Hair for good: Savvy Hair
This boutique hair salon at the foot of Cashmere Hills is the home of the South Island’s 2025 hairdresser of the year. “Savvy Hair is a refined hair salon where beautiful hair meets conscious luxury,” says founder Sarah McGuigan, crowned South Island’s best hairdresser last year, with other awards finalists in her team. […]
Rewind your skin: Skin Rejuvenation Clinic
Cosmetic doctor Brigid Lee reveals the benefits behind one of the world’s favourite aesthetic procedures. “Intense Pulsed light therapy, or IPL as it is popularly referred to, was invented in 1992 and approved by the FDA in 1995. That’s over 30 years of proven safety and efficacy,” says Dr Brigid Lee of Skin […]
Mini-golf gets bigger: Fillin’ Holes
There’s a new mini-golf course in town that is uniquely Ōtautahi… and it’s growing. From putting through the cathedral to swinging a crane, Fillin’ Holes is a mini-golf course that’s themed around Christchurch’s rich history of construction, rebuilding, and the trades. “Because of our local theme, we stand out as something you wouldn’t […]
Where community comes together: The Sterling
Walk into this friendly Kaiapoi café, and you’re greeted by warmth before anything else. Not just the temperature – though the café is beautifully heated – but the kind of warmth that comes from genuine welcome. Behind the counter, friendly baristas are chatting with regulars, laughing at inside jokes, remembering orders without being […]
Akaroa is open
The recent floods on Banks Peninsula have not dampened community spirit in Akaroa, the town is open for business and pleasure with plenty of fun planned for the coming months. After weeks of wild weather on Banks Peninsula, Akaroa is doing what it does best, which is rallying together, drying out and getting […]
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