Our commitment to conservation includes cultural preservation, an ethos that has inspired the curation of New Zealand artworks in our cellar door space.

Onslow Country - Grahame Sydney 2021. Almost half way between the East and West Coasts of the southern South Island, in the high, dry uplands of Central Otago between the Maniototo Plans and the Teviot Valley, this tussock landscape hosts few visitors, and no tourists : it is considered too remote, too raw, too lacking in the grandeur of alps and fiords; but it is magnificent in its vastness and its silence. This is what one comes across on the dusty gravel road to Lake Onslow - a territory almost overlooked and forgotten, still much the same today as when the first human eyes gazed upon it, and wondered what lay beyond its faraway margins. 

Paul Dibble’s sculpture reflects on the natural environment and the damage inflicted upon it at the hand of man. Native fauna and flora are especially prominent in his work, as seen here with Tui and Kowhai.

Still Life with Kōwhai and Araucana Eggs is instantly recognisable to a New Zealand audience. This arrangement of simple but symbolic objects from past and future, wrapped in a softly lit luminous beauty, is photographer Fiona Pardington’s signature.

Felicity Jones and Mark Smith’s collaborative project, Introducing Kowhai, is an on going exploration around the history of global botanical travel. Referencing the Kowhai specimens transported to England on Captain James Cooks return from the Pacific, Smith and Jones hope to contribute to the stories of our past, both positive and negative, and join the discussion around the protection of our natural heritage.