A musical feast
On July 24, the Go Live Music Festival will fill the Christchurch Town Hall with the music of more than 16 new and established Ōtautahi performers. Julia Strelou talks with one of them. Pop/jazz sensation Emily C Browning, who released her new single ‘I Wasn’t Into You Anyway’ in April, is one of those taking […]
Healing hair loss: Savanna Hair Solutions
Melissa Pireni works from the heart when she helps women dealing with hair loss because she’s been there herself. Her services at Savanna Hair Solutions are all about helping women come out happy and healed on the other side of hair loss, just as she did. “After suffering for 14 years, I realised hair […]
Looking ahead to increase housing supply
Property Council New Zealand has urged a Government rethink to getting more houses built. Council chief executive Leonie Freeman says its members believe the Government’s proposed changes to interest deductibility rules will have a ‘significant chilling effect’ on increasing supply at scale and pace. The council says the proposed changes make it less likely […]
Rendezvous on 72: Route 72
Take a drive along Highway 72 to Cust and it will lead you to the unique Route 72 Café Bar Emporium. Owners Steve and Annette Thomson have created an outlet for inspiring tastes and treasures both, with the café servicing one set of needs and the emporium and its fabulous selection of crafts and […]
Now hear this: Bellbird Hearing
From the moment you walk through the door of the recently established Bellbird Hearing clinic you have a sense of a warm and caring environment. The waiting area is inviting; the staff welcoming – a place designed to overcome any reluctance patients may associate with requiring treatment for hearing loss. “We are a fully […]
More NKBA winners
Canterbury designer Angelique Armstrong of Armstrong Interiors won two NKBA 2021 awards. The first was the Spatial Innovation Design – Commercial award for an inspiring showroom with a difference, the ‘Neff Market Kitchen’. Judges noted the space had a wonderful rustic vibe while also balancing a warm and inviting refinement. “The incredible corner […]
Clever Housing Developments: VVV Group
Canterbury based residential property and housing developers, Andrew and Stephanie Robertson, have broken ground at VVV Group, figuratively speaking. A June 24 open day showcased their latest six-unit development, the McLeod Street Townhouse project. The VVV Group appears to be laying the foundation for future project successes, allowing a peek at what […]
A dream collaboration: Tetrad Consulting
The team of BG Cooke construction, VIP Steel, SAN Architecture and Tetrad Consulting worked seamlessly together to deliver a major project in the Waterloo Business Park – a new head office and 3000sqm warehouse/distribution centre for the expanding children’s clothing business, Jamie Kay. This was Tetrad Consulting’s first contract with BG Cooke […]
Building quake-proof bridges
Researchers at the University of Canterbury (UC) have developed a low-damage solution for bridges that would yield little to no damage if hit by a strong earthquake. Led by UC Civil Engineering PhD student and chartered bridge engineer Sabina Piras, under the supervision of professors Alessandro Palermo and Gabriele Chiaro, the team […]
Sunday sessions back on
The former Trinity Congregational Church and Christchurch’s oldest surviving colonial building, Shand’s Emporium, are to gain new life as a microbrewery, an authentic Irish pub and more. The buildings, on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets, are being leased from the Christchurch Heritage Trust (CHT) by the Inkster Company. It plans […]