Retire in style: Alpine View
The events diary at Alpine View is overflowing with engaging, entertaining and interesting activities for residents to enjoy. From educational speakers to travel clubs and top quality entertainment, there is really something on offer for everyone. Alpine View is a new generation retirement complex, located at 448 Prestons Road, offering resthome and hospital […]
Capturing memories: Jack ‘n’ Jill Portraits
Providing a unique, fun and rewarding way for organisations to raise funds, Jack ‘n’ Jill Portraits Ltd has been bringing joy to thousands of families across the country for more than 20 years. From preschools, kindergartens and primary schools to sports clubs, Scouts and other groups – the company offers an easy-to-organise event […]
Real estate agent’s supreme win
When local real estate business owner Rachael Cone and her husband Rob van Nobelen started working on plans for their dream home in Christchurch, the idea never crossed their minds that it would one day hold the coveted House of the Year National Supreme Winner title. As the planning evolved, the home grew […]
Welcoming the next chapter: Compass Global Logistics
After 33 successful years in shipping, Compass Global Logistics Ltd now has a fitting new name to take it into the next chapter of the established company’s future. Previously known as Compass Shipping NZ Agencies Limited, the change reflects the evolution of the Christchurch agency into a full global logistics service provider, specialising […]
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 canvas here in […]
Star Siblings
Growing up in Christchurch, Scott and Brendan Cole would do anything to get out of dancing. At 8 and 6 that meant clambering out the car window and running off down the street. But then they started doing competitions – and winning – and something just clicked. A couple of years later, younger sister Vanessa […]
Honest Talk
New Zealand’s criminal justice system and art recently combined, with a goal of seeking transformative change. A multi-media exhibition which has been touring the South Island, Kōrero Pono featured the true stories of 16 New Zealanders who have been through New Zealand’s criminal justice system; their statements appearing alongside their portraits and photographs […]
In leaps and bounds
A 15-year-old contemporary dancer from Pegasus has just headed for New York this month to train at the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School. Imke Koekemoer has adored dancing since she was three – her career now taking off in leaps and bounds. Accepted for a four-week intensive course, Imke is one of 14 dancers […]
A Talented Trio
Jono, Ben and Sharyn had quite the award haul at this year’s New Zealand Radio Awards late last month, winning Best Music Non-Breakfast Team and taking out the Blackie Award with Producer Dan for their ‘Deadpool Marathon’. We caught up with this talented trio about their third year of livening up the radio waves in […]
Canterbury Women Unite
The poignant words of Martin Luther King Jr who once said, “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” could have been purpose-written for the 15 March attack. Six Canterbury women of diverse backgrounds and cultures have come up with a plan to continue the feelings of goodwill and connection which arose out of […]