Food app takes big bite: Delivery Express
One year ago, tech entrepreneur Himanshu Sharma wanted to order food for delivery from his regular favourite restaurant via a delivery service app, for a social gathering. However, he was stunned to see there was nearly a 30 percent price mark-up for the delivery compared to in-store menu prices, which left Sharma […]
Appetite for life
After being dished up a serving of the real Jax Hamilton, you come away with an appetite for life. The fun-loving queen of food first caught the public’s eye as MasterChef New Zealand’s runner-up in season two. Then for the next six years her Cheshire Cat smile and cockney banter […]
Second-to-none nosh: Gorgeous Food
The lead-up to Christmas can be a stressful time, especially if you’re having to provide food – be it for large home gatherings, work dos, Christmas parties, or for any of those end-of-year happenings where people need to be fed. Gorgeous Food provides a pick-up catering service that’s second-to-none. […]
Takeaway without throwaway
Christchurch coffee connoisseurs now have a convenient, environmentally friendly option for their daily takeaway coffee, with reusable cup sharing company Again Again launching its revolutionary system in the city. Twenty-two cafés around Christchurch have joined the launch, including 16 Coffee Culture cafés, three Switch Espressos, Prima Roastery, XCHC and Procopé. […]
Asparagus: stalk of the town: Gray’s Produce
The short but sweet season of asparagus is finally here – and there’s nothing quite like the local, freshly picked spears from the farm of Gray’s Produce. Christopher and Jenny Gray planted their first bed of asparagus in 2003 and maintain strict quality control from field to packhouse. The entire […]
Summer in North Canterbury
The weather is heating up – and so is the events itinerary for North Canterbury! Here’s a few fun events you can look forward to from now until the end of the year. Kaiapoi Community Garden Open Day Kaiapoi Community Garden, Hilton Street, Sunday 10 November, 10am-1pm Enjoy a […]
Silver & Sexy: V For Hair and Beauty
Look beautiful and feel radiant, silver and sexy! The V For Hair and Beauty team has all the latest techniques and products to make embracing your grey easy, Master Stylist Vicki Ogden-O’Fee says. “You don’t need or want flat, dull grey hair. We can give you a shimmering sexy blonde […]
Jewellery to cherish: Via Sollertia
Apart from family and good health, the one thing people hold dear to their hearts is their jewellery; the thought of losing or having to part with treasured pieces would seem almost unbearable. Via Sollertia has always understood this; they design jewellery to be cherished for a lifetime. They oversee […]
Trends that take the cake
The cake; it continues to occupy that all-important role of wedding centrepiece and this year, wedding cake options are unfolding like blossoms in spring – they are eye-catching, gorgeous, joyous and more wildly diverse than ever! From naked cakes to extravagant drifts of multi-coloured art, from royal lemon and elderflower iced beauties […]
A worthy reason to run!
You can’t run it naked, but your joy will be unconfined as you gambol your way over the gentle rolling hills, serene shady valleys and ‘a-year-in-Provence’-worthy vineyards of Pegasus Bay Winery, to help raise funds for Canterbury’s own world-renowned New Zealand Brain Research Institute. The gorgeous and fun Vine Run […]
