A Circus Act
Acrobatic skills which took your breath away were the opening act of this year’s Bread and Circus festival. The talented and highly skilled Limbo performers were front and centre with the shock factor of this extreme entertainment, leaving crowds wondering how the human body could contort, stretch and bend into such positions. […]
Climbing the Property ladder?
It’s right up there as one of the most important moves you’ll make in your life. Little wonder that buying a home – whether it’s your first home or your fifth – can be highly stressful, especially when you’re not sure if you’re making the right moves to get the best deal. […]
Why buy when you can hire?
Ever needed a tool just for the one job? Have you wanted to ‘try before you buy’? Or perhaps you simply don’t have room in your garage for anything else. Hiring might just be the sustainable, sensible and cost effective option for you. When it comes to items that require […]
A family vibe: Elmswood Retirement Village
Donna Monk is the Sales Consultant for Elmswood Retirement Village. Donna tells us why she loves the village and her role there. Donna, why is Elmswood special? It has a soul and a personality of its own. The buildings are well-established and the gardens are just stunning – there’s […]
Editor’s Perspective: 14th Feb 2019 Issue
“Fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind” Dale Carnegie The extraordinarily talented Yale-educated actor Jodie Foster once admitted in an interview with 60 Minutes that she suffers ‘Imposter Syndrome’; that regardless of whether she was walking onto the college campus for the first time or accepting her Oscar, she felt […]
A high-performance rebuild: Archibalds Motors
One of the most highly respected vehicle brands globally, Porsche has long represented luxury in its high-performance sports cars. So not surprising then that Archibalds Motors would seek to capture these same elements in its new Porsche showroom in the city, the delivery of which was tasked to award-winning Map […]
Karen Walker gets the sartorial edge
Karen Walker designs have always had a bit of edge. Described once as the “consummate collision of attitude and aptitude”, Walker has added a more literal edge to her latest collection, Bad Apple. Inspired by a day at an orchard in Upstate New York, the new ready-to-wear collection is marked […]
Her home, her castle: Q&A with Dot Smith
As a child, she dreamed of living in her very own castle. Some fifty plus years later, after decades of hard toil, Dot Smith, Queen of Riverstone Castle in Oamaru, finally realised that dream. When did you decide to fulfil your childhood dream of having your own castle? The […]
Long Live a Long Life!
It was a packed and attentive audience that gathered to hear Tony Buettner, Blue Zones National Spokesperson, give his second presentation at Alpine View Lifestyle Village, courtesy of their TRILife Talks Wellness Programme. Tony shared remarkable stories of five diverse places in the world, known as the Blue Zones, where […]
Explore your inner-city backyard!
How great was it to see Christchurch humming with locals and visitors this holiday period? You didn’t have to look far to see people out and about enjoying what the new-look city has to offer. Thanks to some great weather, and multiple events and festivals, thousands and thousands of happy […]
