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Issue 15 September / October 2007


The Marlborough Man
Words: Kate Coughlan PHOTOGRAPHS: Paul McCredie
LEAD STORY: Cinematographer Michael Seresin is more intrigued by life’s great mysteries than he is by great dreams for himself.

Fresh from the Garden
TASTE: Annabel Langbein brings spring’s freshness to the table.

Make You Blush
BEAUTY: Too much and you look like a clown, too little and you needn’t have bothered.

Energy Blast
TASTE: Peter Chaplin with some delicious ways of giving yourself some pep.

Living Well
HEALTH: Some suggestions for building a portfolio of long-term good-health investments.

Design
THE GREEN OFFICE: It’s good business sense to consider the environment.

Life as Art
DESTINATION: Well-known names who find inspiration in the Hawke’s Bay’s blue skies and sculpted hills.

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Other features in this issue ...

Hot House: An award-winning Coromandel house and one of New Zealand’s hottest beaches make a combustible combination.
From the Horse’s Mouth: A young opera singer gallops towards stardom.
Space in the City: A site in Auckland’s CBD returns to the village concept.
Good Sports: Summer surf and winter snow mean both work and play for a high-energy couple.
The Bag Lady: Literary golden girl Catherine Chidgey confesses to an addiction for collecting things.
Kaimai Rangers: By not clearing their land, a Tauranga couple has gained ecological and economical benefits.
Curioser and Curioser: A vintage Auckland villa is a cornucopia of collections of the weird and the wonderful.
Sleepy-Sky Hollow: Once a bustling whaling station, Moeraki in the Otago coast is now just a laid-back little fishing village. But that’s the way the locals like it.
Gathering No Moss: Designer Gabrielle O’Malley has become the fashion saviour of the not-so-thin and not-so-young.
Play the Game: A young Auckland business woman became so involved with computer games she invented her own.

Other destinations in this issue ...

The Life Whisperer: Marlee Ranacher has turned Bullo River, her enormous Northern Territory cattle station, into a hands-on tourist experience.
Cargo Class: Fifteen days on a freighter delivering supplies to the Marquesas Islands is not your average cruise.

Other tastes in this issue ...

Chain Reaction: With his range of extraordinary foods, John Millward is adding a new dimension to cooking.
Guardians of the Brand: An iconic Kiwi liqueur – Ti-toki – and its distinctive container are making a comeback.

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