resist premature ageing. Dull, lifeless, and inflamed or spotty skin may be indications that your body is not getting enough of the nutrients it needs for health, or that food sensitivities are actively working against a clear, glowing complexion. Essential fatty acid (EFA) oils have been our favourite for a long time. They are wonderful for myriad skin conditions ranging from acne to increased sensitivity, and for stabilising oil flow from excessive oiliness to extreme dryness. They moisturise your skin from within. When the skin is rich in EFAs, the oil naturally makes its way to the surface and forms a healing, antiinflammatory protective outer layer. It also helps prevent skin congestion and breakouts, and can even help dissolve existing blockages as long as you reduce your intake of congesting foods.

As you know there are several reasons why we age but essentially and most importantly this is caused by telomere

shortening. So, while it’s critical that we try to lengthen our telomeres and prevent them from shortening, it’s also critical we take care of all of the cells and systems that are getting stressed from the ageing process so that they, in turn, don’t put stress on other cells and systems in our bodies. Step forward the ultimate in cellular support, three products that work synergistically together.

• Repair (Telomere Support) – keeps your mind and body young. Using all-natural ingredients that work together to activate telomerase to help lengthen your telomeres, as well as the key natural ingredients that protect your telomeres from shortening.

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Finally, vitamin C + D3, in a micron particle formulation, should be a part of everyone's healthcare, let alone the support of their skin. Vitamin C is the number one vitamin, participating in over 5,000 biochemical processes every 24 hours. It’s used by the body for maintaining optimum health and is essential to good skin health and collagen production for firm skin.

We thrive on being able educate people about this, so they understand how the body is amazing in so many ways and that facial skin often portrays what is happening internally and is usually a guide to total wellbeing.

• Eliminate (Senolytic Therapy) – works in synchronicity with Repair, while we are keeping your telomeres as long as possible there will be cells that develop critically short telomeres. Those cells can wreak havoc on neighbouring cells and age your entire body. These dangerous cells create the ‘waterfall effect’ of ageing. It’s important we do everything we can to turn those cells off or eliminate them. Eliminate is designed to eliminate or shut off those cells that age your mind and body.

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At Louise Gray Skin Care we have an extensive range of dermal supplements, and we’ll help guide you to incorporate these options into your regime. We’re very focused on improving the skin health. It’s primarily all about health, wellness and nurturing the largest organ of your body.

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An Agent for Change Why preservation of both people and the planet, is the next venture for Amal Clooney.

Amal Clooney is best known for human rather than environmental advocacy. But at the Greenbuild 2018 Conference we saw a new side to the human rights lawyer – one that followed the conference’s mantra that society’s ills can only be solved by proper intersection of humanity and the wider environment.

Amal’s energy for environmental projects may never be as great as her human rights advocacy – it’s not what she’s committed decades to – but that arguably makes her interest even more commendable.

“The pursuit of human rights is one that is intrinsically linked to the pursuit of the environment, because both are equally dependent on each other,” she says. “If we’re not at one with ourselves, we’re never going to move forward into the next realm which is to look after the environment.”

The floods, droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, and unstable food supplies resulting from climate change, she adds, all contribute to human crises like an increase in refuges and political instability.

Amal has been steered in this direction by husband George Clooney, a vociferous environmentalist. Together, they set up the Clooney Foundation in 2016.

“George inspires me in much the same way as he says I inspire him. If you care for someone, you invest in their passions and the drive to make change,” says the lawyer.

“He is a tremendous support and has opened my eyes to another side to justice, for the planet, and I do cherish that.”

While Amal benefits from inherent beauty, wealth, and celebrity status, what makes her so engaging is something separate that cannot be learned or taught: that innate ability to light up the room. Plus, she’s capable of speaking to anyone at any level.

“I think a part of us needs to relearn the art of conversation and compassion,” she says. “What’s happened across the world in the last few years has provided real challenges, and we need to stick together.”

“It means harmony and equilibrium between human and environmental factors are intrinsic to each other, so we have to be passionate about both.”

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Banish the Belly Fat! WORDS — JENNA MOORE

Okay, let's talk about belly fat even though you might not want to!

I get it, I really do. It's not nice when it rears its head, but once we're over 40 years of age, diminishing oestrogen levels shift our body fat from the butt and thighs to the abdomen – that's just evolution. Add in things like stress, over-exercising, and insulin resistance, and you've got a perfect storm for belly fat, especially during perimenopause/ menopause. And it's adipose tissue (the term scientific term for fat) that's hard to shift.

Eek, I've got a muffin top!

It can be a rude awakening, but the good news is you can beat belly fat. You won't change your new body shape, but you can get rid of the pudge.

It's not just about how we look or even about the fat that sits just under our skin (subcutaneous fat), it's also about visceral fat which can be downright dangerous because it surrounds your organs and sits much deeper, amplifying issues like insulin resistance, elevated cortisol, and high blood sugar.

Visceral fat is also implicated in cardiovascular disease, dementia, breast and bowel cancer, type 2 diabetes, and strokes.

Scary stuff, but hopefully a good enough wake-up call to take stock.

How much (belly fat) is too much?

There's a pretty good equation to figure out if you should be worried about your belly fat. Generally, for women, anything over 90cm (35in) is a worry, however, MD Anderson Cancer Centre say we should aim for less than 80cm (31.5in). For men, they say less than 94cm (37in).

7 Tips to Nix Belly Fat! 1. Green leafy up

If you want to nix that belly fat the key is to eat more, not less. But there's a caveat: more of the right type of food. And you can't go past green leafy veg. Seriously, they’re your BFF, loaded with fibre which your digestive system adores as well.

Cruciferous vegetables such as kale, cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts contain a compound known as diindolylmethane (DIM) which helps to balance oestrogen, decrease inflammation, and protect against breast cancer.

What can you do to reduce belly fat?

Food is a major player, accounting for 8090% of weight gain. What to eat and how much can throw some people. An easy guideline is to load up half your plate with vegetables, a quarter with protein, and an eighth each for healthy fat and carbohydrate.

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2. Ditch sugar

You've probably got the memo by now – ditching refined and added sugars is crucial. They not only contribute to hot flushes and mood swings but are a prime contributor to insulin resistance (see above). As a result, it's a case of hello, belly fat!

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3. Learn your PPFFs and ERFs

These are very simple mantras to remember. If you live your life by them, you'll be way ahead in the belly fat game.

PPFF means phytoestrogens, protein, fat and fibre, while ERF stands for ‘eat real food’.

To explain: · Phytoestrogens are in certain (real) foods like flax and sesame seeds, edamame beans, tofu, tempeh, and cruciferous vegetables (see number 1). They weakly mimic oestrogen which is on the decline during menopause. Experts differ on their efficacy, but many believe they’re helpful. · Protein is, of course, protein. The lean kind needed for satiety and energy, to keep blood sugar stable, help make hormones, and to build and repair healthy, strong bones and muscle. · Fat refers to healthy fats like avocado, nuts and seeds, and extra virgin olive oil. It helps keep us full, gives us energy, keeps our cellular membranes healthy, and serves up essential fatty acids (EFAs) which are, um, essential (for making hormones too), and keep our skin nice and plump. · Fibre (dietary) is the roughage our bodies and gut thrive on. It helps keep blood sugar stable and bowels healthy (we'll talk about poop in coming instalments!). We get what we need through eating real food.

Can you see how these mantras are symbiotic? Everything relies on real food that's untampered with by man and science.

4. Get good guts

Even though our knowledge is fairly recent, and we're still learning, the gut is everything to our health, our weight, our hormones, and even our brain, home to trillions of bacteria commonly known as microbiome. One way to manage belly fat is to keep our microbiome in a nice balance of good and bad bacteria. Eating foods rich in fibre such as fresh whole food, vegetables, and grains, with a bit of fermented food like sauerkraut or miso, can help up the ante. (Avoid fermented foods if you have histamine intolerance.)

5. Carbs are not your enemy

Read that again. CARBS. ARE. NOT. YOUR. ENEMY. There are three essential macronutrients. They are protein, fat, and carbohydrates. Where the carb fear comes from (it used to be ‘fat fear’ back in the day) is refined carbs. Carbohydrates like potato chips, white bread, and pasta are your enemy, especially regarding belly fat. The body burns them very quickly because they're stripped of fibre and nutrients in the manufacturing process. As a result, they spike blood sugar which can lead to, yep, belly fat... as well as mood swings, energy dips, and risk of chronic disease.

But that's not all. Have you noticed that when you get into the routine of eating these carbs you want more and more? It's a bit of a vicious cycle.

The carbs that are your friend because they offer fuel and keep you full include beans, peas, sweet potatoes, and whole grains.

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If you want to nix that belly fat the key is to eat more, not less.

But there's a caveat: more of the right type of food. And you can't go past green leafy veg.

6. Out damn stress, out, I say

A big part of our work here is mindpower, mood, and self-love because learning to chill can make all the difference to not just nixing belly fat, but your life. That's why we say happy hormones, happy weight, happy skin, happy life, because they all work together.

One of the hallmarks of life after 40 is lower oestrogen and higher cortisol. At times during peri, oestrogen can go sky high because it fluctuates as it's on its way to leaving the building (ovaries). So, it's vital that you keep the stress hormone cortisol in check because if it's not you'll have trouble sleeping, plus, things like anxiety, headaches, mood swings, brain fog and belly fat will come knocking.

In conclusion

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, midlife weight gain and belly fat is a complicated soup. There are many moving parts including hormones, gut health, thyroid, adrenals, insulin and more.

I always advocate taking baby steps, so take one or two of these points and see if implementing them makes a difference.

And remember, 80-90% of weight gain is to do with what happens in the kitchen but exercising helps mitigate belly fat too. Your belly fat (and insulin resistance) will run a mile if you add simple walking or high-intensity interval training (HIIT) to your day.

Want to de-stress quickly right now? Breathe in for four, hold for seven, and breathe out for eight. Do that again. And again.

Feel calmer? It's the 4-7-8 technique and it's magic!

I'm Jenna, an accredited holistic health coach with a passion for helping women aged over 40 with weight gain and bullying peri/menopause hormones.

