ANCIENT GRAINS / Growing quinoa in Taihape MEMORIES OF RIO / Our sporting stars look back LEATHER MAN / The rise of Deadly Ponies SMOOTH SAILING / Kiwi sailmakers’ success LUCKY LOBSTERS / The Dom Perignon of the sea ANZ IN YOUR COMMUNITY ISSUE No. 05

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COVER STORY FEATURES 08 / 02 / 04 / 12 / THE GIRL WITH THE CHANGING FACE MEMORIES OF RIO THE LEATHER MAN THE GOLDEN SWING New Zealand has seen a lot of ANZ Ambassadors share Luxury fashion brand Deadly World Number 1 golfer Lydia Ko change in three decades highlights of the Olympics and Ponies’ rise to the top on staying humble while Paralympics reaching for the stars 16 / 26 / 42 / GROWING ANCIENT GRAINS SMOOTH SAILING FARMING SUCCESS IN AOTEAROA Meet the Kiwi sailmakers whose THROUGH LEAN THINKING How Kiwi Quinoa is set to take yachting innovation has changed How an Eastern Bay couple has over New Zealand and the globe high performance sailing ridden out the low dairy payouts through innovative thinking

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20 / TEACH A KID TO COOK 32 / SPORTS: 39 / MARKING MATARIKI 46 / PAINTING IT BLUE In Paeroa, kids are learning to cook THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE Customary Māori patterns adorning ANZ staff spend a day helping delicious, nourishing meals How young former refugees are ATMs for Māori New Year charities and community groups becoming part of the community across the country 22 / FEEDING THE FUTURE through sport 40 / CELEBRATING OF FARMING A CENTURY OF CRICKET 48 / GRIM TALES OFFER TEARS A Waikato vet’s ingenious invention is 34 / A DIFFERENT DESTINY BLACKCAPS help makeover an OF HOPE taking the farming world by storm The story of a modern teen and the Auckland cricket club A new book retells stories of Matron of a WW1 hospital ship domestic violence as fairy tales 24 / LUCK OF THE LOBSTER 45 / RETIREMENT SAVINGS Chinese consumers are spending 36 / LEARNING THE HARD WAY REALITY CHECK large on Kiwi crayfish How financial literacy helped one KiwiSavers facing a savings gap woman save her family 30 / SOUTHEASTERN HOSPITALITY 38 / EYEING UP THE A growing Auckland food empire’s FURNITURE BUSINESS recipe for success A flourishing online furniture store which almost failed before it began

EDITOR / Peter Parussini PUBLISHER / Sputnik CONTRIBUTORS / Sophie Speer, Michelle Duff, Angela Barnett, Kathryn Boyde, Stefan Herrick, Julia de Blaauw, Sarah-Jane Bashford, Sonia Ball, Louise Nicholson, DESIGN / Creature Design PRINTER / Bluestar Group Evan Rummins, Jenny Watts. OUR CHANGING FABRIC What a difference a generation makes. Thirty years ago Our Olympic silver medal-winning golfing star Lydia Ko is a natural fit for this year’s I was beginning my career with ANZ as a bank teller in cover as the poster girl of our changing Adelaide. Six years ago I moved to New Zealand and this New Zealand. Born in Korea, Ko is a fully- fledged Kiwi competing around the world year my family and I became proud Kiwis. We are part under the New Zealand flag. She’s a typical of an ongoing wave of immigration that’s changing the Kiwi – down-to-earth and humble – and she’s made our country proud time and time face of New Zealand. again with her achievements on the golf course. We’ve also honoured our other Our infographic overleaf shows the changes Olympian and Paralympian ambassadors New Zealand has seen in numbers. In the past who strived for excellence on the global generation our population grew 44 percent stage. Each of our sportspeople has shared from 3.2 million in 1986 to 4.7 million. a memory of their experience at Rio. Auckland’s population is 60 percent larger than It isn’t always easy making your way in it was in 1986. I’m a member of the 39 percent 01

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of Aucklanders who were born overseas. Today helping make a difference are profiled this year almost one quarter of Auckland is Asian. as well. In Paeroa, kids are brought in from the While many focus on how the face of cold to learn to prepare nourishing, delicious New Zealand has changed, our economy meals, while in Lower Hutt young former ISSUE NO. 05 has transformed in a generation as well. refugees are given a space to socialise and We’re still dependent on primary industries, become part of the community through sport. but the country that once lived off the FABRIC This year’s magazine features some very sheep’s back is now living increasingly off different Kiwis, and if one thing is certain, tourists. Back in 1986 about 600,000 tourists it’s that growing difference and diversity is visited each year, but the industry is booming the megatrend driving our country today. with more than three million tourists visiting Please enjoy reading about the inspiring Kiwis annually, about 12 percent from China. The who help make up the fabric of everyday life growth in tourism has created more than in this wonderful country of ours. 160,000 jobs for New Zealanders and is worth more than $11 billion to the country.

This year’s Fabric magazine puts a human face on our changing nation. Take Jacqui and Dan Cottrell, who have started producing the ancient grain quinoa on the highland plains of Taihape. In just one year they have got their quinoa in some of New Zealand’s top David Hisco eateries and gained interest for exporting CEO, ANZ Bank New Zealand their product. Continuing with the hospitality theme, three of Auckland’s most pre-eminent hospitality stars talk about how they’ve brought the cuisines of Southeast Asia to New Zealand’s largest city. 1 2 4 THE CHANGING 3 5 6 FACE OF 7 9 8

NEW ZEALAND 10 In three decades our country has 11 undergone massive changes 1 NORTHLAND TOTAL FORESTRY HECTARES 4 BAY OF

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AVOCADO PRODUCTION AND FARMING xMORE has increased from 3 331 ha to 1,450 ha 02

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FABRIC has increased from % OF ASIAN PEOPLES 12.9% to 17.5% has increased from 3.3% to 23.1% 5 HAWKE’S BAY & GISBORNE POPULATION % OF HOMEOWNERS HECTARES OF WINE GRAPES has increased from 881,081 has increased from to 1,415,550 % % 3,001 ha to 6,615 ha 61 UP 19.5 DOWN 3 WAIKATO NUMBER OF DAIRY CATTLE has increased from 1,276,689 to 1,761,949

NUMBER OF SHEEP 38%UP TOTAL SQUASH HECTARES increased has decreased from from 772 ha X 4,471,206 to 1,646,010 to 5,654 ha 6 MORE “TO HAVE KIDS COME UP TO ME AND TELL ME I’M THEIR NATIONAL STATISTICS ROLE MODEL AND THAT I’M ABLE TO INSTIL THEM WITH HOPES AND DREAMS MAKES % % ME VERY PROUD AND 69 UP 12 DOWN 3.8xMORE APPRECIATIVE.” PG / – LYDIA KO 08 IMMIGRATION TO NZ HOME OWNERSHIP ANNUAL TOURISM TO NZ has increased from has decreased from has increased from 689,073 14.9% to 25.2% 73.5% to 64.8% to 3,358,580 visitors “We’re quite proud of what 6 MANAWATU–WHANGANUI we do. We’re farming our 28½ 39.3 quinoa pretty MEDIAN AGE FARMLAND organically.” has increased from 28.5 to 39.3 decreased by 9% PG / – JACQUI COTTRELL 16 7 WELLINGTON POPULATION BORN OVERSEAS has increased from “NEW ZEALAND 15.8% to 21% % 33 UP CRAYFISH IS THE

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BE A YEAR BEFORE YOU FIGURE FABRIC less than OUT IF SOMETHING’S GOING TO xMORE HALF 10 WORK IN THE MARKET OR NOT; WE SPEND ABOUT TWO WEEKS IN R&D FOR A PRODUCT.” NUMBER OF SHEEP NUMBER OF DAIRY CATTLE PG / has decreased from has increased from – CHRIS MCMASTER 26 10,421,554 to 4,501,137 112,999 to 1,253,993 “I’VE ALWAYS BEEN 9 10 MARLBOROUGH OTAGO INTERESTED IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNISED, STORIES NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT.” PG / – STEPHANIE SIMPSON 34

HECTARES OF WINE GRAPES NUMBER OF WINERIES has increased from has increased 1,744 ha to 22,907 ha from 11 to 105 12xMORE 8xMORE 11 SOUTHLAND

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MEMORIES OF RIO The 2016 Olympics and Paralympics were a testament to the dedication and passion of our sportspeople who achieved great things on the world stage. ANZ ambassadors who competed in rowing, cycling, sailing and swimming share their memories of Rio. 05 PG

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Living in the Olympic village was One of my most memorable a highlight; it had an amazing vibe. moments of the games was When you walked around and saw entering the stadium for the different body types, people from closing ceremony. Our rowing different countries all with similar event starts the day after the goals and aspirations, you got a opening ceremony so we chose sense of excitement and energy. not to attend in case it negatively The New Zealand team is always impacted our racing performance. very tight and we were always in The closing ceremony was our our common area, watching the chance to march and it's usually games on TV. There was always a bit more informal and exuberant. a packed house when it came to All the athletes come out through watching our fellow Kiwis competing. the tunnel into a stadium that’s heaving with music, spectators and performers. It feels like you’re a gladiator entering the Colosseum; it’s very memorable. 06 PG

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FABRIC Twigg Tuke Burling ROWING SAILING SAILING FOURTH – GOLD MEDALIST – GOLD MEDALIST – WOMEN’S SINGLE MEN’S 49ER MEN’S 49ER SCULLS FINAL Representing your country at the Our competition highlight would My favourite memory of the Olympics is pretty epic in general have to be race day one, where we Olympics was watching the but standing on the podium secured two first places, which New Zealand Women’s Sevens singing the national anthem and nudged us ahead of the field. team in the final. It was the first realising a dream is something Another highlight was having both time sevens was an Olympic sport we’ll never forget. of our families and our teammates and for me it showcased some on the beach supporting us strong talented women, who are throughout the week. great role models for young girls. The best thing about competing at the Olympics is the impact you have on all of those watching. The messages of support and encouragement make you realise how inspired friends, family and spectators are by the games. 07 PG

