Beauty is a word that encompasses so many ideas, things, and opinions. Beauty is a concept that is debatable, can be controversial, and changes with time. So, what is beauty?
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Beauty is found in nature; true beauty. This is one of our beliefs at PERRIAM, and it really sums up how I feel. Beauty isn’t external; it comes from within.
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Joanna’s long history of foraging and a desire to see people nourished led to the creation of The Ōtautahi Urban Foraging group in 2010. Due to the February 2011 earthquake, the unfortunate loss of homes in Christchurch’s eastern suburbs saw an abundant urban larder appear; this is where she organises tours.
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When Victoria Street was upgraded, 81 Victoria Street, one of the triangles at the intersection with Peterborough Street, was not included. Seeing the need for a facelift, the building owner approached Rough Milne Mitchell Landscape Architects (RMM) to prepare a landscape concept for a ‘Pocket Park’.
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Six-legged guests checking into new bush accommodation in Banks Peninsula Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū are finding the motels much to their liking.
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“The first Avenues after the 2010 earthquake was produced from a beach house in Taylors Mistake. The edition that followed the 2011 quake was pieced together in my lounge on Huntsbury hill. Our team became nimble at producing magazines on the fly, replacing dated material with new and keeping a grip on the changing Christchurch landscape.”
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“I recall one of my earlier, more memorable assignments, which involved going to Margaret Mahy’s home in Governors Bay in late 2009. I went there to interview her about her book Kaitangata Twitch which had just been turned into a TV series.”
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Thinking big for the future, even as Omicron cases rise, is Christchurch bar owner Nick Inkster whose passion for the central city and its heritage buildings first earned him a spot on the cover of Avenues in August 2017.
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The Canterbury region has a long history of folks taking on the world with great ideas. An aerospace company with an innovative vision for the future is one of the latest to take on this mantle.
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If you went back in time to watch a classic rugby or cricket match 20, 30 or even 40 years ago – how different would it be from the typical stadium experience these days? If you ask business developer and serial innovator Greg Stubbings, he’d say: not different enough!
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In many ways, Nancy Meherne is your normal 92-year-old. She does, however, have a passion that tends to be associated with abdominally gifted young people – surfing.
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Double wooden herringbone doors lead into the luxurious Eterno Design showroom in Merivale Mall, where interior architect Emma Morris works at the art of transformation.
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Upstairs at St Asaph Street’s Boxed Quarter is the home to The Conscious Club – a collective of makers with a focus on sustainability, local economy, and supporting Christchurch’s creative scene with events such as markets and speaking engagements.
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Ōtautahi-based artist Ellie Compton has won Ballantynes’ biannual artist competition Bring It To The Boardroom. Ellie’s detailed piece on our city won over the judges. The grand prize means Ellie receives the opportunity to sell her art in-store at Ballantynes and on their website for a year.
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What do you get for the couple who has it all? Laura Dalzell and Charles Smart had set up house five years prior to their wedding and were looking for gift ideas that would mean the earth.
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When most people think of the Christchurch Town Hall, they think of large concerts and visiting dignitaries. But did you know it’s host to dozens of weddings every year?
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Built in 1895 for Sir Heaton Rhodes and his wife Jessie, Otahuna Lodge is a grand Victorian homestead in rural Tai Tapu.
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When Mylk Made was launched nearly a year ago, founder Jemma Turner couldn’t have predicted the crazy ride she was about to embark on.
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“I did a lot of physical stuff. I was an earthmover, a fisherman; sold nuts and bolts – all over the show, really, just trying to find the right job. And I think I’ve finally found it with this one.”
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Nostalgia is a heavy feeling: it lives in innocuous things. I grew up running about in the bones of an old warehouse building from the 1900s, the now called NG Building. When I was young, the NG Building lived sandwiched in a row of Edwardian and Victorian era warehouses
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