School Rd’s latest … 

AUCKLAND, Today: Home & living magazine Haven, the latest new local glossy to emerge from School Road Publishing’s burgeoning portfolio, has gone on sale around the country.

Haven’s target market is the Kiwi homeowner, renovating enthusiast, first home-buyer, empty-nester or apartment dweller.

Printing monthly, it aims to provide practical design advice, decorating inspiration, DIY tricks and expert gardening tips as well as showcasing diverse local homes, creative homemakers, great food ideas and the latest homeware trends.

In the first issue, the owners of a colourful double-storey Auckland villa open their doors, a beautifully curated Grey Lynn apartment provides a masterclass in small-scale living, and a Wellington bungalow receives a monochrome makeover.

This month’s cover-star is the new Gisborne beachside home of surfer Holly Quinn and her husband, Jackson.

Haven editor Vanessa Marshall says: “By nature we are all curious and like to peek inside other people’s houses.

“This month’s cover-star is the new Gisborne beachside home of surfer Holly Quinn and her husband, Jackson.”

“We Kiwis even have a name for it: stickybeaking. So when I was putting together this first ever issue of Haven, my main objective was to create a lifestyle and interiors magazine in which real New Zealanders with real homes could take a look at the many and varied houses we have around our country, while seeing something of ourselves reflected inside them.

“The inaugural issue also includes a working-from-home feature which highlights creative Kiwis who have transformed old sheds, bedroom corners and living rooms complete with bassinets into fully functioning workspaces; green-fingered guru, Rachel Clare, digs deep to reveal what to plant now; stylist Elizabeth Baird showcases pastel homewares; food editor Nici Wickes invites readers to her scrumptious spring table; designer Catherine Wilkinson paints a seasonal colour story, while florist extraordinaire Georgie Malyon shows how to make a  bouquet that’s both artful and easy.

“Closing the magazine is Haven’s inaugural resident pet, Maude, a cavoodle who lives a charmed life with Wellington interiors aficionado Amanda Holland.”

• Website: www.havenmagazine.co.nz
• Facebook: @havenmagnz
• Instagram: @havenmagnz

About School Road
School Road Publishing is an independent New Zealand-owned media company based at Stanley St in Auckland. The company’s stable of magazines includes: Woman (helmed by Sido Kitchin); Thrive, a monthly wellness (Wendyl Nissen) which launches November 9, and Scout domestic travel magazine (Sarah-Kate Lynch).

• www.schoolroad.nz