If you created a nationwide food brand and cornered the ready-made pancake market through innovative production and distribution techniques, you’d have every right to feel pretty chuffed with yourself, I imagine. But for Ingrid Vercammen, the founder of Van Dyke Fine Foods and brand Marcel’s Pancakes, it was a culmination of overcoming cultural and gender...
With space agencies such as NASA and private companies like SpaceX and Lockheed Martin all making leaps and bounds in the race to inhabit Mars, it seems humanity’s eventual move to the red planet is looking to become a reality. An exploration of this magnitude requires us not only to push the boundaries of technology,...
There are few hotels around the world that can claim themselves to be national treasures, but Raffles Singapore is one such establishment where its name is synonymous with the city in which is resides. One of the last remaining great 19th century hotels, it’s classic colonial architecture is instantly recognisable and is renowned for the...
Those with a taste for luxury know only too well how rare it can be to obtain the very best of the best. And it’s this rarity that makes such items even more desirable. After launching in 2009, the Rolls-Royce Ghost 200EX has become the marque brands most successful motor car, becoming particularly popular with...
City dwellers across the world are forever surrounded by a concrete jungle. With looming grey high risers on all sides, small urban green spaces do little to break up the dull surrounds. And now, with the need to look at solutions for our planet’s dire situation, the increase of plant life is being more and...
Downton Abbey The TV sensation that was Downton Abbey is back – this time as a feature-length film – to continue the story of the Crawley family and the servants who work at their sprawling country estate. Bringing back original cast members, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern, as well as a host of...
The Chocolate & Coffee Show Those who enjoy indulgent treats will be sure to get to this year’s Chocolate and Coffee Show. Now in its sixth year, the show will feature over 80 exhibitors, showcasing artisan chocolatiers, culinary wizards and producers of indulgent goodies. Now also hosting wine and cheese exhibitors, visitors can expect to...
I’d name my autobiography… Something along the lines of The Cat In The Hat, but a really honest adult sequel. To me success means… Having the freedom to live my life on my own terms. Best advice I’ve been given… If someone took your job tomorrow, what’s the first thing they’d change? I made my...
Over the course of the past three years, designer Maggie Hewitt has been a vanguard in New Zealand’s sustainable luxury industry. Her brand, Maggie Marilyn, exudes a casual yet opulent feel and is creative in its way of remodelling very classic silhouettes. The combination of these characteristics makes each piece by Maggie instantly recognizable. Aside...
It was the great Marilyn Monroe that once said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul”. The film industry is an ever changing landscape – exciting and scary, free and restricting – yet classic Hollywood cinema will always stand the test of time,...
On Friday 21 June, 450 guests at Pullman Auckland joined an expert panel of business leaders to discuss the hurdles to Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace and define the solutions. The panel featured Rebecca Thomas, Founder and CEO of Mint Asset Management; Kaye-Maree Dunn, Director of Indigital Blockchain Limited; Kristen Lunman, FinTech Innovator and...
On Friday 21 June, 450 guests at Pullman Auckland joined an expert panel of business leaders to discuss the hurdles to Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace and define the solutions. The panel featured Rebecca Thomas, Founder and CEO of Mint Asset Management; Kaye-Maree Dunn, Director of Indigital Blockchain Limited; Kristen Lunman, FinTech Innovator and...
On Friday 21 June, 450 guests at Pullman Auckland joined an expert panel of business leaders to discuss the hurdles to Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace and define the solutions. The panel featured Rebecca Thomas, Founder and CEO of Mint Asset Management; Kaye-Maree Dunn, Director of Indigital Blockchain Limited; Kristen Lunman, FinTech Innovator and...
Cryptocurrency made headlines for what seemed like months on end last year as Bitcoin’s value soared to previously unheard of heights. Thousands rushed to purchase cryptocurrency in the hopes of being able to become overnight millionaires, as many who already owned the currency did. You may have heard all the buzzwords floating around about “blockchain”...
Dubbed “The Skincare Makeup” brand, jane iredale celebrates 25 years as the pioneer of luxury, cruelty-free mineral makeup. It’s no secret that the movement of conscientious consumerism is building momentum. Transparency is in high demand and for good reason. We as consumers have a right to ask companies about their ingredients, formulations and extraction processes...
A dozen covetable luxuries for the times you need some retail therapy First Base Silky, plumping and feather-light, Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Day Emulsion SPF 30 PA+++, $109, creates a protective film over the skin, ready to be made up. Potent Lipids Elizabeth Arden extends their capsule range once again to deliver their new oil-soluble...
Cool, edgy and sustainable, Michelle Feeny is pushing boundaries in the cosmetic industry with her latest venture – Floral Street. After 30 years of moving around the globe, leading powerhouse brands and groups in top executive roles, Michelle has returned to her stomping ground to launch a fragrance line that disrupts the traditions of sex...
