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Where does the smart money go when share markets are volatile? Is there a secret asset class that wholesale investors and fund managers retreat to to protect their portfolios?

Erin Madsen started making vermouth as a side hustle. Her label, Mr Mug, is only now turning fully professional – and last night it won a trophy at the New Zealand Spirits Awards in Auckland for her Ode to Sauv vermouth.

Stuart Shutt is the founder and managing director of Sentinel Homes, a New Zealand residential home-building company with 13 franchises nationwide. He has over 16 years of business ownership experience in the construction industry and focuses on...

By Sarah Paynter

In 2017, Richie Smith and Susanna Izard fell in love with an expanse of rugged land near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, envisioning a home tucked among the alpine grass. 

Duncan Firth’s career in Bangkok came as something of a fluke, spurred by a month treading the Lonely Planet route as a solo backpacker through Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

As director of Solarei, the NZ-registered architecture firm which he founded in 2011, Firth focuses on environmental design – building in congruence with the surrounding environment to maximise energ...