Cottage Core

Guy Tarrant Architects

Worser Bay, Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Utility Vehicle

Lloyd Hartley Architects

Saint Lukes, Tāmaki Makaurau

Shutter Effect

Upoko Architects

Island Bay, Te Whanganui-a-Tara

First Glance

Makers of Architecture

Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Starter Pac

Pac Studio

Heathcote Valley, Ōtautahi

Gather Together

Crosson Architects

Puketāpapa Mount Roskill, Tāmaki Makaurau

In Mesh

Fabric

Somerfield, Ōtautahi

Flow State

Edwards White Architects

Cambridge, Waikato

Editor's Letter: Here Awards 2025

Our editor considers what it takes to win Best House Aotearoa 2025.

Popular Culture

The delightfully distilled offering and interior at new Tāmaki hotspot Mother.

Made Good

Città makes itself at home in Kirikiriroa with a market-fresh fitout.

Ritual Union

Baina’s bathing essentials seek to elevate an everyday routine for the good of mind and body.

Made to Last

Situ Studio offers contemporary homeware with a sense of history woven in, says founder Rosa Milne.

At Your Fingertips

Artwork, essays, poems and anecdotes are bound together in a beautiful new monograph from Raukura Turei.

C M Y K

Feel Good

Much more than a wall finish, plaster brings an inviting tactile quality to a surprising variety of surfaces.

Beacon of Light

Nightworks Studio spreads its wings with an expansive new headquarters in Sydenham.

A Refined Vision

MOA Design’s Michael McNulty on the ethos behind his practice and the Kaikōura home that encapsulates it all.

Batter Up

Lillies’ off-menu farinata is simple enough to whip together at home.

At My Table: Mark Leong

Work, memories and the happy clutter of daily life have turned this standard-issue desk into a special spot.