Indeed, meditation, mindfulness and yoga reduce stress during menopause. Science has shown this time and time again.

Try the Clarity app, Headspace and Calm or nature bathing outdoors.

If you would like some step-by-step help to getting rid of belly fat, increase insulin sensitivity, love your liver and gut, and create space for happy hormones, happy weight, happy skin and a happy life, do get in touch with me.

7. Try intermittent fasting

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This is one of my favourite things to do, but it's not for everyone.

For example, if you are highly symptomatic do check in with us so we can guide you.

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Eco Swaps Simple and effective ways to make your home more eco-friendly.

Where energy saving lightbulbs and rechargeable batteries set the trend in previous decades, the new range of products and initiatives flooding the market will take your breath away, whilst potentially saving you money in the process!

Steel straws

Forget dated plastic or horribly flimsy paper versions, only a steel straw will really do when it comes to proper drinks and dedicated environmentalism.

Reusable thousands of times and across many years – just ensure they’re cleaned properly with a wire brush and hot water.

Low flow showerhead

Attachable showerheads can come in at just a few bucks but reduce water usage by up to 75%, whilst still enabling a relaxing, reviving experience. These can save so many dollars in a year you’ll have earned your money back in the first month!

Coffee pod conflict

Most of us have coffee down as one of life’s necessities, yet the flavour, texture, and sheer caffeine power of coffee pod technology means a huge amount of plastic thrown into regular waste.

The solution is to recycle pods. Most coffee brands will have recycling bags that washed-out pods can be sent off in, or better still, go back to ‘ground’ level by swapping your pod dispenser for a cafetiere.

Recycled pens

Pilot’s B2P pens are made from old water bottles, with 80% of the company’s range comprising recycled plastic parts.

They’re also making a big push on replacing ink cartridges rather than the entire pen, meaning even your shopping list itself can be environmentally friendly.

Cotton pads for flannels

Here’s a simple swap that will hold back the non-organic cotton farming industry, which represents a major source of environmental pollution.

Energy-saving power switches

It’s a little-known fact, but even turnedoff appliances still draw energy, a phenomenon known as ‘phantom load’ or ‘vampire energy’.

The biggest culprits are TVs, games consoles, and music systems, swiftly followed by home office equipment, kitchen appliances, and the plethora of phone chargers we have around the house.

Last year, the US Department of Energy said that 75% of the energy used to power home electronics and appliances is consumed when the products are turned off!

The way around this is either to unplug them completely, or install energy-saving power switches to eliminate the pull.

Instead of cotton pads to remove makeup at the end of each day, use a dedicated, soft flannel, which can be washed and reused.

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Handmade Smiles

WORDS — JAMIE CHRISTIAN DESPLACES

Hunched over his well-lit workbench dotted with fiddly-looking brushes and hand tools, horseshoe-shaped stone moulds, pastes, and a microscope, Shinichiro Tsuji could easily be mistaken for a Wētā Workshop sculptor. But Shin’s steady hands aren’t whittling intricate Middle-earth special effects; they’re making teeth instead.

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“There’s so much I love about my work, such as the actual crafting process, but most of all I love that I’m helping ease people’s pain and bringing their smile and their confidence back.”

From the deliberate discolouration to those ridges atop of molars, the detailing is exquisitely authentic, but affable Shin baulks when I compare his work to that of an artist.

“A craftsman, maybe!” he says. The Japanese-born tooth maker comes from a long line of craftsfolk. His father, too, was a tooth maker with 50 years in the business, and Shin says he’d always dreamt of continuing the tradition, while incorporating some travel along the way.

traditional Japanese grip differs from that of those trained in the West.

“Back in Japan, tooth making was always done in secret,” says Shin with a laugh. “The dental laboratories are secret places, often built into homes, so I very much enjoy the interaction with the public in New Zealand.”

From dental stone moulds of patients’ mouths, Shin shows how he goes about building those new teeth. Making a row, he says, is sometimes easier to shape than replacing just a single tooth, though even within a row each tooth is still crafted individually and fixed to its own pin. The stone is dipped with wax to ensure a tight fit of the ceramic crown which goes on top. Shin mixes a selection of pastes – which range from semitransparent to translucent – to be applied in layers over the crown to mimic the appearance of a real tooth. The ceramic is then placed in a high tech oven, like pottery in a kiln, to be ‘baked’ at 750°C. Each tooth takes around 1-2 days in total, but the process is spread over several weeks. Shin estimates that he produces 20-30 a week. He’s often asked to do more but has capped his client list to ensure consistency of quality.

Shin has built his reputation as meticulously as he builds each new molar. He takes pride in his work, and pride in the calls and emails of gratitude that follow. All’s that matters is giving someone back their grin.

In 2007, he qualified as a New Zealand dental technician, and has been specialising in high-end dental ceramic restoration ever since.

“There’s so much I love about my work, such as the actual crafting process, but most of all I love that I’m helping ease people’s pain and bringing their smile and their confidence back.”

The tooth making industry is an ancient one. An 8,000-yearold skull was discovered in Pakistan with perfectly drilled holes in it, and over the following millennia, from the Middle East through to Europe, North Africa, and Central America, false teeth were fashioned from bone, ivory, copper, seashells, and repurposed human and animal teeth, affixed in the mouth with metal wire. The Ancient Chinese used bamboo pegs as dentures, and in Japan from the 16th century, dentures were often fashioned from wood. It wasn’t until the late 1700s that the first porcelain dentures were created, by French pharmacist Alexis Duchâteau. Today, Japanese teeth makers are prominent within the industry, which Shin believes may be down to greater dexterity thanks to a lifetime of chopstick use. He grabs a hand grinder to demonstrate how the

Though some dentists now make teeth using computer-aided design and manufacturing, most opt to employ highly skilled technicians like Shin, knowing that technology is not quite at the point where it can rival handmade. Plus, says, Shin, it’s the way patients generally prefer it.

I ask if Shin hopes that his children will follow in his footsteps as he did with his dad, but he says they’re still too young for such considerations. Besides, he laments, by the time they come of age, technology will no doubt have finally figured out how to do things as if by hand.

And with that, I shake Shin’s hand and leave, as he heads back to his worktop to build another smile.

Tooth Maker Shin Tsuji is on Facebook @shinktsuji

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Exams:

Less Stress Why addressing exam stress as a household can help everyone involved.

We all know the pressure our youngsters will be under over the coming weeks and months as the tension rises ahead of end-of-year exams, whatever the level.

While revision schedules are great for the student involved, sometimes the stress can permeate throughout a household with parents often feeling like the ones going through the process, albeit accompanied with a greater feeling of helplessness.

Thankfully, there are several things guardians can help with so that the tension temperature of exam season is kept to a level where brilliant brains can achieve the best grades possible.

ONE Monitor sleep Sleep is arguably the most important factor where exam revision is concerned, not just in the sense of getting an early night and plenty of rest, but in the statistic that 80% of teens lose between 2-4 hours of sleep each night due to work worries.

This can be a case of failing to fall asleep, experiencing broken sleep, or waking early and not being able to go back to sleep.

Monitoring sleeping pattern means laying a platform for effective study.

TWO Distractions Social media has become the biggest distraction for students in revision phase. Inadvertently, increased time spent on devices for learning can often translate into more time spent on social networks, with this ‘selfmedicating’ ultimately becoming counterproductive.

If you feel the distractions are too great, and want to take a firmer hand, consider installing parental controls to block websites like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Make sure to do this in a consultative way rather than imposing a raft of restrictions that your son or daughter will probably resent.

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THREE Share an interest From simple investment in the project such as knowing an exam timetable or suggesting different revision techniques or study guides, your youngster will appreciate the fact they aren’t alone in the process, while not feeling that your presence is adding extra stress and burden to what is already a time of fraught nerves.

FOUR Be the calm one Staying cool, calm, and collected is going to be the most reassuring thing that a parent can do for their child.

Rehearse a set of calming lines, ideas, and examples of how things almost always work out well. Remind them there are tens of thousands of other students going through the same thing, and point out that exams aren’t the be all and end all – there are always alternative routes to the end goal.

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The Little Book Shop Welcomes You The Little Book Shop opened its doors last month, becoming Auckland’s latest independent book store offering.

A passion project of sorts, the store is located in the wonderfully redeveloped 1050 Remuera Precinct and has its sights set on becoming a resounding feature of the Remuera retail landscape – a haven for the community at large.

Our team of bibliophiles is passionate about the world of books and all that they have to offer. Books fulfil an array of pleasures and there are numerous reasons for people to engage with the written word. Whether you seek insight, challenge, inspiration, escapism, comfort, amusement or joy, and anything in between, all this may be found within the right book.

The store is beautifully appointed, thoughtfully arranged, warm and welcoming. We are also blessed with a stylish, light-filled upstairs mezzanine which offers a perfect setting for book club events (your own or our hosted clubs); literary and non-literary events; writing groups; book readings (check out our website for details of regular children’s book readings); bridge; and mahjong sessions. We aspire to being a community hub, serving, supporting and making connections within the broader local community. Pop in any time!

The Little Book Shop welcomes you!

The Little Book Shop has an extensive and carefully curated range of books, covering all bases. Helping place the perfect book at the ideal time in your hands is our modus operandi.

Helping place the perfect book at the ideal time in your hands.

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On the Bookshelf WORDS — JENNA TODD

We can’t believe it's already July, and wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of the spectacular books released during the first half of this year: The team at Time Out Bookstore sent us some of their favourite 2022 titles thus far.

THE NETANYAHUS Joshua Cohen

HEDGEWITCH Skye McKenna

Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this is the funniest, cleverest book I've read this year. Joshua Cohen was told by critic Harold Bloom of a terrible set of house guests his family had back in the 1960s. The guests? The Netanyahus, including future prime minister of Israel, Benjamin. Cohen brings this anecdote into fictional comedy, dissecting the nuances of the Jewish experience in America. Think of an East Coast Curb Your Enthusiasm.

From our kids' room, we have something sweet and sassy in equal measure.

