Wig-ging out
Gin Wigmore is using her extraordinary gravelly voice to speak up for the underdog. She tells Melinda Collins about a cause close to her heart. Gritty, powerful and just a little bit badass could equally be used to describe Gin Wigmore’s music or her aesthetic and, while singing is still her […]
Beauty is back in business…: Lovoir Beauty
We know a lot of you have been missing your beauty services, so we caught up with Teresa Sime from Lovoir Skin Body & Beauty, which recently celebrated its first birthday, to give you your much needed beauty world updates. How did you spend your lockdown period? What were some […]
Supporting tourism and hospitality: Peter Morrison
Peter Morrison is known as a guru of hospitality, or more formally as the President of Hospitality New Zealand – Canterbury, and senior member of the New Zealand Board. He is also World President of SKAL International, representing New Zealand’s tourism and hospitality sectors on the world stage and connecting tourism globally. […]
Lip Service
It’s the question on everyone’s lips at this time of year; ‘what trends can we expect to see over the cooler months ahead?’ New Zealand’s own lipstick maven Karen Murrell fills us in. What are some of the main lip colours that are going to dominate the cooler months ahead? Colour is […]
Sir Bob Parker: Nine Years On
Sir Bob Parker’s leadership was – and still is – widely regarded as what got our city through the dark days of 2011. We caught up with him about the poignancy of the nine-year anniversary.z We’ve just passed the nine-year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquakes, how poignant is that date for […]
Nature knows best
For 25 years, Canterbury born and bred Linden Leaves has been transforming New Zealand’s natural plant-based goodness into goodness for our skin. We caught up with founder Brigit Blair about why we should nurture beautiful. Can you tell us about how the Linden Leaves story came about? It came from a mother […]








