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Temporary solution to the 2023 shelving crisis - double stacking. Not an acceptable long term solution but needs must… 📚 #books #shelving #crisis #2023

Bird flying over a Pōhutukawa tree in Te Aro park. 📷 #Pōhutukawa #tree #bird #park #TeAro #Pōneke #Wellington #AtaMārie

Apartment renovations story
Today’s Pōneke / Wellington newspaper has a story about the recent renovations to the apartment that my partner and I have lived in for 22 years:
Many thanks to Kylie Klein-Nixon for the story, and to Andrew & Lynnette Scott (designers & project managers, Design in Residence), Liz Mark (design consultant), Phil Maxey (builder), and Reilly Joinery for making it a reality!
Also thanks to Oliver Cain for the wonderful piece, "Jeremy + Bill", which features in the story.
Photo: Monique Ford / Stuff.
The aluminium window frames of many modern buildings in Aotearoa have terrible thermal efficiency. But I think our heritage cast iron frames are even worse! #mbnov

Kritika's Kitchen
Can’t stop thinking about the wonderful food that Kritika and the team at Shepherd restaurant shared with us last night. Such an incredible delicious and inventive personal take on her own food heritage with the Shepherd twist!
Menu
- Mulligatawny and Keema Bread (lentil, cumin, smoked garlic, kombu)
- Chaap (fengureek, mint, green chilli, lime)
- Murg Tikki (capsicum, carrot, tumeric, peanut)
- Machli (kingfish, coconut, yuzu kosho, citrus, coriander oil)
- Nihari, Parantha and Pulao (goat, nihari masala, pickles, many other delights!)
- Rasamalai (saffron, rose, Jaggery, pistachio)
Just wonderful. More of this!
Wonderful meal at Kritika’s Kitchen at Shepherd Restaurant- just the best. #food #feast #pōneke #wellington

Good morning everyone. Great view through the ‘jungle’ out to the Hannah’s Laneway and the blue sky above. #AtaMārie #UrbanGarden

"Jeremy + Bill" (Oliver Cain, 2021)
The wonderful piece of art commissioned from Oliver Cain to celebrate 25 years together in 2022 is now properly framed and up on the new Corten steel wall.
From one library … to another … #books #libraries #reading #recovery #renovations #roberthannahcentre #evast #hannahslaneway #aotearoa

Closed | Open | Closed | Open #door #copper #copperdoor #renovations #recycle #reuse #loftstyle #apartment #evastreet #evastreetlaneways #hannahslaneway #roberthannahcentre #wellington #aotearoa

Significant joinery progress. This is not only astounding craftwork, it is art.
#joinery #craftwork #art #renovations #recycle #warehouseapartment #openplan #design #evastreet #hannahslaneway #wellington #aotearoa
