Rai
Valley, Marlborough, South
Island, New Zealand
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Media
Page - The NZ Life & Leisure Magazine
A friend approached me
earlier this year, fascinated by my dramatic reinvention
of myself and my lifestyle … my shift south, career
change and opening Mudbrick Lodge two and a half years ago.
Many people thought I was mad – I had often wondered
that myself. So what was the outcome? |
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Kate Coughlan (former
editor of NZ House & Garden and onHoliday) was in the process
of launching a new magazine, NZ Life & Leisure – its
tag line Living the Dream. In Kate’s own words: “The
magazine offers an opportunity to talk to and meet people who
are stimulating, who have goals larger than their own self-satisfaction
and who have dreams for this country that are exciting.
New
Zealand society has changed dramatically in the past 10
years. Who has the same dreams and aspirations they did
a decade ago? Who lives the way they did a decade ago?”
I was slightly nervous,
this being my first foray into media hands. Kate and Mark
Smith (photographer) joined me at the Lodge for the weekend
of the Rai Valley A&P Show. We started by dropping in
to pick up some veges from my neighbour who grows them for
me (I’m still a city girl at heart, still learning
which end of a spade to use!!) and teaching school kids
to make fudge. We didn’t stop all weekend …
hunting, judging at the Rai Show, and lots of stimulating,
thought-provoking conversation across the kitchen table.
Kate and Mark were thrown into Valley life, boots and all.
This was about the changes I had made to my life, the reasons
and the outcome. |
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I believe everything happens for a reason.
NZ Life & Leisure’s visit was an amazingly timely experience
for me. It gave me the opportunity to take stock, appreciate how
far I have come, what I have achieved. Because even though I have
changed my lifestyle the mind shift is not always the same and
old habits like going 100 miles an hour die hard.
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I think
in New Zealand there has been a dramatic shift of values,
lifestyles and beliefs, especially from people of my generation.
Many Kiwis are now putting more importance on quality of
lifestyle, dreams and sharing experiences.
“Tania Lawrence
was a big-city girl, a late-night girl in her late 20s,
spending four nights a week at a Ponsonby bar, running a
large call centre, running on adrenalin. Then she met a
boy…” Kate Coughlan, NZ Life & Leisure
The resulting story is
included in Issue 02, on sale July 2005.
To find out more visit
www.nzlifeandleisure.co.nz. |
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The resulting story is included
in Issue 02, on sale July 2005.
To find out more visit www.nzlifeandleisure.co.nz.
Pictures are courtesy of Mark Smith © |
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The
Mudbrick Lodge was also chosen to feature on Anthony Bourdain's
TV Show - more  |
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