So right at this present point in time, my husband Te Kani and I are sitting at Auckland International Airport, full of excitement and...

A Deer Cottage has been ticking along nicely over the last month or two. I seem to enjoy everything about this hospitality gig, but it...

We have been doing this Bed & Breakfast gig at A Deer Cottage, in Kaukapakapa, Auckland for approximately three years now, and for most...

So here I am again telling you what we have been up to at A Deer Cottage. Leading up to Christmas I was busy with lots of crafts and...

Well here we are again at the end of the year with Christmas just a few short weeks away. And as Auckland is still in some sort of...

Here we are again....continuing on from October's Blog/Newsletter, we are still in an Auckland lockdown, and unfortunately I have been...

Back in August 2021, New Zealand went into covid lockdown level 4 again, and that means for all of us, we can only leave our bubble to go...

Each winter month, I have been kept busy at A Deer Cottage thinking of ways to improve the service we provide, and also thinking about...

As I mentioned in the last A Deer Cottage Newsletter, winter was a great time to sort things out and have a clean up; and so that I did. ...

A few days ago, I posted my latest A Deer Cottage blog, I have this time decided to attach this to my Monthly Newsletter (well to be...

Well when lockdown hit us with Covid-19, I was happy to have my Husband home, so we could get some of my projects underway. I never...

For many years now Te Kani my Husband of 20 years has been twirling around the idea to renew our vows, and while I thought it was a nice...

At A Deer Cottage, I am constantly curating ideas on how to improve my boutique accomodation - something I have come to regard as my...

I was born 13 June 1965, into a warm and loving family. My Granny Joyce, my inspiration, was elegant, and so very creative. Not only did...