Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 29, 2021 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

She’s been busy filming her superhero debut in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, but Dame Helen Mirren wasn’t going to let anything stop her from putting on a fancy frock and attending the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival. With her husband Taylor Hackford, 76, by her side, the 75-year-old lit up the red carpet in a stunning yellow Dolce & Gabbana dress and eye-catching emerald necklace, leading the line-up of international superstars in attendance. Due to Covid, the annual festival was cancelled last year, so residents of Nice were delighted to see its return. While masks were not required, there was a strict no-kissing rule in place. The 11-day event has tried to change its ways this year after being criticised in the past for its lack of…

For 13 years, the details of Britney Spears’ conservatorship have been kept under the seal of the courts, with the public left to wonder what the pop icon’s life is really like. But the 39-year-old’s emotional court testimony begging for freedom seems to have opened the door to a decade’s worth of dark secrets. To add to Britney’s damning words, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow, whose investigative work led to Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace, released an investigation into the conservatorship last week. One of the most shocking claims is that her father Jamie, 68, would threaten to cut off all access to her sons Sean, 15, and Jayden, 14, if she didn’t comply with his demands. In response, one of her co-conservators is attempting to remove themselves. Bessemer Trust,…

It’s not often that Magic Talk’s drive show host Ryan Bridge finds himself lost for words. But when The AM Show fill-in host had just been accidentally outed by co-host Mark Richardson – who joked that Ryan collected “ex-boyfriends” – he knew he only had a few seconds to make a split decision about how to respond on live TV. “I thought, ‘Well, there’s no getting around that one. People are going to be wondering and I’m going to have to acknowledge it,” says Ryan, recalling how he burst into tears as soon as they went to an ad break. ‘I’m very much in love, but my partner prefers to stay behind the scenes’ “I was overwhelmed. It was shock, but also looking back on it, it was relief,” explains…

When clients show up to Hamilton doggie daycare and kennel Petite Paws, they’ll often find owner Anna Campbell and her 26-year-old daughter Eleanor knee-deep in dirt, chasing canines or cleaning up their mess. But when they finish work for the day, they can transform into glamorous racewear catwalk queens – and they are almost unrecognisable! The mother-daughter duo, who are regulars at the races, love to dress up and their skills have seen them both deepen their bond and win global fashion titles. “It’s such a neat creative outlet, going from the farm clothes we’re dressed in 90 per cent of the time to full glamour,” says Anna, 53. “People are getting hair and make-up done before these events, while we’re out there picking up dog poo, carrying around wet…

Red capsicum, potato & parsley frittata SERVES 4 - 6 PREP + COOK TIME 50 MINS 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 750g potatoes, peeled, chopped 1 red capsicum, seeded, chopped 6 eggs 1 cup milk ½ cup grated tasty cheese 2 tablespoons chopped parsley Crispy prosciutto, mixed salad, to serve 1 Heat oil in a 24cm non-stick frying pan. Sauté onion for 4-5 minutes or until softened. 2 Add potatoes and cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in capsicum, cooking for a further 3-4 minutes. 3 In a bowl, whisk eggs, milk, cheese and parsley together. Season. 4 Pour egg mixture into pan. Reduce heat to low and cook 8-10 minutes or until mixture is almost set. 5 Place pan under a preheated grill…

1 After the pastry has been kneaded and has rested for 30 minutes, roll it out until large enough to fit in the tart tin, and then ease it into the tin, being careful to avoid any breaks. 2 Once the tin is lined with the pastry, run a small knife around the top edge of the tin to trim any excess pastry. A sharp knife is important for this for an even, clean cut. 3 Line the uncooked pastry case with crumpled baking paper, then fill with baking weights or uncooked rice. This ensures the crust retains its shape while baking. 4 To make crème pâtissière, gently whisk the hot cream, milk, sugar and vanilla bean mixture into the egg and cornflour mixture, whisking constantly. 5 Return crème pâtissière…

Citrus trees are among the most rewarding yet frustrating plants to grow. When they’re good, they’re great and when they’re not, well, they can end up looking like a couple of sticks with a few leaves attached. So, how do you achieve the perfect tree that’s glossy green, covered in perfumed white flowers each spring and laden with fruit in winter? Here’s what you need to know… Where to plant If you have full sun and good drainage, then you can grow citrus in any temperate part of New Zealand. In cold areas, you may need to keep your citrus plants in pots and bring them into a sheltered position in winter. Avoid exposing them to strong, salt-laden winds as this will affect the ability of the tree to set…