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Webster Dubber Leslie FABRIC CYCLING SWIMMING SWIMMING SILVER MEDALIST – BRONZE MEDALIST – GOLD MEDALIST – TEAM SPRINT WOMEN’S 100M MEN’S 150M BACKSTROKE INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Rio was something I dreamed about for a long time so being A stand out moment for me was Bringing home a gold medal and there was huge. But having my winning my bronze medal in the setting a world record has to be family there and being able to see 100m backstroke. I’ve trained really a highlight. I had set a challenging them after my podium ceremony hard for a long time and have had target time and I wasn’t sure I could was definitely my stand out so many ups and downs – winning actually do it, so to do it well was memory. A real highlight for me my first Paralympic medal here in very satisfying for my coach and was our second round of the team Rio really makes that all worth it. me. In my races I competed against sprint. Breaking the Olympic record I also enjoyed living in the Paralympic a Brazilian guy, who was definitely a means a lot to me and is something village. I’ve spent the past three years fan-favourite. The noise the crowd I am immensely proud of. competing at swimming-only events would make for him was incredible so it was exciting to be in an and there was one occasion where environment where there are other I just had to step out of ‘athlete sports competing too; it made the mode’ and enjoy that reaction, experience unique. because all too often as athletes we forget to smell the roses as we go through our careers. 08 PG

ISSUE NO. 05 FABRIC THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN SWING Superstar golfer Lydia Ko has grown up on the Tour with her family by her side at every step, developing into a humble, poised, friendly and fun-loving young woman with the world at her feet. 09 PG

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She watches cooking shows and takes any In 2014 she was listed alongside US “I miss my friends the most [when I’m opportunity she can to get her hands messy President Barack Obama and tennis star away from New Zealand]. Some of my in the kitchen. She hangs out with friends, Serena Williams as one of Time Magazine’s friends from Pinehurst Primary School goes to the movies and takes selfies with 100 most influential people. In August this are still in Auckland and some of them Snapchat filters. Even when she’s exhausted, year she became New Zealand’s youngest- have moved to other countries with she focuses on her studies, always striving ever Olympic medal winner, taking silver new jobs, or they’re going to college. for the best grades she can achieve. in Rio. She’s racked up more than $7 million “[But] in the big picture, I don’t think my in prize money since going pro in 2013. By those parameters, Lydia Ko could be any time on the Tour is any different than other ANZ began supporting Ko as she began other high achieving Kiwi teenager. But teenager’s. Anyone, whether in their teens her first LPGA Tour as a pro in 2014. she’s so much more: after only three years or in their fifties, tries their best to use as a pro, she’s already a golfing legend. Having been in the spotlight for more than their limited time meaningfully.” The youngest-ever LPGA World Number 1, a decade, it’s easy to forget that she’s only Meaningfully spending limited time for Ko’s repeat winning performances have 19. Ko has grown up in the public eye, Ko has meant spending her teenage made her a phenomenon with influence which anyone with fame at a young age years blowing records out of the water, that extends beyond the golf course. will attest, is a blessing and a curse. She mingling with golfing legends like the didn’t attend school (instead studying by late Arnold Palmer, Rory McIlroy and correspondence), and she missed out on Henrik Stenson. She’s become friends spending time with friends and many of with All Black Israel Dagg, actor Don the teenage rites of passage along the way. Cheadle and Prince Harry along the way. But Ko is philosophical about this. Her close-knit family has been alongside her since the first time she ever swung “THE FUTURE IS THE FUTURE, a club. The story of that first swing is for AND I’LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME the history books: after being given a club TO THINK ABOUT IT THEN” by her aunt, Ko took to golf as a five-year- old like a fish to water. Her mother, having noticed her natural talent and interest, took her to the Pupuke Golf Club pro shop where she convinced coach Guy Wilson to take her under his wing. He did and by the time she was seven she was competing in the New Zealand National Amateur Championships.

Her father Gil-hong Ko and mother Tina Hyeon have been careful to raise their daughter to be grounded, humble and focused, and Ko says she’s grateful to have her family’s continued support.

“Since golfers are busy travelling on the road, it’s very difficult for them to handle every little thing by themselves,” she says. “I am fortunate enough to be able to 10

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“They are my family, but they act as my friends as well.” ISSUE NO. 05 As well as having a strong support network around her, Ko credits staying FABRIC positive as crucial to her success.

“It’s important to have a positive mind and the ability to control your anger. It takes a lot of continuous patience to be able to make sound decisions about the diverse situations surrounding you [on the golf course] and to resolve them in a wise manner.”

Striving to be better is something she’s committed to. A trawl through Ko’s social media accounts shows she regularly hashtags her motto: #bettereveryday. She explains it’s about keeping a positive mind and attitude.

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“Not only when I’m playing in tournaments, “If fans can think about me as somebody For the past two years Ko has been studying but also when I’m playing practice rounds, they were able to know more than just the psychology extramurally through the I’m constantly fighting against my inner self golfer Lydia Ko, that will be a pretty special prestigious Korea University while she’s and it requires a lot of patience. When I remind feeling,” she said in a recent interview. competing – something she hopes she’ll myself of the words ‘better every day’, it helps be able to dedicate more time to after her This friendly attitude, combined with her me to overcome these difficult times.” golfing career finishes. exceptional abilities on the green, have However, when the work is done, Ko loves made her a role model before she even She says it’s hard to find the energy to show off her down-to-earth and fun-loving hits her twenties. required to keep up with her studies but side. She has endeared herself with players it’s important to her. “It’s a real honour for me. All I do is give my and fans alike, spending more time than best effort to the tasks at hand but to have kids “Golf being a sport where you spend a lot many other players meeting spectators, come up to me and tell me I’m their role model of time out in the heat, it gets physically and taking selfies and signing autographs. and that I’m able to instil them with hopes and mentally tiring and consumes a lot of energy. Ko says she wants her fans to think of her dreams makes me very proud and appreciative. I have to admit I run into a wall sometimes as an approachable player. It also grounds me and motivates me to be a and feel like giving up. However, I want to better person,” she says. see where my limit is and keep trying my “I think that’s the great thing about social best so I feel like I’ve given it my all.” media these days. We’re able to share more Ko is already thinking about life after golf: of ourselves than what they see on TV or she plans to retire when she hits 30. But for now, she’s committed to continuing on the course. The fans get to see more, her winning streak in the LPGA. “I plan to take a year off to reflect on my past like what we do for our workouts, what we career and think about my life ahead of me “The future is the future, and I’ll have plenty like to eat. I love seeing the fans out at the and prepare for it.” of time to think about it then,” she adds. courses supporting us. 1 12 PG

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THERE’S NEVER A QUIET MOMENT FOR BOWDEN, WHO DESIGNS FOUR TO SIX COLLECTIONS A YEAR AND HAS EXPANDED THE LABEL’S CORE DEERSKIN BAG RANGE INTO SILKS AND OUTERWEAR.

PHOTOS: OLLY COLEMAN THE LEATHER MAN He began making wallets from collected leather scraps, and now Liam Bowden employs a staff of 30 as the creative director of Deadly Ponies, one of the country’s most successful luxury fashion brands.

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Successful businessman Liam Bowden still Bowden would source leather offcuts from 2 remembers the day he held his Nana’s hand a tannery in Avondale, spending long hours while walking down the street in Auckland’s laboriously sewing the scraps together to 13 PG

Mt Albert, on the way to open his very own create handbags, wallets and keyrings. ANZ savings account. He was a bright-eyed “With every one that sold, I was able to buy kid of eight; a year later, he would have his more leather to make more bags. Because first job as a paperboy. I was so young I never really thought about

it in business terms, I just thought ‘I’m going ISSUE NO. 05 Bowden, 33, who began luxury fashion brand to make this work’.” Deadly Ponies while studying at university, has never been a stranger to hard work. “I pretty much knew nothing when I started, FABRIC By the age of 14, the entrepreneurial I just learned everything on the job. I’ve now Aucklander was holding down three jobs pretty much done every job in the company; in merchandising and sales, a trend that from designing to cutting, prepping, would continue. “I was into saving and finishing, packing, marketing, managing, working and using up all my time really,” accounts and PR.” says Bowden, from the Upper Queen Today, Deadly Ponies’ luxury accessories are Street warehouse which is Deadly Ponies’ stocked in Australia, Japan, the United States production and sales headquarters. He’s and the United Kingdom, and worn by a little bit puffed, having just nipped out to everyone from Lorde to Charlize Theron grab lunch in between meetings. “My mum and Eva Longoria. and dad have a really strong work ethic.” There’s never a quiet moment for Bowden, In his early 20s, while studying graphic 1 / Deadly Ponies creative who designs four to six collections a year design at Unitec, Bowden was working director Liam Bowden in the and has expanded the label’s core deerskin new Wellington store part-time at a restaurant in the city, bag range into silks and outerwear. freelancing as a graphic designer, working 2 / Mr Kitty, a popular bag style In New Zealand, Bowden and business as a cleaner, and beginning to experiment partner Steven Boyd have just opened with making his own wallets. A buyer from the fourth Deadly Ponies store, the first fashion store Superette, one of Bowden’s for Wellington. design clients, saw his wallets and asked to stock them. It is an interesting move for a fashion brand, in an era where traditional bricks and mortar stores are increasingly under threat from online shopping. 3 14 PG

