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Postcards from Matakana Coast

North & South article April 2012: The coast with the most – wining, dining and glorious beaches ….

Michael Kessell – Farmers’ Market Manager Extraordinaire

How I became a market manager of 40 stalls. Michael Kessell’s job at the genteel Matakana Village Market is a world away from his time spent helping street kids. But the 60-year-old says his diverse past provides the perfect platform for his role as market manager. “If you want a challenge, try running 40 stalls…

New Zealand’s Matakana Gets Chic: Air Canada ‘en route’ article

New Zealand’s Matakana Gets Chic How a tiny village north of Auckland transformed from a dying rural community to a vibrant place full of visionaries, artists and business people. By David Lansing Share This Print Photo: Amber Share I’m hunkered over the wheel of my rental car, and I’m anxiously navigating a windy coastal road…

Plump, pastel, perfect Macarons

A very favourite thing… On my adventures I sometimes come across things that simply need to be written about. In a roundabout way, these little gems can be seen as event related. Well, they can be served at an event! I like to think of myself as a bit of a Macaron connoisseur. I have…

Matakana Farmers’ Market Featured on Homestyle Blog

Escaping Auckland for the day, Editor Lucinda Diack and friends headed out to discover the local treats on offer at Matakana and their renowned Farmers’ Market. Christine (right) and I found ourselves overwhelmed with choice, for a tasty Saturday morning treat! A short and scenic trip north from the hustle and bustle of the city…

The Gaurdian UK Article

I’d heard all about New Zealand: sleepy; sheepy; 1950s England; dull and duller colonial cakes and overcooked roasts. Forget it. Auckland is so deliciously cosmopolitan that I’m wondering quite why I don’t live there. Auckland is the world’s most populous Polynesian city. It’s an isthmus circled by dramatic extinct volcanos, rubbed by the unpolluted South Pacific waters…