Haven Magazine

Hair & now

Working where we live is a concept many of us have had to get used to over the past few years.

But it’s second nature to Wellington hairdressers Sophia and Teal Mau, who’ve spent 14 years living behind their salon. The first place was in Boulcott Street, on the fringes of the capital’s CBD, where they turned a former office building into a boutique hairdressing salon in the front and a two-bedroom apartment with an interior courtyard to the rear.

Then, after 14 years of inner-city living, the couple and their daughter Lola, now 10, longed for a lawn

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