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But Bowden says having a physical store Retail has been a major focus for the brand Does he have any advice for young presence, and giving customers a tactile over the last year, with Deadly Ponies entrepreneurs? “I had to learn everything shopping experience, is important for a expanding into David Jones retail stores from scratch, so I would say doing an luxury brand. Some of their top-of-the-range across Australia. Along with the Wellington internship and working somewhere, say in bags retail for $4,500 – not a sum many store, which opened in August, they’ve a small business, would save you months of would be comfortable handing over without recently launched distribution in Japan mistakes and hard work. Then again, maybe testing the item first. “That means maintaining and Paris. I wouldn’t have got so far if I had worked for a certain level of service for people buying our someone else, so you never know.” Bowden admits it was only about three years product, and online can only do so much. ago he could finally admit to himself that And an advantage to growing the business Customers want a more personal experience.” the business was a success. “It was only himself is that Bowden has now worked In the new Wellington store Bowden has then I realised it wasn’t all going to fall over in every part of it, and knows how to collaborated with interior designer Katie overnight. Before then I’d be nervous, hiring troubleshoot. “The biggest part of my role Lockhart to create a suitably opulent interior. staff and knowing that you’re responsible for now is problem solving, so I have to know The towering, geometric display plinths are these people’s livelihoods.” about all the different departments so I can inspired by Romanian sculptor Constantin make things work.” That’s where the stability of ANZ’s support Brancusi, an aesthetic shared by established has been invaluable. ANZ has been a fixture Even after almost a decade in fashion, Deadly Ponies stores in Christchurch and in his life since that fateful first trip with his Bowden still derives pleasure from the Auckland. But the Ghuznee St store differs Nana, and Bowden says having the bank on smallest things – like designing the tiny with its use of material, with sheets of side has been priceless. “They’ve been great Tangle Doll keyring, which retails for $95. coloured, opaque resin designed to fit at showing us the different kinds of software, “To everyone else it just looks like a little man the space. and how we can streamline our accounts keyring, but there have been hours and and payment processes. It allows us to hours of work put into it just to get it to that provide seamless experiences for customers stage. When you get it finished and sell to across six or seven countries.” the customer, that’s a great feeling.” 4 15 PG

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GROWING ANCIENT GRAINS IN AOTEAROA New Zealand’s newest crop, the 4000-year-old grain quinoa, is already being served up at some of the country’s best eateries – and a global market beckons.

A Taihape farm, in the heart of sheep and As the couple was in Australia it was Dan’s beef country, is an unusual place to start father who initially sowed quinoa seed on cultivating and harvesting a 4000-year-old the family soil in Taihape. “He did a lot of grain. But that’s exactly what Dan and Jacqui work for us, so did Mum, and slowly got Cottrell started doing on the family farm. on board with the idea.” They are the first commercial growers of When Dan and Jacqui returned to quinoa in New Zealand, creating great New Zealand they had results from the curiosity in their local farming community. trials: two varieties worked and two tanked. After only two years, all of their first “We knew we were onto a good thing once commercial crop was bought by Sabato, we saw it could grow on the farm soil,” which distributes European fine foods and says Jacqui. Kiwi-made products to restaurants around New Zealand. They initially planted three hectares of the most successful variety. Once they harvested The idea first sprouted in 2011 when Dan the first year they had enough seeds to sow and Jacqui were travelling through South 20 hectares. America, far away from expectations and families. On the road to Arequipa in the high They hope to double their harvest this altitude Altiplano plains between Peru and season, something ANZ has played a big role Bolivia, Dan noticed the terrain looked like the in, Jacqui says. “ANZ has been forthcoming Desert Road back home. Then, rounding a with funds to help us develop some scale

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Dan had a light bulb moment. Could quinoa PG Breaking new ground always comes with grow in the high altitude plains of Taihape in problems to solve. Quinoa is harvested in the the gumboot capital of the world? same way a crop of wheat or barley is, using Up until then, returning to the farm had machinery to gather the heads, which means

been a question mark for Dan, who studied everything else gets harvested including ISSUE NO. 05 agricultural commerce at Lincoln. “It’s a pretty weeds. Dan and Jacqui wanted to grow their

big thing coming from an intergenerational quinoa naturally, without sprays, herbicides FABRIC farm,” says Dan. “In Peru, looking out the bus or chemicals, which meant weeds were rife. window, seeing small Andean women “Nobody wants a weed head in their quinoa, farming with three llamas and taking it all in, you have to get the cleaning nailed 99.99 I decided I was keen to give farming a crack.” percent,” says Dan. “The first year we But it would be farming in a new way. harvested it by hand which was a nightmarish Jacqui, an Australian native who studied job, so we knew we had to find somebody agricultural science at Melbourne University, to clean it for us.” They approached seed was excited about quinoa. “As my background cleaning company Valhallar Seeds, based is in agronomy, I have a love of soil and plant in Palmerston North, which had worked science, and the link to human nutrition and previously with imported quinoa. health. I thought it was a cool idea.” Jacqui was adamant they did not want to Becoming pioneers – farming a South resort to using chemicals. “We’re quite proud American grain in New Zealand – needed an of what we do. We’re farming it pretty incubation period and the couple went off to organically,” she says. Now Valhallar does explore the ancient wonder of Machu Picchu. all the cleaning, drying, certifying and packaging for Kiwi Quinoa, and is a huge QUINOA HAS CERTAINLY GONE After travelling they worked in rural stakeholder in the business. PAST ITS FAD STAGE AND IS New South Wales in Australia. While Dan BECOMING A STAPLE AS THE was sowing wheat and canola crops he DEMAND FOR GLUTEN FREE tossed around possibilities inside his John GRAINS AND GOOD VEGAN Deere tractor. They also spent time online connecting with quinoa growers around OPTIONS INCREASE GLOBALLY. the world, finding a good breeder in France. “We asked if we could trial some and he sent little packets over so we could test

The first harvest of Kiwi four different varieties,” says Dan. Quinoa grains 1

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PG around here,” says Dan. “We often hear, “She’s into her health food and I’d never

‘my wife loves it and I didn’t know what even heard of it,” says Dan. “I was a meat and it was, it’s not that bad!’” They have had potato guy so this was all pretty exciting.” farmers ringing up wanting to grow the Now they cook with quinoa all the time and

ISSUE NO. 05 grain for them. It’s early days but Dan thinks have recipes on their website including the tonnage they can achieve “will make it Jacqui’s Chilli Con Quinoa and Dan’s Fried a viable crop for New Zealand. All farmers Chicken: quinoa coated chicken tenderloin FABRIC want to look at diversifying, and new ideas.” lightly fried and served with salsa.

Exporting to Asia and Australia is in the Chefs around the country are also taking long-term plan, after they “get their teeth into to it. “They’re doing interesting things like the domestic space, dealing with restaurant sprouting it and treating it like a risotto,” says trade, food service and supermarkets.” Dan Jacqui. “People are so pumped that it’s local.” believes there is a huge opportunity with Their quinoa has been adopted far faster quinoa, as grain is relatively straightforward than they expected. “We thought the to export. Recently, banks in Australasia have marketing would be the most challenging been looking into quinoa as an emerging but it’s been a really good head start getting commodity, scoping it on a large scale. in with Sabato,” says Jacqui. Dan has already had calls from China and 1 / Dan Cottrell with his first harvest Singapore. “It’s not a fly by nighter,” he says. Kiwi Quinoa is used in upmarket restaurants of Kiwi Quinoa across the country including The Farm at Quinoa has certainly gone past its fad stage 2 / Dan and Jacqui Cottrell on their Cape Kidnappers, Huka Lodge in Taupo, and is becoming a staple as the demand for Taihape farm Loretta and Nikau in Wellington, Blanket Bay gluten free grains and good vegan options in Glenorchy, and Pavilion Café and Orphan’s increases globally. “As quinoa’s got all of the Kitchen in Auckland. essential amino acids, it’s a complete protein,” says Jacqui. “There’s not many of those around: Kiwis may be taking to quinoa everywhere chia seeds and buckwheat are the only others.” but can they say it properly? Dan and Jacqui You can’t argue with quinoa’s nutritional are sticking with the South American profile. Plus the grain is easy to cook. pronunciation of “Keenwar” instead of the more European “KwiNoah” but just like taking over the family farm, apparently there are no rules. COOKING WITH QUINOA

Healthy and delicous, quinoa can be used in many popular dishes as a grain replacement.

RECIPES BY DAN AND JACQUI COTTRELL

Three Cheese, Salmon & Quinoa Tart

INGREDIENTS METHOD – – ½ cup quinoa Preheat oven to 180° C. Grease and line a 23cm 2 cups water round spring-form cake tin with baking paper. (for cooking quinoa) 1 teaspoon ground coriander Place the quinoa and water in a small saucepan with 1 teaspoon ground turmeric the coriander, turmeric and cumin. Bring to the boil, 1 teaspoon ground cumin then allow to simmer for 15 minutes. Once the 2 cups spinach leaves quinoa is cooked, rinse and strain. Set aside to cool. 6 eggs ½ cup cream Place the spinach leaves in a sieve or colander 250gm ricotta cheese and pour boiled water over to lightly wilt the greens. 1 ½ cups grated tasty cheese Spread out on paper towel or a clean tea towel to ¾ cup grated parmesan cheese absorb excess moisture. In a large bowl, whisk the 2 cloves crushed garlic eggs and cream and season well with salt and Zest (finely grated) of a lemon pepper. Stir in the three cheeses, quinoa, spinach,

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bake for 35-40 minutes or until the tart is puffed PG TO SERVE and golden and no longer wobbly in the centre. – 100gm cream cheese Cool in the tin for 20 minutes before removing. softened with a drizzle Spread with cream cheese and your favourite of cream 100gm smoked salmon or topping, such as smoked salmon and dill, ISSUE NO. 05 your favourite baked/grilled baked cauliflower or grilled zucchini. vegetables. Serves six. FABRIC

Quinoa Fried Chicken with Coriander Salsa (QFC)

