Innholdsfortegnelse for 1719 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

‘No matter how many books you read, nothing can prepare you for it’ She’s often hailed as the great moderniser of the monarchy. And now, in what can only be described as an astonishing week for royal watchers, the Duchess of Cambridge has led an unprecedented peek behind the curtain into her and her family’s lives. While we were treated to plenty of details about everyday life inside the gates of Kensington Palace – such as Kate and Prince William’s takeaway of choice and their taste in music – what was truly remarkable was the candid nature of Kate (35), William (34) and Prince Harry’s discussions around mental health, with the trio revealing they have all, at times, struggled. Grief, love, loss, confusion, insecurity and confidence were all discussed in…

‘She was a wonderful, sweet, caring, talented woman’ She bought a smile to countless number of faces in her many years on the much-loved TV show Happy Days. But away from the spotlight, things were far less joyful for Erin Moran, who played young Joanie Cunningham in the series, then the spin-off show Joanie Loves Chachi. The child star fell on tough times in recent years, and passed away last week after battling substance abuse and stage four throat cancer. She was just 56 years old. Erin shot to stardom when she was cast at just 14 to play the feisty kid sister of Ron Howard’s character Richie Cunningham on Happy Days. The show became a hit, running from 1974 for almost a decade, with Erin continuing the role in…

‘He’s never sat there asking why this happened to him’ When Jamie Trower was nine years old, his greatest hero – besides his grandfather – was the legendary James Bond. An adventure buff in the making, young Jamie was having his own 007 moment on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu with his beloved grandfather, Colin, when a horrifying accident forever changed his life. Recalling the accident some 13 years later, Colin still finds it difficult going back to that day. “I told him that he must follow me and stay behind me at all times,” he tells. “He had done that religiously all day.” But on their last run of the day, when Colin turned right, Jamie swerved left to go over a jump, soared through the air and crashed…

ASPARAGUS CHEESE ROLLS SERVES 6 While shooting this book, photographer Lottie Hedley and I got to talking about comfort foods and how sometimes the simplest things are best. Asparagus rolls came up, obviously, as did Southland’s famous cheese rolls. Which got us thinking – what if we magically combined the two and created a cheesy baked roll with fresh asparagus? 12 asparagus spears 30g butter, plus extra for buttering bread 30g flour 1 cup milk Salt and pepper 2 tsp wholegrain mustard ½ red onion, finely diced ½ cup tasty cheese, grated ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated 12 slices white bread, crusts removed 1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. 2 Trim the asparagus spears so they are slightly longer than the width of the…

1 Winter wrappers Some stylish knitwear and a scarf can take you anywhere as these three options prove. Dressing for warmth and comfort doesn’t have to be dowdy – keep things modern with this Seed Heritage outfit (left), or effortlessly chic as per this French Connection ensemble (above). Or be ready for anything while being ethically friendly with this look by We’ar (right). 2 Tie it on three ways... Loobie’s Story’s new collection “Memoirs of a Geisha” was inspired by memories of Japan. It has gorgeous silk floral motifs, some of which are signature prints designed in-house. Loobie’s Story has broken down some of their favourite ways to tie a scarf … The Cowboy Loobie’s Story Kimono Wrap $175 1. Fold scarf diagonally. 2. Place the scarf over the body…

Most people wanting to lose weight do some exercise as well as changing what they eat. But what if you can’t do physical activity? Are you doomed to failure? In a nutshell, if you want to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume. That’s why you’re advised to not only cut down on calories, but also to increase the amount of exercise you do if you’re trying to shed excess kilos. It makes sense to try to burn as many calories as possible through physical activity while also decreasing your intake. But what if you can’t exercise for some reason? Perhaps you’ve got an injury or an illness that affects your ability to be physically active. Or maybe the extra weight you are carrying makes it…

