Haven Magazine

HEADING TO SHORE

Few of us would have the mental bandwidth to criss-cross Auckland for weeks looking for a house, especially after escaping France in the middle of a pandemic.

But Fatima Savea is no ordinary woman. Not only is she married to Hurricanes winger and former All Black Julian Savea, but she’s also a mum (daughter Jude is three), a social media influencer, and runs two businesses – a nail salon and a luxury handbag rental company.

Thanks to Julian’s contract with a French rugby club, the trio had been living in Toulon for two years. But when Covid hit last year and

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