It’s hard not to feel envious of Rosetta Allan’s family and friends. Because once a year the Auckland poet and novelist has a massive clear-out, giving away covetable artwork, books and decorative pieces such as vases, cushions and candles to her nearest and dearest.
“We live in an 80sqm house and we’re definitely not minimalists,” says Rosetta of the two-bedroom home in Kingsland, on Auckland’s city fringe, that she and her husband James bought 12 years ago. “So every year we give stuff away. You have to be clever when you live in a small space and like collecting things.”