The day of the flash stone outdoor fireplace large enough to house a station wagon is gone. You may miss the opportunity to recline on a Barcelona lounger next to a romantic open fire under a mohair throw, but harden up – it’s time to embrace the firepit. Saying goodbye to the cult of the over-the-top outdoor fireplace is one of the easiest farewells of my life. I’ve never liked them – in fact, I have never really liked any sort of outdoor fireplace because you have to jostle the other guests to get close enough to be warm, you always have a hot front and a cold back, and then there’s the squadrons of mosquitoes mainlining your blood. But I’m a bit smitten by the firepit. Yes, the mosquitoes…

BRAIN FOOD My four-year-old son had been learning words at home and starting to read small phonetic sounds. He and I went to the butcher to buy some frozen brains, and I said to him, “This is what brains look like all curled up in a packet.” My son said, “But where are all the words?” The butcher and I were speechless and laughed at wisdom from the young fry. Alice in Funderland, Hamilton BACK TO FRONT I sit down with the Weekly, full of news and fun, Teacups, cooking, Pixie Page – there’s not much housework done, But why do I (I wonder if others do it too?) Start glancing at the last page, and read it backwards through? Crackers, New Plymouth, April 1, 1968 FLOWER POWER I can…

She lives in Melbourne and is an academic, who has always loved writing stories and theatre plays. This is her second novel. This book was inspired by… ”My fascination with football and how much it means to its followers. I’ve never been much interested in football, but I couldn’t help noticing how much people’s footy teams mean to them and I was interested to explore what sorts of consequences this might have – both positive and negative – in people’s lives and their relationships.” What I hope readers will get from this novel is… “Enjoyment! I hope they laugh at the funny bits and are touched by the sad bits, and put the book down at the end feeling satisfied by it.” The kinds of books I most love to…

The immortal life of OPRAH Even though Oprah Winfrey (63) doesn’t scare easily, she did feel unsure about taking on the lead role for TV movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. “I did not want to do it,” she admits. “I never truly expected to do it.” The media mogul was spotted at the New York premiere of the film, which is based on the real-life story of a cancer patient whose cells helped with major medical breakthroughs. MODEL example In her ruffled mini, ageless supermodel Christie Brinkley (63) knows how to play to the camera, but we’re not sure if her mini-me daughter Sailor (18) was too impressed with her mother’s antics. The photogenic duo were in New York to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Harper’s Bazaar magazine,…

When the news alert pinged, saying Jason Gunn was in hospital being treated for a heart attack, I let out a gasp. Not our Jase the Ace! Just like the vast majority of Kiwis, I have a soft spot for the long-serving presenter and still replay his Frank Spencer impersonations in my mind on a disturbingly regular basis. Surely he was too young, too fit, too healthy to have suffered something so serious. I relaxed a little when news reports suggested Jason had experienced a “minor” heart attack – although as it turns out, Jason’s cardiologist pulled him up on that description, clarifying that what he was going thr ough certainly wasn’t minor. It’s been a testing 10 weeks for the seemingly fit and healthy 48-year-old, who, along with his…

‘Charlotte has a strong personality and rules the roost’ For Princess Charlotte, Tuesday May 2 will be all about cake, presents and visits from members of her extended family as she celebrates her second birthday. For the rest of us, it will be excitement over the updated photograph her parents Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, traditionally release to mark the special occasion, giving us a rare glimpse of the youngest member of the royal family. We’ve not seen much of the pretty little princess, or her older brother George, because their parents have stuck to their determination to give them as normal an upbringing as possible and kept them out of the public eye. Official appearances are few and far between – in fact, the last time Charlotte…

Billy Connolly was in a restaurant with his daughter Daisy the other night. It was the sort of Australian steakhouse that serves deep-fried onions cut in two to look like flowers. Daisy (33), who has learning difficulties so continues to live with Billy and his wife Pamela Stephenson, loves the restaurant. Billy doesn’t. “It’s terrible. I have to sit there and pretend I’m enjoying myself,” he says with a merriment about his face that suggests he doesn’t have to pretend too hard. Billy adores his five grown-up children. So much so, you sense he’d pluck every hair from his distinctive lion’s mane of flowing locks to see them happy. “So I’m sitting there and I got a pain in my left side,” he says. “I thought, ‘I’m not going to…