I’m about to make an awful admission. I do it purely to bring into the open an issue I don’t think is talked about enough. My wife Linda and I had had three children. Linda wanted more. And wouldn’t you know it, in her 40s, she got pregnant again. Just twelve weeks later, she had a miscarriage – her first. She felt the loss terribly. She was very, very sad. As for me, I was hardly affected. I headed off to work as normal every day and didn’t feel the need to even mention it to anyone. Miscarriages were private matters – women’s stuff really. But I continued to find Linda away on her own, in low spirits, sometimes in tears. Eventually, I lost patience. I said to her something…

With few options for nipping off to sunnier climes in these Covid times, we’re using our travel money for things closer to home. People who track consumer spending say we’re out there snapping up new appliances and renovating our laundries and kitchens instead. Which is all well and good, but that new washer/dryer combo isn’t going to make you feel like you’ve spent a week drinking cocktails by a pool, and there’s only so many times you can put photos of your matching kettle and toaster on Facebook. So, if you are missing your annual winter getaway to somewhere sunny, I may have come up with a sparkling idea for a DIY holiday. It’s all a bit Number 8 Wire, but we’ve always been the kind of folk who admire…

“Luckily, I’d packed a dress. That’s something I’ve learned from years of travelling to always be prepared for a party I arrived at our sanctuary in the Hokianga just as the sun was setting. I took a moment to stretch after the long drive from Auckland and to soak in the spectacular view across the harbour before taking my bags inside. It’s a view I never tire of and the first thing I do when I arrive. The second thing I do is walk around the property, looking at the different tree plantings and marvelling at their growth. But the sun had set and the last thing I wanted to do was come a cropper down the back of the property with no hope of rescue. I took my bags…

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS ABOUT ME, BUT I’M VERY GOOD AT… Trying to avoid trouble. But it finds me anyway… THE SONG I LISTEN TO WHEN I NEED A PICK-ME-UP IS… The love song E Ipo, especially when sung by my golden voiced son-in-law Rutene Spooner. MY DREAM SUNDAY IS... Dog walking in sturdy shoes, good company and a roast dinner. MY COMFORT FOOD IS… Any meal cooked by someone else. THE REALITY TV SERIES I LOVE IS… Anything to do with home improvement. We would all like a makeover for real. THE BEST THING MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME WAS… Good character, good manners and sturdy footwear will take you somewhere interesting. MY FAVOURITE PLACE TO HOLIDAY IN NEW ZELAND IS... A Coromandel swimming hole under a…

It seems hard to believe but here we are, more than half way through the year. While I admit that the short days and cool weather mean I’m often snuggled up in bed with a book at an often ridiculously early hour, my husband and I were able to head away to Waipu¯ for the weekend. It’s a very friendly town with lots of history and on Sunday morning we watched as locals took a dip in the ocean for their annual mid-winter swim. People were dressed in all sorts of clothes – including kilts – and I admired their bravery while cheering them along from the sand, bundled up warmly against the elements. We had a lovely two days with many adventures and plenty of downtime, and when we…

Amber Heard has surprised fans by announcing she has become a mum. The Aquaman star, 35, has revealed she secretly welcomed baby daughter Oonagh Paige by surrogate on April 8 and crooned, “She’s the beginning of the rest of my life.” Posting a tender photograph of herself lying in bed with tiny Oonagh snuggled to her chest, Amber wrote, “Four years ago, I decided I wanted to have a child. I wanted to do it on my own terms,” adding that she hoped at some point it would be normalised for women “to not want a ring in order to have a crib”. The baby’s middle name is a loving tribute to Amber’s mother Paige, who died “too early” last year. The actress shared at the time that she was…

Describe an awkward encounter with a politician: One Saturday morning, I popped into a mall to buy some running shorts. I went to the toilets and came out of the stall at the exact same time as the door next to me opened – and it was Winston Peters. He had a go at me about an interview we had done two months prior, and told me I was wrong, and I told him, no, he was wrong. Anyway, we had a laugh about it, went outside and took a selfie! What do you do for stress relief? Swimming. I liken it to meditation in the water because of the slow breathing. By the 40th lap, you’re trance-like and don’t know what time it is. How did you get your…

