In the first Your Weekend magazine for December 2012, journalist Denise Irvine visits Bow St, Raglan and checks out the history of the street and its charm- especially the phoenix palms.
Down the street she talks to locals Rodger Gallagher, David Yorston and Daiki Nishiyama and concludes that Bow St, Raglan has a singular charm.
http://www.raglan.gen.nz/2012/word-on-the-street-in-raglan/