Heart wood

When it came time to build the kitchen at the Kays’ new Mt Maunganui home, Andy Kay didn’t want to stand idly by – so he worked alongside experts at The Kitchen Business to craft it himself. After careful consideration, he selected kahikatea, a pale native timber, for its warm, Scandi feel. See the rest of this impressive, super-sized apartment over the page.

A new vintage: an ambitious apartment build in Mt Maunganui Page 50 Sunny side up: a dreamy family homenear the beach Page 60 Press play: a modular bach on Auckland’s Awhitu Peninsula Page 68