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Sunday gardening: Take a look over the fence
I don't know about you, but for me garden design tours are a legitimate way to take a sneak peek at the lives of others…
Design: My birthmas list
Ben Crawford's ideas for stylish design presents you can gift to loved ones (or yourself).
NZ's 'patch of Eden'
One of New Zealand's most famous gardens has featured in the Wall Street Journal, with its creator described as the 'first…
Design: The ultimate man-pad
Ben Crawford turns green with jealousy as he describes this rooftop fan base.
Design & Garden
Corpse flower a Kiwi first
The blooming of Amorphophallus titanum in Auckland this week is an exciting first for New Zealand. Technically…
Giant 'corpse flower' blooms
A giant flower that smells of rotting flesh has bloomed for the first time ever in New Zealand. The strange and unpredictable…
Rotting flesh flower to bloom
A giant flower smelling of rotting flesh could in Auckland this weekend, the first time the rare plant has opened in New…
Design: Lessons from 3 Wise Men
Ben Crawford finds wise design in a flagship menswear store.
Design: Bunker down
Ben Crawford gets some tips from an expert about what to expect when you ask a designer to turn your…
Sunday gardening: Buddy up and reap the benefits
Everyone needs a companion or two and veges and fruit trees are no different. Monocultural crops (where only one plant species…
Sunday DIY: You're on the case
Greig Morgan says you will never blame your tools if they are well cared for.
Art in the park
From heavy bronze wings to delicately patterned parasols, Danielle Wright is spoiled for choice at Auckland Botanic Garden's…
Sunday gardening: Little time to twiddle green thumbs
The beauty of the cooler months is that almost everything in the garden stays as you left it. Not so in spring and summer…
My happy place: Margaret Phillips, garden designer
I have always been in awe of plants and aware of how they can have such a profound effect upon us. For…
Kiwi designer recognised at international competition
A New Zealand designer has been recognised in an international competition with his revolutionary exoskeleton which dispenses…
Sunday Gardening: Beyond single burst of glory
The first flush of spring is over and many of my bulbs have done their dash. The "Black Diamond" tulips had their brief…
Design: Interior fit for a Little King (+win)
Living’s design columnist Ben Crawford has been busy. Next week sees the launch of his new book, Built for Caffeine, which…
Top extreme kitchen gadgets
Having scoured the world for the cutting edge of kitchen tech, I've uncovered cooking gadgetry that combines science, insanity…
Shelley Bridgeman: What luxurious room do you secretly covet?
Design & Garden Archives
What is the motivation for including multiple features like gyms, theatres, tennis courts and putting…
Architecture
High skilled professions see premium pay rise
Those in high paid jobs are seeing their wages rise faster than others because of a lack of competition partly due to people…
Life & Style
Fashion highlights of 2013
It was a year for pixie haircuts, chunky flat shoes, bangs on the US first lady and bare skin ... lots of it, on movie actresses…
Property
For sale: $5.5m home
More Property
A $5.5 million Marine Parade home last on the market more than half a century ago and a two-storey building…
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