Are you ready to re-ignite your love of fragrance and discover native New Zealand botanicals like manuka and kanuka? In celebration of the return of the Matariki constellation which marks the beginning of the Māori New Year, Perfume Playground is hosting a beautiful new event teaching artisan blending
Main image: Skies of Lebanon Returning for its 15th year, the country's second largest film festival invites Kiwis to come along for a glass of red and a very French night at the movies.From 10 June, the 2021 French Film Festival Aotearoa will tour the country
Main image by Mert Guller, Unsplash Globally, one million plastic bottles are bought every minute and just 9 per cent of these bottles are recycled. Closer to home, Kiwis consume about 735 thousand tonnes of packaging every year and recycle only about 58 per cent of
Main image: Matt Knight (centre) at Textile Lofts - a boutique private members workspace listed on Sharedspace Whatever way you cut it, office working during a pandemic brought some serious challenges. Working from home meant juggling work with homeschooling, sitting at seriously non-ergonomic makeshift desks or
Main image: Kereama Taepa, Tiki 2-5, 2021, digital print. Image courtesy of the artist A new festival encourages public to come face to face with leading contemporary art with Wellington dealer and public galleries collaborating on portrait festival.Nine Wellington dealer galleries and six public galleries have joined
McKenzie Country’s now-famous lupins are the controversial subject of a fascinating exhibition showing at Allpress Studio from June 1 to 18. Auckland-based photographer Mark Smith and plant enthusiast Felicity Jones have chosen lupins to demonstrate the tensions that even beautiful flowers can cause as a result
Main image by Manki Kim, Unsplash It’s time to take five and boil the jug, because today (21 May) is International Tea Day.Whether you enjoy herbal, green, white or black tea, Cathay Pacific and the world-renowned tea brand, JING, are helping bring a taste of Asia into Kiwi homes with some
Main image: Ana in her studio in Waikato From a garage in rural Waikato, Kiwi seamstress Ana Wilkinson-Gee keeps sewing dresses to sell, in order to keep funding the village women she usually lives with in rural India.Prior to her evacuation last year, Ana walked the
Main image: Calvin the green sea turtle at the aquarium In the lead up to World Turtle Day this Sunday 23rd May, SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium has announced it is releasing a children’s book to raise funds to help care for sea turtles in the
A plant based diet doesn't need to be boring! The Collective has whipped up some drool worthy recipes including this delicious plant-based loaded wedges with fried pineapple and miso mushroom mince using The Collective Plant Yoghurt. Watch this space for more plant-based inspiration! Ingredients:Serves 2 as