Hedgewitch is as much about the magic of friendship and family as it is broomsticks and spells. Cassie has bided her time behind the iron fence of Fowell House Orphanage for seven long years but enough is enough. As if it wasn’t bad before, but now girls have started going missing, and if her mother won’t come back for her, she’ll go out and find her instead. Recommended for middle grade readers.

GRAND Noelle McCarthy

HOW TO LOITER IN A TURF WAR Coco Solid

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Noelle McCarthy is a wellrespected journalist who moved from Cork to Auckland during her 20s, leaving her alcoholic mother behind. When she too, realises she’s also an alcoholic, a selfexamination needs to happen. Tracing her mother's demons, McCarthy travels between Ireland and New Zealand, telling her story as both a daughter and a mother in lyrical prose that is visceral, heartwarming and heart-wrenching. This book has been consistently on our bestsellers list since its release.

How to Loiter In a Turf War is the first novella by creative extraordinaire, Coco Solid, also known as Jessica Hansell.

Following three women of colour living in an evolving Tāmaki Makaurau, the book weaves prose, essay, illustration, and poetry into an innovative, accessible, and entertaining read. The writing is sharp and spare, the dialogue fierce, as the characters experience the effects of gentrification and colonisation. Hansell lets the reader fill in the gaps and draw their own conclusions.

ThreeDimensional Thinking

WORDS — JAMIE CHRISTIAN DESPLACES

3D printing has been used to create all manner of things from toys to tools to novelty knickknacks, but the incredible Maggie Grout saw it as an opportunity to improve education for those living in poverty by using the technology to build schools.

Education

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Maggie was just 15 years old when she founded the non-profit Thinking Huts in 2015 with the intention of helping to better “education infrastructure” for the 290 million students from impoverished backgrounds who have little to no access to schooling. In Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, around 45 million kids either can’t get an education because of overcrowding or must walk up to 15km to reach the nearest school. Earlier this year, Thinking Huts completed a 3D-printed school in Madagascar, the island country’s first, and only the second of its kind in the world.

“Honestly, many people thought I was crazy, but I can see how it can be difficult to visualise a printer constructing a whole life-size school!” Maggie tells Verve. “Some thought I would be using a desktop printer, while others thought I was too young to pull it off due to the global and complex nature of bringing multiple parts together to create a new supply chain.”

What was the reaction on the ground in Madagascar?

“People were hopeful for the potential it has in addressing real infrastructure needs, and the students and teachers expressed their pride in being the first in Madagascar to welcome their 3D-printed school. I often receive messages from the students who pass by and take photos near the kingfisher picture. There were a few messages that were especially touching such as from a teacher named Angelo told me he was inspired by our initiative, our shared values, and the ambition of the project, and from a young father named Herman who said that his dream ss for his children to have the education they need to succeed in their lives.”

Maggie, who grew up in Colorado in the US having been adopted from rural China, discovered 3D printing through her dad.

“I remember being in his office and him mentioning that mentioned the technology was in the early stages for architectural scale applications, and the idea was sparked to apply it to fill a real need for schools. That day catalysed the rest of the journey to building our first 3D-printed school.”

What were you like at school?

“I’d consider myself a bit of a nerd throughout my schooldays!

I was usually studying, more focused on my long-term plans, rather than popularity. I credit my parents for encouraging me, for not making me feel like I was different. I believe this

shapes how I interact and see others as human beings, not through a lens of differences.”

A self-proclaimed nerd Maggie may have been, but a career in tech was never on the cards – though charity has always been in her heart.

“I dreamt of become a filmmaker or fashion designer to implement ethical working conditions and fair living wages,” she says. “The work I do now allows for a combination of everything, including design, technology, architecture, social impact, and storytelling.”

Maggie speaks warmly of her mentor, Mike, whom she “crossed paths with him towards the end of my senior year” at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.

“I thought I had to go through the entrepreneurship journey alone, but I realised that there are incredible people out there who want to help you and see you succeed, they just may be rare to come across,” she says. “Looking back, I would have asked for help earlier on and stood up for myself more.

Moving forward, I will stop doubting myself as much and start recognising what has been accomplished.”

The entrepreneur admits that she’s often too tough on herself and needs to “celebrate the wins”.

Wins don’t come much bigger than building new schools. I finish up by asking if she remembers anything of her life in China and how those memories – or the knowledge – of that less privileged background has shaped her desire to help shape a better future for others less fortunate.

“My parents took videos of where I came from when they arrived in China to meet me for the first time,” she says. “So those memories stuck in my subconscious and influenced the rest of my outlook. I understand the gravity of how where someone is born often influences their opportunities in life.

Knowing how different my life could have been definitely serves as a drive.”

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A School With Heart Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, located on Victoria Avenue in historic Remuera, has a century-old tradition of high-quality education for young women in a supportive, faith-based environment.

Behind a neatly trimmed hedge on a quiet street in Remuera, girls in straw boater hats are sitting under the spreading branches of a towering oak, engaged in a lively discussion with their teacher. Over their shoulders stands a statue of a woman and child, and beyond that, a wide staircase sweeps up the front of a beautiful old building to glass-fronted doors bearing an image of a heart and the motto Cor Unum (‘One Heart’).

The statue represents a young student under the tender care of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, the foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ), a Catholic religious order devoted to the education of young women since 1800. The words ‘Cor Unum’ remind all who come to Baradene College that they’re part of a rich educational tradition, the essence of which is a deep concern for each student’s total development – spiritual, intellectual, emotional, social, cultural, and physical.

Since its opening in 1909, Baradene has been at the forefront of young women’s education. “Baradene’s founders were women well ahead of their time,” says Principal Sandy Pasley, an experienced educator who has helmed the college for the past decade. “Their focus was on delivering the five goals of a Sacred Heart education – goals shared by our sister schools in 42 countries around the world – which underpin the education Baradene offers today.”

These five goals, one of which becomes the college’s ‘focus goal’ each year, are: · · · · ·

Believe: a personal and active faith in God. Love: the building of community as a Christian value.

Care: a social awareness that impels to action.

Grow: personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

Think: a deep respect for intellectual values.

‘A deep respect for intellectual values’ is this year’s focus goal, and Baradene’s strong academic standing is one the college is justifiably proud of. In the 2021 academic year, more than 97% of Baradene’s leavers gained university entrance, and over 99% of students in Years 11, 12, and 13 passed NCEA. Furthermore, over 94% received Excellence or Merit Endorsements. Students attained 50 scholarships, six of which were Outstanding Scholarships, and two students received Outstanding Scholar Awards (Top 50 students in New Zealand).

“However, there is more to intellect than achieving high grades,” says the Principal. “At Baradene, we aim to challenge students to use their intellect in creative ways, to develop critical thinking and integrity, and to use their skills and talents for good.”

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A critical aspect of a Sacred Heart education is to help students realise that every person has skills and talents which make them unique, and that it is important to make the most of these special characteristics.

Baradene students are encouraged to participate in the many special character and extracurricular activities the college offers, including social services, supporting charitable causes, competitive and recreational sports, subject-specific clubs, performing arts, music, cultural groups, environmental and sustainable initiatives, and international interests. In fact, if a student has an idea about an initiative, they’ll find immediate and enthusiastic support from the staff and their peers.

“Baradene is a family,” says Abigail Mak, Head Girl for 2022.

“Here, I’ve been nurtured and blessed with many opportunities to learn from my peers and teachers and to grow in both faith and character.”

A critical aspect of a Sacred Heart education is to help students realise that every person has skills and talents which make them unique, and that it is important to make the most of these special characteristics. Baradene students have gone on to stunning international success – this year the college is proud to cheer on a current student and three alumnae all competing in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The college is regularly represented by students and alumnae in several national sports teams, musical groups, publications, art and photography exhibitions, stage and TV shows, high-profile companies, and cultural organisations.

“Our students feel embraced by the Cor Unum spirit from their very first day of school, throughout their education here, and out into the world beyond our campus.”

“Everyone belongs here,” agrees Abigail. “We are all different, but we each have a special place in this community where we value individuality and celebrate diversity. I feel very well-loved, and for that, I am immensely grateful. I hope that every person who becomes a part of Baradene – a part of this family – will experience the same life-giving joy and love in its fullness each day.”

“When I come through the front gates of Baradene, I feel like I’m home,” says Jessikah Bell, a Year 13 student. Home, after all, is where the heart is – and Baradene College of the Sacred Heart is a school with true heart for young women’s education.

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Although thrilled that Baradene students regularly make their mark on the world stage, Principal Sandy Pasley says the college’s special character is what they’re most proud of.

“Baradene’s environment fosters a sense of belonging,” she says.

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Heads Up St Peter’s, Cambridge head girl Alyssa Sherry-Middlemiss and head boy and Dominic Hedley share their experiences of school life and what they believe makes St Peter’s stand head and shoulders above the rest.

ALYSSA This is a school with high expectations and has led me to engage and develop in ways that would not have been otherwise possible. St Peter’s is so unique because students recognise that everyone is here for the same reason: to become the best versions of ourselves.

The St Peter’s motto of ‘body, mind and spirit’ emphasises that we truly have every opportunity. I’ve been involved in netball, rowing and the productions throughout my time here, helping to develop my reason for being, and to create lifelong friendships and skills for life after school. Whether it’s service, sport, cultural, or academic desires, growth mindsets are nurtured, and the support offered to flourish.

Like any school, there are always challenges, but the St Peter’s

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leadership team and staff always put students first, ensuring we feel safe, cared for, and listened to. This takes many forms, like always being offered support and being informed first about things happening in and around the school. On top of this, 2022 has seen a big push in student leadership and voice. The school gives its students the opportunity to talk about and acknowledge what’s most important to us and allows us to deliver these messages or movements ourselves if we so wish.

St Peter’s is a truly special, accepting school whose enriching culture and values encourage all students to fulfil their potential. We look forward to welcoming you to see for yourselves.

DOMINIC My first night boarding the homesickness hit so badly I was already planning my escape, but by my second week I was having so much fun my house director had to remind me to call home!

One of the many pull factors that led me to St Peter’s was the campus and facilities. The space to think, to learn, to grow. From the tech rooms to the Ag block, the science block to the auditorium and the velodrome, we pretty much have it all.

