Tabla de contenidos para January 2021 en Scout

Ever since a well-travelled jetsetter I know raved about this baby design hotel on the capital’s famed Oriental Parade I’ve been desperate to stay there, and I recently got the chance. With the borders closed, it’s a treat to feel like you’re in a different country, and Ohtel definitely rocks a boutique European – or is it New York? – vibe. Check in to one of the 10 rooms stacked over four storeys via the lobby desk at Duppa Bar, named after a 19th century settler who was, for a time, Oriental Bay’s sole resident. And though the city’s brimming with places to go and things to do, you might just find yourself wanting to stay put in your spacious room, complete with mid-century furniture and contemporary art and ceramics.…

You could argue that Stacey Morrison is a national treasure herself. With her te reo column in our sister publication Woman and her mission to put the Maori language on as many lips as is humanly possible, she certainly fits the bill. Now, Stacey and her husband, Te Karere presenter Scotty Morrison, are leading a search for Aotearoa’s hidden taonga to feature in a new TV show called, not unlike our monthly feature, National Treasures. Th ey’re encouraging Kiwis to scour their homes for items that have special significance to New Zealand history over the last century. With the help of these household heirlooms, the series will explore our recent history – the weird, the wonderful and the controversial. “It’s not about the value of the item and how much…

11AM Arrowtown started life as a gold mining town in the 1860s and, unlike a lot of places that were part of that historic rush, it’s retained much of its charm. It also has more than its fair share of secret stairways, and up one set you’ll find The Chop Shop Food Merchants in Arrow Lane, which runs parallel to the main road, Buckingham Street. Go for the Turkish egg s and, if they have jam rolls, get two. I’m in a book club in this neck of the woods so I visit regularly, usually staying with my book-club buddy Miranda at Lake Hayes, five minutes away. On occasion, I don’t even bother telling her, I just turn up and make my way to the spare room, frightening her husband,…

Those of us who spent our reporting lives covering politics and disaster (often indistinguishable) always harboured deep resentment and, not to put too fine a point on it, jealousy, towards our colleagues on the motoring and travel desks My dear sadly departed friend Dave Moore amassed squillions of airpoints as a motoring journo. Car companies would whisk him off, usually business class, to some flash do near Lake Como in Italy to launch the latest Ferrari. So imagine my raw excitement to finally make the cut. Toyota had been doing unimaginable things with the Yaris and I was on the invite list. Now a Yaris is a far cry from a Ferrari California or a Range Rover Sport, and Toyota were a bit more grounded. This is the company that…

In the Clearing Hachette, $34.99 If you enjoyed JP Pomare’s gripping debut Call Me Evie, you won’t be disappointed by this follow-up psychological thriller. In the Clearing features two first-person narratives. There’s Amy, a teenage member of a secretive community led by Adrienne, called “the Queen” by followers who believe she’s the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. (Adrienne is loosely based on Anne Hamilton-Byrne, the leader of Melbourne-based doomsday cult The Family.) Amy has complete faith in Adrienne’s version of the world, until the group kidnaps another young girl. This new recruit does everything she can to escape, and what happens to her changes Amy’s life. Then there’s Freya, who teaches yoga, drinks kombucha and goes to great lengths to pass as a “normal person”. We learn she hasn’t seen her…

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Once upon a time, when people moved freely throughout the world, bird lovers would jet into Auckland and head straight to Muriwai Beach, just 40 minutes west of the CBD. They would make their way past the surfers running down to Maukatia Bay, barely noticing the paragliders leaping off the nearby cliff or the families picnicking on the grass looking out over the Tasman Sea. Instead, they’d head straight up through the pōhutukawa trees to Otakamiro Point, a windswept headland next to a precariously stacked rock pillar. There they’d find a 2000-strong colony of gannets (tākapu) – stunning-looking sea birds that can mesmerise even the ho-hummiest of nature lovers. I know – I used to be one. Fourteen years ago we built a house at Muriwai Beach, on the ridge…

I’ve just invented a new medical condition known as, “It’s impossible to pick one flavour when there are so many choices.” Okay, so I’m exaggerating about the medical condition but it really is tough making a decision at Schoc Chocolates. This Willy Wonka-esque wonderland on Greytown’s Main Street is guaranteed to confound and delight with its 60 or so artisanal flavours, many of which sound so bad but are actually so good. (Curry and poppadom chocolate anyone?) Having tangled with the Friday afternoon exodus from Wellington, my husband and I arrive in Greytown in need of calorific relief. This tiny speck on the map is all cute wooden cottages, white picket fences and the kind of homewares shops that make you wish you’d paid more attention to The Block. But…

