Statement Splashbacks

Imagine walking into your home after a long stressful day at work, it’s raining and dark outside; you turn on the lights in your kitchen and bam! A bright lime green splashback brightens the room and your mood instantly.     Splashbacks are seen in nearly every contemporary abode, such is the […]

Breaking free of diets

Tansy Boggon believes eating intuitively and savouring every joyful moment can help us to nourish and nurture our body and mind.     She debunks diet industry constraints in her first book Joyful Eating: How to Break Free of Diets and Make Peace with Your Body. As a qualified nutritionist and wellness […]

Powerful Plants

Edgy fast-food outlet Hell Pizza pulled a cheeky stunt recently, announcing that its new ‘Burger Pizza’ contained a pea-protein meat substitute by the culinary innovators at Beyond Meat. Opening minds and causing quite the debate in the process, this social experiment reiterated that nationally, plant-based foods are growing in popularity. We check […]

Hanmer’s Hotspot

There are some exciting new developments in the works near Canterbury’s northern border, so we caught up with Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa Executive General Manager Graeme Abbot about why this alpine oasis is the hottest place to head this year.     Can you tell us about the exciting new […]

A magical venue: Rossendale Vineyard

They perform magic at Rossendale Vineyard. It doesn’t matter whether they are magicians or wizards, the team can make wedding dreams and visions come true.     “Couples just have to tell us what they want and we will make it happen,” says events manager Graham Jones. “We have such an adaptable […]

Stronger & healthier skin: H&B

H&B is now offering Medical Dermal Needling in salon today! Dermal needling serves two main functions; firstly, it stimulates epidermal growth to provide stronger and healthier skin, secondly, it stimulates the production of collagen, making skin tighter and firmer.     Dermal needling uses a specialised instrument that contains incredibly fine medical […]