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by Charlie Smith on February 4th, 2021 at 7:15 AM 1 of 4 2 of 4 At Fresh St. Market, food isn’t simply fuel that people pick up and consume before carrying on with the rest of their day. It’s an experience—with outlets offering a original and very extensive mix of artisan baked goods, including the celebrated Mile High Cinnamon Buns and Bavarian Pretzels, which are baked fresh every day. That’s along with bountiful bins of colourful fruits and vegetables enabling people to "eat the rainbow", along with numerous premade salads and a fresh meat selection that can match any specialt...

Scootering Magazine Navigation Words: Stu Smith | Photographs: Gary Chapman | Extra Images: Mark Broadhurst When Mark Broadhurst’s business hit hard times, he was doing his best to keep things going and not lose the lot. But as he told us: “When you’re on your knees and needs must, everything has a price”… and that’s where this story starts. In the mid 80s Mark Broadhurst built and tuned a water-cooled reed-valve cast iron SX200 called ‘Eddie Cochran’ for a customer, which was full of innovative ideas. By the end of the 80s, though, the owner wanted it to be restored back t...

“Really, this is an honour for all of us. I’ve always been a storyteller, but the people I work with, they wrote the story,” he said. Taylor, who belongs to the Ngāti Kahungunu and Nga Puhi iwi, became lead singer of the band Kal-Q-Lated Risk in 1967, before becoming a TV presenter, best known for TVNZ children’s programmes Play School and Spot On. John Hawkins/Stuff Taylor, one of NZ foremost technology innovators, speaking at the Administrative Professionals Day 2018 held at Ascot. But it is his work as one of New Zealand's foremost technology innovators which earned him his kni...

New Year Honours: Sir Ian Taylor 30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read NZ Herald Ian Taylor says he could have ended up a washed-up rock singer if it wasn't for a meeting in 1989, which led him down the path to found his business Animation Research 30 years ago. That meeting was with Otago University professor Geoff Wyvill who told Taylor the future was about going digital. "I had no idea what he was talking about." Read More Advertisement "I wouldn't be here today if I hadn't met Geoff, this would never have happened." Taylor attributes the team behind him for being made a Knight Companion...

To say now is an unprecedented time for Napa Valley’s wine industry is to repeat what is perhaps the year’s most ubiquitous understatement. News broke in early 2020 that wine consumption had declined slightly in the United States in 2019, the first dip of its kind in a quarter-century. It came as something of a blow even to Napa Valley’s wine industry, whose premium reputation typically insulates it from general market volatility. But the previous years’ harvest, in 2018, had produced a wine grape crop more than a third larger than expected across the North Bay. Of both ov...