INGREDIENTS METHOD – – 12 organic chicken To make the coriander salsa, combine coriander, tenderloins lime juice, fish sauce, chilli sauce and chilli in a small 2 cups cooked quinoa, well strained bowl and mix well. Set aside. ½ cup breadcrumbs Wipe chicken tenderloins dry with a paper towel. 2 eggs, whisked 1 teaspoon salt and pepper Whisk together the two eggs. Prepare crumbing ½ cup olive oil, mixture of quinoa, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper for shallow frying on a flat plate. Dip the chicken tenderloins into the FOR CORIANDER whisked egg and then straight into the crumbing SALSA mixture. Flip the tenderloin over so that both sides – of the chicken are well coated in quinoa. Set aside 1 cup coriander, chopped on clean plate ready for frying. Continue to crumb finely 1 lime, juiced the remainder of the tenderloins. 2 teaspoons fish sauce Heat ½ cup olive oil in frying pan, once the oil is 1 teaspoon sweet chilli sauce hot, add four of the crumbed tenderloins and fry 1 small fresh red chilli, for 2 ½ minutes each side. Remove from oil and finely chopped place on plate with paper towel to absorb excess oil. Serve immediately with coriander salsa. Serves four. TEACH A KID TO COOK

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A husband and wife The socially-minded couple started a Children pay a gold coin donation to join cooking class for the primarily low-income the class, with a “no koha, you have to do the

20 team is changing the kids in their Waikato town after seeing a mahi” philosophy – if they don’t bring their PG money they stack chairs or help out in some lives of children in a group of them hanging out outside the local supermarket three years ago. way around the centre. small community in “It was the middle of winter,” John explains. They eat their prepared meals of spaghetti the simplest of ways “The kids were just hanging out on a bench, bolognaise, macaroni cheese, chicken ISSUE NO. 05 drinking a bottle of the cheapest soft drink, schnitzel or lasagna around the table (after – by teaching them you know that 99 cents a bottle stuff. John has sneaked in the extra vegetables) FABRIC how to cook. They looked cold, it was probably around an experience many of them would not dinnertime and they were sitting outside, have had at home. they just looked uncomfortable and like When Paeroa youth worker John Budge Nine-year-old Taika Deane has been they needed something to cheer them up.” gets new kids into his cooking class, the first attending classes for about three years thing he teaches them is what a knife and John spontaneously walked over and and says he loves cooking. fork are for. asked if they wanted to learn how to cook. “I know the recipe for bacon and egg pie “It just came to me on the spur of the “I’ll say ‘This is a can, and here’s a can opener. off by heart; it’s my favourite. When I’m This is a potato, and this is a potato peeler.’ moment really.” older I will cook for my Nana and Papa lots. When they first come in they know nothing, The Kids Can Cook class began with It’s really fun.” a lot of them don’t even know how to use John and six boys, and was soon attracting a knife and fork.” Taika says he’s learned lots of skills like how a dozen kids a night. Demand grew, and to use a knife safely “without chopping off That sounds incredible. “I know. But there’s Melanie began to run a second class for girls. your fingers” and to always wash your hands young people out there who until they’re More than 200 primary-school aged children before cooking. about 14 or 15 literally cannot use a knife have now been through the 10-week “I always look forward to coming because and fork, they’ve only ever eaten fish and programme, which teaches them how to we get a good feed and I like learning chips and pies,” John says. “It’s sad, but I’m cook, budget, shop, set the table, eat a new things to cook.” afraid it’s true.” meal and clean up in a family setting. Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the ANZ There are some people who watch, and While Paeroa is a “really neat town,” John says Staff Foundation, Kids Can Cook was able some people who do. John and his wife it is one of New Zealand’s most deprived to upgrade their kitchen equipment and Melanie, both youth coordinators at the areas. Some families survive on value packs utensils, which injected some much-needed Paeroa Community Support Trust, fall into of fish and chips for dinner every night morale into the kids and the volunteers at the second group. of the week. the programme. “It’s amazing what they’ve done for us, and it really means a lot to these kids,” John says. 1 2 PG

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FEEDING THE FUTURE OF FARMING

PHOTO: STEPHEN BARKER A Waikato veterinarian’s Ursula, 32, hails from the small Manawatu farming community of Glen Oroua. She simple invention for attained a Bachelor in Veterinary Science tube-feeding calves at Massey University, and moved to Waikato as a graduate. She now works at the Tirau has gone down well Vet Centre. with farmers. She and Mark met at a rowing championship in Cambridge, where they laughingly admit Being called out at all hours of the night it was love at first sight. “Ursula was working to perform an emergency c-section on in Tirau but there weren’t many boys there, a distressed cow is all in a night’s work for so she latched on to me pretty quickly,” Ursula Haywood. Mark jokes.

Spring is the busiest time of the year for the Mark, an agribusiness manager at ANZ Waikato dairy vet – but this year it’s even Hamilton, knew they were onto a winner more hectic, with the runaway success of with Ursula’s invention. her farming invention. “The existing feeders had been around for Attending hundreds of dairy farms in her a while, so there was a real opportunity to nine years of practice, Ursula found many come up with something kinder and safer.” farmers were struggling with tube feeding Ursula says ANZ was an important source calves. The procedure is common to deliver of advice and financial support for the vital nutrients to sick calves, but can be fledgling business. unpleasant and stressful for both farmer 23 PG

and calf. Even with the gentlest touch, “I was amazed at the breadth of knowledge the rigid equipment often causes damage within ANZ, there are so many people to ask to the young animal’s oesophagus. advice from,” Haywood says. “Even at the Fieldays they were so supportive – we had “I knew about this problem, so I just had staff members bringing us coffees when ISSUE NO. 05 to figure out how to solve it,” Ursula says. we couldn’t leave the stand!” “The first prototype worked really well, even though it was a dodgy-looking For Mark, it’s been interesting gaining a FABRIC prototype made from items bought from different perspective. “With my clients, I get everywhere and held together with tape. involved in their businesses and hopes and But we got it into some farmers’ hands and dreams. Now we are borrowing money and they were rapt with it – so that was all the trying to achieve something, so I can encouragement we needed, really.” appreciate where they’re coming from a little bit more.” With the comfort of calves foremost in her mind, Ursula spent two years developing As for the future – the pair plan to grow a soft, flexible tube feeder which acts with Antahi in New Zealand, then take their a syringe-like motion. Not only is the product innovation worldwide. With interest already easier and faster to use, it’s much safer and coming in from Australia and further afield, more humane. Tests show a 90 per cent it will only be a matter of time before calves reduction in stress caused to the calf, everywhere can breathe – and feed – easy. measured by kicking, bleating and heart rate.

In June, she and her husband and business partner Mark launched the Antahi TrustiTuber and FlexiTuber at Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.

The pair caused a stir, winning the Tompkins Wake Commercialisation Award for innovation and plaudits from attending farmers. The feeders are now stocked at vets nationwide, with the Haywoods receiving 3,500 orders for the equipment in the first 1 / Ursula Haywood demonstrates month alone. her reinvented calf tube feeder with husband and business partner Mark Haywood 1

LUCK OF THE LOBSTER China prizes Kiwi crayfish thanks to their red spiny

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Koura, also known as crayfish or rock lobster were all fishermen, but today we also have “The longer the animals spend out of the is big business for Ngati Kahungunu. For the shareholders who own quota, and some that water the greater the risk of the cray dying, past decade, Kahungunu has leased its just own shares. The secret to our success obviously the worst case scenario, or the crayfish quota to Fiordland Lobster Company, is having a strong value chain and sharing quality suffers. Now they arrive in the best the largest and most profitable live lobster profit throughout it.” possible condition. When you’re paying export company in Australasia. $300 or $400 for a crayfish, you want it to In April, Kahungunu and Fiordland Lobster’s be exceptional.” Fiordland Lobster processes and exports relationship entered a new phase with 1,300 tonnes of live rock lobster to China the opening of a state of the art lobster The $6 million factory, owned by Kahungunu each year from New Zealand and Australia. processing factory, the largest of its kind and leased to Fiordland Lobster, cements the It pioneered live crayfish exports, growing in Australasia, just 20 minutes drive from positive working relationship the two from small beginnings as a group of 18 Auckland International Airport. organisations have formed. In the nine years fishermen from Te Anau who began since they formed their quota lease Kahungunu Assets Holding Company exporting to Japan in the late 1980s. agreement, Fiordland Lobster has seen its director and former All Black captain, Taine share price increase by 500 percent while the Now it has operations across New Zealand, Randell, says this means a lobster can be iwi has received record dividend yields. as well as in South Australia, Tasmania and plucked from our shores and served in Victoria, where the same species of rock a wedding banquet or as part of Chinese Buckner says the factory, which can house lobster, jasus edwardsii, also thrives, says New Year celebrations in a matter of days. up to 27 tonnes of lobster at any one time, Alan Buckner chief executive of Fiordland replicates the water conditions found in “New Zealand crayfish is the Dom Perignon Lobster Company. the sea. of seafood; there’s nothing more expensive, “Now we’ve got about 100 shareholders and and they’re highly prized. This means crayfish “We’ve developed a lot of knowledge, skill the base is relatively diverse. Initially they mortality and quality are really big issues. and technology over the years to help us create a pristine environment for the lobster. Everything we know we’ve incorporated into the Auckland factory.” 1 / Kahungunu Assets Holding Company director Taine Randell (left) and Fiordland Lobster Company chief executive Alan

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“FINANCIALLY IT’S VERY GOOD AS WELL. IT’S REALLY GREAT FOR THESE LITTLE COMMUNITIES, PROVINCIAL

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The cost of lobster in China fluctuates “We offer our lobster via an e-commerce Fiordland Lobster has been a longtime throughout the year, with the biggest spike platform. Having the Auckland depot means customer of ANZ and Buckner says the at Chinese New Year when demand goes we can respond rapidly to an order that may relationship has grown stronger over time. up for the red, spiny crustaceans which the be of a relatively small size. The factory is “It’s a pretty boutique industry and what Chinese compare to dragons – a symbol of performing well and we’re getting great we’ve found is ANZ has spent time to good luck. feedback from customers on the health understand the industry and our business. and quality of our lobsters landing in China,” “We’ve simplified our supply chain and being They’ve continually supported our growth Buckner says. so close to the airport means we’ve got more strategies, like when we were developing flexibility while working with the Chinese Randell says the success of the partnership our Australian business,” he says. market place. has been that both companies are strident ANZ relationship manager Marten on sustainability practices. “Our lobster is the premium of the premium, Reitsma has been integral to helping the and they’re consumed at special events like “We’re passionate about our iwi and our business flourish. business banquets, weddings and Chinese assets. There’s a perception that our waters “It’s a really dynamic industry and it’s been New Year,” Buckner says. are being destroyed by overfishing, but where enjoyable to be involved with it over the Fiordland Lobster Company operates the fish Having the factory in Auckland means the years,” Reitsma says. stocks are in great health. They’re managed in company can respond quickly to demand a sustainable way so there’s plenty of stock. spikes. The company is using a cross border supply chain – supplying directly to the “Financially it’s very good as well. It’s really customer rather than an importer – and this great for these little communities, provincial new initiative also improves business. places where people are earning really good incomes, enjoying a good lifestyle and bringing money back to the communities,” Randell says. FABRIC ISSUE NO. 05 PG 26 SMOOTH SAILING

A Kiwi sailmaking company has woven itself into the fabric of the global industry through smart innovation and staying ahead of the pack.

