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SodaStream has launched three new limited-edition colours of the popular Spirit machine, so you can sparkle with extra style. The new range includes Boho Peach (pictured), Urban Grey and Country Green. To celebrate these bubbly new colours, we’re giv

Today, she’s one of the leading voices on stress, helping thousands of women in New Zealand and abroad to lead happier, healthier lives. But as a child, Dr Libby Weaver was a worrier. So much so that at the age of eight, she was given the serenity pr

Woody Allen once described Arnold Schwarzenegger as “having muscles in places I don’t even have places”. The American film director would probably say the same about the Royal New Zealand Ballet dancers. I’m at their Wellington headquarters, in the s

In amongst the teeth-grindingly stressful days following the US election, where President-elect Joe Biden’s lead grew, inchingly, across the country, it was easy to overlook the historical appointment that would follow a Democratic win, amid all the

Driving in the pouring rain, Mihingarangi Forbes noticed a woman struggling to park her car in a parallel spot and, without hesitation, she pulled over, took the keys and parked the car for her. It’s unlikely enough that any stranger would stop to he

i got a report yesterday saying it was up by…” Sarah Paulson pauses, weighing up whether she wants to reveal the extent of her daily screen time. Then she takes the plunge. “It was nine hours and 52 minutes,” she says, mock-abashed. In a day? She nod

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Maggie Marilyn is a globally recognised fashion brand worn by the likes of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Michelle Obama. Yet the Kiwi designer behind the label, Maggie Hewitt, is about to pull it from stores around the world. Maggie has made a name

It was not the best start to a first date. Milton Osborne arrived 45 minutes late to take Anna Bolton (as she was known back in 1992) out for a drive, with a piece of tissue stuck to his chin where he had cut himself shaving. It had taken Anna weeks

If there was a crown for loudest laugh, it would probably be on Ans Westra’s head. Say something to amuse the iconic Kiwi photographer and a booming laugh ricochets around her Lower Hutt home, rattling the artwork on the walls. “I’m 84, I can laugh a

On March 23, as my entire then-workplace panicked in preparation for the imminent Level 4 lockdown and we all packed our things and fled home, I suddenly inherited four plants. As a known plant killer, I was as surprised as anyone to be delegated as

in an old two-storey wooden farmhouse in Culverden, North Canterbury, children’s author Hannah Davison and her family soundly slept, unaware their lives were about to change. Surrounded by paddocks and cows needing to be milked at sunrise, the mum of

Never judge a book by its cover is the lesson behind Nicole Whippy’s most memorable meal. The star of Shortland Street and Outrageous Fortune was born in Fiji, moving to New Zealand when she was three. But the 43-year-old returns most years to see fa

Tip You can also cook the veges in a frying pan, but their flavour develops much better in the oven, and you’ll also need less oil. Serves 1 Rustic and just amazing – a colourful mix of veges, ovenroasted to perfection and served with creamy polenta.

After a long wait, the world’s first cheese advent calendar has finally arrived in New Zealand from the UK. Forgoing the traditional chocolate filling, the Ilchester Cheese Advent Calendar comes with 24 individually wrapped mini cheeses, across nine

Photos: Mike Rooke. Model: Amanda Bransgrove. Hair & make-up: Loren Cunningham. Styling: Tori Ambler. ■

YSL is known for its beautiful holiday collector editions and this year is no exception. Libre Eau De Parfum Holiday Collector Limited Edition 50ml, $197, from TheMarket.com, sees the new cult favourite enveloped in leopard print. Strong, sexy and bo

Gathered leaves 5 Resene testpots (see colours listed) Resene testpot brush, smooth roller and tray Cardboard sheets Printing ink roller (brayer) White cotton tablecloth or runner Resene dropcloth, newsprint paper or similar Wooden baubles and beads

• Greenery • Sphagnum moss • Wire wreath frame • Floral wire • Secateurs • Ribbon It’s a wee bit too early to put up the tree if you don’t want it to be a wizened mess of shedding needles by the big day, but making your own wreath to hang on the door

Oh, it’s got messy hasn’t it? It used to be very simple. In times of yore, places – or should we call them noble institutions – like Kirkcaldie & Stains, Smith & Caughey’s and Ballantynes would tell us with their festive trimmings that it was now tim

In my early thirties I was the editor of New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. It was a somewhat daunting task taking over the mantle of New Zealand’s most iconic women’s magazine and the two years I spent there passed in a blur. Oddly, my most prominent memor

A boss at my work commented to me that it was great to hear how many Māori words are now part of the national vernacular, words that don’t need an English translation because they’re so widely known. I agreed, and thought I knew which words he was ta

“Don’t grow old,” my recently widowed father likes to say. “It isn’t fun.” Dad lives in a retirement village in Queensland, the kind where Joanna Nell’s novel is set. Yet Joanna’s characters do manage to have fun, eventually. Hattie Bloom and Walter

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Why should any woman have to earn her place in the world by looking a particular way? So asks Keira Knightley’s character in the new film Misbehaviour, which focuses on the real-life controversy surrounding the 1970 Miss World pageant. Keira, 35, pla

Taranaki Hard is a new local documentary series set in the northern Taranaki town of Waitara. Produced by the team behind the Patrick Gower: On Weed and On Lockdown docos, as well as the award-winning Stan and Born This Way: Awa’s Story, Taranaki Har

This country we’re so lucky to call home has been the best place to be while coronavirus has ravaged the world. It’s been a tough year, but I’m sure you’re as grateful as I am to live in New Zealand. It’s pretty astounding that yesterday I left a bus

For almost a decade, Barack and Michelle Obama were the political power couple that much of America – and the world – looked to for hope and strength. Now, another dynamic couple is about to lead the way. US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jil