When Kiwi screen legend Lisa Harrow and her husband, acclaimed marine biologist Roger Payne, touched down in New Zealand in December 2019, it was supposed to be a three-month stay. The couple planned to avoid winter in America, where they live in “the middle of the woods” in Vermont, and soak up a Kiwi summer with Lisa’s son Tim, his wife and their three young children. But just before they were due to fly back in early March, Lisa decided she wanted to stay a bit longer to celebrate family birthdays in April and that Roger should go ahead without her. ‘All my old lovers, they’re working nonstop, but it’s not the same for old ladies’ Then Covid hit and the country closed before she could leave. It’s now been…

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Fun games for kids don’t have to be big and complicated – the simplest ones are often the best! You can bring the classic game of noughts and crosses off the page and into three dimensions with this simple project. You will need Gather your supplies • Sides, rails and dividers 42 x 19mm x 1.8m dressed pine (2)• Back 900 x 600 x 3mm MDF• Blocks 112 x 112 x 925mm primed treated pine• Letters X and O, MDF (9 each) Components • Long sides 42 x 19 x 430mm dressed pine (2)• Short sides 42 x 19 x 392mm dressed pine (2)• Rails 42 x 19 x 392mm dressed pine (2)• Dividers 42 x 19 x 118mm dressed pine (6)• Back 430 x 430 x 3mm plywood• Blocks…

Letters to the Editor READER LOVES HAVING HER SAY! • Winning letter After the cruel magazine massacre of 2020, in the Covid restructuring of New Zealand’s media market, we couldn’t believe that we could lose our national treasure, the Weekly. And we didn’t! Since you got back on the shelves, you’ve done a great job of reshaping the magazine to make it even better, brighter and more relevant. I’m loving the recipe section. And the cover stories are really up to date and interesting. I’m sorry, but I can’t agree with the reader who wrote her strong disapproval of the replacement of Over the Teacups with the new Conversation page. Over the Teacups provided lots of chuckles and was a cosy read for many decades, but I really relish the…

CANCER Jun 22 – Jul 23 You have forgotten something. It is going to annoy you in the first part of the week and you’ll be quite paranoid that you might have missed something. Do not panic – by Wednesday, you’ll have remembered and be able to prepare. Load up on vitamin C, and make sure you have tissues and nasal drops. You feel slightly under the weather, but you can beat it if you catch it early. LEO Jul 24 – Aug 23 Being modest is who you are, but just for this week, allow yourself to show the world what you are capable of. Stand up, be seen and be proud of your achievements. Someone will notice, and they have a rather fat wallet and a job that…

Family matters A divorced couple’s kids ask where it all went wrong There is so much truth and wisdom in this wonderful novel. It’s the story of one family as they navigate the decades of their lives and in some ways it’s an epic read, sweeping past historical events like the Challenger explosion and the AIDS epidemic, but it’s also about ordinary people and everyday heartbreaks. The story opens at a wedding with Eleanor, who is in her mid-fifties, holding tight to her granddaughter as a huge old ash tree crashes to the ground. This is a fractured family we realise and then go back in time to find out how it got so broken. The beautiful chaos of family life is something the young Eleanor yearns for. An only…

Their relationship may have started as a rebound, but after their romantic wedding last week, it’s clear that Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton’s love is made of fairy tales. The pop legend and the country crooner met six years ago when they were judges on The Voice, and love blossomed as they supported each other through their divorces – Gwen’s from her husband of 13 years and father of her three children, Gavin Rossdale, 55, and Blake’s from fellow country star Miranda Lambert, 37. The wedding was an intimate affair with only 40 guests in attendance and was held in a small chapel on Blake’s Oklahoma ranch that he built himself for their special day. The Voice host Carson Daly, 48, who is a longtime friend of the couple, offi…

For Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian, the past year has been spent mourning the sudden death of Damian’s father, American businessman Stephen Bing. The end of June marked one year since the 19-year-old opened up about the experience, saying, “A year ago today, my mother and I received some devastating news. I didn’t realise at the time quite how much it would affect me. For me, the idea of publicly discussing something as personal as grief is terrifying, but sometimes it’s necessary. “The last year has been bloody hard – for everyone on the planet – and I think acknowledging that is vital. It’s not weak to struggle.” But a harsh blow from Damian’s estranged grandfather has made the death even harder to deal with. It’s no secret that…

It might be 50 years since they starred in the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, but the movie’s former child actors can still remember it like it was yesterday. The four surviving children from the 1971 classic are Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), 63, Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt), 63, Paris Themmen (Mike Teevee), 62, and Michael Bollner (Augustus Gloop), 62, and they recently revealed they got their mitts on some valuable memorabilia after the film wrapped. “I did keep a few props,” admits Julie. “At the time, everything was just being thrown away and trashed, so I was a great souvenir keeper.” Among her haul were a couple of golden tickets, a scrumdiddlyumptious bar and a golden egg. Julie confesses that she and her late costar Denise Nickerson,…

What advice would you give to young actors? You need to have two qualities – skin as thin as fragile gossamer and skin as thick as a mussel shell. In order to act, you n need to access your feelings and be as transparent as is possible. But you also need to have a crust around you that can fend off the slings and arrows of rejection. Have you ever crossed paths with Judi Dench again? Only as friends. When I was living in England, we used to see each other a lot over the years. My acting career started right at the top and it’s gradually wound down – no, I’m only joking – but hers has been the opposite. Will you ever write your memoirs? Roger’s been nagging…

Favourite royals: I love the Queen. I respect her and just think she’s an amazing woman. I have a huge amount of respect for Princess Anne. She’s the hardest-working royal. William and Kate are fulfilling their roles as the Queen would want them to. On Harry and Meghan: I don’t have a beef against Harry and Meghan. I think everyone deserves to be happy. I did start watching The Me You Can’t See, the documentary he is doing with Oprah Winfrey. It’s such a fantastic programme, but it’s a shame because it’s probably a bit lost after Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah. About Daniel’s work: I am most proud of his podcast The Dan Wootton Interview. He won a British Journalism award for it. It’s him chatting to people…

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1 Magnesium The heart is a muscle – and it needs this mineral for healthy functioning. It is found in nuts, legumes, sunflower seeds, spinach, bananas and raspberries. 2 Vitamin C Studies have shown that increasing vitamin C intake reduces the risk of heart disease. It is found in spinach, capsicums, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, blackcurrants, sea buckthorn and rosehip. 3 Vitamin E Studies have found that regularly taking higher doses of vitamin E helps prevent vascular calcification. It is found in walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, muesli, sunflower oil and olive oil. 4 Coenzyme Q10 Q10 latches onto harmful LDL cholesterol, preventing it from building up on the inside of vascular walls. It is found in meat (make sure it’s unprocessed), eggs, sardines, mackerel, olive oil, nuts, potatoes, spinach, Brussels sprouts and…

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“The truth is a sturdy Clydesdale would collapse dead under the weight of our gear I found a man in our wardrobe the other day. He was waving a measuring tape around and muttering to himself. I know how he felt. I’ve been in there with a measuring tape myself and I did a bit more than merely mutter. Don’t get me wrong, we love the new house we moved into last year, though when I say “new”, it’s new only to us. It’s about a century old and it shows – mostly in good ways, sometimes less so. Like the cute but useless walk-in wardrobe in our bedroom. It’s not a century old, but it looks like a very early version of a walk-in wardrobe. People were smaller back…

Daddy’s boy John Stamos, 57, took a break from his tour with the Beach Boys to soak in a beautiful Florida sunset with his three-year-old son Billy. Three’s company Sofia Vergara, 48, says dog Bubbles acts like her 44-year-old husband Joe Manganiello’s mistress, but it seems a truce has been called as the pup looked happy to be on the actress’ lap on a road trip. ROSY TRIBUTE Joan Collins, 88, dressed to the nines to celebrate her beloved sister Jackie Collins at the premiere of the documentary remembering the bestselling author. Talent pool After announcing her involvement in a new public film school to help bring diversity to the entertainment industry, Kerry Washington, 44, took a moment to relax while celebrating the Fourth of July holiday last week. Pretty…