“ I’ve always been mad about horses. I got my first horse when I was seven. I remember hearing the stock truck drive up one night and unload her. I named her Girlie and spent a week riding her before my mother informed me that the truck had picked up the wrong horse and another truck was coming with the right one. I was heartbroken. When the other horse arrived, you couldn’t get near him. He was a big, wild-eyed bay and didn’t last long. Years later, after I separated from my husband – he was one of those men who thought women should stay at home, look after the kids and support her husband – I realised I could do anything I wanted to do, so I did. I…

Who doesn’t love a new lippy? This week, I handed some of the latest new season lipsticks around the office and asked the team to put them to the all-day test. Here’s what they thought. Maybelline Color Sensational Loaded Bold Lipstick in Blackest Berry, $19.99 THEY SAY: “Hyper colour pigments in an opaque, creamy kaolin clay base gives intense colour in one stroke.” WE SAY: “I’d probably wear this colour on a night out rather than around the office, but I loved the texture of the lipstick. It was super-easy and silky to apply, and after a couple of hours was still as bold as when I put it on.” Kelly Bertrand, Assistant Editor Shiseido Rouge Rouge Lipstick in Bloodstone, $51 THEY SAY: “Perfects lips with rich colour, and helps…

It’s alarming to hear that one in every six Kiwi kids spends more than six hours a day on the internet. According to an international survey that examined the internet habits of 15-year-olds around the world, teenagers here are extreme users because they spend so much time online. In many cases, their schoolwork is suffering – the kids with higher internet use skip school more than those with moderate use. And while many of them go online to do homework, a lot of the time they are playing games or chatting, according to the Programme of International Student Assessment research. So should you be concerned about your kids? Maybe if they do any of the following: • They’re grumpy and restless if they don’t have access to a device •…

You will need • Moda Vera Craft Tee 450g balls as per size • 1 pair 9.00mm knitting needles or size needed for correct tension • Cable needle • Scissors • Yarn needle • Measuring tape APPROXIMATE SIZE Height: 17.5cm Width: 17.5cm Tension: 8 sts x 16 rows to 10cm over garter st, using 9.00mm needles ABBREVIATIONS garter st = every row knit K = knit P = purl RS = right side st/s = stitch/es C4 = cable 4 – slip next 2 sts onto cable needle and leave at front of work, K2 then K2 from cable needle BASE Cast on 10 sts. Work 15 rows garter st. Cast off. SIDES (Make 4) Cast on 10 sts. Work 5 rows garter st. Row 6 (RS): Knit. Row 7: K3, P4, K3. Rep last 2…

TAURUS April 21 – May 21 It is important to take life one day at a time. It’s all very well to be organised and fill your diary with appointments, but there needs to be space for some spontaneous invitations. There will be some you don’t want to miss out on! A random lunch with a friend could bring a new career opportunity and a trip out of town for the day may result in a romance. GEMINI May 22 – Jun 21 You will be asked your opinion by someone surprising at work – and you’ll be rewarded! Be supportive of other people at the moment but do not be enabling, you do not have to rescue everyone. Point them in the right direction but know you do not…

New Zealanders don’t tend to read much Australian fiction and vice versa, which is odd since we’re practically cousins. And actually there are some talented writers from across the ditch who are worth discovering. This novel, from relative newcomer Vivienne Kelly, is for lovers of quirky stories. It mixes Arthurian legend, sports and Shakespeare, and is told mostly from a child’s point of view. On Nicky Starling’s eighth birthday, things start going wrong. Not only have his parents forgotten the usual treats of crumpets and gifts, but he finds out his grandmother Didie has died. This changes Nicky’s family in ways the little boy, with his incomplete knowledge about life, struggles to understand. What is going on between his grandfather and Rose, the pretty young woman who nursed the dying…

