Blooming beauties: Bloomscape
Known to be a mood booster and improver of air quality, houseplants are a gentle source of well-being for your home or office. Choose wisely, though. Consider how much time and effort that you want to invest in helping them thrive, not just survive. Bloomscape in Kaiapoi will advise you on what’s best […]
Exquisite award-winning home: Team Green Architects
Big isn’t always better as one 2021 New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) award-winner proves. Threepwood Passive House, at Lake Hayes, near Arrowtown, was a winner in the Housing Category of the December 2021 NZIA awards. Earlier last year (in May) it won the Small Project Architecture Category in the 2021 Southern Architecture […]
Riding high
The number of Kiwis buying new vehicles reached a new record last year, with an almost 40 percent increase in new car registrations compared with 2020. Motor Industry Association statistics show 2021 finished with a record-breaking 165,287 new car registrations, an increase of 38.3 percent over 2020. Ford Rangers led the field with […]
A good sport: Honda Cars
When Honda pulls the covers off a new Civic, it is always a big deal. Honda’s 11th generation Civic has been on sale since December and it’s a ‘good un’. The new car has a lower stance than before and sports a more mature-looking front and rear. The 18-inch alloys also look the […]
Escape in this: Avon City Ford
Ford is making no bones about incorporating plug in electric and hybrid drive an integral part of its future. Last year the blue oval announced plans to do away with solely petrol-powered cars altogether by the end of 2022, with the exception of Ford’s Performance range and Everest SUV. The next car to […]
Suitably sporty and smart EV
The Porsche Taycan has become one of the most talked about EVs ever. Now, there is even more reason to get chatty about Porsche’s EV family as the Taycan has been given some additional real-world practicality. Enter the Taycan Cross Turismo. The Taycan Cross Turismo is almost identical to the regular Taycan. It […]