But what really separates St Peter’s is the option to board which offers a culture and community like no other.

From summer evenings playing

touch, soccer, or cricket and bombing at the pool, to the freezing winters eating supper in the common room while watching TV, there’s never a dull moment. Creating close friendships aside, we learn how to live with others and be organised and part of a community.

Every year there is an inter house competition which every boarder in every house competes in. Each house performs chants and skits that have been rigorously practised throughout the prior week, followed by a bunch of different events. Winners are announced during a barbecue at the end of the day. Unfortunately, my house Oliphant has been consistently second for the past few years – but there’s always next year!

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Prepping for the Future WORDS — DAVID BOARDMAN, SENIOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Today’s students will leave our school faced with different opportunities and challenges from the generations that have come before them. So, it’s our responsibility to equip them with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a globally connected, ever-evolving world.

Right from its inception in 1973, Kristin has had a vision to prepare students to make a difference wherever they go. This led to decisions around the curriculum offered, and the philosophic direction of the school, developing international mindedness and ensuring that Kristin graduates are ‘Future Ready’.

At Kristin we recognise that this means adopting a studentcentred approach to education. In Senior School (Years 11-13) we offer dual pathways of the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBDP) and NCEA, giving students greater control of learning by allowing them to choose an academic format to suit their learning style, select appropriate courses of study, and customise their qualification towards their tertiary goals.

investigating, develops key transferable skills that can be applied throughout life.

While academic success can open doors, there’s a whole lot more that builds strong and successful students, which is why we offer a wealth of opportunities to challenge pupils and grow their knowledge and confidence. These include experiential learning, overseas experiences, performing arts, sports, leadership opportunities and, crucially, service opportunities that develop an altruistic mindset.

Taken together these components, alongside strong pastoral care and a focus on wellbeing, provide the foundations for a fully rounded, holistic education.

As an educator, there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing students go out into the world equipped with the skills and confidence to realise their dreams. Here at Kristin, our focus on being Future Ready is doing just that.

With an average of 13 students in each Senior School class, our dedicated teachers can give each one the support needed to flourish. Furthermore, a focus on inquiry-based learning, where students are encouraged to learn by questioning and

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Home Vegan Featuring 145 delicious yet simple vegan recipes from celebrated Icelandic celebrity cook-cumentrepreneur Solla Eiríksdóttir, Vegan at Home is filled with useful advice on how to prepare recipes in advance, reduce food waste, and adapt recipes to add variety to the meals you’ve made.

Blackcurrant Bowl Of all berries I love blackcurrants the most. They grow very easily in northern Europe and every year while I was growing up, I would pick them from late August until the beginning of September. A fair amount went into my mouth while harvesting, but my mom didn’t mind because she thought it was good to strengthen my immune system for the winter. She used those nutritious berries to make jam, juice, and compote, and we would also rinse and freeze them for later. I like to call blackcurrants “the Nordic acai” since they have a very similar nutritional value and they are locally grown. If you prefer your

breakfast on the sweeter side, feel free to add a sweetener of your choice, such as a finely chopped pitted Medjool date, coconut sugar, or maple syrup. I also like to add nutrients to my breakfast bowl, especially if they are in powder form, such as vegan collagen and probiotics. Collagen is great for my skin and bones, and as I grow older I can really feel the good they do me. I add the probiotics to strengthen the friendly bacteria in my digestive system. Normally, I get probiotics from fermented food and drinks, but sometimes my body calls for more. Both collagen and probiotics can be left out if you prefer.

Preparation time: 15 minutes Serves: 2

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Method

2 bananas (240g), cut into chunks (if frozen, the texture will be thicker) 1 teaspoon vegan collagen powder ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup (120ml) almond milk pinch of sea salt sweetener of choice, such as coconut sugar or maple syrup (optional) 2 capsules of vegan probiotics (50–100 billion each capsule) or acidophilus supplements 1½ cups (225g) frozen blackcurrants

Put all the ingredients, except the blackcurrants and toppings, into a blender and blend until smooth. (When adding the probiotic, open the capsules and pour the powder over the other ingredients.) While the blender is running, remove the filler cap in the lid and add the frozen blackcurrants, about 1 tablespoon at a time through the 'hole’. This method makes the texture thick and smooth. Pour into serving bowls, top with whatever toppings you like. It’s great with some banana slices, blueberries, toasted coconut flakes, and almond butter. Sprinkle with hemp seeds and pumpkin seeds and serve.

This bowl (without the toppings) will keep in the refrigerator for up to a week or in the freezer for 6-9 months.

For the toppings:

banana slices blueberries or fresh berries in season toasted coconut flakes almond butter hemp seeds pumpkin seeds

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Oat Porridge with Rhubarb, Kale and Cardamom In spring, rhubarb is the first edible plant that we can harvest in Iceland, so it is always really exciting to use. When not in season I use fruit such as apples or berries. When there is not much time in the morning, this nutritious porridge is an excellent

breakfast because it’s quick. Adding kale also makes the porridge very filling. If you like your porridge runnier, then add ½–1 cup (120–250 ml) more water.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Serves: 2

Cooking time: 7 minutes

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Method

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 stalk rhubarb, thinly sliced 25g or small handful of kale leaves, stems (stalks) removed and leaves chopped 1 cup (100g) rolled oats 1 tablespoon chia seeds 1 teaspoon ground cardamom ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon pinch of sea salt ¼ cup (60 ml) oat milk (page 22), lightly frothed, to serve

Heat a large saucepan over medium heat. When warm, add the oil and warm for 1-2 minutes. Add the rhubarb and kale and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the remaining ingredients for the porridge, except the oat milk, to the pan with 2 cups (475 ml) water and cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Stir constantly to prevent it becoming too thick and congealed. Serve the porridge in bowls, pour over the frothed oat milk, and add the probiotics (open the capsules and pour the powder over the porridge). Garnish with the remaining toppings.

For the toppings:

1 capsule of vegan probiotics (50–100 billion each capsule) or acidophilus supplements black sesame seeds toasted sunflower seeds toasted hazelnuts, skins removed finely grated lemon zest blackcurrant jam

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Coconut Yogurt with Blackcurrant Compote and Gluten-Free Granola When growing up, my mom loved to serve us homemade berry compote as a part of our daily vitamin C intake. We didn’t have sugar-loaded cereals for breakfast; on the menu was oat porridge with berry compote and cultured yoghurt.

My favourite was the blackcurrant compote and so here is my version. Instead of coconut sugar, you can use pitted Medjool

dates, if you like. The compote can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator for 2 months. It makes more than you need for this recipe—about 500g, enough for up to 20 portions.

The granola is grain-free, gluten-free, and nut-free, but feel free to use nuts, such as almonds, in this recipe – about 1 cup (130g) – if you like.

Preparation time: 15 minutes, plus 1 hour cooling

Serves: 2

Cooking time: 1 hour

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Method

1½ cups (350ml) coconut yoghurt

Put all the ingredients for the blackcurrant compote into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool, about 1 hour. Once cool, remove the cardamom pods, lime halves and leaves, and lemongrass, then spoon into a sterilised 500-ml glass jar, cover with a lid, and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.

For the blackcurrant compote:

4 cups (400g) black currants 1/3 cup (50g) coconut sugar 5 green cardamom pods 5 makrut lime leaves 1 stalk lemongrass, outer layer removed and cut lengthwise in half 1 lime, cut in half pinch of sea salt pinch of chilli flakes or finely chopped fresh chilli For the sauce:

1 ripe banana, coarsely chopped 5 Medjool dates, pitted ¼ cup (60ml) olive oil 2 tablespoons cacao powder 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes

Preheat the oven to 160°C/Gas Mark 3.

Put all the ingredients for the sauce into a food processor and process until well combined and smooth. Set aside.

To make the granola, put the coconut flakes and seeds into a large bowl and mix together. Pour in the sauce and stir until all the ingredients are coated. Line a baking sheet with parchment (baking) paper. Spread the granola mixture onto the sheet and bake for 25 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes to prevent burning.

To serve, spoon the yogurt into bowls, add a good tablespoon of compote over each portion of yoghurt, and top with the granola.

For the granola:

4 cups (200g) coconut flakes ½ cup (75g) sunflower seeds ½ cup (75g) pumpkin seeds 1/3 cup (50g) sesame seeds

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French Toast

An excellent way to use sourdough bread that is one or two days’ old is to make French toast. My family loves this vegan version. For a change, I sometimes make it savoury by omitting the dates and spices (vanilla, amchoor, and cardamom) and adding 1 teaspoon ground cumin and ½ teaspoon chipotle chili powder. One thing to be aware of is not to soak the bread for too long, otherwise it will become too soggy to fry.

Nut-free depending on which butter you make.

Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes Serves: 4-6

¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon (200ml) coconut milk 3 Medjool dates, pitted (stoned) 1 fully ripe banana, coarsely chopped 2 teaspoons chia seeds ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon amchoor (dried mango) powder ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom ¾ teaspoon sea salt flakes 4-6 slices sourdough bread 2 tablespoons vegan butter To serve:

sea salt flakes fresh seasonal berries maple syrup

Pancakes with Jam and Berries

Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 4-6

1½ cups (180g) white spelt flour 2½ cups (550ml) oat milk 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon (100ml) cold strong espresso coffee 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon sea salt flakes 2 tablespoons coconut oil 3 tablespoons coconut sugar

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Put the coconut milk, dates, banana, chia seeds, vanilla, amchoor (dried mango) powder, cardamom, and sea salt into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into a large baking dish, add the bread slices to the batter, and soak for 15-30 seconds on each side.

Heat the vegan butter in a large frying pan or skillet over medium heat. When the pan is hot and the butter has melted, add the soaked bread slices in batches and fry for about 2 minutes on each side until crisp and golden. Remove from the pan and continue frying the remaining soaked bread slices. Sprinkle with sea salt flakes when done and serve with fresh berries and maple syrup.

