Rating: 4 out of 5 Taylor Swift’s fifth studio album, 1989, debuted at #1 on the New Zealand album charts and its release has been hailed as the ‘pop event of the year’. Named after the year Swift was born and, as she told Rolling Stone, an experimental time in pop music, the title of …
RRP: $29.99 How many of us have been told that if we burn more calories than we eat, weight loss will be inevitable? How many of us have discovered that this century old philosophy does not seem to apply to our body no matter how hard we work, in this modern world? What if this …
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation’s Pink for a Day (PFAD) campaign is taking on a new twist – and applying it to the boss’ arm. ‘Real boss goes PINK’ is an opportunity for Kiwi bosses to take on a fun challenge from their staff as part of Breast Cancer Month during October. And for staff, …
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Kiwi songstress Kimbra has been further honing her musical talents since releasing Vows three years ago. After debuting in New Zealand at #5 on the Albums Chart, her second album The Golden Echo has been impressing critics around the globe. The sound: Following on from the jazz-influenced Vows, this album …
RRP: $49.99 Fabian Capomolla and Mat Pember are The Little Veggie Patch Co., an incredibly busy Melbourne-based business that specialises in helping people grow their own food no matter how much space they have. Together, they have taken the mystery out of – and put the fun back into – growing fruit and vegetables. No …
RRP: $39.99 (e-book $14.99) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is found in 2-5% of children in New Zealand. Although up to three times as many boys are diagnosed with ADHD as girls, it is now suspected the incidence is more like 1:1. With many myths surrounding ADHD – such as it is caused by sugar …
RRP: $39.99 As a woman, looking after your health is essential, and the most important step you can take towards creating a happy family and a thriving community. But in today’s busy world, with so many demands on your time, it’s not easy to find information you can trust. Written specifically by health professionals who …
RRP: $59.99 Jane Grover went from being an experienced fine food chef to a fulltime mother of three – and a passionate home cook of organic wholefoods. Jane lives on an average suburban block with her family but manages to grow her own produce, compost and recycle, and even raise hens for eggs. Now running …
Angela Redfern has made a name for herself in the New Zealand hospitality industry since opening the Ripe Deli in Auckland back in 2002 which sells home-made style, quality takeout food. Her belief in offering fresh, quality, healthy food that is good value for money has proved to be popular in the Grey Lynn/Ponsonby area, …
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RRP: $37.00 We have all heard the word ‘superfood’ before and in the SUPERFOODS Cookbook – the latest cookbook from bestselling author and Australia’s most influential health and fitness expert Michelle Bridges – you will learn why some foods can have a great impact on our health and wellbeing. What’s inside it? Michelle covers off …
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RRP: $35.00 Corporate executive Louise Thompson should have been in the prime of her life at the age of 37. Instead she found herself bedridden with extreme fatigue, lacking the energy to even dress herself. Yet doctors have her the all-clear, confused that she was the ‘healthiest sick person’ they’d seen. With no answers on …
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RRP: $36.99 What do you do when a girlfriend’s 60th birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend’s 30th? Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating? Is it morally wrong to have a blow-dry when one of your children has head lice? Does the Dalai Lama actually tweet or is …
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