Issue 2, 2020

Woman NZ

A new magazine with a new voice. Yours.

Woman NZ1 min readFashion
Things I love…
I’m proud to have the partnership of local brands Resene and TheMarket.com for the launch of Woman. On this week’s cover, the spring Woman masthead is coloured Resene Bright Spark – as is the sunny backdrop of my editor’s photo. I’m in love with the
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Woman
Group Publisher & Editor Sido Kitchin Associate Editor Sophie Neville Assistant Editor Siena Yates Art Director Alice Morgan Senior Designer Anna Revell Senior Sub-editors Jennifer Reynolds & Alex Scott Executive Assistant & Photo Manager Jessica Aul
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Finding My Way Back
the beach is Lorraine Downes’ happy place. Her love of warm sand and crashing waves goes back to her childhood, when her parents Lloyd and Glad would hook up the family caravan to the car a few days before Christmas each year and take their four daug
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Lorraine’s List
I can’t imagine life without music. I love putting on some upbeat music and dancing around my living room. It’s guaranteed to lift my energy. After Dancing with the Stars I started dancing Argentinian tango regularly and it has become my passion. I’v
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Grave Concerns
When Covid-19 shut down New Zealand, most of us were worried about our jobs, staying safe and navigating this daunting new world. Kaiora Tipene, however, was worried about the dead. As a businesswoman, TV personality, wife and mother of five boys, Ka
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Womb To Grow
When broadcasting star Toni Street first started thinking about surrogacy as a way to achieve her long-held dream of a third child, one of the biggest hurdles was a lack of information. She had the internet of course, but no one in her friendship gro
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Poetic Justice
The first thing you notice about poet Selina Tusitala Marsh is her hair. It’s a glorious mane of dark curls punctuated by a bold plume of white and, like Selina herself, stands out for its exuberance and quirkiness. She describes it as her crowning g
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Pray & Walk Away
A person may have a hundred brainwaves in a day and not act on one of them. If they have any sense. An example is a sudden urge to establish that one is serious, and therefore religious. Donald Trump delivered a good example when he marched out of th
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Stand-up Woman
in the past year or so, Kura Forrester has cemented herself as one of the funniest people in the country, earning a Billy T Award and a legion of followers through series such as Golden Boy, Educators and, of course, Shortland Street. Fans on Faceboo
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Blindsided By Breast Cancer
Geneva Wilson was only 24 when she felt the odd pain in her breast and the first thing she thought was that she might be pregnant. The test came back negative so she decided to try a breast self-exam. “I had to google to find out how to do it,” says
Woman NZ1 min readMedical
The Facts About Breast Cancer In New Zealand
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer for Kiwi women, with nine of us diagnosed every day. It’s most treatable when caught early, so from the age of 20 women should be aware of the look and feel of their breasts, and on the lookout for any change
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The almighty Johnston
Courtney Johnston bounces into her office, hair swinging, with a beaming, open smile. When the self-described extrovert and people person told a male career coach she wanted to be in this role, running Te Papa, he told her there were two things worki
Woman NZ5 min readMedical
Tribute To two Tiny Souls
On the 28th floor of a Tokyo apartment building, in a small room lined with shelves of colourful onesies and nappies, Amanda McConchie starts to cry. This is the nursery the 32-year-old Kiwi and her husband Andrew planned to fill with babies. Two sti
Woman NZ1 min readMedical
What Is Stillbirth?
Stillbirth is the loss of a baby after 20 weeks' gestation. In New Zealand, it's estimated that approximately one in 200 pregnancies will result in stillbirth. Each year, around 300 babies are stillborn. The death of a baby before the 20-week mark is
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Peace Of My heart
To most of us, Tammy Wells is quite simply “the Briscoes lady” – the inimitable Kiwi icon whose warm smile and cheery voice has been beamed into our living rooms and lives for more than 30 years. But to her friends and family, Tammy is not only an ad
Woman NZ4 min readNature
A curious Kiwi
If everyone has a place where they feel truly at home, then for Melissa Boardman that place is deep in New Zealand nature. It’s where the 35-year-old goes to observe the native birds she fell in love with 11 years ago. The green bits of Aotearoa – an
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Noway, Rosé
I never thought I would stop drinking during a pandemic. But I did. I’m now six months sober and it was being confined to my house during lockdown that helped me finally kiss booze goodbye. It seems I wasn’t the only one who decided to re-evaluate my
Woman NZ4 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Sober Is KING
Lisa King, the founder of Eat My Lunch, has really grabbed 2020 by the horns. Not only did she reorganise her entire business to make sure 2000 kids in need still received nutritious free lunches during lockdown, she is also about to launch a new bus
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These Sober Celebrities Share Their Reasons For Staying Away From Alcohol.
“One year completely sober!” the singer posted on Instagram in July 2020 alongside a series of bikini selfies. “So grateful for my health and happiness.” She’s been sober for 20 years! “I found myself drinking two bottles of wine and thought, ‘Jada,
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Amanda’s Naked Truth
When life gives you lemons, make art. Move gently. Befriend baristas. Take time to notice the wonder of chickens, or the nuances of nurturing a small human. That’s what US musician Amanda Palmer has been doing, while coming to terms with the painful