Just as the ocean never stops moving, neither does the sailing industry. For Kiwi sailmakers Doyle Sails, weathering the

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McMaster and Bouzaid come from sailing Superyacht orders took the business from families – both have grandfathers who a small loft in Westhaven to an enormous 1 / (From left) Head of design ran successful sailmaking companies from Richard Bouzaid, sales director bespoke sailmaking loft in Avondale, Mike Sanderson, managing the 1920s onward. The pair inherited their the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. director Chris McMaster and respective family businesses and in 1998 However the boom period was not to last general manager David Duff inspect a reel of sailmaking fibre decided to combine them, taking on the and McMaster says the company survived Doyle franchise. by focusing on research and development.

“We were trying to figure out how to “When we started developing it was the make ourselves into a commercially viable height of the New Zealand superyacht operation rather than just a lifestyle,” industry. We knew it couldn’t last forever McMaster says. so we saw we needed to diversify our On the back of New Zealand’s 1990s success business. We’ve continued to evolve and in the America’s Cup, the pair were swept grow ever since.” along on the Kiwi boat building industry’s The strategic direction chosen by Doyle fresh global profile. As the world’s luxury Sails New Zealand was into sails for high superyachts started visiting Auckland, Doyle performance racing yachts. They gathered Sails New Zealand started making their sails. insights gained from a lifetime in the “We saw that with superyachts you could sailmaking industry and poured their take a small family business and turn it into collective energy into developing a unique something decent; one international layered sail cloth. The result was Stratis, superyacht order was more than the a cloth that today forms the backbone of whole New Zealand market combined.” their reputation for making the sails that propel the world’s fastest yachts. 28 PG

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“WE SPEND ABOUT TWO WEEKS IN R&D FOR A PRODUCT. IT MEANS FOR ALL THE IDEAS WE HAVE, ONLY ONE CAN BECOME REALITY AND WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT VERY QUICKLY AND DISCOUNT THE ONES THAT FAIL QUICKLY, TOO.”

“From the early days Richard and I could “The superyachts are visibly cool, but The Doyle Sails loft in Auckland is the biggest in see that we had to do something unique. raceboats are a different level; these guys the Southern Hemisphere Eventually we looked at how sails were made. are critiquing every little thing. Stuff we All the products that we used for sailmaking could get away with before you just can’t came in from overseas in those days, so we with a racing yacht so your whole game said ‘well, why can’t we make that here?’ comes up and that trickles back down We’d get products in their absolute rawest to the leisure boat level.” form and do all of the assembly here.” A passion for sailing has been key in the Stratis quickly became a firm favourite company’s success. Today the business has among the high performance yachting four owners: McMaster and Bouzaid have community around the world and the been joined by sales director and Volvo Ocean business flourished. McMaster says race winning skipper Mike Sanderson and producing sails to the exacting standards general manager David Duff, also a successful demanded by high performance yachts international high performance sailor. raised standards throughout the business. “We’ve kept the same manager from National Bank through to ANZ. Jo Durcan’s been with us for a long time and she knows the business very well. Going back to the early days, we had product failures through other suppliers and we had to underwrite those, but with ANZ it was never a problem. It’s been a really good partnership right through.”

Doyle Sails New Zealand has never stopped innovating, which is important in an industry which has seen such monumental changes since Kiwis wore their red socks supporting Team New Zealand in the America’s Cup challenges of the 1990s.

“Even in the last five years alone we’ve seen more change in sailing than we ever have before, with the advent of the foiling catamarans in the America’s Cup, so we’re figuring out what we can offer to the market, and changing the product is really important.”

Their innovations have made them an integral part of the global Doyle franchise. Internationally there are about 65 Doyle sailmaking lofts, and all of them use Stratis which comes to them from the New Zealand loft.

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Earlier this year, they launched software that FABRIC helps Doyle lofts around the world select the correct sail for the job.

“We’ve designed a programme so that when a customer comes in they can go through basic questions, what kind of yacht they have and what kind of sailing they do, and our programme will recommend the sail, then the loft can order it as a complete sail, a kitset McMaster says their collective experience “In other businesses it could be a year before or design only. in high performance programmes has been you figure out if something’s going to work central to their design success, alongside in the market or not; we spend about two “What we’re trying to do is find ways that any their shared passion for sailing and testing weeks in R&D for a product. It means for all sailmaking loft around the world can be ideas on the water. the ideas we have, only one can become more competitive just by using our systems, reality and we can figure that out very quickly and then we’re embedded within those “We’re able to progress R&D very rapidly. and discount the ones that fail quickly, too.” businesses. We’ve offered the software for We’ll think of an idea on a Monday and we’ll free initially and when it’s working well have it in production by Wednesday. It’ll be McMaster says the company couldn’t have we’ll look at ways to commercialise it.” on the boat on Friday, we’ll go out sailing succeeded, couldn’t have managed to invest with it and by Sunday afternoon we can in research and development, particularly in assess whether it worked or not. That’s how the early days, without the support of ANZ. our product range has grown. 1 SOUTH- EASTERN HOSPITALITY A tight-knit business trio has opened three popular Auckland eateries – Café Hanoi, Xuxu Dumpling Bar and Saan – within five years. Executive chef Jason Van Dorsten, Krishna Botica who oversees front of house and Tony McGeorge who looks after business development explain their recipe for success. 30 PG

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How did you meet and end up going What was the idea behind Cafe Hanoi, How were those first few months? into business together? the first restaurant you opened in 2010? Tony: Café Hanoi was both extremely Krishna: I met Jason while working at Prego Jason: The inspiration came from my travels exciting and a massive challenge. when he started as the larder chef in 2002. to Vietnam. I came from a classic Italian and Customers are not particularly forgiving I worked there for 24 years, and it’s where French background but I fell in love with even for a newly-opened restaurant. I got front of house experience and had a the different ingredients, flavours and It’s a race to get staff trained as quickly major focus on the human resources side textures that are used in Vietnamese food. as possible. Plus there are the cashflow of things. Tony and I were flatmates; we challenges of opening a new business. Krishna: You don’t often get a Western chef met over a bottle of tequila. I knew he’d who is interested in learning a whole new Krishna: But we thought the Auckland be great to work with as he comes from cuisine, but Jason set himself that task. market was ready for it. We felt our respect a marketing background and has great Tony and I hadn’t even been to Vietnam, for Vietnamese cuisine and culture could financial skills. so he convinced us to go over with him. best be represented by support from Tony: Then a few years later Krishna and But once we figured out what he was going New Zealand wines and cocktails that I caught up with Jason in London. He was on about, we just had to make it work with would appeal to the urban set. working over there and we were on wonderful New Zealand produce. holiday. He hit us up with the idea of opening a restaurant together over a glass of wine – and the rest is history. 31 PG

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PHOTOS: DAVID ST GEORGE

You also run Xuxu and Saan. How do You’ve opened three restaurants in five What do you think customers expect these restaurants differ from Cafe years, which is an impressive feat by from a good restaurant? Hanoi, and what was the thought anyone’s standards. What’s been the Tony: I think customers want to spend time process behind opening them? secret to your success? in a restaurant that shares the same values Tony: Yes, we opened Xuxu Dumpling Bar Krishna: The thing we have in common as them. Key values for us are using next, directly opposite Café Hanoi. It made is an understanding and respect for training ethically sourced produce and showing sense for us to have a smaller bar business within hospitality and treating it like a real respect for the cuisines and cultures close to Café Hanoi, because it meant we business. People often don’t treat hospitality that we represent. We also aim to be fair could control the customer experience like that – you need to enable other people in every way we conduct business whether throughout the night. to do your job. We’ve got around 90 staff it is relationships with staff, customers altogether, and we invest a lot of time in or suppliers. Saan is our most recent opening. It’s on keeping them happy. We’re always asking Ponsonby Road – a part of the city we all How has ANZ helped your business? our staff, our customers and our suppliers know and love. We opened the restaurant how we’re doing and how we can improve. Tony: ANZ has always been very responsive based on the food of one of our chefs to our business requirements. We have Lek Trirattanavatin. He’s originally from Tony: We also have a long term perspective had times in which we’ve had to Thailand and has an extraordinary – this means not chopping and changing restructure our arrangements and they knowledge and passion for Thai cuisine. every time something isn’t working quite have always been willing to help us out. right. We don’t aim to be the biggest and They have also been understanding the fastest-growing, we aim to be the best. about the realities of business. PHOTOS: OLLY COLEMAN 32 PG

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“FUSION PLUS IS A GOOD IDEA TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE US, WE REALLY ENJOY IT. I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS, MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND ENJOY MY TIME HERE.” SPORTS: THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE A Hutt Valley-based pilot programme is using footballs and hacky sacks to remove the isolation and stigma attached to teens from refugee backgrounds.

