Our Team

As the fourth generation Bone at the helm, Kim continues the family tradition his great-grandfather started. And while the building hasn’t moved since FL Bone was established in 1885, and Kim is still importing the finest home products from some of the world’s leading brands, every generation has done things a little bit differently.

With no manufacturing here at the time or other establishments servicing Hastings’ settling families, Kim’s great-grandfather imported what was considered a necessity, from stoves to guns to gunpowder and hardware. Kim’s grandfather continued to import essential items and opened a retail shop, which was then joined in the 1960’s by his father, David and uncle, Tony. While David left in the 1980’s to pursue farming, Tony, who was passionate about architectural hardware, began focussing on how to grow this part of the business, building relationships with architects and exporting to the islands.

While hardware is still a core part of our luxury brand offering, Kim has grown the cooker offering, which now equates to 60%. of FL Bone’s business. Cookers have become more than just a practicality. They are now items of pride and place in home kitchens.

“We source the world’s best designs and only take exclusive brands, and our products are generally hand-made, not mass-produced. Our attitude is to live more sustainably, spend more, buy less, all our luxury products are designed for a lifetime” – Kim Bone

While FL Bone has been importing AGAs for 40 years and Falcon for 30, Kim is constantly travelling the world, attending design expos and trade shows, sourcing the world’s best designs. Some of which have been incredibly difficult to find. After searching Europe and the US for a luxury fireplace brand, Kim fortuitously stumbled across Cheminees Philippe in a Sydney store. The French brand, which has been warming homes in France, Italy and Spain since 1961, famously only exports to a selected suppliers in Australia and FL Bone in New Zealand.

What do you cook on at home?

“I grew up on a farm with a Rayburn, but we have an AGA in our family kitchen, and the whole family cooks on it, including the kids. My favourite thing to cook is a roast lamb. AGA cooks it beautifully, and it’s so easy. I put a frozen leg of lamb in 8am, and it’s ready to eat at 6pm.”