1 What nickname is used to describe Waiheke Island? A The island of cheese B The island of wine C The island of fun D The island of food 2 How long is the Coromandel Peninsula? A 55km B 65km C 75km D 85km 3 What type of bird colony is Muriwai Beach known for? A Puffin B Albatross C Gannet D Canary 4 Which city has dining areas called Wynyard Quarter and the Viaduct? A Wellington B Dunedin C Auckland D Christchurch 5 From which language is the word “trek” derived? A German B Dutch C French D Mandarin 6 What’s striking about Lake Rotomairewhenua? A Its saltiness B Its shallowness C Its muddiness D Its clarity 7 How many sheep are there in New Zealand? A 26 million…

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It was the summer of ’68. I was 16. The sand was hot and golden, the days long and shimmery. It was the holiday that memories are made of. A rite of passage with my schoolmates. A time of bronzed bodies, boys and no responsibilities. It would be another decade before I would return to the Coromandel’s Front Beach. In the intervening years, study, travel, marriage and babies took precedence. And then, in the middle of one of Auckland’s wettest, dreariest winters, I stumbled on a brochure advertising getaways to Flaxmill Bay. The old farm in the bay had converted its stables and tack room into motel units. Little did I realise that Flaxmill Bay is right next door to Front Beach. It’s an easy walk at low tide around…

Hands up anyone who’s been to Akaroa! Mmm, I thought as much. Even though you haven’t, you probably know it was set to be a French colony, but while the settlers were en route to the place they knew as Port Louis-Philippe, the pesky Brits signed the Treaty of Waitangi and made it theirs. Clever them – this is one of New Zealand’s prettiest towns, with a long and lovely harbour. There’s still a French flavour in the historic settlement – they have rues instead of roads, and lots of la this and le that. Excellent towns (in my not-very-humble opinion) have to have great cafés, walks of every length and difficulty level, antique shops, historic buildings with gorgeous gardens and a cinema – and if you can throw in…

Sarah-Kate: It seems there’s no childhood food memory that doesn’t involve hokey pokey ice cream. Why is it so special? Annabel: I think it’s that textural thing with the sweetness and the crunch. I used to get one scoop of chocolate and one scoop of hokey pokey and sort of swirl it together with my finger. So you were adventurous from a young age. Were you always foodie? My parents wouldn’t call themselves “foodies” – it wasn’t a thing – but we grew up around the table and my mother was always entertaining, making fantastic buffets with little flags with the names of dishes on them. She’d studied home science, and she grew up post-war – she did everything, I don’t know how! What other adventures did you go on?…

There’s nothing worse than coming home from your only big holiday of the year totally exhausted and in need of a break. I remember one family holiday when we were kids where my late father was in such a stew that we created Dad’s Rules for a Fun Time Away. They went: “Don’t laugh, don’t talk, don’t stand up (there must have been a boat trip involved) and don’t – whatever you do – enjoy yourself.” Now I realise that being in the car for hours at a time with his wife and five adorable offspring may not have been what he felt like after a year of hard grind at the office. Then I wonder why we bothered going anywhere at all. Wasn’t there a family – in Belgium…

DAIQUIRI (Cuba, pre-prohibition) Rum, lime and sugar are oft en referred to as the “holy trinity” of Caribbean cocktails, and the daiquiri is one of the most iconic examples of this genre. The name is taken from a mining town in Cuba where American expat Jennings Cox claimed to have created it in the late 1890s, but the basic combination is much older than that. This recipe is for the classic shaken drink. ⋄ 60ml white rum⋄ 30ml fresh lime juice⋄ 22ml simple syrup*⋄ Lime slice, to garnish Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds, or until frosted on the outside. Strain into a glass. Garnish with a slice of lime. VARIATIONS * Pour into a rocks glass over fresh…

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First trip I remember: Travelling from Wellington to Auckland on the overnight train to go roller skating with family friends. Last trip I remember: A whirlwind tour of Aotearoa for our “Do Something New, New Zealand” campaign with Tourism New Zealand. Best trip: Exploring Croatia with my husband, comedian Jesse Griffin. Worst trip: A tour around the Scottish Highlands in torrential rain, with two toddlers in a campervan. Place that surprised me most: Edinburgh. Th e weather, the castles, the vomit on buses. Biggest womp womp: What does that even mean?! Favourite holiday outfit: Bikini and jandals. Regrettable holiday outfit: A brand new see-through bikini. Person I most like travelling with: Jesse and the kids. Person I would jump off a moving train to avoid travelling with: Weinstein. Cheese scone,…