Greg Murrell,
Britomart People

I’m originally from the Waikato, but I’ve been in Auckland since ’84.

I drive in. But I’m starting to experiment with other ways of getting to and from work. Like running. I’ve Lime scootered. And even take the bus or train sometimes.

We provide the finest hairdressing services to the good people of Britomart and beyond.

I think hairdressing sometimes attracts people who didn’t quite fit in at school, who can’t see themselves going to university. Maybe they did art, maybe they didn’t. I was one of those kids. And when I started in the 80s, hairdressing was a pretty hot thing to be doing. And there was the fashion aspect, which I really liked, because fashion changes. It was a pretty fun industry to be in, because there were a lot of very experimental things going on with hair. It was – put it this way – now when we do something, we think about the condition of the hair. Back then, you didn’t.

At the end of the day, everyone’s got their own aesthetic sense, and their own definition of tasteful. I’ve literally done so much hair I couldn’t think of one particular thing. I know that there were a lot of mullets at one point and I grew to hate them. Now if someone asks me do a mullet, then I’m really into it.

I think for us, we want quality with everything. Quality of the environment, quality of service, of the experience, and our work is very crafted. Everybody’s pushed hard to up-skill themselves over their career. When you’re highly skilled, you can do almost anything and pull it off. You’re making good decisions from experience.

I’m not going to say Amano because it’s ridiculously popular. I’ll say Cafe Hanoi.

Cassia. But too many people know about that. I do like it there a lot. And the gins are amazing. How many places do you go to that have a gin menu?

Being with good people.

I run. I love music, cooking, gardening, a little bit of photography, hanging out with my kids.

Clothing and books.

Thank you. I like quality. If you buy something quality, you’re more likely to keep it longer. I don’t like disposable culture. I’d rather have one thing that was really good, than 10 things that are purely functional.

I would like to be on a team that resolves climate change. It’s the most pressing issue, really, isn’t it?