It was only four and a half years ago that Elisha Watson traded in her life as a litigation lawyer to start an underwear brand called Nisa.
Google ‘Jason Cairns-Lawrence’ and you’ll find news sites from around the world citing him and his now-ex-wife Jenny as the ‘world’s unluckiest couple’ having been caught up in New York on 9/11, the London bombings of 7 July 2005, and Mumbai’s November 2008 terrorist attacks. Little surprise the British travellers were branded “tourists of evil omen”, according to the Press Trust of India.
Vicki Roycroft and Zoe Southwood met when Zoe attended a workshop taught by Vicki on Waiheke Island. They now work alongside each other at Wildflower Waiheke, each specialising in their chosen field and bound by a love of flowers.
Skin in the Game: Everything You Need is Already Inside You is the new book from Jane Wurwand who, from the early ‘80s, began building a skincare empire from scratch.
Eco-printmaker Kristen McClarty trades in the currency of unique creative surprises via her Inyoni art-fabric range, which she hand-produces from plants found on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain.