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Ghoul Power!
Blood, guts, horror and gore aren’t usually the domain of make-up artist Jaz Garner, whose day job revolves around all things beauty. But each October, the Auckland-based make-up maestro swaps foundation for fangs and blusher for blood in her annual
Woman NZ3 min read
Au Revoir, double Kiss
Hands up if you think 2020 has been a good year. Not surprisingly, there isn’t a forest of hands waving in the air (with the possible exception of Zoom shareholders). For everyone else, this year has delivered pain none of us saw coming – from death
Woman NZ4 min readRegional & Ethnic
Spring Chicken
With a bit of attention to detail, the perfect roast chicken is only ever a good bird and an hour and a half away. A slather of butter under the skin, and fresh-cut lemon and thyme for stuffing will flavour the meat beautifully. Rubbing the skin with
Woman NZ4 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Supergood sweets
Tips Mixing melted chocolate with anything is always a bit of a gamble – sometimes you follow the instructions to a T and the end result is still a little grainy. If that happens, don’t worry – it’ll still taste awesome. You can add some fresh berrie
Woman NZ1 min readComputers
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Woman NZ2 min readCooking, Food & Wine
My Little Cocktail… Try A Refreshing Aperitif.
Simple and balanced, it’s one of the most famous Italian cocktails in the world. Believed to have been invented in 1919 in Florence, Italy, by Count Camillo Negroni – who asked to add a touch of gin to his Americano, rather than soda, in honour of hi
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Spring Fling
Spring is a great time to shed those winter layers in the bedroom and spruce up your space with a fresh take on a new season. Change out heavy duvet’s for lighter textured linen and introduce some soft spring colours with pretty art and subtle hues o
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Wild Inside
As with most peperomia, it’s all about the foliage with this pretty plant. Native to South America, this beauty generally doesn’t reach heights of more than 20cm, but its leaves can sometimes grow as big as the palm of your hand. This semi-succulent
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Is It Hot In Here?
Feeling like your internal thermostat is on the fritz can be alarming. Sweats and hot flushes are some of the most common perimenopausal symptoms, affecting most women at some stage. Collectively they’re known as vasomotor symptoms and like most thin
Woman NZ3 min readMedical
The Walk Of Life
Hippocrates was right – walking really is the best medicine. It might be thousands of years since the Greek physician issued his sage advice, but it’s still as relevant now as it was then. Walking might be underrated as a form of exercise, but resear
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Kia Kaha, kids!
I love this amazing country of ours. There’s so much to be proud of: our land, our seas, our towns and cities. Everywhere there is beauty to be found. Except, perhaps, in some of our statistics. We may have had an amazing team of five million bring C
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Ko Wai T? Ingoa? Ko Kurawaka Tōku Ingoa
What is your name? My name is Kurawaka This week my daughter asked what other names we had considered calling her when she was born, and initially she wasn’t very satisfied with the answer. I told her that before her pāpā and I got together, he had t
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On The Shelf
Sydney couple Lou and Josh aren’t in a good space. They share 14 years, two kids, a mortgage and enough history to fill a textbook. But Lou isn’t convinced her marriage is worth it so decides to give it a year, testing her relationship in different w
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Why Did My Shoe Game Walk Out On Me?
For those who are not aware of the “shoe game”, there is one, and I used to be winning it. But like Tiger Woods, who lost his touch on the golf course, I have lost my touch when it comes to footwear. I am the Tiger Woods of shoes. Tiger lost his game
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Spot The Difference
While I’m not clinging with any particular desperation to the life raft of my youth, I’m also not above taking the odd measure to slow down the ravages of time. Or, should I say, disguise them. The cheapest way, in my opinion, to stop the clock is to
Woman NZ4 min read
Mind Games
1 Impulsive 4 Celebrity, … Winfrey 8 Colder 11 Greek dessert 16 “Safe” Swedish car 18 Dossier cupboard (6,7) 19 Assembly-line employee (7,6) 21 At a standstill 23 Police officer 26 Persecution complex 28 Affluent young professional 30 GPS device 32 G
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SECRETS & lies
If you’ve been struggling to find something to fill the void left by Big Little Lies, look no further than writer David E. Kelley’s latest offering, The Undoing. David’s not the only factor linking these two shows – they both star Nicole Kidman as a
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Reviews
There are more than half a million registered dogs in New Zealand, so it makes sense that our four-legged friends regularly wag their way on to Kiwi television screens. The latest addition to our primetime telly dogalogue* (get it?!) is Dog Almighty,
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Q&A with Lisa Chappell
WHAT WAS THE BIG ALBUM OF YOUR YOUTH? David Bowie’s Changes One. Oh the hours I spent listening to that – the man was a genius! WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE WRITERS? Liane Moriarty and John Boyne. Both write great characters and stories about people and ou
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Our Women
Katie Deare, 50 Hearth Vegetarian Eatery, Hamilton ■
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Editor’s Letter
Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, I want to express my gratitude to all the wonderful women – and quite a few blokes – who have reached out with kind words about our new magazine, Woman. The team here has been overwhelmed and overjoyed by your

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