In the big seat

In the big seat

We welcome a new GM to Kovacs We are excited to welcome a new General Manager. The appointment of Paul Dryden is the culmination of plenty of hard work behind the scenes assessing potential candidates before arriving at the perfect choice. With a sizeable daily...
Local, natural, sustainable

Local, natural, sustainable

Kovacs Design Furniture recently hosted an informative event for furniture retailers and interior designers, showcasing new developments, collaborations and design thinking for the iconic New Zealand furniture brand. The Christchurch showroom is a beautiful,...
Meet the team: Jody Pehrson

Meet the team: Jody Pehrson

Introducing Jody Pehrson They say that “experience is the best teacher”. Never has this been more obvious at Kovacs than with the arrival of Jody Pehrson, his industry and educational experience helping him quickly step up to a wide range of responsibilities in an...
Meet the team: Vashti Hammond

Meet the team: Vashti Hammond

Introducing Vashti Hammond While relatively new to our team, our Southern Regional Sales Manager Vashti Hammond is no stranger to Kovacs furniture, having specified it in her work as an interior designer for over twenty years. Given her background, being on the...
Level Best

Level Best

How Kovacs progressed through lockdown While our movements were curtailed through the recent months of lockdown we still managed to keep up with the work… If there’s a key thing the earthquakes taught us it’s that the one constant in life is change. Yes, everything...
Farewell to a legend

Farewell to a legend

Bruce McKenzie retires After 47 years of diligent service Bruce McKenzie left Kovacs in 2019. We look back at his career as he looks forward to a well-deserved retirement of hunting and fishing. The world was a different place when Bruce McKenzie first walked through...