David Trubridge and his Whakatu-based design team are moving to a warmer climate - albeit just 500 metres down the road.
Nine years after Cicada Works set up camp in an old, cold, former Whakatu meatworks joinery room, the award-winning 15-staff team has moved to a purpose-built workshop with underfloor heating and a temperature the designer claims is more conducive to productivity.
The innovative Station St workshop boasts new machinery, more floor space and, "most exciting of all", a public gallery.
"The biggest thing for me was getting a showroom," Mr Trubridge said.
"The old place [Whakatu Industrial Park] was hidden and the public weren't allowed in there ... we had no public face.