Homestyle New Zealand

HOMES Rhythm and soul

A hand-built home near Raglan embodies the spirit of manaakitanga.

Guide the way

From the water’s edge in Akaroa, the house catches the eye like a glimmer on the shoreline. By day, it sits quietly among the trees, its pale timber cladding silvering off like driftwood. By night, light glows through the timber screens, a soft beacon...

Architecture that links arms with the landscape

Deep shade – the cosy colours of winter

AND SUDDENLY, YOU’RE CONSIDERING A LEXUS.

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Purple reign

When interior designer Susannah Matheson was growing up, she was one of seven children and shared a bedroom with her younger sister, Olivia. “We had a line of Sellotape down the centre of the room. I’m obsessively tidy, so my side was pristine; hers...

Field of dreams

One woman’s vision brings beauty to a barn in a Hawke’s Bay meadow.

Site unseen

Wasted spaces are revitalised as fully functional rooms in this Wellington home.

Back to the future

Restoring this modernist gem has been a journey through time for its new custodians.