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Analiese Gregory Opening Tasmanian Anti-Restaurant
New Zealand-born Tasmania-based chef Analiese Gregory, who lists high-profile restaurants such as London’s The Ledbury and Spain’s Mugaritz on her resume, as well as Sydney’s three-hatted Quay and Hobart’s…
Emilia Wickstead Designing Air NZ’s New Uniforms
Airline uniforms are not just instantly recognisable – they’re a statement, Connor Sturges writes for Condé Nast Traveller. New Zealand’s national carrier is following in the fashionable footsteps of…
Model Georgia Fowler in the Shapeshifting Business
One of the most versatile models of her generation, what is the key to the New Zealand-born model Georgia Fowler’s enduring success? Tessa Ogle asks in a digital cover…
Chef Vaughan Mabee is a Mad Genius
“ asks helicopter pilots to drop him off in the middle of nowhere so he can forage, hunt and cook. He researches the molecular structure of animal proteins….
Margot Henderson on Feeding the Art World
Margot Henderson sits down with Ocula Advisory to speak about the food she grew up with in Wellington, her days feeding the YBAs, and her friendship with London gallerist…
Designers to Watch from New Zealand Fashion Week
“In 2023, after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, New Zealand Fashion Week has returned to Auckland with a fresh batch of veteran and up-and-coming designers who are…
Discovering the Joy of Seaweed with Jess Murphy
In an article published by National Geographic Traveller (UK) about cooking with the “most Irish of ingredients”, New Zealand-born Galway-based chef and restaurateur Jess Murphy discusses the parallels between…
Emilia Wickstead Retelling Story of Femininity
Emilia Wickstead is harnessing the strength of the powerful women in her world to reimagine the way we see beauty, Croft writes for ELLE magazine. Early experiences shaped the…
Shanghai Apartment Perfect for Stylist Kate Jones
Interior stylist and founder of At Liberty Studio, Kate Jones knew exactly what she wanted when she discovered her apartment in Shanghai. The New Zealander’s requirements were simple:…
Celebs Fans of New Zealand-Made Beauty
“Picture New Zealand and you’re likely to conjure up otherworldly forests and towering mountains from Lord of the Rings. But thanks to celebrities including Margot Robbie, Katie Holmes and…
Nasim Clark’s US Café a Charming Connection
New Zealander Nasim Clark brings a passion for her homeland’s café culture to Everyday Eatery – a charming little Californian bistro with scratch-made brekkies and knowledgeable baristas, Benjamin Epstein…
Americans Catching on to Real Fruit Ice Cream
In New Zealand, one of summer’s great pleasures is known as real fruit ice cream: a scoop of vanilla blended with fruit in a machine that produces an airy,…
Kathy Johnston’s Mirzam Chocolate Seduces in Dubai
A vibrant culinary tapestry, Dubai’s homegrown delights make it a gastronomic haven for the serious foodie as well as the casual cafe hopper. The city is home to umpteen…
Mapu Lights the Way for Dining in Lyttelton
“Literally a little town a mountain away from Christchurch, Lyttelton is a curious place where chain stores do not thrive, independence is cherished and residents are likely to have…
Novia Scotia Café’s Homage to New Zealand
In the Canadian coastal village Chester, Nova Scotia, lies the Kiwi Café, a popular brunch spot founded by Hamilton-native Linda Flynn, that has recently celebrated its 20th birthday, reports…
Sandra Nunnerley’s Nova Table Has A Futuristic Feel
Luxury interior design media 1stDibs features New Zealand-born designer Sandra Nunnerley’s latest astronomy-inspired console, the Nova. “I’m all for beauty, but I’m also very practical,” says the New York–based…
United Perfumes’ Chris Yu a Force in Fragrance
At least once a week an email lands at the offices of United Perfumes asking for urgent help, invariably from a “household name” in luxury. “They don’t understand why…
Jessica McCormack Celebrates 10 Years in Diamonds
Jessica McCormack’s eponymous label’s London boutique has just turned 10; a Victorian townhouse in Mayfair that’s just as much a creative endeavour as her jewels. Jessica-Belle Greer, a journalist…
Bucking New Zealand’s Wine Tradition
Scattered across New Zealand’s wine regions are a growing number of Japanese transplants like Hiroyuki Kusuda, 56, whose aim is to prove that these islands can produce some of…
Floridians Enjoying Kiwi Style Fish and Chips
“On the other side of the world, New Zealand boasts culinary wonders influenced by England and the surrounding Polynesian countries. At Kiwi Style Fish and Chips on Holmes…
John Barker to Lead International Wine Organisation
New Zealander John Barker has become the first person in the Southern Hemisphere to be elected as head of influential international wine organisation, Radio New Zealand reports.
