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Nevé is the brainchild of Tess (an original Southerner) who’s love of the deeply intoxicating recipes brought Nevé to life. Up until now Nevé Candles were hand poured in Queenstown but a change in lifestyle means the candles will now have a new lease of life in Christchurch. Nevé is a brand I absolutely love because it’s local, made right here in New Zealand. Nevé sponsored this post but if I didn’t think you’d like them I wouldn’t work with them.

Who the hell are you and what do you do? Film Otago Southland is a regional film office/commission that covers the southern half of the South Island – our six regions are Waitaki, Queenstown-Lakes, Central Otago, Southland, Dunedin and Clutha. We currently have a team of two – KJ Jennings, Executive Manager, and Kahli Scott, Coordinator

2018 was the year I said to myself “what do I actually need to buy?” I took a long hard look in my wardrobe and there were lots and lots of t-shirts in there (everyone has a vice right) that I didn’t have a clue a) where they were made and b) who made them. This had to change

Served up in the form of rotisserie chickens, mouth watering lamb and cranberry infused meatballs, beef cheeks cooked overnight in pomegranate and red pepper paste, big bowls of super fresh salads, spice infused pilafs, smoothies, cakes. If you arrive for breakfast deli-style chia and bircher pots, gozleme (little pockets of meat and veggie-filled goodness), pancakes with caramel pears, herb and feta-filled frittata, spiced sourdough. Chickens marinating in sumac and lemon, meatballs bathed in delicious tomato and capsicum sauce, lamb shawarma melts in your mouth, huge salads, veggie and vegan dishes ; tagines filled with yummy Summer veg, apricots and almonds and creamy golden kumura gratin. Big Fig also put their good money where their mouth is with a commitment to helping the earth with no plastic straws or bags, discounts when you use your own takeaway cups and bowls, fresh seasonal ingredients, local produce where they can.