Once a month we send out an e-newsletter, giving behind the scenes insight into the production of the magazine, sneak previews of upcoming issues as well as interactive features.Issue 27 Sep / Oct
Bull by the horns
WORDS: Lyn barnes; PHOTOGRAPHS: Mike Heydon.
LEAD STORY: There’s no end to Ed Lamont's projects - and he’s grabbing them with both hands.
Gore's big achiever
DESTINATIONS: An art gallery in the deepest south has Jim Geddes to thank for its astonishingly good international collection.
Seafood and eat it
TASTE: You'll just love this fantastic recipe for Mussels Florentine.
Web-exclusive
TASTE: 5-spice pork with spring vegetables - a satisfying, succulent dish that can be made days in advance.
For the love of cheeses
TASTE: New Zealand cheese lovers owe thanks to Kapiti's Ross McCallum.
Huia homewares
SHOPPING: Beautiful native bird prints and striking blown glass are among the items we've rounded up in our wish-list of fine homeware.
Web Exclusive
ONLINE ONLY: You'll need to break a few eggs to make this scrummy omelette.
Who wants to be a millionaire? It no longer matters that you didn’t win Lotto. Win this fabulous package - from The Point Villas, BMW and NZ Life & Leisure - and live it up millionaire-style for a weekend in a glamorous hideaway with a luxury car to complete the illusion.
The Point Villas secrete themselves among native bush on the lake edge at Taupo, looking across the water to the mountains. Each villa has two vast bedrooms and marble bathrooms with so much glass it will feel as if you’re bathing in the bush. A kitchen you’ll wish was yours is stocked with the basics for self-catering but millionaires probably don’t cook and with Taupo’s restaurants a mere 10-minute drive away the options are manifold. However, on one night a chef from the Yum Food Company will come to the villa, cook four sublime courses and tidy up before leaving you to enjoy the dinner, the wine, the candlelight...
Daytime amusements involve a cruise on Lake Taupo with Chris Jolly Outdoors. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee as you board is just a foretaste of the brunch to come. Another day, another adventure – Brent Pirie of Fly Fish Taupo will collect you from the villa to go fishing in his own private streams that promise some of the area’s best catches. The exertions of the day can then be soothed away with a spa treatment back at the villa, courtesy of Beauty on Location.
For the final cherry-on-the-top extravagance, arrive and depart in a style in which you would love to become accustomed. On loan for the weekend is the Z4, BMW’s sporty new roadster. Its six-cylinder engine, outstanding design and retractable hard-top roof will make the drive from and to Auckland a really rich experience.
The prize is for two people and includes:
- Two nights at The Point Villas
- Use of a BMW Z4 roadster for the weekend
- Dinner cooked by Yum Food Company in the villa
- Lake Taupo cruise, including brunch, with Chris Jolly Outdoors
- A morning’s fishing with Fly Fish Taupo
- Spa treatment with Beauty on Location
- Bottle of wine
Other fantastic web-exclusive prizes to be won! To find out more, see our competition pages.
