b'We have every right to know what is going into our foodto live in. With a fairly neutral colour palette of creams and that the air we breathe is free of contaminants. Thesecontrasted against dark wooden oors, and an abundance issues need to be addressed at a high level, but it startsof natural light from large windows, it has another quality with us and what were already aware of. that Allison lovesa spacious, uncluttered feel.Withmyrunning,IwasfortunateenoughtotravelTo date, the house is largely unchanged from how it was around the world. I visited third world countries and sawwhen they bought it. Theyve simply added small touches the horric conditions people were living in, and I visitedto make it their own.highly developed countries like the US, where I saw theI love my artworks and I always have fresh owers in seedier side of places like New York, with rats as big asthe house. Even when youre in a new house and you cats and kids snifng drugs in the street. havent quite gured out where things should go, a When I came back, it made me really appreciate whatcouple of bunches of owers always make it look like we had here. However, since then, the health of thisa home.country has really spiralled downwards.Its a desire to see that standard of living restored, and theEven when youre in a new house and belief that health is our most precious commodity, thatsyou havent quite gured out where things behind Allisons commitment to integrative medicine andshould go, a couple of bunches of owers projects like the annual Run to Heal fundraising series.always make it look like a home.It wasnt until I had my rst child that I realised how importanthealthandwellnesswas.Ihadntreally considered mortality before or what it would mean notDespite nding the good life in the midst of a busy city, to have your health, but when my daughter was a babyAllisonhasntquiterelinquishedcountryliving.Every she got a nasty chest infection and, probably like all newweekend, following Saturday morning sport, the family mothers, I worried that she might die. escapes to a second home, 50 minutes north of Auckland and surrounded by 130 lemon trees.Allison now has two healthy teenagersJordan (16) who survived the chest infection and Elliot (13)but the idea thatUp north is where the family keeps its comfy furniture, health is everything is still at the heart of how she lives.its toys and gear, and an endless supply of bedrooms to house the friends and family that regularly come to After 10 years in the country living in Coatesville, the familystay. Its also where Allison indulges her love of antiques. made the decision to move to the city to be closer to schoolMoving from a high-studded house to a more modern and work, but they quickly ruled out apartment living. home meant she had to curb her collectors eye, but she Clean air is dear to my heart and so is the ability to gethas shifted her favourites into the Point Wells house, outside and run around. Where we are now in Takapuna,including a French Louis XIV chest with a marble top, and we have access to the beach and we get the sea breezes.an antique hallstand.Its a luxury to get that beach living and still be in theReseneChristmas holidays and special occasions are also spentAshantimiddle of a very busy city. up north and you get the impression that this is the realReseneKitschSet one house back from the beach, Allison describesfamily homea great place to recharge mind, body and Reseneher home as having a casual elegance that makes it easysoul for the challenges that lie ahead. Norwester88 |'