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HOME covers the best New Zealand architecture, design and interiors. It features inspirational, ingenious and just plain breathtaking homes from all over the country – as well as new restaurants, exciting art and the latest furniture releases.

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The power of one • The latest collection from BoConcept is all about transformation — how can a space become something entirely different with one commanding statement piece?

Almost • Architect Rich Naish of RTA Studio considers the boundary of reason.

La-de-da • The latest luminaire from visionary New Zealand lighting designers Nightworks Studio is as playfully evocative as it is precise. It's a statement piece that cements the studio as a leader in the local design community, and an addition to an evolving portfolio that has put Nightworks firmly on the global stage.

Naked dance • Experimental niche perfume house. Oddity's ethos is simple — to inspire with offerings that pursue creative expression through craft, culture, and storytelling in an interplay of visual and olfactory arts.

Books • These are our favourite recent books to slow down and take a breather with: from gardening and meditative explorations of the built and natural environments, to a picture-perfect travelogue around New Zealand's open roads.

Golden light • In an established neighbourhood in Wānaka this new home presents a contemporary face to the street. Turning its back on the Central Otago vernacular of gables and schist, architect Barry Condon opted instead for a subtle composition of linearity and curves cloaked in a palette of earthen hues.

Painted narratives • The winners of the 2024 Dulux Colour Awards seek to set precedents; to evolve our design language, and to create communities. They evoke responses, and offer insight into new ways of engaging with colour — perhaps no more so than the New Zealand Grand Prix winner, a project that artfully reimagines affordable housing.

Islands of stone • There's an honesty to natural stone that's hard to look past. Part of the allure is its inherent character — that's each piece entirely individual. From dramatic veining to shadowy depth and warm crystalline features, it is arguably one of the most versatile and defining materials used in the home.

In situ • Architectural designer Alex Farrell and her husband Matt Farrell of Intact Construction reimagine a 1920s Auckland bungalow with coloured concrete.

Intuitively right • We sat down with Sarosh Mulla and Aaron Paterson, founders of awardwinning architecture and interior practice, Pac Studio, to hear about everything from fusing beauty and sustainability to colour as a storytelling tool, and the art of designing homes that feel intuitively right.

Land & sea • Perched high above the sea on an idyllic gently sloping hillside in the Bay of Islands is Paroa Bay Winery and Estate. A boutique vineyard, two luxury villas, and two beautifully crafted off-grid cabins (soon to open) are dotted around the vast estate; at their heart is awardwinning Sage Restaurant. We sat down with head chef Dan Fraser to find out more about the menu, which is putting Northland firmly at the top of the culinary map.

Snapshot of a city • With more than 50 buildings unlocking their doors for one weekend only, and dozens of lead architects revealing the secrets to their creations, Open Christchurch 2024 proved to be an invaluable barometer of where the Cantabrian city's built environment is headed. Federico Monsalve finds out more.

Road to salvation • In a first for New Zealand, 30 new social housing apartments were opened last month in a heritage building in Dunedin, designed in a creative cross-Tasman collaboration between a Dunedin couple and an architecture firm in...