Who knew that one of New Zealand’s oldest homesteads is in Central Hawke’s Bay. And who new that it is still part of a working farm? To investigate we sent David out to spend a night near Porangahau in a wee place called Wallingford. There he was spoilt with some of the best hosting and dining to be found in Hawke’s Bay, all amid a typical sheep and beef farm.

Photography is often described as the art of seeing, of noticing light, texture and emotion in a single fleeting moment. For Charlotte Anderson, our very own photography director at LIVING Hawke’s Bay, art lies in capturing the soul of the subject, be it people, portraits or landscapes, and seeing the quiet, beautiful details that others might walk past. David delves into Charlotte’s professional photographic world.

A story of cancer, coffee and the kindness of community in the face of hardship through the power of a 24-hour Bay Espresso Coffee Roast-a-thon