Barker was named…
Thistle Brown’s Eyewear For Up and Downtown
“A beautiful accident” is how designer/stylist/photographer Thistle Brown describes his expanding career in New York City. The New Zealander has recently launched his namesake brand Thistles with a line…
Apricity’s Chantelle Nicholson Swears by Sussex
New Zealander Chantelle Nicholson, who heads up Green Michelin star-winning Apricity in London, shares her top foodie picks in Sussex with Condé Nast Traveller.
Mayfair might be one of London’s…
Rosemary Coldstream Wins Big at Chelsea
A nostalgic container garden designed to be a love letter to New Zealand has proved to be a hit at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in London, Stuff reports.
“Feels…
Against All Odds for N Canterbury’s Bell Hill
Meteorological calamities have beset Bell Hill owners Marcel Giesen and Sherwyn Veldhuizen, British wine critic Jancis Robinson writes in a piece about the North Canterbury vineyard for the…
Fine Jeweller Jessica McCormack Goes Goth
“All black, all the time: Black diamonds, black pearls, onyx, black spinels, obsidian and blackened gold are just some of the materials turning up recently in fine jewellery creations,”…
Margot Henderson Has Hand in Somerset Pub Menu
Margot Henderson – the Wellington-born chef known for Rochelle Canteen – has taken her culinary vision outside London for the first time, opening a restaurant that gathers lots of…
Josh McGregor Conquering the Modelling World
Modelling was never on Josh McGregor’s radar, but ever since he was scouted in New York City, life has drastically changed. He’s only been modelling a few years but…
Mouth-Watering Ka Pies Best in Mid Cheshire
New Zealand baker Hayden Parsons’ Mid Cheshire business Ka Pie, which is located in the village of Holmes Chapel, has won the Knutsford Guardian title of ‘Best For Pies’ in a regular series…
New Culture’s Vegan Cheese Gets Big LA Break
A pioneer of Los Angeles’ Italian food scene, James Beard Award-winning chef Nancy Silverton, has chosen to partner with New Culture, a food-technology company founded by New Zealand-born Matt…
Private Chef Mike Shand Cooking for Beyoncé
Paparazzi seem to be constantly catching your favourite celebrities coming and going from restaurants like Nobu in Malibu, the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, or Le Rock…
Jeweller Layla Kaisi Built Her Brand via Instagram
At 28, New Zealand-based Layla Kaisi, founder and creative director behind five-year old company Layla Kaisi Collection (LKC), has achieved a level of success many young entrepreneurs dream about,…
New Zealand’s Café Culture Influences Japan
While food is, of course, of primary importance to Tokyo café owners Kim and Teru Harase, of Iki Espresso and Iki Roastery & Eatery, recruiting and training the right…
Quarter Acre’s Toby Archibald’s Fave Dallas Spots
After years working in fine-dining kitchens like The Greenhouse in London and Cafe Boulud in New York and Toronto, New Zealand-born chef Toby Archibald settled in Dallas in 2016….