Fusion Plus is the brainchild of youth worker Fusion Plus is a pilot extension of the However she says it can be hard to fit into Peter Stone, who earlier this year set up a initiative, focusing on young people the community because of their different

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in New Zealand as refugees. in Lower Hutt. Funding through the ANZ PG “Fusion Plus is a good idea to help people Staff Foundation has provided resources The initiative was created by Ignite Sport like us, we really enjoy it. I can communicate to get the programme up and running. Trust, a youth development charity that uses with others, make new friends and enjoy sports as the vehicle for engaging young Stone says he can see the long term my time here.” people in schools. potential of the initiative. ISSUE NO. 05 Sasikumar is studying at Hutt Valley High “Sport is such a passion for so many young “It’s like a club, so we come together to School and plans to go to university when FABRIC people and it’s a really easy language; play sports and hang out. We’ve been she graduates. She is still deciding what lots of people understand it and it’s a very running since June and so far the best to study: she either wants to become a useful vehicle for building relationships feedback we’ve received is that the young surgeon or do something to do with IT. to a place where we can encourage positive people keep coming back.” Stone says helping these young people life messages.” Time is the key, Stone says, to finding out feel part of a community will help them Ignite Sport operates in schools throughout what works and what doesn’t, and getting to achieve goals and succeed now and into the wider Wellington region, offering to know the teens. the future. programmes and support for students “If you’re new to a place there are barriers “These young people have big aspirations from Year 8. around language and culture so building and we want to make sure they’re not held “We focus on messages like having balance relationships is important. That’s the crucial back by the refugee label; they’re part of in life, fitness, positive values and over time thing for us at Ignite Sport; if we don’t know New Zealand, part of society.” we see the students really grow and develop who these people are how can we offer through these core messages. appropriate support for them?”

“We see a change in some of the young One of Fusion Plus’ participants is 17-year-old people’s language about themselves. Usanthini Sasikumar, who has been living in We also see a change in the way they talk New Zealand for two and a half years since about themselves.” her native Sri Lanka became unsafe for her and her family to live in due to war. Five years ago, Ignite Sport was approached by Refugee Services to adapt their youth “Before the war it was nice, I like my country development programme to assist a group but after the war it was terrible so we came of young men with refugee backgrounds here as refugees. Living in New Zealand in Hamilton. The initiative, named Fusion, is good because you can get a good partnered with the Red Cross and has now education, you have freedom, you can do expanded to Lower Hutt, Porirua and whatever you want.” Palmerston North. A DIFFERENT DESTINY

Much is known about the horrors of war 1 / Evelyn Gertrude Brooke, on the battlefield, but this year’s ANZ RSA Matron of hospital ship Maheno 2 / ANZ RSA Cyril Bassett VC Cyril Bassett VC Speech Competition winner Speech Competition winner Stephanie Simpson revealed a lesser known story: that of a Kiwi nurse during World War 1.

Life is busy for Marlborough Girls College emotionally and physically… I questioned 1 student Stephanie Simpson. The 18-year-old whether I’d ever be able to do that.”

34 plays the violin, performs in the Camerata Evelyn went to war in August 1914 when PG String Orchestra and runs the school she was named second-in-charge of the debating team. But when she stopped nurses who sailed with the New Zealand to think what her life could have been Expeditionary Force to what was then like if she had been born a century ago, German Samoa. She was appointed Matron

ISSUE NO. 05 Stephanie realised just how lucky she was. in early 1915, and in July of that year became In her winning speech, Stephanie explained Matron of the Maheno which sailed to Turkey.

FABRIC that 100 years ago she would have been “Thirty-two-year-old Evelyn... cared for the watching her brothers, cousins and friends wounded, the maimed and the dying of the “launching themselves into hostile foreign Gallipoli landings at Anzac Cove. Anchored landscapes. Young men brimming with just half-a-mile from the firing line, the heavy unbridled vigour and the invincible optimism guns created such fierce vibrations that the of youth.” ship itself shook.” Or she could have been a young nurse, Stephanie says she was shocked to discover playing her part in the horrors of war and the conditions they lived and worked in. bearing witness to unimaginable conditions. “There were just 14 nurses and 500 casualties Stephanie focused her speech on nurse Evelyn every day. It was over-crowded and relentless. “Being part of the Defence Force contingent Gertrude Brooke, who was Matron onboard It was her efforts here, under the most brutal was a great experience. They treated me as the New Zealand hospital ship Maheno where conditions that made me really connect with part of the whanau. Sharing this experience she cared for the wounded and dying of the Evelyn. I questioned whether I could have with them was very powerful and I will never Gallipoli campaign at Anzac Cove. She is the coped in her position. Would I have had the forget it. only New Zealand nurse to be awarded the courage to commit myself to the terrible Royal Red Cross and Bar (1st Class). “It puts into perspective the privileged challenges as all those nurses did? lifestyle I have. Not to have to experience a “I think part of the reason why her story “The soldiers went to their deaths, which horrible thing like war. Not to have to appealed to me is that I’ve always been the nurses knew and they had to find a way experience that loss or watch others interested in people who have not been to deal with that. They are mana wahine, experience it themselves. My lifestyle is the recognised, stories not many people know strong women.” legacy of those who left behind all that they about. That motivated me to learn about loved. My gratitude belongs to those who what the nurses did. As part of winning the ANZ RSA Cyril Bassett sacrificed so much.” VC Speech Competition, Stephanie travelled to “Evelyn caught my eye because she’s such Turkey in April where she recited her speech an amazing woman who did so much. What during the Anzac Day commemorations these nurses went through mentally, at Gallipoli. 2

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Minarapa has a big heart and worked hard to do the best by her kids, but when this happened, the mother of four hit rock bottom. LEARNING “I felt like a bad parent, like I was losing the battle with my kids and struggling all the time. I felt stuck and couldn’t get out of it.”

Mobile truck shops had been Minarapa’s THE HARD WAY downfall and she’s not the only one. The door-to-door retail trucks target lower Three years ago, in debt and struggling socio economic communities including on a benefit to pay for food and school South Auckland. activities, Paeroa Minarapa’s teenage The trucks offer credit on terms that are at best onerous, and at worst, illegal. daughter said she wanted to live with her The Commerce Commission investigated aunty, “who can look after me better.” 32 mobile trucks last year and found only one complied with their obligations under the Fair Trading and Consumer Finance Acts.

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Minarapa was hooked into five trucks that She also enrolled herself in a financial literacy She is driven by a desire to help people and would constantly hound her, and turn course, ANZ MoneyMinded, at Solomon sees this as a way to help a lot of families, up at the door with what felt like mobile Group. MoneyMinded teaches budgeting solo parents and children by bringing them Christmas to kids who didn’t get to go and the importance of saving. The course together. Last year the course helped 159 shopping often. “I got sucked in and they turned out to be life saving. solo parents. “There is a future out there all demanded different things,” she says. and I like teaching them to grab it while Now, instead of being in debt, Minarapa they can. It’s no good staying home and Before long one third of Minarapa’s benefit buys in bulk, is smart with bills and puts doing nothing.” was going to mobile trucks every week. away money for an annual holiday, school “Money was spent before I got it. I felt weak activities and gives her children money for Minarapa’s children don’t even ask for the and my kids would yell I was hopeless and their piggy banks. trucks now and they all look forward to a real not a good mother.” Christmas. “I know I’ll have money for it.” Her eldest daughter finished high school and She’s also confident about raising her family. All Minarapa wanted was to keep her children is now completing a performing arts course. at home, see them happy and get them “My other kids are happy to see her happy.” “I hope that what I’m teaching my kids means through school. “That’s my drive. There’s more they won’t go through the same stuff I did. Last year, Minarapa graduated from in school than what’s out there on the streets.” Money should never be a problem. And MoneyMinded and is currently training always ask for help if you need it. I was never So when her eldest child threatened to to become a tutor for the Te Whanau good at it. Ask for help before you hit rock leave she took action. “I was heartbroken Ara Mua certificate in family learning and bottom. I hope I’ve taught my kids well and and I woke up that day and rang the truck child development. made their lives happy.” company and said I’d had enough. I’d pay them off but not to come back. They were very persistent.” EYEING UP THE FURNITURE BUSINESS When Shijin (Sking) Zeng, founder of one of Auckland’s largest stores, I-furniture, decided to emigrate to New Zealand he dreamed of setting up his own business.