My grandmom told me her pancake secret: cold coffee and never wash the pancake pan with detergent (washing-up liquid), instead simply wipe it with a dry, clean cloth and rub it with a little oil when finished. Pancake baking was her specialty. The batter was extraordinarily airy and light and her pancakes were so elegant: see-through thin, with a perfect taste, shape, and colour. Making a vegan version of her secret recipe was a headache, but when I decided to make the batter in a high-speed blender, I got as close as I think is possible.

To serve:

blackcurrant jam fresh seasonal berries vegan whipped cream Put all the ingredients, except 1 teaspoon of the coconut oil, into a high-speed blender and blend for 30 seconds. Since this is an egg-free recipe, it is essential to use a blender to make the batter airy so the pancakes will turn out light and thin.

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teaspoon of the coconut oil. Scoop the batter into the pan and rotate the pan to spread the batter as thinly as possible, about 16-18 cm in diameter. Fry for 2 minutes, or until the underside is crisp, then flip over and finish frying for 1 minute, or until cooked through. Transfer the finished pancake to a serving plate, cover it with a clean dish towel, and repeat until you have used up all the batter. Serve with jam, fresh berries, and vegan cream.

One-Pan Breakfast Beans and Tomatoes Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes; Serves: 4-6

4 potatoes, such as Yukon or King Edward 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 shallot, diced 1 carrot, diced 1 tablespoon avocado oil or other oil of your choice 2 tablespoons tomato paste (tomato purée) 1 × 400-g can whole peeled tomatoes 1-2 teaspoons coconut sugar 1½ teaspoons sweet paprika 1½ teaspoons ground cumin 1-2 teaspoons red pepper (chilli) flakes

Hot Chocolate with Aquafaba Whip Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes Serves: 4-6

When I make this one-pan bean dish I think of my father. He is the master of one-pan dishes, and the outcome is surprisingly delicious. He goes with the flow when he cooks; he goes into the kitchen, opens the refrigerator to see what leftovers he can use, then depending on what there is he starts to build up the dish with leftovers, plus fresh ingredients and spices. Today, aged 90, he is still like a Zen master with an apron and a pan.

¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom ¼ teaspoon ground coriander 12/3 cups (240g) cooked lima (butter) beans, about 2/3 cup (120g) dried, or use canned beans 1 red bell pepper, halved, seeded, and cut into 2-cm cubes 1/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons (50g) black olives, pitted (stoned) and halved 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes a few sprigs hyssop, to garnish Start by cooking potatoes. Place them in a pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil.

Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 1520 minutes (depending on size) until soft when pricked with a sharp knife.

Meanwhile, fry the garlic, shallot, and carrot in the oil in a large, frying pan or skillet over medium heat for 4-5 minutes until golden. Add the tomato paste (tomato purée), whole tomatoes, coconut sugar, and spices, and stir to combine.

Add the lima (butter) beans to the pan with the bell pepper, olives, and salt, and simmer for 15-20 minutes over medium heat, stirring every 5 minutes to prevent burning. Drain the cooked potatoes and peel off the skins, then add them to the pan and cook for the final 5 minutes.

Garnish with some sprigs of hyssop, serve, and enjoy.

The smell of a newly brewed hot chocolate reminds me of winter days when my mom was in the kitchen humming a song while making this delicious drink for my brothers and me. I love how smell can bring back so many memories.

Nut-free and/or grain- and gluten-free depending on which milk you make.

250g vegan semisweet (dark) chocolate (70% cocoa solids) 6¼ cups (1.5l) plant-based milk of your choice 1¼ teaspoons vanilla extract 1¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground cardamom ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper ¾ teaspoon sea salt flakes ¼ quantity of aquafaba whipped cream

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Start by chopping and melting the chocolate. Pour 5cm water into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat. Put the chopped chocolate into a heatproof bowl, then set the bowl on top of the pan, making sure that the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water, and stir occasionally while the chocolate melts.

Put the milk, vanilla, spices, and sea salt into another small saucepan, then place over medium heat. When the milk is getting hot, turn off the heat and, using a balloon whisk, whisk in the melted chocolate until combined. Pour into mugs and top with the aquafaba whip.

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Tofu and Besan Frittata

When using tofu and chickpea or besan flour and some plant milk and spice, you can create frittatas, omelettes, or scrambled tofu, which are surprisingly tasty and have great texture. I add turmeric to make my frittata yellow, but be aware it has a particular taste that easily comes through if you add too much.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

For the vegetables:

Put the chickpea flour, tofu, almond milk, mustard, nutritional yeast flakes, turmeric, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes into a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl, add the pan-fried shallot and garlic and the baked potatoes and cauliflower, and mix together until combined.

Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas Mark 6.

Line a large baking sheet with parchment (baking) paper. Arrange the potatoes and cauliflower in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with the oil, onion powder, sea salt, and chilli flakes and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

Heat the remaining 1½ tablespoons oil in a large, non-stick frying pan or skillet, add the blended chickpea mixture, spread it out in the pan, and cook over medium heat for 7-8 minutes until the bottom is cooked. When the top starts to firm, flip the omelette over, using a plate to help it back into the pan, and finish frying for another 7-8 minutes until golden in colour. Transfer to a large serving plate, garnish with coriander leaves, and cut into 4-6 slices to serve.

Cooking time: 35 minutes Serves: 4-6

3 tablespoons avocado oil 1 shallot, very finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, grated 2/3 cup (40g) chickpea (garbanzo bean) or besan flour 200g firm tofu 2/3 cup (150ml) almond milk 1 teaspoon mustard 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes pinch of ground turmeric ¼ teaspoon chilli flakes sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper a few coriander leaves, to garnish

Coconut Yogurt with Granola and Berries Preparation time: 5 minutes Serves: 4-6

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200g potatoes, such as Yukon, King Edward or fingerling, cut into 1-cm cubes 200g cauliflower, cut into florets 1 tablespoon avocado oil 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes ¼ teaspoon chilli flakes

Meanwhile, heat 1½ tablespoons of the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan or skillet over low-medium heat, add the shallot and garlic, and fry for 10 minutes, or until soft, stirring frequently to prevent burning.

Making yogurt from plant-based milk and some probiotics at home is not a complicated process. Coconut yogurt is the easiest because of the fat percentage it contains, which makes it thick by nature. If you start the day before, the yoghurt is then ready the following day, using the easiest method of making yoghurt.

2½ cups (600ml) coconut yoghurt 4 teaspoons hemp seeds 4 teaspoons cacao nibs 1¼ cups (150g) gluten-free granola ¾ cup (150g) fresh berries

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Divide the yogurt among 4-6 serving bowls. Sprinkle with hemp seeds and cacao nibs and top with the granola and fresh berries.

A Wild Ride WORDS — MILLY NOLAN

Having worked in the wine industry in various roles since she was 18, Keryn Matthews always dreamed of one day owning a vineyard.

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The journey to reach her goal, however, wasn’t always an easy road. Having dropped out of school and finding herself pregnant at 17, Keryn had to work hard to provide a better life for her and her daughter Jemma. Keryn attributes her determination to succeed largely from wanting to prove herself to her parents. Working four jobs, she purchased her first house at 21, and then when she met her husband, Simon, at 30, together the couple saved every penny they made to pay off their family home.

In 2013, Simon and Keryn found themselves wanting to own their own business, so when they came across the multiactivity venue, Wild on Waiheke, for sale on Waiheke Island – Auckland’s little slice of island paradise – they threw everything into it financially and emotionally. “It became, and still is, our entire livelihood,” says Keryn. For almost a decade now, the couple have poured their heart and soul into the business, creating three entities; Wild Estate Vineyard, Wild on Waiheke Activities and Waiheke Island Brewery.

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Best known as a restaurant as well as a versatile venue for hosting team building events, conferences, weddings, live music and corporate functions, Wild Estate is less known, however, for its boutique vineyard and craft brewery – which boasts incredible wines and handcrafted beers. “A lot of people know about our business because they come to us for team building, but what they don’t often know is that we make our own wine,” says Keryn. “So often our restaurant guests will ask where the wine is from, and we say to them, 'You know those vines that you walked past to get here? Well that’s exactly where',” laughs Keryn.

When the Matthews first brought the property, the vines were already established, in fact some of them where nearly 30 years old. However, to really bring the vineyard back to life, a lot of tender love and care was needed. The Matthews set about tending to the soil and planting more grapes, such as chardonnay, pinot gris, syrah and petit verdot. “We take our wine very seriously,” says Keryn. “After being so passionate about the wine industry for so many decades, it’s been 118

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“We take our wine very seriously” says Keryn. “After being so passionate about the wine industry for so many decades, it’s been incredible to produce my own wine.”

incredible to produce my own wine.” Along with a viticulturist, the various wines on offer at Wild Estate Vineyard are produced by a couple of different winemakers so that the style desired

by Keryn is fully achieved. “All our grapes are hand-picked and hand-tendered,” says Keryn. “Because our volumes are so small, we need to rely on sharing wine-making resources on the island.

That’s one really cool thing about Waiheke, everyone rallies together. Our wine is in very good hands here.”

soften and the fruit shines through. That’s why we waited to release it when it was ready to drink, rather than needing to be cellared. But equally, if you do put it away, it will only get better with age,” says Keryn. Launched just in time for winter, The W can be sampled at the Wild Estate restaurant as part of their tasting tray, and along with all the other wines, can also be bought direct from the Wild Estate online shop, which is another recent string to Keryn’s bow.

In June, Keryn proudly launched their latest drop – a 2019 reserve called ‘The W’. Crafted from the vineyard’s very best hand-selected parcels and matured in French oak barriques, this heroic red is a blend of merlot, cabernet franc and malbec.

Beautifully packaged, this premium wine has been specifically designed for enjoying at celebrations or for cellaring. “We wanted to produce an ultra-reserve wine, but for the first five years the weather gods weren’t being kind to us. Then in 2019 we found ourselves with an exceptional vintage. With a big red wine like this, you want to wait until it opens up and the tannins

“The business has been a labour of love, sweat and tears, but to see our dream come to life has made all the hard work worth it”, says Keryn. “And to be able to drink my own drop at the end of a hard-working day, is quite frankly, humbling.” wildestate.co.nz

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The Art of July CURATED BY— AIMÉE RALFINI

Much activity in the visual arts sector this month, including a new gallery on the block! Bergman Gallery from Rarotonga has opened a branch in Auckland’s Art District of Karangahape Road, well worth a visit to welcome the new space and check out its opening exhibition featuring the stunning work of Telly Tuita, amongst others.

