9pm’s the new midnight in Queenstown world first  Whether it’s cleanse, tone and moisturise, crack open a bottle of red once the kids are in bed or scroll through social media, we’ve all got evening habits, some a little better than others. This week I was asked by my friends at First Table what my […]

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Our love story will always be my favourite to tell. Let me take you back six years, to a little place called Freshwater beach where this wild ride first began.  I packed my bags, jumped on a plane with my best friend Elysia and to meet our other best friend Rose down under. She had […]

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I never thought I would be the kind of girl that would get excited about designing and creating a beautiful bespoke wedding outfit, but guess what, I was, and getting an outfit custom made was possibly one of the best decisions I made throughout our whole wedding journey. There was no question where I would […]

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Our wedding was small, it was intimate and there was only a handful of beautiful souls involved to help bring our day to life. I want to dedicate this post to every human below. You went above and beyond to make our day(s) as special as possible and we can’t thank you enough for you […]

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Our adventure to snow farm was long overdue. Six years overdue to be exact. We had planned every winter to make the trip over the hill to Wanaka to visit this awesome place, but it never came to fruition. So, we bit the bullet post lockdown, booked the hut, and then went full on backcountry […]

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If you know me, you will know your girl loves a scenic flight. There is no finer sight than seeing mountains, lakes, and rivers from the sky. I don’t know why I love it so much, well I do, I am just obsessed with the mountains and seeing places that humans may never have set […]

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Welcome to the second local’s local scoop. This space is intended to educate, inspire, and share more about the lovely locals who inhabit our land. I want to shine a light on what they are doing in business and everyday life. Meet Trudy. Owner of Nemo Workroom, incredible ex film, commercial and costume crew, mother, […]

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There is something so powerful about rising with the sun. Watching the new day break-in and the sun start its journey over our land will always fascinate me. I will never, ever forget how truly magical this very morning was. The sun peaked over mountain ranges all around us, inversion layers in the distance started […]

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Ever since I was a child I have loved creating. I would lock myself in my room for hours making something to gift to my family members. I remember one year for fathers day, I made my dad a boxing ring from an old wooden crate and some boxing figurines my Grandma used to recycle […]

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Dingboche – Lobuche Day 8 and our hiking adventure continues. We woke in the night to Robbie not feeling 100% so we made sure to drink extra water to keep hydrated. We only had one more sleep until base camp and I think the realisation of our altitude gain and challenge had started to kick […]

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