Dame Patsy Reddy has shifted house as well as careers in recent months. Reddy was named New Zealand's latest Governor General last month, taking over the role from Sir Jerry Mateparae who has been in the position since August 2011. The current chair of the film commission, Reddy is understood to have sold her house to Canadian film maven James Cameron, famous for movies such as Titanic, The Terminator and Avatar. Cameron has been buying up land in New Zealand in recent years, and now owns around 1500 hectares of Wairarapa land. Reddy and her husband, Sir David Gascoigne, former judicial conduct commissioner, are remaining in Wairarapa, having bought a house in Greytown and hosting a celebration there on Saturday night.
International endeavours
Together Journal founder and creative director Greta Kenyon will be popping the champagne at the end of the month when the magazine's third issue appears on shelves in America, in a deal with US clothing chain Anthropologie. Launched just six months ago, wedding-focused Together Journal is already up for a Canon Media Award for best magazine design, and is sold internationally - something Kenyon said was a long-term goal and not one she thought would happen so fast.
"We had always planned to be a global niche wedding magazine and we had our sights set on the USA for the future, but thought our natural progression would be to move into the Australian market first and then on to the USA, the UK and Europe," Kenyon said. "But we were surprised and delighted to be approached by someone as notable as Anthropologie so early on. It proves to us that we do indeed have a strong and unique product that appeals to the international market." Although wedding-focused, Kenyon said the magazine was designed to appeal to a wide audience, featuring both local and international content and showcasing New Zealand brands such as Karen Walker, Crane Brothers, Zoe & Morgan, Bobbi Brown, Barkers, Huka Lodge and I Love Ugly. Kenyon's plans for the coming year are to continue growing the brand and the magazine and to use the US deal as a platform to look at further expansion. If the first six months of her business are anything to go by, it seems Kenyon is someone to keep an eye on.