Bergman Gallery Te Atuitanga – Between Our Cloak of Stars

Artists: Mahiriki Tangaroa, Andy Leleisi’uao, Sylvia Marsters, Telly Tuita, Nina Oberg Humphries, Michel Tuffery, Benjamin Work, Raymond Sagapolutele and Kulimoe’anga Stone Maka.

Group Show on until 16 July

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Trish Clark Gallery the song remains the same Stella Brennan On until 16 July

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Stella Brennan prises open history, interrogating colonialism, industrialisation, and computerisation.

Her practice incorporates video, sculptural constructions, photography and found objects, raising questions about the state of geopolitics, big media, the human condition, and our relationship to place. Works include interplanetary-style flybys of laptop packaging, and video from a home-made subatomic particle detector.

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Masterworks Gallery Te Matapihi Group show on until 16 July

Artists: Jamie Berry, Neke Moa, Isaac Te Awa, Victor Te Paa, Shainey Moreli, Miriama Grace-Smith, Gina Kiel, Xoë Hall, Suzanne Tamaki, Terence Turner, Keri-mei Zagrobelna, and Stevei Houkāmau. Curated by uku artist Stevei Houkāmau, Te Matapihi offers a glimpse into the world of a group of artists who are based or have spent considerable time in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington Harbour). Developing connections to the whenua and moana, Poneke has been a home away from home and they feel forever changed by the mauri (life force) of Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Stevei has brought together a group of artists across a diverse range of materials.

Artspace Aotearoa mgluw tuqiy na Temahahoi / 找尋 迭馬哈霍伊的路徑 / Finding Pathways to Temahahoi Anchi Lin / Ciwas Tahos

Lins' artwork takes us on a journey into Temahahoi; a legendary place where only women live. Lin recalls memories, dreams, and stories with elders of Temahahoi in her multimedia installation of performance, moving image, and cyberspace to interrogate sovereignty, and ways to imagine a space for connection in the wake of displacement and disconnection.

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Gow Langsford Gallery

Grace Wright’s paintings emit energy.

They invite the viewer into a space tangled with coiled brush strokes that tighten and release. Space expands and contracts, in what could be viewed as expansive, postapocalyptic worlds, or minute, interior landscapes. Wright cites influences on her thinking as diverse as 17th century religious paintings, and the tempestuous rhythms of the natural world. In her latest body of work, Asking For A Dream, Wright draws more closely upon the concept of a garden, and the relationship she sees between the cultivation of a garden and the act of painting.

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Melanie Roger Gallery Recent Painting Jennifer Mason 27 July – 20 August

Jennifer Mason draws inspiration for her practice from the depiction of the female nude in art history. The paintings are delicate and refined technically using traditional painting techniques and processes. The works are both concerned with compositional and painterly techniques that place emphasis on the body as a lived experience, as well as being concerned with ideas about beauty. Her current area of interest is the depiction of Mary Magdalene and the legend of her time spent in France.

This is Mason's first solo exhibition with Melanie Roger Gallery.

Asking For A Dream Grace Wright On until 23 July

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Starkwhite Huggong– Monologue Seung Yul Oh Mid July Mid August

Bowl takes the form of a monkey, the latest in a series of anthropomorphic sculptures that toy with scale and oscillate between adorable and curious.

Oh has created animal forms that have metaphorical or metaphysical implications. They initially appear as playful, oversized objects of innocence, but closer looking revels forms that slide between naivety and wisdom. Oh is known for a practice that explores properties of space and experiments with materials and movement. His inflatables float elegantly or define unnoticed architectural space, orchestrating relationships that were formally invisible.

Foenander Galleries Mellifluous Aurora Cathy Carter On until 14 July

Carter’s work explores the relationship of individuals to bodies of water. Her work offers alternative vantage points to what we see and experience, drawing our attention to the evidence that these liquid ecosystems are significantly threatened. Carter’s practice navigates our complex psychological relationship to water, through different perspectives and geographical locations. She explores bodies of water as physical, cultural, and unique environmental ‘landscapes’ that offer the opportunity to reconnect emotionally with the natural world, as well as make connections with internal worlds.

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CONTEMPORARY & FINE ART The Home of New Zealand Artists & Art Now Open in Whitford Village, Auckland quaygallery.co.nz

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Introducing Maico Camilo If you love big and bold works of art, you’ll love this exhibition opening on the 26th of July displaying the vibrant energy of Maico Camilo’s large abstract works.

Maico is a new artist to the gallery with an impressive international pedigree while also being a New Zealand local and we are very excited to present his work in our gallery.

Learn more about him and his works of art by clicking on our web site link and navigating to his artist page: https://www.artselect.gallery/maico-camilo.

Contact Ngaire on info@artselect.gallery for more details and to purchase any of these artworks before the exhibition opening.

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The paintings of Philippa Blair 28 June – 23 July

If painting is like keeping a diary, then the works of Philippa Blair are a personal record of the thoughts, feelings, and events that motivate, inspire, or even at times, horrify her. “I develop with the painting,” she says. “It’s as if the DNA of the painting and my own DNA somehow combine to create a new lifeform.”

This show’s paintings offer an incredible insight into the artist’s creative process, nothing is hidden, the immediacy is the message. As it has been throughout her long career, Blair continues to challenge herself. She draws on her reserves, harnesses energies, as if it is an essential requirement of an artist she pushes firmly against any sense of a casual acceptance of the status quo. She has avoided easy categorisations, her work has been, and continues to be, a series of heightened discoveries, explorations into the infinite possibilities of mark-making and painterly expression.

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Hopper

“Know when to fly and buy… score the lowest fares,” promises Hopper, your new favourite flight-booking app. What sets it apart from flight comparison websites you may have used in the past is that Hopper constantly monitors flight prices to not only give you the best deal in the moment but predict upcoming price trends too.

You can also secure flights straight from the app, saving time and hassle.

Cool Cousin

Don’t you hate it when you’re in a vibrant and exciting city, but your guidebook is only showing the obvious tourist spots?

Well say hello to Cool Cousin, which connects you to locals who share the same interests as you.

Once connected you’ll receive a map of your ‘cousins’’ favourite city spots and personalised advice as to where you should go and what you should be doing.

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XE Currency offers live exchange rates for “every world currency and precious metals” (on the off chance you’re keeping track with your gold stash). You can save relevant rates offline, and even use the app on your Android Wear or Apple Watch device, meaning you’ll never accidentally overpay again.

Basic: free, iOS and Android, xe.com

Travelling can be exhilarating, revelatory and profound, but if you’re someone who suffers from anxiety, it can also have moments of utter terror.

So, whether you’re an anxious flyer, prone to panic attacks in new situations, or just easily flustered, an app which uses binaural beats (repetitive sound waves) to “entrain the brain to different states” can be very helpful indeed.

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Binaural, an elegant and easy-to-use app, can also alleviate jet lag and will help reset your sleep clock, making that fivehour stopover slightly less horrendous.

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If you’re the kind of person who keeps their travel documents in a leather-bound organiser, then you’ll love Google Trips, the virtual equivalent.

Never find yourself trawling through emails in a hotel lobby at 3am again, as this handy little travelling buddy gathers all the information for your adventure – from Google and your inbox – for you, as well as drawing up itineraries and suggestions for places to go.

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WORDS — BELLA SAMPSON

What's On in July AOTEA SQUARE ICE RINK 1-31 July

The inner-city winter wonderland is back and brighter than ever. Perfect for all skating levels of confidence. The ever-popular ice slide is back, alongside a stunning new light installation. If you’re after something extra special, check out the gorgeous, catered Snug Igloos for a unique treat. They’re suitable for up to six guests.

SNORT Fridays 10pm The Basement

Snort is the not-so-secret basement improv gig that has been going on for almost a decade. See a beautiful ensemble cast, featuring some of our brightest comedic talents as they try to navigate their way through hilarious ‘snort-worthy’ scenarios the audience put forward. snort.co.nz

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SWAN LAKE 15 July Sky City Theatre

Sky City theatre is the latest venue to experience the Candlelight concert series. The theatre will be lit under the gentle glow of candlelight, as the orchestra guides you through Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and other pieces, accompanied by guest ballerinas.

MORNING PEOPLE 23 July Auckland Town Hall

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TAKAPUNA WINTER LIGHTS 28-31 July

For four nights from 5pm–10pm, Takapuna is hosting stunning sensory designs for all ages to enjoy and explore.

Wrap up warm, grab dinner or a drink from your favourite local with family or friends, and experience interactive light displays and live entertainment.

This unique morning workout is celebrating its sixth year. Morning People is a dance party to start the day on a high note. Think Auckland's favourite DJs, fun outfits, a cool location, caffeine, and snacks. It’s an endorphin boost that puts the gym to shame. Find out what people are raving about! morningpeople.dance

AUCKLAND ZINEFEST 2-24 July

Perfect for art lovers in Tāmaki Makaurau, the Auckland Zinefest has free events all July. Kicking off with the opening party on 2 July, followed by workshops, 24-Hour Zine Making, Speed Zining, and the Zine Market hosted at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki over two days, 23 and 24 July.

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WORDS — LUCY KENNEDY

So much to watch, so little time...

This month Verve’s star streaming reviewer Lucy Kennedy checks out the classic comedy-drama series, Gilmore Girls.

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Gilmore Girls is likely one of the most comforting shows you’ll ever watch. Set in the small town of Stars Hollow, it follows the lives of cool and witty single mother Lorelai Gilmore and her charming, intelligent daughter Rory who we get to watch grow up, graduate high school, go to college, and get her first job. Before this show, I was under the impression that yelling at the TV in order to try to stop characters from doing something stupid was a cliche, but no, very much real!

Even the side characters are memorable and lovable. The residents of Stars Hollow are thoughtful, warm, funny, supportive, and immensely connected with their community.

