Sisters Rea and Taina Scur have created something wonderful with a boutique patisserie, and it’s nothing short of a decadent experience.
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The Little Chapel is more than a church – it’s home to a social enterprise that quite literally changes lives in the most perfect way.
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On a summer’s day in the Botanic Gardens, Christchurch girls Kendal and Georgia take a pause in their game of tag and tree climbing adventures to explain the essence of friendship...
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I was born and bred in Christchurch. When I was twelve, I was groomed and assaulted by a hospital orderly. Back in those days, we had stranger danger – but he wasn’t a stranger.
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Pottery Barn emerged from New York in 1949, originally selling pottery and homewares. Fast forward to present day and the brand is well-loved and trusted, worldwide. With: Ballantynes
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Volvo’s XC40 is the small SUV that’s big on innovation. With expressive design, ingenious storage and smart technology, this SUV is designed for the way you live, now. With: Archibald’s Motors
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Lynette McFadden has shared close to 25 years working alongside her husband John, which she believes attributes to their success as a team, and as partners. With: Harcourts Gold Real Estate
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Timaru District is the ideal coastal location for families, foodies, art and culture buffs, lovers of the outdoors and adventure seekers. Made up of rural farmland, rugged coast and sandy beaches – and the urban areas of Timaru City, Geraldine, Pleasant Point, and Temuka.
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On Sunday the 8th of March, the coolest little wine festival in the country is back, bringing the good times to Glenmark Domain. Join in and celebrate the expressive flavours of North Canterbury, with a day of feasting, drinking, and grooving under the oaks.
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Aspiring singers, songwriters, and music producers will take their places in the ground floor of the restored Wood’s Mill heritage building in Addington from this month as Sacha Vee’s SOLE Music Academy gets underway there.
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The Central Art Gallery is now three years old. A vision born of five local stakeholder families to offer exhibition and selling opportunities to contemporary New Zealand artists in central Christchurch, post-quake.
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Making up a magical woodland at the far end of The Tannery, Mrs Bottomley’s Flowers is a place of whimsy and quirk – set to reflect the very nature of its namesake: matriarch of the business Liz’s maternal grandmother, Millie Eleanor Watkins – aka Millicent Bottomley.
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One-third of the vacant, undeveloped private land in Christchurch’s CBD east of the Ōtākaro/Avon River is set to be transformed by the new ‘North of the Square’ development. The half-billion-dollar …
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If ever there was a recipe to take age in one’s stride, Natalie has crafted it. In one of the newly completed lifestyle apartments at Arvida Park Lane, nestled in a canopy of protected oaks, Natalie sits in “her treehouse” with a well-loved sewing machine.
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Ask any gardener, and they’ll tell you tending to plants is good for you. Taking time to connect with nature, relax, destress, and reflect brings untold benefits and combined with the gentle exercise and daily shot of vitamin D that gardening provides, it’s a winning formula.
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Enduring powers of attorney (EPA) are excellent things! So, what exactly are they? They provide authority to someone you absolutely trust to carry out certain functions for you: to pay the monthly bills, to buy or sell property, or to make investment decisions for example.
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If safety, experience, and fabulous looking skin is important to you, then you need to visit Dr Brigid Lee and Denise Prosser at The Skin Rejuvenation Clinic.
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The A List quite simply is the very best of our city, decided by you - the readers. When we embarked on the initial planning for The A List, I don’t think any of the team expected the level of response we received - the volume of passionate and detailed response from Cantabrians meant, yes, there is so much to celebrate in Ōtautahi, and you jumped at the chance to include your picks for the best of the best.
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A premium site nestled on the cliffs above Moncks Bay in the seaside suburb of Redcliffs has been in the Cochrane family for two generations. John Cochrane’s parents built the first home on the site in the 1950s and moved there when he was four years old.
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Christchurch is quite possibly the perfect picnic city. We have leafy parks and sandy beaches, places to ramble and places to loll about, warm summer days and long evenings, gently urging us to pack a hamper and go outdoors.
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