Our People

A conductor and a violinist find a soothing new tempo inside a Central Otago triangle.

Kellie Hollingsworth wasn’t interested in cars, let alone restoring them. But then a shabby old Toyota stole her heart.

A New Plymouth mum pours her heart into a global movement, bettering the planet one toy at a time.

A jolly delicious business born from an art project is reinventing a Kiwi classic.

Once a builder, now a baker — a Hastings entrepreneur hasn’t let life’s hurdles get in the way of nourishing himself (and others) along the way.

Marlborough-based artist Nicolas Dillon’s coffee-table book of drawings and paintings of New Zealand birds represents his lifetime love affair with the natural world.

Richard Thompson and Laurel Stowell have grown their dream home, and a village to go with it.

Lawyer Precious Clark takes a lead role in helping Pākehā identify with Māori culture in a way that adds value personally and professionally.

Lisa Scott has always been afraid of heights or, to be more precise, falling. Now she’s attempting to overcome that fear.

Two Waitaki families farming in partnership for more than 50 years have developed a bird-loving business out of a crop sown on a wing and a prayer.

Banana-passion vines stand no chance against a Golden Bay man’s infectious vision.

Child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder shares the sayings of her ancestors for use in the modern world.

Kelly Wilson spent two years camping on mountain ranges, deserts and plains across the globe observing the behaviour of wild horses for her new book, Wild Horses of the World.

Mary Biggs started with Le Cordon Bleu, detoured into lemon cordial and is now back to basics with a country cooking school, sharing the bounty of her beloved farm.

Nature gets away with quite a bit in this otherwise formal country garden.

Two old mates with a shared goal are shaking up New Zealand’s plant-based milk market.

If this green-fingered Dunedin landscape architect had her way, the entire world would be a massive garden with flowers bursting into bloom all year round.

This garden-lover’s pet project sees a rundown barn turned into a room of her own.

Global cheese aficionado Juliet Harbutt hosts foodie tours from her home with vineyard views.

Country roads take this award-winning singer-songwriter home to the place where she belongs.

Career paths with many twists and a dead-end or two led this Auckland couple to success.

Despite leaving school at 15, this self-taught astronomer reaches for the stars in more ways than one.

The fifth generation of a Wairarapa beekeeping family is producing high-grade honey fit for the breakfast table and the medicine cabinet.

This resilient little Datsun has provided a lifetime of special moments to three generations of the Davis family. Grant Davis calls it his ‘sunny-day’ vehicle.

Despite growing up on the cutting edge of the minimal Modernist movement, this interior and architectural designer’s heart is in the past.

A traditional signwriter carves a new niche for himself after technology turns his industry upside-down.

You don't eat the fruit, they have little or no juice, and the tree may grab you and never let go. Meet the amazing yuzu.

An ambitious duo hopes to change the world with affordably priced personal-care products packaged without plastic.

This Auckland mum says it’s time to take a second look at second-hand.

A Nelson-Tasman conservation group encourages its youngest generation to love and protect a 120-kilometre coastline.

A long-time pug owner opens up her home — and heart — to give rescue dogs a happier, heathier life.

A beauty therapist loves her new rural life while keeping up her work for a good cause.

A Southland photographer has repurposed her former possession-driven life to become a conscious consumer in a small eco-home.

Emma Wyeth’s regard for fairness and compassion is improving health outcomes for Māori.