Filigree founder Vanessa Stowers’ effortless rapport
and understanding of customers harks back to good old-fashioned customer care. Her and her talented teams’
flair for design results in the creation of exceptional, tailor-made jewellery, peerless in quality, that’s a seamless extension of the owner’s personality.
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Everybody is entitled to the chance to have a baby. Today, you see many different iterations of what shapes and forms a family unit. From heterosexual couples struggling to conceive naturally to single women who are ready now, and same- sex couples wanting to bring up their own children. Everybody can aim to have their own family, with the help of Fertility Associates.
Read MoreWe’ve now had a chance to settle into 2020, hopefully well rested and with a sense of excitement for the year ahead. With renewed enthusiasm and all of the potential for the months to come, thoughts turn to how best to harness the opportunities that will be presented along the way.
Read MoreIt’s been a scorcher of a Kiwi summer, with lots of sun, days at the beach, and BBQs. While we all love to have fun in the sun, it’s really easy to overdo it. The New Zealand sun is really harsh, and even with the best of intentions, it can be hard to avoid tan lines and sunburn.
Read MoreIn July 2020, New Zealand Opera will present Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in Christchurch. Three months earlier, The Narropera Trio will present its version of the same opera in four performances, in The Golden Room of Lansdown House, on the Old Tai Tapu Road. These Lansdown narropera performances are the perfect 'prep' for in-depth enjoyment of a staged performance of the opera.
Read MoreSisters Rea and Taina Scur have created something wonderful with a boutique patisserie, and it’s nothing short of a decadent experience.
Read MoreThe Little Chapel is more than a church – it’s home to a social enterprise that quite literally changes lives in the most perfect way.
Read MoreOn 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...
Read MoreI 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.
Read MorePottery 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
Read MoreVolvo’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
Read MoreLynette 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.
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreMaking 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.
Read MoreOne-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 …
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreAsk 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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