I have discovered a time machine. It’s called “the gym”. I don’t know if you are familiar with such places. They’re large rooms, sometimes whole buildings, dedicated to pointless exercise. I say pointless because the exercise has no purpose other than exercise itself. There used to be a time we didn’t need these places: chasing down a mammoth, yelling at the moon or simply being unable to find plentiful food meant we never got fat or unfit. But as humanity found ways to overfeed itself without the need for exertion, so grew the necessity of exertion for exertion’s sake. Ergo, “the gym”. I’ve been going recently as I try to halt the tide of weakness and fat rising around my midsection. An army of lethargy has slowly and stealthily been…

She’s just been voted Most Beautiful Woman in the World – for the fifth time – and Julia Roberts was happy to showcase her stunning make-up-free looks as she strolled with daughter Hazel (12), nine-year-old Henry, and a pal of Hazel’s. Though Hazel’s twin Phinnaeus and her dad Daniel Moder were absent, Julia looked to be relishing the time with two of her brood in Los Angeles and was seen tenderly hugging her youngest son. Julia (49) was last month voted People magazine’s most beautiful woman, 26 years after first claiming the title. Julia joked that she’d mention the incredible feat to pal George Clooney (55), who’s only been crowned sexiest man a paltry twice! Julia and Daniel have been married for 14 years – an age in showbiz –…

MAY 2, 2015 Only hours after giving birth, Kate presents her new daughter to the world outside St Mary’s Hospital in London. JUNE 6, 2015 We get a glimpse of the new princess, aged one month old, with brother George, in photos taken by their mum Kate. JULY 5, 2015 Fashion photographer Mario Testino, who was a favourite of Charlotte’s late grandmother, Princess Diana, took the official shots at the christening. NOVEMBER 29, 2015 At six months old, photos taken by her mum – in which she’s giggling over a toy – show how much Charlotte has grown. DECEMBER 2015 The Christmas card features a relaxed-looking photo of the family of four, including a grinning Charlotte. MARCH 8, 2016 At 10 months old, Charlotte gets to go on her first…

‘I didn’t mind him getting back on the track because it was a freak accident’ Having just hooned around a race track at more than 200km per hour, Andrea Barry is, understandably, looking a little windswept. However, the driver of the V8 car she’s just clambered out of – her son Sam – is offering little in the way of reassurance, admitting that a video of his terrified mum in the passenger seat is already on YouTube. “Never say never, but I probably won’t be doing that again for a long time,” Andrea (52) says, as Sam, a New Zealand Touring Car driver, laughs. It takes a brave person to jump into a race car for a lap around Hampton Downs. But that’s not what makes Andrea a truly courageous…

Before we get into the depths of winter, when it seems as though all the colourful vegetables disappear, here’s a last blast using our local fare. Courgette & chickpea pie SERVES 2 These pies are easy to make, tasty and satisfying. 2-3 tbsp olive oil 1 red onion, diced 2 courgettes, cut into 2cm cubes 2 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp cumin seeds ½ cup basmati rice 1 cup vegetable stock 1 can chickpeas, drained ½ tsp salt 4 sheets filo pastry, halved to give 8 smaller sheets 50g butter, melted Chutney or sauce, to serve 1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease 2 small springform tins. 2 Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a saucepan and fry onions until golden. Remove and set aside. Add remaining oil and fry courgettes…