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The show is filled with pop culture references, iconic fashion and characters with realistic flaws. The influence of Gilmore Girls has spurred the likes of the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, where fans attempt to read all the books that Rory read throughout the seasons. There’s a whole Rory Gilmore aesthetic subgenre, including outfits, study tips, and even music playlists.

The multitude of episodes across countless seasons are enough to last months, even for binge-watchers, which is perfect during these colder winter months. I really loved Gilmore Girls. It can be a little bit cheesy to start, but definitely improves as the seasons progress. 5/5 Available now on Netflix.

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FROCKS AND DIVAS 7 July

Frocks and Divas is a fun, frivolous and fabulous journey of the extraordinary women who perform at the Tarnished Frocks and Divas Festival – a platform for these dazzling women to express themselves and show their colours through a meaningful, positive artform. The incredible genuine Kiwi personalities captured on screen will warm hearts and provide laughs and a cinema experience like no other.

BENEDICTION 7 July

Benediction explores the turbulent life of first world war poet, Siegfried Sassoon, through the eyes of revered filmmaker Terence Davies. Sassoon's life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships goes unresolved, never realising it can only come from within.

Directed by Terence Davies, starring Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi.

Directed by Paul and Sass Innes, starring Jackie Clarke and Annie Crummer.

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CORSAGE Lushly decorated and costumed, and cheekily anachronistic with its use of 21st-century pop songs and salty language, Corsage looks at the later life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, aka ‘Sissi’ (1837-1898), the latest historic royal woman to get biographical treatment.

PUNCH Oscar-nominee Tim Roth stars in this coming-of-age film, shot on Auckland’s wild west coast. Seventeen-year-old boxer Jim (Jordan Oosterhof) carries the hopes and dreams of his father (Roth) on his shoulders, but his growing relationship with another local boy forces him to confront the truth about his sexuality and choose his own future.

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Winter Gardening

In Auckland, the ‘dead of winter’ usually means chilly, overcast days with lots of rain! This is the best time to finish up your winter planting and start preparing for the upcoming growing season.

established deciduous fruit trees that weren’t done in summer, as well as any citrus trees and grape vines that need a bit of work. Pruning will encourage more bountiful fruiting seasons.

Veggies

July brings cooler weather, but it’s still a great time for winter veggie planting. Plant brassicas such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and kale now to enjoy a spring harvest. Remember to protect your veggie seedlings from morning frosts by covering them with frost cloth. Ensure garden beds are kept weed-free, and if the weather is particularly wet, add some gypsum to the soil for improved drainage.

Indoor Plants

Before getting ready for spring cleaning, consider cleaning your indoor plants! Dust can settle on their foliage, reducing their ability to absorb sunlight – and while sunlight is scarce through winter, every little bit helps! Remember to cut back dead, brown leaves, as this will encourage increased growth through spring.

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Planting fruit trees now ensures they can establish roots before the heat of spring and summer. Deciduous fruit trees such as plums, peaches and nectarines are instore now, available in a range of different sizes and varieties. Remember to prune any

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Landlords, beware.

While you’re not in the country, your rental properties must have a person or agent managing them.

Whether you have one or 51, they all must have an agent.

Section 16a of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 states that a landlord must appoint an agent if out of the country for more than 21 consecutive days. You do not necessarily require a management company, it can be any member of the family or a family friend.

Landlords that do not comply are committing an unlawful act and could be fined $1,500 per property.

How to protect your assets with a Contracting Out Agreement

The purpose of this section of the act is to ensure tenants have contact with an agent or specified representative of the landlord should they need to. Maintenance may be required at any time, such as for leaking hot water systems, broken elements, windows that won’t open, toilets that won’t flush, and much more.

When can you enter into a Contracting Out Agreement?

So, ensure you book that flight with peace of mind, and don’t spoil your well-earned holiday with calls from tenants with problems – appoint an agent.

It’s also important to note that it’s useful to have someone familiar with landlord responsibilities.

Happy landings!

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A Contracting Out Agreement is an agreement between spouses or de facto partners that contracts out of the provisions of the relationship property legislation and sets out how a couple’s assets and debts will be divided in the event of separation and/or death. It is colloquially referred to as a “pre-nup”.

At any stage of your relationship. However, once you have been in a de facto relationship of 3 years duration the provisions of the relationship property legislation will apply.

Therefore, if you are considering entering into a Contracting Out Agreement it is a good idea to seek legal advice early on in the relationship, well before the 3 year mark.

What can a Contracting Out Agreement cover?

It can contract out of the provisions of the legislation entirely so that all assets, liabilities and any income remain the separate property of either party. Otherwise, a couple may elect to simply “ring fence” a particular asset or assets. This may depend on the stage your relationship is at.

What are the requirements?

The legislation sets out formal requirements that must be complied with in order for the agreement to be binding.

The requirements include that the agreement be in writing, be signed by both parties and that each party have independent legal advice before signing the agreement.

Do these agreements “stand up” to challenge?

Usually - if the agreement has been properly prepared and both parties have had sound legal advice. The threshold for setting aside a Contracting Out Agreement is relatively high. The Court must find that to give effect to the agreement would cause serious injustice.

If you would like to find out more about Contracting Out Agreements, contact us to book an appointment with one of our relationship property lawyers at Dawsons Lawyers.

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WORDS — JAMIE CHRISTIAN DESPLACES

Lapping up Life in Finland

Kiwi writer and photographer Melanie Dower has been living in Helsinki with her husband Jonathan and son Miko since 2014. Verve caught up with her to find out about the things she most loves about life in the Finnish capital, and the impact of the pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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“Everywhere I’ve lived, people love New Zealand and want to tell me about their time there or their friend who lives there and how much they love it.”

“I’m the youngest of three girls and my father was a bank manager, so we moved town fairly often,” says Melanie. “Moving a lot as a child has helped me adapt to change as an adult. Even within New Zealand there are differences to be found in each place – the biggest of which for me came when moving from the King Country to Auckland as a pre-teen. I’ve come to believe that there are people who move and people who don’t, and that every town or city benefits from having a mix of both.”

Since her Helsinki move, Melanie says that she’s discovered new levels of resilience similar to what the Finns call ‘sisu’ (“the kind of self-determination needed when it’s -20°C, your phone battery dies and you need to walk home in the dark!”), along with a good dose of adaptability.

“During our first year here, I published a book about Helsinki and the Nordic way of life [Helsinki: People Make the City] with a Finnish photographer, something it’s unlikely I would have done were my work options not so limited. It was really important to me that I found my own sense of purpose, which forced me to be creative in finding what that might be.”

The family made their move to the Nordic region in 2014, when Jonathan secured a job with the mobile gaming company, Supercell.

“We’d been living in Sydney for almost 11 years and returned to NZ after Miko was born in 2012. Our plan was to stay for two years before moving overseas again, but we didn’t know where.

I had been imagining somewhere closer to home, and when Jonathan started interviewing with Supercell, I felt excited but also really nervous.”

vegetarian food and I always made sure I was on the check-out so we could chat, and we soon started going out. A year later we moved to Sydney together when he got a job as an animator at Disney Toon Studios.”

What do you most miss about New Zealand?

“I miss the ways strangers greet each other or engage in small talk together. My mother told me she spent 20 minutes sharing an umbrella with a stranger recently when they were caught in a downpour, something I cannot imagine happening here. Finnish people tend to value privacy and personal space and if you don’t have something of value to say, it’s considered perfectly acceptable to say nothing at all.”

Melanie adds that Helsinki is a very quiet city, “where people very rarely raise their voices in public or use car horns”. She loves how beautiful buildings from different eras sit alongside modern Nordic architecture, the flatness of the land (“we walk or cycle most places and it’s very safe for children, who tend to get around by themselves from the age of eight”), and the seasons which offer the surroundings an ongoing feeling of fascinating flux.

“Our workplace is housed in the largest wooden office building in Finland and as we look over a harbour, we can watch the sea freeze and thaw during the course of the year. The city is constantly changing, as is the way we interact with it. Whether it’s 25°C or -25°C, we go outside every day – as the Finns say: ‘There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.’”

I ask Melanie how the Finns view New Zealand.

“We met in the year 2000 when I was working at the organic supermarket Huckleberry Farms. He would come in to buy

“Everywhere I’ve lived, people love New Zealand and want to tell me about their time there or their friend who lives there and how much they love it. Finns are very humble, and so often ask why we would leave such a paradise to come to a land where the

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winters are so long, cold and dark. Recently I’ve also met several Muslim people who’ve told me how much they appreciated New Zealand’s response to the mosque shootings in Christchurch.”

Has your view of the country changed since you left?

“I try to keep in touch with New Zealand happenings as much as possible. We’ve only lived there for two of the last 21 years so when we come home, we sometimes feel like visitors and see the country as though for the first time and just how incredibly beautiful it is. Having lived in apartments for nearly two decades it now amazes us how much land is dedicated to singlefamily dwellings and private yards in New Zealand. We’ve grown used to owning less stuff, using public spaces and parks more often and not being responsible for the maintenance of a large property. Which is not to say we couldn’t adapt back into that life, but it’s a great relief when that property is buried under several feet of snow.”

What are your thoughts on our handling of the pandemic?

“It’s a very different situation there geographically, so it’s understandable that New Zealand would take a very different approach than countries in Europe. I’m grateful that we didn’t have to return home in a hurry though, as it must have been incredibly stressful for those trying to get a place in MIQ. It’s a great relief now that the borders have reopened but there was a time just before Russia invaded Ukraine that I realised that if we had to get home in a hurry it was possible that we wouldn’t be able to get in, which was a very sad, disconcerting feeling.”

Russia’s relations with its Nordic neighbours have been famously frosty at the best of times, but tensions have heightened further with the invasion. Melanie says that when the war started, foreigners unused to the political situation became especially anxious, as did Finns fearing that they would be called up to serve.

“Putin threatening Finland is nothing new, and as Finns are very pragmatic people, they have been preparing for an emergency ever since World War Two. Every apartment building or neighbourhood has an air raid shelter stocked with iodine tablets and there’s been public notices about learning where yours is and clearing them out if they’ve been used for storage. While it seems we’re not in any immediate danger, we have bought power banks and bottled water and have our official documents and cash ready in case we need to leave in a hurry. I’ve noticed an increase too in the number of our Finnish male colleagues who have been called up to do military refresher courses, as most do a year of military training after high school.”

