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For our summer issue we talk to Maggie Lam, the talented wallpaper designer, we meet a craftsman who hand-built his Golden Bay home and review STIHL gardening tools and we share top insurance tips for both landlords and tenants.

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Meet the maker: Maggie Lam, wallpaper designer

Talented surface design creative Maggie Lam makes bespoke wallpaper and textiles from her Auckland studio. Read the story . . . 

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Top insurance tips for landlords and tenants

What do you need to be covered for as a landlord or as a tenant when it comes to home and contents insurance? Read the story . . . 

Home profile: a handmade house in Golden Bay

Step inside a woodworker's rustic, handcrafted home. Read the story . . . 

Brian Cooper and wife Karen in their hand-crafted Golden Bay home. Photo by Tim Cuff.