After Ardern Politics Will Never Look the Same
“ Ardern may have been known on the international stage for many things as a leader, but her wardrobe was rarely among them,” Vanessa Friedman reports for The New…
Chef Margot Henderson Sets Up in Somerset
With The Three Horseshoes in Somerset, the chef-patron of Rochelle Canteen, New Zealand-born Margot Henderson, and former gallerist and investor Briton Max Wigram are launching the most hotly anticipated…
M3GAN’s Set Design Gets the AD Go Over
New Zealand-born director Gerard Johnstone’s M3GAN has “surpassed box office expectations, reenergised our love for Allison Williams, and, for us design lovers, got us reconsidering kindercore,” Rachel Davies writes…
London’s Prettiest Restaurant is Apricity
“There’s an instantly soothing, unexpected simplicity at Chantelle Nicholson’s low-waste restaurant Apricity, Mayfair’s newest distinguished address a skip from Selfridges. Gentle and calm, its appeal is worthy…
Quarter Acre Brings NZ-Inspired Dining to Dallas
“When word spread that Toby Archibald, a chef who’d formerly worked at Bullion and Georgie by Curtis Stone, would be opening a restaurant inspired by his New Zealand heritage,…
M3GAN a Deadly Doll with a Killer Wardrobe
The titular star of the New Zealand-made horror film M3GAN, released last week in the US, had to try on several outfits before finding a signature look, Joshua Lyon…
In Search of Home Time with Emilia Wickstead
The homeware sector is expected to reach a market value of more than US$200 billion by the end of 2031, Hikmat Mohammed writes in a story for Women’s Wear…
Monica Galetti Took a Risk and Made It in London
New Zealand chef Monica Galetti, 47, speaks to The Guardian about her childhood in Samoa, controlling her temper, meeting the Queen and forgetting to curtsey.
“Mum worked in New Zealand…
Meet Hollywood Hairstylist Jaime Leigh McIntosh
Jaime Leigh McIntosh is on a rare break. The Cambridge-born, Los Angeles-based hair stylist has spent the last three years leading the hair department for two of the most…
Decorating Doyen Veere Grenney Revives Townhouse
Veere Grenney, whose work on a Belgravia townhouse features in Elle Decor this month, is an acclaimed, tentpole designer with a playful style (custom chintz sofas, chicken-wire wardrobes, upstairs-downstairs…
Sandra Nunnerley Launches Sculptural Corian Tables
What happens when you shape Corian, a material best known for kitchen and bathroom applications, into modern furniture? Something arrestingly beautiful – more indicative of museum-grade sculpture than a…
Paris Georgia Celebrates Newest Collection
“Well-heeled guests attended a Paris Georgia dinner at The Waverly Inn Paris Georgia designers Paris Mitchell Temple…
Rochelle Canteen Redefined London’s Dining Scene
New Zealander Margot Henderson and husband Fergus Henderson revolutionised the British culinary landscape with their respective restaurants, Rochelle Canteen, founded in 2006, and St John, founded in 1994. As…
Caker Collaboration an Influential Carrot Kit
Cravings founder and model Chrissy Teigen recently teamed up with New Zealand-born cake baker, Jordan Rondel, founder of The Caker, on a luxury carrot cake kit for Teigen and…
Inside Emilia Wickstead’s Elegant West London Home
With a fittingly fastidious approach to interiors, Auckland-born designer Emilia Wickstead, 38, brings her signature blend of proportion, colour and classicism to a family home in West London, finds…
Chef Matt Burgess Impressing UK Gourmands
London-based Ngāti Raukawa chef Matt Burgess designs menus for restaurant chain Caravan Restaurants, with his dishes tasted by celebrities, dignitaries and even world leaders such as former South Africa…
The Caker Jordan Rondel Looks to the Metaverse
“Lobster was once served exclusively in jails and oysters were shunned by all but the poorest class. Fast forward a hundred years and lobster and oysters are among the…
Flavours of New Zealand Welcome in Manchester
Manchester’s Oxford Road has welcomed a brand new addition to its thriving food and drink scene. This time, it’s the turn of Tahi – a first-of-its-kind restaurant bringing…
Chantelle Nicholson Has 360-Degree Approach to Food
From chefs to urban farmers, London businesses are pushing the boundaries of what sustainable eating means, with many of the trailblazers women, and one of them, chef and restaurateur…
Fife Forager Jayson Byles Teaching the Intrepid
On a windswept stretch of Scottish coastline, nanobrewers, gifted young chefs, and foragers, like New Zealander Jayson Byles, are transforming the picture-postcard towns of Fife into a culinary wonderland….
Chef Jess Murphy Part of the Galway Tribe
The past decade has been a bumper one for putting Galway on the culinary map, and there are three names you’ll hear credited again and again – sometimes even…
Paint Maker Cassandra Ellis Tells Stories in Tones
There’s a very particular harmony in the South London home of Cassandra Ellis. Inside, the atmosphere is of preternatural calm. For anyone familiar with Atelier Ellis, the independent…
