Haven

Haven is a brand new home and living magazine for a brand-new world. With many of us spending more time at home than ever, our homes are our safe haven from the challenges we face beyond our front doors. Step inside the pages and stay awhile. We celebrate everything that makes a house a home — inviting spaces, inspiring people, delicious food, and homes with heart.

Editor’s note

Haven

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EDIT Whakatika • Inspiration for a brand new year starts here, from the best outdoor furniture to suit your budget to natural wares that reconnect you with nature. Meet an artist who marries together colours and letters and a shark-swimming photographer in Tairua.

MY HAVEN • Photographer and videographer Amber Jones has created a little paradise on the Coromandel with her fiancé, Riley Elliott, a shark biologist and TV presenter.

Crazy candles • Lighting our desire for colourful and quirky wicks.

NOTEWORTHY • Bright, shiny things and stylish discoveries.

INSIDE OUT • Throw open the doors and cross the threshold between indoors and out, with these refreshingly earthy finds.

Make a SPLASH • Reflect your summer style with alfresco seating to fit any budget.

A colourful life • Artist Kate Hursthouse’s experimental new works are a lockdown silver lining.

LIVE Te Oranga • Pack your togs, towel and sunscreen and head to the beach – it's time to relax. We take you to a bohemian hilltop cabin, a family home with an eclectic, coastal vibe and a classic Kiwi bach with good food at its heart - this is life in our island nation.

Summer camp • A couple of city dwellers take a sabbatical from their urban villa in favour of easy living at Langs Beach.

COOL CHANGE • Two years ago, textile artist Jane Denton and her family left Wellington to embrace a relaxed way of life on the Kapiti Coast.

Life’s a bach • Haven food editor Nici Wickes feels like she’s always on holiday at her Port Waikato bach-turned-home.

TRANSFORM Whakahuri

PIHA rescue • A former rental in North Piha has been revamped into a laidback family home by a photographer and a TVNZ journalist who share a love of modernism and 1970s architecture.

Setting THE TONE • Stylists Reena Simon and Rebecca Lawson share subtle and rustic palettes for cosy and inviting interiors.

The power of the SUN • Join the solar revolution and help in the fight against climate change.

SAY NO TO THE SKIP • Minimise waste during a house move or renovation and contribute to a thriving circular economy.

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EAT Kaingia • From Nici’s sizzling ideas for a down-to-earth barbecue to sophisticated cocktails by one of the country’s best restaurants and the latest ways to toast a fresh (and very welcome) new year, we have your summer celebrations covered.

BBQ days

Art of the aperitif • Auckland restaurant Euro and multidisciplinary artist Meighan Ellis have teamed up to bring art to the cocktail glass and table. They share three concoctions to liven up your summer.

EPICURATED • Wet your whistle with these refreshing beverages.

Alcohol free

GROW Whakatupu • Grab your straw hat and your secateurs and head down the garden path. On the way we’ll munch on petals, gather blooms to make a floral chandelier and meet a garden artist who paints paradise. Or retreat from the heat and stay indoors to rearrange your houseplants.

Rhodo sapiens • Aotearoa’s foremost garden painter talks about his boyhood weeding and planting, and his favourite gardens.

A few of Karl’s favourite gardens

Go green • Choose the right houseplants for your home and they’ll live their best lives.

Eat your fleurs • Flowers aren’t just a feast...