“People just love the barn.” The barn opened for accommodation in 2017, before this it was rented and used as an Air BnB. Roberts and her husband, Dewi, lived out of a suitcase for 10 years, travelling the world, but they returned home from Britain with a plan after seeing what people were creating from barns over there.
Supplied “I realised, we had one and it was back home.” In 1992, the couple got to work building a three-storey wooden barn, using only a mallet and a chisel. No nails were used in the timber framing. Instead, the beams, rafters and braces interlocked and secured the wooden pegs in place.
The eclectic London home of a Kiwi-born interiors blogger reflects her love of the unexpected
Bianca Hall is amused that the smallest room in her house has become the most used. But you can see the attraction. It is dominated by a generous platform sofa bed that stretches the length of the almost 3m-long wall, with a vast television screen directly opposite.
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Bianca and Ed Hall have completely overhauled the Victorian terraced house they bought in 2008. Bianca s DIY sideboard is made from five wall-mounted Ikea kitchen cabinets; she created the stepped door fronts from MDF and painted it the darkest version of Dulux Chalky Downs; the seven-piece brass candleholder is by Nagel for Stoff Copenhagen, the circular mirror is by West Elm, the pendant light is by Healâs and the floor is laid in parquet-style LVT (luxury vinyl tiles) by Amtico.
Marlborough councillors have voted to establish a Māori ward.
Tears ran as the Marlborough District Council made the landmark decision to create a Māori ward on Friday. Twelve councillors voted in favour of establishing a Māori ward councillor position at an extraordinary meeting at the Marlborough Events Centre on Friday morning. One voted against and one did not show up for the vote. Haka erupted from mana whenua following the decision. Councillors stood and responded with ‘Te Aroha’, a waiata about peace and love, and the audience joined in. The decision meant Marlborough will have one Māori ward councillor position from next year’s election. The Māori ward councillor could be voted in by people living anywhere in the region, as happens with the mayor, so long as those people were from the region’s Māori electoral population.
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Tears ran as the Marlborough District Council made the landmark decision to create a Māori ward. Twelve councillors voted in favour of establishing a Māori ward councillor position at an extraordinary meeting at the Marlborough Events Centre. One voted against and one did not show up for the vote.
Haka erupted from mana whenua following the decision. Councillors stood and responded with ‘Te Aroha’, a waiata about peace and love, and the audience joined in.
The decision means Marlborough will have one Māori ward councillor position from next year’s election. The Māori ward councillor could be voted in by people living anywhere in the region, as happens with the mayor, so long as those people are from the region’s Māori electoral population.
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 12:16 pm
Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has announced today that its
mobile branch, Mobile BNZ, will be on the road in Bay of
Plenty, Coromandel, and parts of Waikato over the coming
months.
Mobile BNZ is a cashless banking bus that
travels around the country, allowing people to meet face to
face with bankers, and will be visiting Coromandel,
Greerton, Katikati, Opotiki, Te Aroha, Waihi, and Whangamata
on a repeating three-week schedule.
BNZ Head of Bay of
Plenty, Lachie McKenzie, says, “We are thrilled to be
bringing Mobile BNZ to Bay of Plenty, Coromandel, and
Waikato.
“Our Mobile BNZ team will be able to help