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TRACEY HALLIDAY AND BRENDON Cleaver completed different Bachelor of Design degrees at Wellington’s Massey University. While she was studying interiors, he was over in the graphic design department. The two met during printmaking, an elective paper that prefaced a mutual move to London and, more recently, a wee baby boy named Cecil.

After graduating, the pair relocated to Auckland – Tracey’s home city – but “we always knew it

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