Tempo & tresses
Salon owner and senior hairstylist by day, dynamic musician by night. North Canterbury’s Michele Webb balances being the lead vocalist of a pop-rock band with owning a top Rangiora hair salon. How did you come to own a hair salon? I’d been hairdressing for around 14 years, working full-time on the salon floor, […]
Spring fashion, Spanish feast: The Curators House
While Spanish fashion houses deserve a spot in your wardrobe, Spanish cuisine deserves a place on your plate. Here’s where dining meets the moment when celebrating the Christchurch Spring Fashion Festival and beyond. Vibrant maximalism, bright colours, and coveted brands like Loewe and Manolo Blahnik, Spanish restaurant The Curator’s House is home to […]
Fashion that works: Sally Mac’s
Customer loyalty, friendly advice and enthusiastic staff have helped this ‘world-famous in Amberley’ institution of style thrive for the past 30 years. “I started Sally Mac’s because I was frustrated with trying to find clothes,” says Sally MacDonald, owner of Sally Mac’s a women’s clothing store in Amberley. “I felt that women over […]
Strawberry & white chocolate shortcake
This is food at its most fashionable. The recipe book GIVE in collaboration with charity Breast Cancer Cure invites some of Aotearoa’s top designers to share their favourite recipes to fundraise for breast cancer research. Biddie Cooksley, founder of Tuesday Label and lover of all things beautiful, believes women deserve to look and […]
Dopamine décor
Inspired by Dame Trelise Cooper’s ‘dopamine dressers’, we invite you to oxytocin your interiors, Ōtautahi. Dopamine décor – the philosophy that heroes vibrant, personal aesthetics over rigid design rules – can boost your mood just as much as clothing that makes you feel good. What is dopamine décor? Decorating for your own happiness. […]
Tasman’s Great Taste Trail
One of the New Zealand Great Rides, the Tasman Great Taste Trail offers four distinct riding experiences. Choose a section and head out for a few hours or ride the full loop as a multi-day biking adventure. Back and beyond: Grade 3, 63km, 4 to 6 hours Tapawera, Baton River, Pokoro, Riwaka: The […]
Thread together
Christchurch is full of crafty creatives – especially if we’re talking about textiles. With a few taster workshops, you might find the next Caitlin Crisp is in your family. Beyond a fun, family-friendly and screen-free way to spend a few hours together, learning textile craft makes fashion accessible and personal. Whether you join […]
The power of walking
It’s not exercise. Walking is a physiological necessity like breathing, says foot and gait specialist Courtney Conley, author of Walk: Your Life Depends On It. Metropol deputy editor Tamara Pitelen talks the walk. “You’re probably not going to like me saying this, but I don’t view walking as exercise. Yes, on paper, it’s […]
Spring at the top of the south
Eight pages of all the top spots and events happening at the top of the South Island over spring, from Nelson to Blenheim, Kaikōura, Marlborough and the Sounds… The top of the South Island never fails to pull out all the stops as a prime destination, and in spring, the action steps up […]
Building boom
Ten of the city’s newest greenfield residential subdivisions. 1. Harakeke Halswell A 16 hectare development delivering 252 homes across five stages. Located between Halswell, Aidanfield, Addington and Cashmere, with Halswell Quarry and the Halswell commercial area nearby, developer Fletcher Living describes it as a 21-hectare “thoughtfully masterplanned” community in Halswell. The first off-plan […]