Working as an airport engineer in Beijing, China, life felt too predictable. “I could see right down to retiring; I wanted some kind of uncertainty.” each piece of furniture, while Zeng created a bigger it gets, with a massive range of He got more than uncertainty when he database and website. Just like that, I-furniture imported furniture. arrived in his new country in 2004; it was

38 was born. “We couldn’t sell my furniture at in fact more of a calamity. Zeng poured his Zeng and Bao now import 200 containers PG home, but we could sell it online,” he says. savings into a new retail furniture business of furniture a year from countries including in Wellington, but unfortunately he was It took one long month to make their first Germany, Austria, Indonesia, Cambodia swindled. He found himself in a foreign city sale, but eventually they sold all the furniture. and Malaysia. with half a container of furniture from China, Then Bao had to return to Beijing to finish

ISSUE NO. 05 Zeng says ANZ’s support has been invaluable no shop to sell it from, and no money. “The her PhD so Zeng moved to Auckland to to help the business grow steadily and newcomer always gets cheated,” he says. further grow the business. healthily. “We work very closely with the ANZ FABRIC So he opened his garage door and tried to With years of experience in engineering, banking team and discuss lots of details with sell the furniture to passers-by but the problem solving and IT, Zeng was well our bank manager. ANZ offered us great Wellington City Council closed him down equipped to start an online business. foreign exchange service, a perfect online three times. Over two years he built up I-furniture so forex platform and I think that’s the best that when Bao returned, post graduation, exchange rate in the industry, which has To make matters worse, Xuling (Tracy) Bao, there was a new life and business ready for been very important to our success.” Zeng’s girlfriend arrived from Beijing and life her to step into. was not how he wanted it to be. “I was so Zeng’s advice for new business owners is depressed, I was struggling for survival,” he says. In 2009 they opened a physical store in not to rush. “When my friends come here Onehunga – a far cry from the Wellington I warn them not to do anything for the first They needed an idea, and fast. So Bao set up garage where they started out. It’s more two years. Just observe and learn.” a corner of the lounge and photographed of a Tardis as the further you walk in the

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“The tāniko is represented in gradients of blue, to capture the feeling of new beginnings and new life. The mountains MARKING featured at the base of the ATMs acknowledge Papatūānuku, mother earth. The two mountains depicted are Karioi and Mauao, sacred landmarks that form MATARIKI part of my genealogy.” Customary Māori His design incorporated customary This is the third year that ANZ has created Māori patterns, including the tāniko special ATM surrounds to mark Matariki. patterns representing the (Māori weaving) pattern and features “ANZ’s on a journey of building greater Matariki constellation seven moko kauae designs to represent cultural competency across our organisation. Matariki and her six sisters; a common Our Matariki ATMs are one example of the made withdrawing version of the Matariki story. opportunities we create each year for our cash a special occasion He says his concept for the ATM surrounds, staff and our customers to engage and learn which were on display at branches in more about Māori culture,” says head of this winter. Tauranga, Wellington and Kaitaia, reflected Māori relationships David Harrison. the rising of the Matariki stars and the “We are extremely fortunate to have a strong The seven sisters of Matariki adorned beginning of the New Year. Māori and Pasifika staff group that leads our selected ANZ ATMs across the country cultural initiatives. As well as celebrating during winter. “Inspired by the tradition of navigating by the Matariki stars, the moko kauae are set Matariki through our ATMs and staff events, The designs were the creation of Raglan- against a triangular tāniko pattern, which we also encouraged staff to use te reo Māori based contemporary Māori visual artist I’ve used to depict a traditional constellation as much as possible throughout July,” Simon Te Wheoro (Ngati Ranginui, Ngati identification game known as ‘mahi whai’,” he says. Mahanga and Te Aupouri). Te Wheoro says. CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF CRICKET More than 100 years of cricketing history at one of Auckland’s oldest clubs was honoured in a clubroom makeover.

When Birkenhead Cricket Club dreamed big On reveal day club members of all ages this year, the BLACKCAPS answered its call. waited in front of a big blue ANZ bus in the late-afternoon sun, with anticipation high BJ Watling, Corey Anderson and Doug after word got out some famous cricketers Bracewell were among the famous Kiwi might be present. cricketers who surprised members of the North Shore club with a clubroom “Sky TV’s Laura McGoldrick encouraged makeover in January as part of the ANZ us all to cheer the bus forward with a ‘three Dream Big campaign. – two – one – Birkenhead’, and all was revealed. Behind the bus and screens was The exterior walls of the clubroom were the fabulous makeover of the clubrooms’ 40 cleaned and painted, the roof was given a facade – along with BLACKCAPS including PG

lick of paint and the long-leaking guttering Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham was fixed. The worn-out deck was cleaned and Matt Henry,” Gale says. and repaired, and its railings painted. The joy on the faces of the children present Inside, the clubroom got decked out with

ISSUE NO. 05 when they saw the club revamp and their new gear including beanbags, umbrellas cricketing heroes was hard to describe, he says. and tables. Along with a newly erected FABRIC honours board, the club’s more than “It’s been a wonderful opportunity, probably 100-year history was memorialised with a once in a generation opportunity, to do a timeline of key moments. something a little bit special to the club, and we’re grateful to ANZ for supporting us. Club chairman Andrew Gale says it was hard to keep the makeover a secret from club “To be able to bring the club’s history alive members, especially as he had to enlist the to everyone who walks into the clubrooms help of some to make it happen. is amazing because it gives them the opportunity to engage with the club. Once Club stalwart and former board member they’re aware of the club’s history and their Paul Rainey was one of those who helped out. role in it, then hopefully they feel better “Paul did a fantastic job with the stats for about contributing to it. Plus, the club looks the honours board, pulling a long Sunday so good now and that will make a great to get them done before the deadline of impression on our new members.” the unveiling,” he says.

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BLACKCAPS team member Corey Anderson talks with a young fan. Resilience has proven a crucial attribute of dairy farmers over the past few years. Eastern

FARMING PHOTOS: EGGER GERHARD Bay farmers Corrie and Donna SUCCESS Smit have it in spades, and it has helped them weather the THROUGH challenges of low payouts. LEAN THINKING 42 PG

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At just 16 years old, Corrie Smit, who’d grown They turned instead to what was to become With Donna’s career, a farm to run, and up on a dairy farm near Whakatane, purchased New Zealand’s next boom industry – dairy. four young children, the Smits had to be a seven-hectare block of land and developed The Smits sold their kiwifruit business and organised and everyone had to do their bit it into a kiwifruit orchard. began piecing together a dairy farm. This to help. “Luckily we’ve got good kids and involved 14 separate purchases over 24 years Corrie was very obliging,” says Donna. The entrepreneurial teen quickly expanded his culminating in two farms of 80 hectares each, “We also called Nana in from time to time. empire, building a packhouse and coolstore on which they milk 570 cows. It was a team effort really.” on site. In his early 20s he met Donna, who was working at a local accountancy firm, The farms are situated right in the middle of Business expansion remained on the agenda and over the next decade the couple worked Edgecumbe in the Bay of Plenty, an ideal over the years, too. As well as the two farms hard expanding their kiwifruit operation by location to raise their four children. “It was in Edgecumbe, Corrie and Donna now have investing in new fruit graders and building great for the kids growing up here. They three farms with five cow sheds in Oamaru, a second coolstore – effectively doubling the could have a little paper run or bike to tennis. which are now run by their sons Steven and size of the business. I mean, how many farm kids can do that? Peter with contract milkers Hayley and Jason We’re very lucky,” says Donna. Hunt. These farms make up the Smit’s They proved themselves an astute business successful farming operation, which have partnership, and in 1989 made a significant Soon after they sold the kiwifruit business, 3,500 cows producing over 1.4 million strategic business decision. Rationalisation Donna began working as a company kilograms of milk solids per year. in the kiwifruit industry and the formation administrator for kiwifruit processor of Zespri meant that their small packing and EastPack – a role she stayed in for 24 years. So, what’s the secret? Well, according to growing operation would struggle for She was also studying by correspondence Corrie and Donna, it’s communication and relevance in the future. and in 1991, became qualified as a teamwork. “You’ve got to have a bit of give chartered accountant. and take,” says Corrie.

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She manages their daily accounts, doing They operate a 95% pasture-based system, Another important relationship for the Smits regular cost comparisons between the focusing on harvesting as much grass as is their partnership with ANZ. farms and monitoring cash flow every possible and converting it to milk, while “ANZ has always been supportive of what month. Processes across the farms have also reducing costs such as buying in feed. we have wanted to do. They stood by us been standardised to make them more They do this by measuring pre-grazing when we tendered for a farm in the middle time and cost-efficient and the Smits strive and post-grazing levels and following the of the latest crisis and they have always to farm in an environmentally friendly and DairyNZ recommendations, such as the allowed us seasonal funding,” says Donna. waste-minimal way wherever possible. ‘Spring Rotation Planner.’ Corrie and Donna now mentor several Donna says Corrie has always been a pretty Currently, the stock on their Edgecumbe young farming couples, as they believe it’s lean operator and doesn’t waste much. farm consumes an impressive 18.6 tonnes important to connect with people in the “Maybe it has something to do with me of pasture and homegrown feed. industry. Donna is also heavily involved in the being Dutch,” Corrie laughs. In terms of reducing expenses, Corrie says community through her governance roles, Staying lean and having a low-cost structure they haven’t had to look at staffing levels or such as: director at Kiwifruit Equities and has resulted in a ‘low operating cost per reducing stock numbers, despite the lower Primary ITO and trustee at Eastern Bay Energy kilogram of milk solids’ for the farms, which dairy payouts of the past few years. Trust, Dairy Women’s Network and the has put them in a good position to manage Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre. “We pay our contract-milkers $1 per kilogram the current downturn. “We’ve dropped our of milk solids regardless of what the payout The Smits are taking the current industry operating expenses by 85c per kilo of milk is,” adds Donna. “That way they’re insulated crisis in their stride, with Corrie referring solids in the last five years and have also against the downturns. to it as ‘just another cycle’ and they remain maintained production,” says Donna. optimistic about dairy farming. “We have kept good relationships with our suppliers and our staff and haven’t “You know what they say about a crisis,” de-stocked so we can be ready for when says Donna. “It often leads to innovation.

3 / Donna and Corrie Smit working the industry bounces back.” So, we could see some amazing things in the milking shed coming up in the future.” RETIREMENT SAVINGS REALITY CHECK Planning to retire early, or to take annual overseas holidays and drive new cars when you stop working? You may need a retirement reality check.