The shops are flooded with wine-inspired hues this season – from burgundies to port and shiraz. Check out some of these tried-and-tested colour combinations that will work for you. • Pairing grey with burgundy is a match made in heaven and this Farmers knit does all the hard work for you. • Add some Postie corduroy pants and a few silver accessories for a funky look that is casual and cool. NORTH SOUTH KNIT $139.99 from FARMERS. PANTS $29 from POSTIE. BANGLES $12.90 (FOR SET), EARRINGS $9.90 and BAG $64.90 all from COLETTE BY COLETTE HAYMAN. EMERGE SHOES $89.99 from EZIBUY. • This stunning lace dress in port from Max is a no-brainer. It’s glamorous enough for any occasion. • Paired here with gold shoes and a bag from Dune…

Make your own scented dryer sheets, learn nine great uses for salt – aside from seasoning your cooking – and the best natural disinfectant money can buy. HINTS & tips Make your own seed tape so that you plant your seeds out evenly. Create a paste from flour with a little water added, then unroll some toilet paper to the length of the row of seeds you are going to plant. With a pen, mark the distance apart you want the seeds to be planted. Then dab on some paste and put the seed on top of the paste. Leave to dry, then lay into your trench and cover with soil. GREAT USES FOR SALT 1 Deter fleas by washing pet bedding and blankets in salt water mixed 1…

 In 2001, at the age of 36, Allan initially thought he had a “hefty and nasty flu” that he simply could not shake. Ignoring his growing symptoms the infection spread through, from his lungs, developing from a cold, into pneumonia and became complicated with pleurisy and other symptoms. The resulting effect from this infection also spread to Allan’s heart and caused a devastating series of heart attacks. “MedicAlert ®  helps my vital information stand out, so it is not missed or overlooked, protecting me from further harm.” “My fortnightly coffee spend, costs more than a whole year with MedicAlert ®  . Protecting ‘me’ is worth every cent.” To add to the complications, on the way to the hospital, Allan was given Nitrolingual…

Since the Brexit vote, Kiwis have been scrambling to apply for Irish passports. So could you be eligible too? It’s worth checking – passport holders retain their access to EU countries. Given that Irish passport holders will continue to gain automatic entry into all EU countries after Brexit, you’re considering applying for an Irish passport. What are the eligibility requirements if you’re a New Zealander? If one of your parents was born in Ireland, you automatically acquired Irish citizenship at birth. Anyone born outside of Ireland who at the time of their birth had a parent who is an Irish citizen (though not born in Ireland) may apply to become an Irish citizen. If one of your grandparents was born in Ireland, you are eligible to apply for Irish citizenship…

What a Dagg! The late John Clarke as Fred Dagg was a real cultural icon. How could we ever forget him in his black singlet, floppy hat and Stubby shorts? It was sad to hear of his early loss at only 68, but it was lovely that he passed away doing what he loved – taking photos of birds with his family and friends. It was a lovely portrait you had of him in his smart blue shirt, which matched his lovely blue eyes. As he often said, “We don’t know how lucky we are, mate. We don’t know how lucky we are!” I Wiberg, Orewa $100 WINNING LETTER Royal beacons Princess Diana suffered tragedy in her own life – she was abandoned by her mother at a young age,…

Celebrity cook Annabel Langbein has just released her biggest book yet, Essential. My favourite book ever is... The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. It’s the story of two Jewish cousins before, during and after World War II. I love the way Chabon puts words together on the page – it’s so lyrical and compelling. My book of the moment is… I’m reading Robert Macfarlane’s The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot. For me, this book reinvents the whole genre of travel writing. It is poetic, well researched and often illuminating. It’s a pleasure to savour Macfarlane’s words as he takes us on a journey down the paths of our pasts.…

Back to life, back to reality. After five glorious weeks in London getting to know my new grandson and having the sort of quality time with my daughter that I haven’t been able to enjoy for years, we arrived home on Anzac Day. It was a glorious autumn day to come home to but I felt very out of sorts, and not just from the travel and the changing time zones. It was the realisation that it was going to be a very long time before I saw baby Bart again and in the six months till I see him, he will have changed so much. It seemed he was growing and changing after every sleep, so six months will make the world of difference. He will have also forgotten…