Otherwise, life goes on as normal. I ask about life beyond Helsinki, and Melanie tells me that in a few days they’ll be visiting their “tiny cabin with no power or indoor plumbing” to “celebrate the summer solstice, grill some food, and enjoy the midnight sun”. She recently joined a local Winter Swimming Club which involves plunging into holes cut into the frozen sea, and, more invitingly, access to a sauna on a nearby island.

“We also visited Lapland this year,” she adds, “where we enjoyed a sled ride on a sunny but -23°C day, pulled by a team of huskies.

One evening we did a trek through the forest on sleds pulled by reindeer in search of the aurora borealis.”

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Back to Bali:

24 Hours in Denpasar WORDS — NICK AINGE ROY

It hits you as soon as you step off the plane, a mixture of heat, humidity and a hundred rotting fruits – the smell of the tropics.

Even after midnight, it seeps into the airport, slipping underneath the air conditioning and spreading its sweet and sour scent through the arrivals lounge. It wasn’t a smell I was used to.

grimy hotel patios sipping Bintangs from 11 o’clock in the morning. It was everything I had ever expected from Bali.

We had left the beginning of winter behind us, back in Sydney, where the rain had fallen constantly for the last few weeks, running in small and at times raging rivers down the hill beside the house, transforming the slopes into swamps and driving even the leeches to seek shelter inside. Direct flights hadn’t returned yet and so, what should have been a very manageable six-hour hop turned into a 12-hour, all-day slog. We set off from Sydney airport at midday and didn’t touch down in Denpasar until after midnight.

At the warung next door, the owner’s son stood on the street cooking satay-laden grill baskets over coconut husks burning in a brick fireplace. Around the corner, groups of uniformed women sat out the front of their beauty salons, offering a menu of pedicures, manicures, facials, and massages to anyone who passed. Everywhere there were people: sitting, smoking, shopping, selling. Silicon Valley may have commercialised ridesharing, but it was clear that Indonesia invented it – every man with a moped beeped at us as he drove by, raising two fingers from the handlebars in the gesture that asked without saying, “Taxi?”

The flight over was filled with every kind of traveller: middleaged couples in matching cargo shorts, eager to recharge their fading summer sunburns; cherubic school-leavers desperate for their long-delayed initiation into adulthood; Indonesian expats with bulging carry-ons stuffed with gifts and Australian groceries; and of course, laptop-toting young professionals like ourselves looking for a new life, their travel pillows fastened firmly around their necks.

But just a few minutes further south, the activity of Petitenget Street disappeared. We had wandered through a hotel and onto Legian beach in search of a table, an umbrella and an afternoon beer. The beach itself was deserted – something my partner Madi told me was not a usual occurrence – and all along its length, hotels stood not just empty but abandoned, their fountains silent and filled with stagnant green water, bar furniture stacked hastily inside the beachfront cabanas.

The streets were silent as Ketut, our driver, brought us to our hotel, telling us along the way of how the locals had only just begun to return from their villages now that the borders had reopened. This was my first time in Bali, but even with nothing to compare it to, the impact of the last two years was evident in the abandoned currency exchange kiosks and rows of padlocked shopfronts we passed during that short drive.

Down the path, we came across a small warung with a handful of tables scattered across the sand. Asides from a dog and a man receiving a massage in the shade of a boatshed, we were alone. The owner of the warung walked over and asked us what we would like.

I thought about Ketut’s comments throughout the next day.

From our hotel in the middle of Petitenget Street, it was hard to feel as if anything had slowed down. Shirtless English tourists snaked through traffic on rented scooters or strolled along the footpath in singlets and oversized sunhats, and old Australian men that looked as if they had never left sat in the shade of

A moment later, two beers in faded koozies arrived beside us on the table. I picked mine up, took a sip and looked out over the empty beach. A silver and orange Jetstar plane was swinging low on its approach to the neighbouring airport, and behind it, across the ocean, came another, and another, and another.

“Two Bintangs and one chicken satay please.”

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Horoscopes CANCER 21 June – 22 July

LEO 23 July – 22 August

VIRGO 23 August – 22 September

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This is certainly a time for reinventing yourself. You will need to resist the urge to control the events of your life, how you come across to others, and your manner during this important cycle. You will go in for socialisation and this might help you as far as the long-term prospects in life are concerned. You will be getting chances to reaffirm your values and ideals in life.

There will be ample scope to take risks in the financial and career fields. You need to put in all your energy and act speculatively. Your diplomatic nature works wonders in the areas which call for cooperation. You’re learning about your inner motivations, and sometimes this can be an uncomfortable process because of getting in touch with the darker elements of your psyche.

LIBRA

Much luck and fortune are on the cards for you for this time period. Everything will be moving in a positive direction.

However, love and family issues might take the backseat for quite some time. Your professional life grows spontaneously without much effort or toil. Teamwork shall do well, and your skillset improved. Those in services shall see that their patience pays good rewards.

SCORPIO

23 September – 22 October

23 October – 21 November

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You’ll be learning important things, picking up new interests, and possibly ending some, while making important discoveries. This is a good time to wean out unwanted relationships and stick to the loyal ones. You can express thoughts and love to your partner in a very transparent atmosphere for now.

Get into the company of those who enjoy the good things in life.

It’s a great period for expansion and recognition on a professional level, and you should take advantage of it; choose your projects carefully – don’t take on more than you can handle. This can also be a time when you give of yourself to others, as you are valuing charity more than usual. This is a fine time to really explore what it is that holds you back from going after what you want and deserve in life.

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SAGITTARIUS 22 November – 21 December

CAPRICORN 22 December – 19 January

AQUARIUS 20 January – 18 February

PISCES 19 February – 20 March

WORDS— MANISH KUMAR ARORA

This month is strong for making important changes through communications with others, broadening of your experiences and knowledge, and larger goals. You’ll work diligently on reworking your individuality and personal identity.

You’re somewhat introspective at this time and might isolate yourself from others in some manner – a process that tends to come naturally.

ARIES

This is a good time to get a feel for new areas of finance and come up with a new plan for money. It can also be a good time to consider finding a stable position within a job. This can be a good month regarding stability in a relationship showing that where you are now is where you need to be. The foundation of the relationship is formulated as it should be, and you are ready to continue building on the foundation in which is already created.

TAURUS

This can be especially strong period for practical matters, business, and financial improvement. You may be joining with people who further your career or personal interests, and through their support, faith in you, or wisdom, you’re encouraged to reach your highest potential. This can bring an improved sense of wellbeing as opportunities open up to you for unusual but successful living arrangements and family set-ups, and for some, support for a home project.

GEMINI

21 March – 19 April

20 April – 20 May

21 May – 20 June

There will be much growth and development in your personal and professional life. You’re tapping into your inner power, and how you handle it will make all the difference in the quality of your experiences now. Your love life will be pretty satisfying and thrilling, with much romance and passion involved.

You’ll be able to express your feelings and inner desires more easily and comfortably.

You’re taking important steps towards carving out an identity that better suits the ‘true you’. You’re assured goodness and growth in your professional field.

However, it calls for much effort and commitment on your side. There will be many opportunities to strengthen your bond of love in this period. Let your desires and wishes reach the other end as well. Be optimistic and let warmth engulf your relationship.

This is time for you to slough off the old parts of you that do not serve so that you can attract someone brand new by being sparkly, fresh and exciting. This period prompts you that the pursuit of love through transformation of self is a productive step forward. You can experience a stronger desire to broaden your horizons, and this can conflict with dealings on the home front. Restlessness is likely.

Now is an excellent time to save up any extra money that you’re making because you will be able to afford a little nest egg. You could find yourself in a position that truly suits you. You can take great pride in the work you do. For some of you, more prestige or a higher social standing may be part of the picture now. You can be quite charismatic in a position of authority or responsibility. Advancement in achieving an important goal can occur.

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New Dimensions in Hybrid Drive

Mitsubishi’s spacious new Outlander PHEV enjoys even broader appeal thanks to more power, greater refinement and remarkable economy.

The new Outlander PHEV would have to be one of the most relevant cars on the market right now. A hybrid stalwart, it’s always been a popular candidate for family duties, and now delivers at whole new levels thanks to increased cabin space, greater power, enhanced electric range, and a superior sense of isolation, especially in upmarket VRX form.

Any driver will be comfortable from the get-go. The lofty driving position is pure SUV, and the well-shaped VRX seats – in black or light grey quilted leather – are comfortable and supportive with endless adjustment, including powered lumbar support. The broad cockpit presents a classy array of intuitive display screens and well-sited physical controls that are satisfying to twist or prod. Especially valuable is the large, crystal-clear head-up display that puts real-time info in the driver’s eyeline. In addition, tri-zone climate control, a panoramic-powered sunroof, and a nine-speaker Bose audio system are standard VRX features. Expect to be impressed by a suitably advanced suite of safety systems and assisted-driving features that enhance the experience.

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Electric-only running is super smooth and silent, of course. The Outlander PHEV is no lightweight, but it steps away effortlessly and accelerates seamlessly to 100km/h, maintaining a fast flow on motorways with barely a murmur. We were genuinely surprised by how quickly it gains pace and the overall cruising refinement. And thanks to the strong electric assistance and extra punch on offer, you seldom need to delve into the petrol engine’s reserves. Precise steering and a polished ride, even on the VRX’s striking 20-inch alloys, put the icing on a compelling cake that heaps pressure on direct rivals, including some pricier Europeans.

Considering the extended-range economy and running cost advantages, including eligibility for a $5,750 Clean Car Discount, and Mitsubishi’s industry-leading warranty programme, this upmarket plug-in hybrid is the new Outlander at its commanding best.

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If the previous Outlander left a little room for improvement in terms of packaging and perceived cabin quality, both have been well and truly addressed. Extra width translates into an impression of much more space, rear legroom is very generous, and the load bay cavernous. There’s also the option of seven seats for the first time in an Outlander PHEV.

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