More than two million New Zealanders are on top of their base NZ Super. You’d need it costs about $4,700 a year to run a car saving for their retirement through KiwiSaver to save around $370,000 to allow you to and $7,000 a year to cover home repairs but an ANZ survey found many were facing withdraw $300 a week during retirement and maintenance.” a shortfall between the kind of retirement (based on a 25-year retirement). they want versus how much they’re saving. Lockyer says the first step to ensuring you However, many New Zealanders will fall well save enough for your retirement is to take The survey asked 550 Kiwis what they short of that based on current KiwiSaver a reality check on whether you’re expected of their retirement – where they balances and contribution rates. contributing enough to meet your goals planned to live, what they planned to spend by using ANZ’s KiwiSaver calculator available their money on and what their income ANZ general manager funds and insurance at anz.co.nz/kiwisavercalculator. sources would be. Ana-Marie Lockyer says the survey found that 75 percent of people intended to fund their “In less than five minutes you’ll be able to It found most were planning to live well retirement through KiwiSaver. see how much money you need to save to during their retirement, owning their own generate the income you want in retirement home, driving recent model cars and “It’s great that so many New Zealanders have and whether you are saving enough to reach travelling overseas regularly. put their faith in KiwiSaver but it’s important that goal.” this isn’t blind faith. The reality is that it costs Fifty-four percent of Kiwis expected to have 45 a lot of money to cover daily expenses, PG

saved enough for $300 a week for expenses, run a car and maintain a home. For example,

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TRAVELLING OVERSEAS USING YOUR OWN CAR SELLING AND RENTING HOUSE RENOVATION AND UPKEEP WORK PAST RETIREMENT 33% 79% >1% 26% 41% 41% plan to sell their are planning are planning to plan to take an overseas expect to use their have no intention to work beyond home and rent house purchase new trip at least once a year own car to get around the current retirement age of 65. when they retire. during retirement. during retirement. renovations. home appliances. REALITY CHECK 30 YEARS OF AGE REALITY CHECK 45 YEARS OF AGE

in 3% in 3% CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION + + SALARY SALARY 3% 3% FROM EMPLOYER FROM EMPLOYER

by the time you’re by the time you’re $190K 65 years old $90K 65 years old

* FIGURES BASED ON ANZ KIWISAVER CALCULATOR Every year, community groups and charities throughout the country PAINTING receive 10,000 hours of extra support. Thousands of ANZ staff IT BLUE spend a day of paid leave helping out at a local charity or cause.

WE’RE GOING “Spending time helping others really puts LET’S DO LUNCH your own work into fresh perspective. I have 46 More than 1,200 lunches were packed in two PG TO THE ZOO so much respect for those teachers and hours by a team of 10 from the Auckland Children from a low decile South Auckland admiration for the children – the experience retail and business banking marketing teams. school got the chance to see lions and tigers was very humbling.” and red panda bears when they visited Southern Cross Campus School junior school The volunteers spent time preparing

ISSUE NO. 05 Auckland Zoo with ANZ’s legal team. director Karen Mose says the kids were sandwiches and packing lunches with Eat My Lunch, an Auckland-based initiative More than 200 Year 4 to 6 students from buzzing for days after their exotic experience.

FABRIC which delivers nutritious, delicious lunches Southern Cross Campus School in Mangere “The morning after I was greeted by all the to people’s workplaces while also providing spent a day at the zoo with 34 ANZ volunteers kids who were so keen to tell me about their one to a disadvantaged child who might from the legal department. They split into trip; they couldn’t stop talking about it.” otherwise go without. teams and raced to all corners of the zoo – from lemurs to cheetahs to seals – completing Teacher aid Pali says of the trip: “Do you know Marketing manager Katie Thompson says the worksheets as they went. we’ve never been on a single field trip in the day’s highlight was knowing Kiwi kids would three years that I’ve worked at the school? have a better, more productive day thanks to Senior counsel Gretchen Cotter says the Lots of these kids have never been to the zoo.” a healthy lunch. day was rewarding for both volunteers and students. Year 6 teacher Avei said it was important “It cemented the idea that although we live to expose kids to things other than pen in New Zealand where you think there isn’t “There was so much excitement and energy and paper. a lot of poverty, there are areas and families around the zoo all day. The kids were thrilled throughout the country that need help. to be there. At the end many of the volunteers “They learn better from hands-on Even taking two hours out of your day can received hugs from the kids, and it was clear experiences. It’s not until they see the make a difference. they’d had an amazing time. We received animals that it’s real to them. They need thank you cards from the students which to touch and feel to learn.” “Also I grew up in South Auckland where a reinforced what a special day it had been.” But best of all were the reactions from lot of the lunches were destined, it was nice to give back to the community I came from.” Cotter says that the day provided not only the kids: a sense of camaraderie with colleagues but “I feel like I’m in a dream!” also the knowledge that a bunch of children had been given a new experience – one that “This was my second best day ever!” many families take for granted. “This was my first best day ever!” WELCOME HOME Helping refugees settle into their new homes in Wellington proved a meaningful way to spend volunteer days for a team of ANZ staff.

About 30 staff from across the Wellington region spent the day with the Red Cross sorting donations into house packs which were allocated to refugee families based on their needs. ON YA BIKE ELIMINATING “I WAS SO INCREDIBLY HUMBLED Wellington mountain bikers are enjoying a BY EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS HUNGER new trail at Makara Peak thanks to the hard GONE THROUGH, AND INSPIRED Two shopping trolleys overflowing with yakka of about 80 volunteers from around donated food items were collected for the the Wellington region. BY HIS ABSOLUTE POSITIVITY Lower Hutt Foodbank by the Lower Hutt FOR THE FUTURE.” The group was tasked with digging out new and Queensgate branches. paths in the popular mountain biking area to The branches collected the donations over assist Volunteer Wellington. They also helped set up houses ahead of a two-week period for the foodbank which refugee families’ arrival – unpacking boxes, distributes 200 food parcels each month. Regional events coordinator Melissa Middleton and cleaning so the homes were ready to They also held a sausage sizzle which raised says the group worked tirelessly over a be lived in. three-week period to finish the project. $280 for the Lower Hutt Foodbank. Head of governance Tamara McDonagh The ANZ staffers learned about the role of “Hands down the highlight from each day was says she was “incredibly humbled” by the the Foodbank in the community and the walking in, thinking ‘how are we going to build experience of helping an Afghan refugee work that goes into it by volunteers, which a new trail from scratch?’, literally standing move from a small one-bedroom flat into was an eye-opener, ANZ Lower Hutt branch there looking at bush in front of you, and then a house ready for his family’s arrival. walking out at the end of the day looking back manager Paula Stace says. 47 and seeing how far we actually got. “As we moved his modest furniture and PG “Experiencing the effort that these unpaid belongings we were able to spend time volunteers put in every day to ensure that “Let’s just say it was the hardest day of chatting about his life in New Zealand, no family goes hungry in our area was a real physical labour we have seen in a while!” his life prior to New Zealand and his wishes highlight. The collection meant people from for the future.

Melissa says many members of the volunteer ISSUE NO. 05 both branches as well as customers could team are keen mountain bikers that use the “I was so incredibly humbled by everything contribute to the local charity and help Makara Peak tracks themselves, and it was that he has gone through, and inspired families and individuals in need. FABRIC satisfying for them to know their work will by his absolute positivity for the future. “It made me feel grateful for my own personal be enjoyed by mountain biking enthusiasts That strength of character is enriching to situation but it was also rewarding that we for years to come. all that see it, and for that one day my team could contribute to such a worthwhile cause.” “It’s something the whole community can and I benefited from seeing it in action. use, and it feels pretty special to be able “I am so very proud of New Zealand’s support to walk in saying ‘we built this!’” of refugees and pleased that we could do a little bit to assist.”

HORSES FOR COURSES Southland horse riders got a giddy up from a Business banking assistant manager team of volunteers armed with paintbrushes Lana Medder says the new course would and rubbish bags. have a huge positive impact on the equestrian community and generate Eventing Southland is a horse-riding income for Southland. organisation that enables young Southland riders to compete their horses at events “Since I am a competitive horse rider myself, throughout the riding season. The volunteers I found this opportunity fantastic and was worked on a new cross-country course being thrilled to get involved. I actually competed developed by Eventing Southland on a farm in the event and it was great. I jumped jumps at Ryal Bush near Invercargill. that I had painted and it felt so great knowing ANZ helped to get the course ready.” They spent an afternoon painting jumps along the course as well as the toilet block, and picked up rubbish to tidy up the course ahead of an event. GRIM TALES OFFER TEARS OF HOPE True stories of domestic violence were transformed into fantastical fairy tales as part of a fundraising initiative.

“In some tales you can see exactly what “We hope when people read these stories happened. With others it’s more subtle. they’ll bring a tear to the eye. They should But reading between the lines you can be tears of hope and of joy: here are battles see how bad the situations were. It was hard fought and won.” for the authors to hear the stories first hand. The ANZ Staff Foundation provided $8,500 for It gave us all huge admiration for the the project, which Dick says was a huge help. storytellers, and for the Women’s Refuges, who deal with such stories on a daily basis.” “Everybody involved wanted to do this well with no corners cut. Without the ANZ Staff Dick says that while the subject matter Foundation we’d never have been able to is truly ‘grim’, the project ultimately was create such a quality product.” a positive experience. The book is currently available at selected “Every storyteller is a survivor. They’re bookstores in the Bay of Plenty and online Thirteen survivors of domestic violence from happier than when they were in the abusive at grimtales.co.nz; Dick says they’re working Bay of Plenty shared their stories of abuse situation. Many have completely rebuilt their on getting the book into stores across 48 within the home for Grim Tales, a book lives, with good careers, loving relationships, the country. PG published by the Tauranga Women’s Refuge. and happy families. Turning the stories into fairy tales reminiscent of Grimm Brothers was the brainchild of Simone Anderson of the Bay of Plenty-based ISSUE NO. 05 art collective The Incubator, which worked with the Tauranga Women’s Refuge on

FABRIC creating a fundraising coffee table book.

Each of the survivors of domestic violence, dubbed storytellers, shared their stories of abuse with an author and the resulting fairy tale was then illustrated by an artist.

Editor Chad Dick says it was a difficult experience for many of those involved, with the storytellers having to relive the worst moments of their lives.

“The retelling was very emotional, as some authors and artists also had their own tales of domestic violence. There were lots of tears shed.

“But, at the end of the process, many found it was a cathartic experience. One storyteller, on reading her story, felt the whole thing had been wrapped up in a little parcel, which she could then put away for good.”

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